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Drummond ——_—_—_ ————— ti Mi | fil he’ll kiss leetle Grenier down below. Dower F 4 CRA ul ! | Heh yi fot she’ i iri ee sehr Hi) —- _— Up on de mountain high, ag But she never feel lonesome, cos for w’y ? Er So soon as de winter was gone away -— Wed . Leetle Lac Grenier she’s all alone, ant if if No broder, no sister near, ve sr ht i But de swallow will fly, an’ de big moose d Fi)! MW tA An’ caribou, too, will go long way | | a i | | To drink de sweet water of LacGrenier. _ Ii] iil i) (i Hi ie a wht ‘eT hil LW HW Leetie Lac Grenier, I see you now lI, | } i til He Mall iM Onder de roof of Spring, (4 Ui} ¢ Ma canoe’s afloat, an’ de robins sing, ee lily’s nin her summer dress, we Leetle Lac Grenier, O, let me go, | Don’t spik no more, La til ie aon F = = eae “if =r; i __ For your voice is strong like the rapide’s S$ rOaty, HI si gagcp Ayte cis Met tt habe Meet ¢. aa An’ you know you’se’f I’m too far away, | An’ if only a nice light rod I had ox _= For visite you now: leetle LacGrenier. —--- ee Turn It AY Upside Down — DRINK IT ALL —NO DREGS —NOT CARBONATED The success attained ‘in the short time this Ale has been before the public is unprecedented A single trial will con- vince. Just the thing to take with you for an outing, always ready to use. To be had at all Hotels and Dealers. The O'Keefe Brewery Co. of Toronto, Newmarket Kennels 906 Sherbrooke Street, MONTREAL, CAN. PURE WHITE BULL TERRIERS. Puppies usually for sale, sired by English and American Champions out of registered prize winning bitches. Mountaineer Collie Kennels B=LLEVILLE, ONTARIO. {The home of ‘ Pofford Ossory.’”?) Importers and Breeders of Prize-Winning Collies. YOUNG STOCK AND BROOD BITCHES FOR SALE. Afton Collie Kennels LOGAN’S FARM, MONTREAL, At Stud, the celebrated imported Collie Dog: CALLENDAR BRUCE Winner of several first prizes and sprcials ; finely marked golden sable and white. Fee 2 $15.00 to members of Canadian Collie Club, $10.00 Puppies from the best blood, always for sale. THE PAPER ON WHICH ROD AND GUN IS PRINTED IS MANUFACTURED BY A. BUNTIN & SON VALLEYFIELD, P. Q. Selling Agent: C. HOWARD SMITH, 704 CRAIG STREET. PPP OOo CONTENTS. oe “Leetle Lac Grenier,” ( Illustrated ) Dr. W. H. Drummond... 1 The Editor’s Greeting: Fish and Game Protection............ 8 ’Round About Quebec, by E. T. D. ‘Chambers: “ Fishermen Brave,”’ POA UO centials oa RE SNe ble Foe Re Nea alee Ginaare 4 With the Ouananiche, by C. W. Young.. .... ies aldhante eae 5-6 New Varieties of Trout in Canadian Waters, by G. M. Fair- EIEN Tos och ep oak see oid & PE ys po ee eee eg an 6 In Search of an Island, by ‘‘Straw Hat,” (Illustrated) ...5.. 7-8 Canoeing in Canada, by a ‘‘ Wet Bob’’...............4..... 9 At The Kennels, Conducted by D. Taylor............ . 9-10 “* When the Wild Goose Cries,” Poetry ; Sport in East Kootenan: 10 In New Brunswick’s Wilds, by Frank H. Risteen............ 11-13 The Professor’s Outing, by C. C. Farr........0.......0.. ay 13-15 Angling in Kootenay, by W.F.B.......... 000. c esses ee 15-17 At the Traps—Westmount Gun Club’s Tournament—Walker= ville Shoot—Guns and Ammunition........ ........... 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" WARDROBES AT 231 St. James Street, 2364 St. Catherine Street, - ° MONTREAL. 22 King Street West,- - - - - = = TORONTO. 342 Main Street, - - - - - - = WINNIPEG. 72 Sparks Street, - - -‘- - - = = OTTAWA. aie rail? deers IN CANADA wt tt tt DEVOTED TO THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF CANADA. Dollar Per Annum. MONTREAL, JUNE, 1899. Single Copies Ten Cents. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. ON RATES: : é ¢ ONE DOLLAR. Srx Monrus, Firty Cents. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. TISING RATES: | WO DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. Saeownt of 15 per cent. on annual contracts, shooting, canoeing, the kennel and ir photography, will be welcomed and ed, if satisfactory. All communications ‘accompanied by the name of the writer, : y for publication, however. communications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. GREETING. oD AND GuN IN CANADA’ enters arnalistic field with a purpose that y implied in its name. The reason appearance is easily told. fishing and game interests of the lion have hitherto had no publi- especially devoted to them, and dan occasional article in some of sporting magazines of the United and a stray reference’ in h journals, no tribute is paid to unlimited wealth Canada possesses ts magnificent water stretches and oundless woodlands. Throughout the stretches of country whose countless s teem with almost every species of whose unbroken forests are the st undisturbed home of the moose, ou, elk, bear and big horn, whose rsley-settled regions abound in feather- La md small game, the angler and hun- sr can experience the full enjoyment of lat royal sport which no other land roffers. Its magnificent waterways form We grandest canoe routes in the world. imongst its 6,000,000 people are many nt sportsmen—men, and women, , who delight in the pleasures of the mp and in the invigorating recreation V hich life out-of-doors affora€s—to these ‘Rop aNnp Gun’”’ confidently appeals, rit will make known to them the best a a regions to shoot game and catch fish and indulge in canoeing. It will also pay a good deal of atten- tion to trap shooting and to the kennel, and in future numbers will devote a fair share of its space to the encouragement of amateur photography. Other features’ will also be added that, it is hoped, will widen its sphere of usefulness and make it a welcome visitor to the homes of Canadians from Cape Breton to Van- couver Island, and of their cousins across the border and their brothers over the sea. A number of able writers, some of whom are well known authorities on sporting matters, have already been secured, as their valued contributions in this issue interestingly testify, and others have promised their assistance. With the active co-operation of these good friends and with the unceasing industry and well directed energy of its editors ‘‘Rop Anp Gun’’ hopefully anticipates a long, prosperous and useful career in disseminating accurate information about its native land, which will deeply inter- est the great and ever-increasing brother- hood of recreation-seekers the world over, for its publishers believe there is a place for such a paper in Canada and they intend to fill it. ©o°O Fish and Game Protection. We have been much impressed by the accounts published from time to time, of the work accomplished by the League of American Sportsmen in game protection, which, although a young organization, has developed rapidly and is showing signs of still greater increase in the near future, and we have even heard of an effort to organize a branch of it in Can- ada, there being a number of Canadian members. While we are heartily in sympathy with our cousins in their good work and hope all Canadian sportsmen on the borders and elsewhere will assist them as much as possible, it does seem to us there is sufficient latent enthusiasm on this side of the line for the protection of game to respond to a call for a league of Canadian sportsmen, and that the matter may be well understood we shall publish as soon as space will permit, and with the consent of the organization’s officers, the constitution and by-laws of the League of American Sportsmen. We want the game and fish of Canada protected, the existing laws enforced, and where wanting, amended. But something more than legal machin- ery is needed. There must be active co- operation of every man who deserves the name of sportsman. The press can wield a great influence and can doa great deal in assisting in this good work by creating a public sentiment in its favor. It is needed greatly. The legis- lator can be educated to see that there is money to Canada in it ; that not merely the gratification of the sporting instincts of a few is sought, but the enrichment of the country as well. If it is good busi- ness for the great State of Maine to con- cern itse f with these matters to the extent of reducing them to an almost exact science and thereby secure the expenditure of $4,000,000 annually among the State’s citizens by non-resident sportsmen, irrespective of $6,000,000 an- nually which the visiting tourists dis- burse there also, it is equally good, if not better, business for Canada, which has an empire of well stocked sporting terri- tory, whose lakes, streams and square miles of forests have no rival. And the non-resident sportsman does not always merely come and go; he not sel- dom invests, and in those two notable instances of the Laurentides Pulp Co. at Grand Mere, Que., and the Grand Falls Power Co. at Grand Falls, N. B., we have object lessons of great industries with capital of millions, whose creation resulted solely from the fishing and hunting trips of prominent men from across the line. It is dollars that talk, and none of our contemporaries will waste one minute of their time if they will assist in this propaganda and show the public what these dollars have to talk about. "ROUND ABOUT QUEBEC Rod and Gun in Canada So All| HE old French city of Quebee—172 miles east of Montreal—is the annual resort of thousands of American sportsmen, some of whom are on their way to the salmon or sea-trout streams of the Gulf St. Lawrence, some to linger about the Ancient Capital and to fish the rivers and lakes wiihin easy distance of it, and some again, en route to the trout streams and Ouananiche water of the far-famed Lake St. John country. Salmon fishing in Canada, as lelse- where, is growing scarcer and more valuable every year, and there is but little of it, jand that little far away on the Labrador coast, that is not now leased to anglers. But in the mouths of many of the salmon streams there is to be had the finest sea-trout fishing of the continent, and this fishing is free to all. It is particularly good at the mouths of the Trinity and Godbout rivers on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, which tis reached by the mail steamer St. Olaf from Quebec. Here the fish are often taken up to six and seven pounds in weight wpon the fly,and are quite ais gamy as salmon, many ar gilers declaring that they would rath- er catch them ‘than take grilse of the Same size. for tourists who delight in beautiful scenery and love to revei amid the en- virons of a heroic past, no more delight- ful spot can be found than the city of Qiebec with its historic surroundings, and elegant Chateau Frontenac Hotel, that stands upon the very site of the old Chateau St. Louis of sturdy Count _ Fyontenac’s time,with the Citadel look- ing down upon it on one side and Champlain statue on the other, while Dufferin Terrace, with its quarter of a mile of a planked promenade, over- lhoking the ‘St. Lawrence for miles around, and nearly 200 feet below, is its matural balcony. If the tourist be a sportsman, he is specially interested in making Quebec his summer head- quarters, for within a radius of a very few miles are to be found many lakes and rivers, well known and justly prized by local disciples of Isaak Wal- ton. There are beaches, too, around the island of Orleans, also above Sil- lery on the Quebec side of the river, and along the Beauport flats, that af- ford plenty of snipe. For some distance around the city of Quebec, the turnpike roads are remark- ably good. Lake Beauport is fourteen miles from the city. It is a mountain gem. It offers the eanliest fishing to be had in this part of Canada. The ice leaves it in the latter part of April, and fly fishing is usually good in 1t from the 10th to 15th May. Its trout are noted for the brilliancy of their color- ings, and run up to ‘about 2 1-2 pounds in weight. Eight to nine miles of the mad deading to it is beautifully macad- amized. Lake St. (Charles is about the same distance from the city, but much larger fish are often taken out of it. A drive of about fifteen miles brings the angler to Laval, on the borders of the Montmorency river, and here guides can be obtained who (will conduct him to the most likely spots for a success- ful cast for trout. The fish’ grow large and lusty in this stream, and are splen-~ Cid fighters. Lake Joachim is most easily reachea ° by taking the Quebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway from Quebec to La Bonne Ste. Anme, and driving thence, a distance of some fourteen miles over a hilly, but most interesting road, overlooking the proad St. Laiw- rence and its many iswands, immed}- ately below the Isle of Orleans. Fer- mission to fish this lake can be hanzt from ‘Mr. Raymond or St. Anne de Beaupre, who will also furnish the ne- cessary guide. Thiis lake contains im- mense quantities of small trout. Several miles due inorth of the city of Quebec is one of ‘the largest and grand- est fish and game preserves of the world. This is the ‘Laurentides Niar-~ icnal Park, specially set apart ana protected by the Govermment of the Province of Quebeu. In the lakes which are enclosed within its limits are probably the finest specimens of salmo fontinalis to be found anywhere. They have been taken up to eight pounds in weight in Great Lake Jacques Car- tier, which is seventy mires fron, Que- bec. Most of the road leading to it is in a very bad condition. There are many other lakes in the park, nearer to civillizatiow wihich aye also very highly -steemed for the trout that they contain. The lower stretches or the Jacques Cartier river, which is the outlet of the lake just described, are reached by rail. They are noted for their salmon “Quebec by rail, pools which are controlled by Montreal sportsmen. The river alse contains, however, large quantities of trout. Permits to fish in the National Park, for which a sma. charge is made, by the day, may be hac at the fish and gaine department o: the Provincial Government in Quebee Bass fishing can pe obtained quit close to Quebec, in Lake St. Joseph which is reached in little more tham hour by the trains of the Quebec anc Lake St. John Railway. A small hotel boats and guides ean ibe had there Lake St. Joseph contains speckled ant lake trout, and fresh water shad as well as bass. The railway leads also to th: home of the Ouananiche — the far famed fresh water salmon of Lak St. John and its tributary waters Lake St. John is 190 miles fron and the Ouanan iche are caught in greatest number. in its discharge: Here the sport is de lightfully falscinating. The fish ar taken up to eight pounds in weight and are most remarkable fighters, ofte: leaping two or three feet out of th water several times ir succession Fishing commences here about the 15t! June and continues throughout the sea son. ‘The scenery is wonderfully wil and ‘the fishing is partly from rock; juttings out into the wild rapids, an partiy from canoes in the partiallj foam-flecked pools below them. Ouananiche are mot by any ‘mean the only fish found in this territory Mcnster pike and pickerei, or dore, ar abundant, ‘and (so are lake and speckle trout. A favorite fishing ground fo fomtinalis \is Lake HEdward,—a ver; beautiful body of water lying alongsid the railway, 113 miles from, Quebec. © Fishermen Brave. Three fishermen gayly went into the north— Out into the north ere the sun was high ; And they chuckled with glee as they sallie forth, Resolved to capture the trout—or die, For men will fish, and men will lie, About the trout they ‘‘caught on the fly” — Their Sunday school lessons scorning. Three fishers lay under the trees at noon, And “blamed” the whole of the finny race ; For never a nibble touched fly or spoon, And each sighed as he wet the hole in his face For men will fish, and men will lie, And the way they caught trout when nobody’ nigh Is something to tell—in the morning. Three fishermen came into town at night, And their “speckled beauties’’ were fair to see They talked of their ‘‘sport’’ with keen delight- The envy of all the fraternity. But men will fish, and men will lie, And what they can’t catch they’re sure to buy, And never repent in the morning. —Liverpool, England, Courier bes tne st strenet sesh gs 3 an Beats INETY in the shade, was it, or one - hundred? It might have been _ either—a blazing hot July Sun- day, when we sweated and __ gweltered in our room in a hot > hotel. Neither Collinses nor gin ; nor other cooling compounds could the temperature a particle, but x the contrary. s is too hot, altogether,” said days; “‘let’s go fishing.” reed, but where and when? I ; mo saint, like Jim Bludso, but 1 | “but let’s get away from this I fiery furnace, out into the s, and I will show you frost on the d at daylight within a couple of mgs, or I have forgotten the pitching a few things into our and collecting some fishing tackle other necessaries, we drove down water, and were on board the in time to study human na- ure for half an hour or so, as it show- | itself among the crowd which gath- mn the wharf. * * * * * * this really Quebec, Jim?” I eja- ed, as we emerged from the boat morning, and saw a trolley car = on the track. ‘The old horse seemed not to disturb the har- of the surroundings; but gee iz, the trolley is too much.’” “The world do move,’ said Jim, “and mn Quebec has joined the procession. on board, or we will miss the ” I never did like to hurry in Quebec; ‘seemed a place to loaf and invite s soul, but Jim’s argument was ir- ible, and away we sped to the St. John Depot. tty soon we drew away the’ city; past the de- wharves looking all the stop of a minute or two at Indian vrette, with its many interesting emories, and then we begin our climb ever so many ‘hundred feet,every mile which glows with new points of friend tells us this is the river fur- t up from the sea, which the salmon ascend, and we can easily believe eae WITH THE OUANANICHE crest. Here we are at Jacques Cartier. Rod and Gun in By C. W. Young ing in the dark pools we see some dis- tance below us. Then along the beau- tiful Batiscan, where one can see the trout leap and gleam in the bright sun- shine, Tong rapids of white water, which make one long to run them in a birch or to climb them slowly on the up trip; towering mountain peaks, with living green to their very summit or whitened trunks where the destructive fires have raged; racing with little brooks which are tumbling through the rocks on either side; past lakes without number, each with its cosy club-house anc a paradise of summer sport. But none of these are for us, and away we go, stopping here and there to leave a party at a little station, and to wonder at the store of supplies, solid and liquid, that a small coterie of choice spirits can consume. We are a jolly crowd in the two parlor cars at the rear of.the train, gathered from al! quarters of the earth, and many are the good stories that come to the sur- face, of sport in all lands. At one sta- tion, horror of horrors, we come ona circus, the first that ever penetrated these wilds, and are detained for half an hour or so while our engine assists in straightening out the confusion that has arisen over the unusual visitor. But this is a leisurely country, and no one is in a hurry, evidently. Some of the Americans in our company—rail- way men themselves—chafe at the ap- rarently unnecessary delays, but are assured the train will get to its destin- ation on time, which it does. Up, up we climb, past more lakes, some mere dots in the landscape, and others stretch- ing out as far as the eye can reach; some studded with islands and re- calling Highland lochs, though without the castles and historical associations. Rocks and water everywhere, with lit- tue timber aparently worth cutting for anything else than firewood; one won- ders at the daring of the projectors of such a road until the principle of sub- sidies and political pull and other mat- ters are explained. ; Here we are at the parting of the waters, where one stream flows to join the St. Lawrence above Quebec, the ‘other to pour into Lake St. John and find its way to the inky channel of the Saguenay. Now we rattle down grade merrily, and when we least expect it a glance out of the car window shows a vast expanse of water, blue in the distance, and of which the further Canada 5 shore is hardly visible. The country seems more civilized; there are nu- merous well-cultivated farms and good buildings, and every appearance of a contented and well-to-do farm popu- lation, Skirting the shores of the lake, we catch a glimpse of the falls of the Ouiatchouan, where the water tumbles down for a greater distance than at Niagara. A few minutes later, pass- ing the pretty little village, the train draws up in front of the Roberval Fotel, where the first stage of this eventful journey terminates. It has been a day of surprises, and not the least surprise, at the other end of such a wilderness, to find a pocket edition of the Frontenac, with electric lights, billiard rooms, an accomplished chef, elegantly appointed tables, and all the luxuries of advanced civilization. After dinner, we sit around the huge fireplace, on which a pile of logs is blazing, and learn more of the won- ders of the new land into which we have ventured. We have a choice of Pieasures. We can climb the moun- tains and catch little trout in the brooks anid lakes; drive over to the Ouiatchouan Falls, never tiring of watching ‘the ‘waters come down. as they do at Lodore; we can visit the encampments of the Montaig- _ nais Indians, a few miles to the west, and see the aborigines dwelling in the primitive simplicity of pole tepees, or we e@an cross the lake and fight the Ouananiche in his native lair, the seeth- “ng waters of the Metabatchouan, or the Mistassini, the Peribonca, the Ouatchouaniche, the Ashuapmou- chouan, or the Grande Decharge, through which pour the waiers of this inJand sea on their way to the mighty ocean The latter suited us best, and next morning we crossed the lake in a little steamer to an island which divides the outlet into the Grande and Little De- charge, the latter most favored of fishermen. Here there is a small ho- tel, and an army of guides waiting for engagement. Our choice made, we em- bark in a frail-looking bark canoe, and in a minute or two are drawn into the eurrent and soon hear the roaring of we make our way along the shore to the heavy water. Disembarking, for no craft ever made could live through these rapids, one of the guides takes the canoe on his back, looking like a buge mud turtle, and with the other, try the fishing. With confidence in the guide, but doubt in our hearts, we cast a fly in the heaviest water. It seems impossible that any fish could live there, but after a cast or two, there is a flash in the curl of the rapid, and in another second the man at the end of the rod finds out that somevning very lively 6 indeed has hold, of the hook. He isn’t a big ’un, but has power for half a dozen, and a current of twenty miles an hour to help him. A bolt of shiny silver jumps out of the water, then again and again, each time with peril to nod and tackle; the reel screams out angrily, as he takes out yard after yard of line till the sup- ply is perilously near exhaustion. At last he is checked a little and worked {nto a small bay, one or two more jumps, then he is reeled in towards shore, down goes the landing net, and our first encounter with the tiger of the Saguenay is over. Now we have him, let us look at int more closely. He is a true salmon is the ouananiche, but smaller than his ecusins that go to the salt water. He has the true salmon shape, the forked tail, sharp nose, Silver scales, and polka dots on his side; there is no doubt as to his family history. Years and . years ago, say the legends, when the great waters of the west flowed down to the sea by the back way, when there was no Grande Decharge and no falls at Chicoutimi, the sea salmon used to go Way up past Lake St. John to the small waters to deposit their eggs and perpetuate their species. Then came the great upheaval; the rocks rose and the waters fell, and some of the salmon were left in the inland reaches, where they stayed; in succeeding ages they were dwarfed by their new conditions, but carried their strength with them, and to-day the ouananiche of half-a- dozen pounds has as much fight in him as a true salmon of twice or thrice his size. The Grande Decharge is a series of tremendous rapids extending for a mile or more, two or three hundred yards In width. The shore is solid rock, with immense boulders scattered thickly, and here and there in the channel huge rock islands, never pressed, nor will they ever be by aught save the foot of a bird. There is mo soil for trees to take root, and in its rugged nakedness the landscape presents no different ap- pearance to-day from the first time it was seen by the eye of man. In places the river takes sheer plunges of fifteen or twenty feet, and for the entire dis- tarce all seems a mass of white seeth- ing foam. Below the rapids stretches cut an expanse of smooth water, inky black, and leaving an impression of immense depth that makes one shud- cer. Here we take the canoe again, and the guide carefully steering for cne of the patches of froth that appear here and there, we see wallowing in the white scum a dozen or so of the ouananiche, their blue-black fins and tails showing clearly. They are in search of insects,.and apparently find plenty, for they take a fly sluggishly, and seem almost a different fish, hardly fifteen or. Rod and Gun in Canada putting up a decent fight for their lives. There are no mad rushes, no smashing of tackle; the fish runs to the boat instead of away from it, as a well-regulated game fish should do, and most of the fun is absent. Across the bay is Camp Scott, so numed from the owner of the mills at Roberval, and a good deal of the timber limits adjacent. Mr. Scott has kindly given us permission to use the camp, and make it our headquarters, and a very pleasant place we find it. There is a house built in sections, with bunks and piles of blankets, a_ kit- chen and a man in cnarge, and plenty of comfort for weary limbs. We enjoyed a good dinner, ouananiche fried as only a woodman ean, forming the chief item on the menu; then a smoke and a clrat and a few more hours of fishing, Dinner again, another smoke around the camp fire, a telling oi the news of the world outside to the eager guides. for they are no read- ers, and then a plunge into the blan- Kets. The booming of the rapids, Na- ture’s grand diapason, deep and per- vading; the bass and tenor of the frogs and the night birds, and the snrul treble of the mosquito blend in the same sweet lullaby they have sung .together every summer night. since the beginning of time, and Mor- pheus needs no long wooing. In the morning we find the frost on the ground, as Jim had told us a couple of days ago, and the sweat and the swel- ter, the Collinses and the gin fizzes, the rush of the city and the whirl of busi- ness seem ages behind us. We shiver or. the bank for a moment, jump into the icy water, swim about a very, very little, regain the shore and _ restore warmth and circulation with a rough towel. The rest of the toilet is the work of only a minute or two, the ap- petizing odor of flapjacks and coffee and fried ouananiche floats on the clear morning air, and from the camp comes the ever-welcome sound, ‘‘Man- gez, mangez !” ooo NEW VARIETIES OF TROUT IN CANADIAN WATERS, By G. M. FAIRCHILD, dJr., Rifle and ’s Adirondacks.’’ “Rod and Canoe, in Queb Author of e h Anglers in Canadian waiters, upon any of the unfrequented lakes whose numbers are unnumbered in their mul- tiplicity, may become the discoverers of hitherto unknown varieties of the Salmo family. Last season in one of the Lakes St. Anne, within the Tour- ville Club preserves north of Quebec, one of the members of Mayor Harri- scn’s party from Chicago, captured a trout of ‘about 1 1-2 pounds, that in- ics markings so closely resembled the male of the American saibling (Salve- hnus Alpinus Aureolus), as to- lead to the conclusion that this was the fish in question. Half of the skin was saved, but in such poor condition that classi- fication Wwas difficult. It was, however, sent to the Sportsmen’s Exhibition held in New York in March last, and I wrote to Mr. A. N. Cheney, ‘the New York State Kish Culturist, to examine it, and | if possible pronounce upon it. His let-— ter in reply, while not confirming the belief held here that the fish in ques~— tion is the saibling, is so a that I quote it in full: Glens Falls, N.Y¥., fwarch 10, 1899. | G. M. Fairchild, jr., | Cap Rouge, Quebec, i\Canada. Dear Sir,—I saw the skin of the charr in the Quebec exhibit in New York, but it was nothing more than a brook trout, — so called, in breeding colors. You have a fish, however, in a lake in Ontario, idan more nearly resembles the saib- ling. This is the fish which Professor Garmon classifies as new, and which I mamed after my. friend Mr. Marston of the London Hishing Gazette. You have also another fish, highly color- ed, quite like the saibling in many re. spects, except that it has a forked tail. It is found on the south of the St. Lewrence*, Specimens were sent te me, ‘but they came in such bad order that they could not be identified. 1. have been hoping for two years past to get more of.these fish, both the On- tario fish and the South Shore fish. Yours very truly, A. N. CHENEY. It has long been thought that the Ouananiche in the Province of Que- bee was confined to Lake St. John and its tributary waters. Recent explorers on the head waters of Hudson’s Bay have found thils fish abundant there. A well-known salmon angler in Quebec, a gentleman who during thirty years past has fished almost every ‘salmon river on the North Shore as far down | a3 the Seven Islands and even below, slates it as his belief that he has caughy the Ouananiche in several of the riv- ers fished by him. Personally I have no doubt that such is the case. Anglers are not all ichthyologists, nor as a rule are they as close observers of structura variations in fish as their pursuit woula suggest, and when it comes to what lay-pears only color differences they are merely regarded as local. Hence new varieties are not infrequently jover- locked. I would suggest to all angiers fishing new waters within the Provinces of Quebec or Ontario to preserve the skin of two or there specimens at least of any unusual form or color marked trout ithey may.take. If this is done there is no doubt but that both Pro- virnces within the next two or three years will add several new varieties of trcut to their fauna, and possibly some other forms of fresh water fish. *In some lakes about forty miles below Quechee on the South Shore, leeks these fish are reported as being abundant. Rod and Gun in Canada 7 OMMISSIONED by a score of friends, who have caught the pre- vailing fever, which can be allayed only by the possession of an _ island where there is fishing, bing, boating, yachting, and where olute rest can be enjoyed I eft Buffalo for Owen Sound, Pro- ince of Ontario, Canada, and there ok one of a very comfortable and line of steamers for Sault Ste. , Ont. I thoroughly enjoyed that ees hours ride on the ‘Manito- a.” As the initial experience of the rip, it was promising. My destina- 1 was Desbarats, Ont. After as- aining that I had some hours to for the train I did the lions of Soosans, as the two cities of Sault (Marie are called. One of these is chigan and the other in the Pro- of Ontario, Canada. I saw the great canals, the tonnage pass- through which is greater than of the Suez Canal. I was a athetic admirer of the skill of Indians who were fishing with for huge speckled trout in Great Sault Rapids. It is very kable that these brook-trout are in the mighty water by which ‘Superior empties itself into Lake ron. I went out with some of ‘se Indians and tried it myself but succeeded in bagging one fish, that one I did not see myself, but ed when told to do so by the In- 1; I have good eyesight but could t see the five pound speckled beau- ‘in the rushing waters. This is of a new kind, but sport it is, nd of a sort that requires unerring skill and a quick eye, hand and foot. canoe trip down these rapids, a dip for trout, justifies the ng of one, or even tw» days to It Ste. Marie. [ was one of a score of people wait- at the railway station to buy a eket. ‘‘Des-ba-rats, first class, re- a.” I said. “All right, sir,’ said e ticket agent, “but we call it Deb- os here—$1.25.” “Thank you very ach,” I said, “for telling me; I al- t was a pretty forty-five minute ip from the Soo, Ont., to Desbarats, t. We passed through the Indian I saw the although rve at Garden River. ans lolling in the sun, ff they have very good soil, easily work- ed, and could raise everything they need for themselves, if they were built that way. At Echo Bay station is a charming view uy the Echo River to Echo Lake nestling at the foot of huge moutains to the north, while to the south the apparently boundless expanse of Lake George is most rest- ful and pleasant to the lover of land and water. Mrom Echo Bay to Des- barats is thirteen miles through a very peculiar country, consisting of level fields of fertile land hemmed in by rugged mountains. This is a pro- mising country, I thought, for moose, caribou and deer. “‘Deb-a-ros,”’ shouted the brakesman, and I landed at the smallest station I had ever seen. Desbarats is in the woods on a short time to find out that Jim At- kins was the man who had been des- tined by Providence to take me in his sail boat in search of an island on the north shore of Lake Huron. After buy- ing the supplies I wanted, of a good quality, at reasonable prices, I had time to listen to a fish story and a bear story. These narrations showed, T thought, that in addition to a fine muscular development and much kind- liness of disposition, the Desbaratsans are not devoid of imagination. In enquiring about fishing and the size of fish one man said, “There are Icts of big fish here but down at Sturgeon Falls station, oh my! In the spring of the year sturgeon weigh- ing one thousand pounds and more run wp the Sturgeon River as thick as black-berries on Plummer Island (a lo- cal simile which I afterwards found to be strong); bobbing up and down they look like hundreds of harbor buoys sent especially to bother the ‘mate at the wheel. But they are only big fish and wonderfully tame. The boys there are swimming most all the time and these sturgeon are so used to them that they let the boys catch Dipping for Trout pretty little river which flows into Lake Huron:a mile distant. I found a comfortabie country hotel; the rates are $1.00 to $1.50 per day. The stan- dard rate is $1.00, and 50c extra is charged per day for a front room and for getting your boots blacked. Some travellers forget the difference be- tween $1.00 and $5.00 when diagnosing the comforts of a country inn. I com- promised at $1.25 for a front room _without blacking and was satisfied. An hour after my arrival it began to rain, but my pocket barometer told me it would not last long and I deter- mined to spend a part of the wet time in the country store g3tting suppiies. I found almost the entir2 male popu~ lation in the store, and a lot of stal- warts they were. It took-me but a in the Soo Rapids. them by the tail and tow them ll around the basin. Some of the boys have trained the sturgeon to jump through a stick just like my collie here. Here, Jack,” the narrator said to his dog, ‘‘show the gentleman what you can do.” The dog had e nter- tained us for five minutes when an- other man who looked lik: a church deacon said: ‘These boys are mostly French-Catholics at Sturgeon Falls, and they are awfully civil to their priest; they always touch their hats to him when he comes around, and by gosh, sir, the sturgeon, when the priest is around, always jump facing him and make a bow that anybody can see.” “Any bears in this country,” I said, after the last fish story. “Plenty, 8 sir, the country north is hard to beat for them. That big island out there was named by the French Campment d@’Ours, or Bears’ Encampment, in Eng- lish. ‘That island used to be full of them. Old Trotter, who lived there, once met a big one in berry time. He was on one side of a fence and the bear was on the other side. He fired kis shot gun through the rails and wounded him just enough to make him mad. The bear made for him and as he jumped the fence one way Trotter jumped the other. They almost met on the fence and Trotter, who was as quick as a lynx, caught the bear by the tail, gave it a half turn around the fence post and held him there. He could not let go to load his gun, but he held on until the animal starvd to death!” “Boys, I am one of you,” I said, “I will form a Straw Hat Club here. We will furnish straw hats for every guide as well as for ourselves and you will take us fishing and hunting.” “Now,” I said to Atkins, ‘if you can show me the right sort of an is- land here, I will treat this place as bf it were my native fence corner, and be as good to it as I can.” ‘“Allj right, sir,’ said Atkins, ‘‘the boat is ready and the weather is clearing up. Atkins took me to Plummer Island, and seven or eight smaller ones about it. Plhowmmer Island would be just the thing for a club house and the smaller ones around for cottages. I secured it for my friends. I called upon three lighthouse keepers, and each one proved to be an interesting type. This magnificent cloud effect, taken at Raynes’ lighthouse is one of those lucky hits’ with which the photogra- Rod and Gun pher is occasionally blessed. The situ- ation of Bamford lighthouse and the North Sisters lighthouse, all three within a radius of six miles, are also both exceedingly picturesque. I was influenced in the choice of an island by two considerations: I must see a lighthouse at night and must also be able to witness every sunset; I am not so particular about the sunrise. I also selected an island for one of my. friends, having these conditions and gave a contract for a three-roomed camp, which is to cost $200, island and all. There is pickerel fishing and deep water trolling for ‘big lake trout about this island, and excellent black bass fishing east and west and north thereof. For brook trout, one has to go further amain to the north. My friend’s neighbor on Campment d’Ours Island is building a $20,000 residence, but he lives there all the time. He is an English gentleman of very artis- tic tastes. One of the great enjoy- ments of his life, he says, is to feed daily upon the matchless landscape he can enjoy from his residence. This does not, however, prevent him from laying in a large store of the solid and liquid food as well. In addition to the selection of an island I have also undertaken to go over a canoe trip that we had heard of to the north of Desbarats. My time :-was very limited and I had to go over the trip at express speed and report on the fishing possibilities. This trip should take from seven to thirteen days. I consulted all the local authorities. I was told that Desbarats Lake, one mile from the hotel, was full of-bass, and maskinonge; I found out that in Canada Raynes’ Lighthouse, Desbarats Islands, Ont. Diamond Lake was a good bass and trout water, that Caribou Lake was: about the same, or not quite as good; that ducks could always be had at Round Lake in the fall of the year; that Desert and Rock Lakes (all on the canoe route) ‘were very beautiful, and that very big fish could be caught in them, but there were not as many as in Desbarats, Diamond and other lakes. Therefore, I determined to drive to Bass Lake (15 miles away) in half a day, and thus save two or three days, that it would have taken to do this against the stream in canoes. At Bass Lake I found two clean log houses with very accommodating set- tlers, Haynes and McGregor by name. I had forgotten bread and butter in my outfit. From Bass Lake the trip was dcwn stream. I had been told that McGregor knew all about it and I pro- posed to hire him as guide, but he told me that it was not necessary that he should come—the canoe trip was so easy and that there were only two or three short portages. As I had a rather large experience in canoe trips and as Atkins was a good all round man I determined to do it without a guide. I found out that a mile and a half north of Bass Lake was a lake called Island ‘Lake, which was famous for its big trout and very beautiful. There is a good trail through a lovely hard-wood bush to it. North of that are excellent brook trout streams anc speckled trout lakes. (Conclusion Next Month.) ©o9O The Best Gun and Powder? To the Editor of Rod and Gun: Will some of the readers of Roc and Gun gave me some information or what is the best all round gun for ¢ person to buy, whose _ shooting in- cludes ducks, quail, partridge, besides trap shooting, principally at targets’ What is the best weight, length oi barrels, and drop of stock? Should it be cross-bolted, and how should it be choked? I will read with great in- terest any opinions your readers may have to offer on this subject, as | have learned a great deal about zuns and ammunition by reading the cor- respondence in various sporting jour: nals, and I am eager for more. Has any one tested the compara- ’ tive strength of Dupont and Schultze smokeless powders? I have shot Golé dust, W. A. King’s smokeless, Dupont and Schultze. I am at present using Dupont in my target shoviing, «né get very good results with a dram load with 11-8 of chilled shot Robertson’s No. 7 in U. M. C. smoke: less shell wadded with nitro 2ard, 1-4 in black edge and regular black edge over powder, I find makes a goo¢ load for blue rocks. There is less re- coil with Dupont than with Schultze With a 3 1-4 dram ioad of the latter I have done good work on ducks. 1 have wondered if Schultze were not 3 stronger powder, dram for dram, than Dupont. CROSS-BOLT. CANOEING IN CANADA. By-a ‘ Wet Bob.” all distinctively Canadian sports pastimes, canoing is, perhaps, ost delightful, and at same time itself most readily to, and is the greatest opportunity of 3 ing a taste for other aquatic | semi-aquatic sports, such as fish- ooting and camping: 2 enthusiast, his own parti- branch of sport appears the alluring, and a full measure of iy in so sweeping a claim for "may only be expected from ““Wet Bob.” Yet there are to whom the idea of a sum- iday or outing is not in- connected with the water, form, river, lake or sea. spring passes and summer ad- ces, each day growing hotter than before, when the dust in eddy- rls sweeps about the streets glare of the sun is reflected asphalt pavement, the pros- anticipation of an outing in try does much to make bear- lot of a city man. Having ed upon, and arranged the of a holiday, it becomes a ques- how to spend it so that the degree of health and enjoy- may be had in the space of i our disposal, time to ac- My own ex- has been with a party of four two in each canoe. The canoes fit may ‘be conveyed to the ah by rail or boat. A e. The outfit neces- depend largely upon the dis- ( - 10 be covered. tackle and guns will, of taken, as they can be used mtage whatever the route is no grander canoeing coun- “in the world than Canada. ug many parts magnificent nways lead in all dirctions il- ly, and there is no lack of Outings can be arranged would occupy a day or two, a a month or even longer, and one would have its characteris- course may be so mapped out, town or village can be reached night, and by going toa hotel all discomforts of camping wil! ed. In such a trip very little in way of baggage and outfit need en, but should another route be , where the way leads through ntry svarsely inhabited, and ing in the form of an _ inn is to ound, it will be necessary to con- ' carefully every detail of the t required. In the next number od and Gun. I hope to give a account of a trip through such a , With a list of such articles as found useful. ae Ge Se Rod and Gun in Canada AT THE Conducted by D. Taylor. KENNELS —~ all i} N the breast of almost every human being there is a sneaking fondness for what is not altogether inaptly called ‘‘ man’s best friend and com- panion,’’—the dog. From the titled beauty of the mansion to the modern representative of Bill Sykes in the slums, we are all affected, more or less, with the contagion, and in return, this feeling is amply repaid by the dog, for in no other animal does there exist so much attachment and fidelity to the human race. Have we not all seen numerous cases where, in spite of ne- glect, curses and kicks, a dog giving back, like a faithful wife to a brutal husband, a measure of love and uat- tachment that is haru to aceount fer. On the other hand, is there anyzhing that a man who cares for his canine friend, even though it be the veriest mongrel cur, will more readily resent, or that is more calculated io raise his ‘bile, than any interference with or disparagement of his dog, by a stranger? How “touchy” a man be- comes on the subject can be readily seen at any ‘bench show ever held. If the exhibitor is not successful, he immediately confides to his bosom friend that the judge had a personal spite against him, that he had no eyes in his head or that he was entirely ignorant of the characteristics of the particular breed which he—the exhi- bitor—favored. We all have our weak- nesses, and among the “fancy” this is a very prominent one. Every ex- hibitor seems to forget that, although there are well defined and accepted standards for every recognized breed, the ‘type’ is constantly changing and that judges of equal standing and merit give more emphasis to certain points. So, to aspiring breeders and exhibitors we would say, do not be discouraged at your apparent non-suc- cess at a first trial, you may on an- other occasion run up against some one who, giving more effect to the points you appreciate, will award you the coveted prize. There are strange ‘anomalies in the possession of a dog. We see beauty caressing and making a pet of ugli- ness, and gentleness ‘walking with ferocity. The popuara idea always as- sociated a fierce looking mastiff or a bull “purp” ‘with the skulking garot- ter, but why should this be so? There is no gentler animal than that same fierce-looking mastiff and none dis- play greater cordiality and trust to strangers, except to those who have evil designs towards his master or his master’s property. Even ladies of refined tastes and high culture very often entertain the greatest affection animals which, to ordinary mortals, appear the very essence of ugliness. An Aberdeen fish wife, on being re- monstrated with for keeping an ani- mal of this description replied, ‘Ay, me, but he’s bonnie wi’ ill-faurdness.” But enough of generalities. Let us now give you something about the care and feeding of a dog.” The majority of owners, experience has shown, know very little about ihe proper rearing of a puppy. There APPLE BLOSSOM. Property of Jos. Reid, President Canadian Collie Club. used to be a popular impression «hat giving meat to young dogs caused dis- temper and other ailments, but ‘bis idea has been exploded, and it is now recognized by the best authorities that if a dog requires nutritious food at any time it is when he is growing. Distemper arises from other’ causes, namely, bad sanitary conditions insuf- ficient or over-feeding and lack of fresh air and exercise. When three or four months old a puppy should be taught to lap milk which has previous- ly been scalded and slightly sweet- ened. In two weeks:more a little soup, thickened with stale bread, should be given twice a day, and this diet gradually substituted for milk, doing away with the latter entirely when a little over two months. ‘Well iboiled meat and vegetables 10 should be gradually introduced into the diet. Dr. Brown, the author of “Rab and His Friends,” gave as his opinion that a dog should be fed only once & day and that “raither under.” This might do in the case of pet dogs or others that get very little exercise, but in the case of field and sporting dogs they ought to be fed twice a day, with a liberal allowance of raw or cooked meat and soup, thickened with rice or coarse flour. At some other time it may be our privilege to enter more fully into mat- ters generally concerning “doggies,” but for the present we close with a few Kennel Notes While there may be other kennels of sporting dogs in Canada, the pre- mier position must be given to the Montreal Hunt, which has a pack of foxhounds that would not disgrace the best hunting county in England. While on a visit to the Old Country this spring, the popular Master, Major Hooper, managed to obtain several very good drafts of hounds, the first lot atriving a week or so ago by the steamer “Pinemore,” of the Johnson Line. The consignment consisted of 4 1-2 couples bitches and 1 1-2 dogs from a Welsh pack. They are all en- tered hounds and fit to hunt with the pack the coming season, being in first rate condition. A great many im- provements have lately been made at the Kennels at Outremont, which were already models. The yard has been concreted and the sanitary ar- rangements are of the first order. The fad for certain breeds of dogs changes as often as the fashion of a lady’s bonnet, but at present in Mont- real at least, it appears to run in the direction of collies. Some four or five years ago there was scarcely a pure bred collie to be seen, but at the pre- sent day there are quite a number of enthusiastic ‘breeders and if any evi- dence was needed that they have been successful the Collie Show heli the other day under the auspices of the Canadian Collie Chop at Logan’s old homestead, would have dispelled any doubts as to the contrary. There were some 70 or 80 shown and general- ly all of a very high standard. I[f any fault could be found they were pretty much on the small side, although well marked with all the characteristics of the improved collie. We are enabl- ed to give in this issue a cut of a very nice specimen “Apple Blossom,” be- ‘longing to Mr. Joseph Reid, the presi- dent of the Canadian Collie Club, which, while only ten months old, carried off the highest honors in com- petition against imported dogs. ‘“Ap- ple Blossom,” won Ist puppy, 1st no- vice, 1st open, three special and Li- eensed Victuallers’ Cup for best collie in the show, Montreal, 1898; 1st open and ist puppy at Peterborough, 1899. She was not judged at the last show. having latelv dropved a fine litter of puppies to Mr. Reeves’ celebrated dog ‘“Woodmansterne Conrad,” and was out of condition. Among other enthusiastic breeders of the collie is Mr. Harry Hungerford, of Belleville. Ontario, who controls as fine blood Rod and Gun in Canada as is to be found anywhere. He is a rrequent ‘prize winner, but on this last oceasion did not show, through being selected as one of the judges. Locally we have some fine kennels, notably Alucheairnie, Strathcona and Craik- stone. To the former belongs ‘Pat- ti,’ now getting on in years but still one of the finest bitches ever brought to this country. Her head is weighed down with the load of honors she has won in her day, having no less than about twenty firsts “besides the chal- lenge trophy twice in succession at Edinburgh, Scotland, against the best blood in the country. Aucheairnie ken- nels also controls “Gun,” who has proved himself the sire of many win- ners since he came to Canada about three years ago. Faking dog’s ears has lately been a subject of much discussion in ken- nel papers, and from what we have read opinion seems pretty equally di- vided on the justifiability or other- wise of assisting nature to mend prick ears in certain breeds. Another subject of discussion is the recognition of wins in various coun- tries. The Canadian Kennel Club has, through its popular President, Mr. John S. Kent, has done its share in bringing this about. The Pacific Kennel League has responded and will, in future, exchange courtesies in this direction. It does seem strange that a dog imported, say, from ‘the Old Country, for the special purpose of securing the highest henors at the New York Show, should be allowed to compete in the novice class there or in Canada. Keep at it. Mr. Kent, and you will probably get the A. K. C. to agree with you, by and bye. Mr. Carleton Y. Ford, of Otterburn, Kingston, has sold his fine red Cocker bitch, “Otterburn Dollie,” to Mr. Churchman, Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. . §. Montgomery, Kingston, has sold his Great Dane, “Earl’s Hani- bal,” exhibited here last December, and easily getting first, to Mr. Chas. E. Roche, St. Joseph, Mo: Dr. F. S. Nostrand, a New York dentist, is said to have a handsome Gordon setter dog whose value he has enhanced by filling and replacing teeth—the gold thus used being worth sixty dollars. Rex is the royal name of the aristocratic Gordon, and he is reputed to be proud of his artificial] and gold-filled teeth. Dog fanciers in Canada will learn with pleasure that the well-known co!- lie breeder, Mr. Charles Thomson, has added cockers and fox terriers to his kennels, which, we believe, he wil} make as great a success with as he has in collies. He hias heen fortunate in securing some of the best blood going, his cockers being out of one of the finest living, mamely, cham- pion ‘Black Duke, Jr.,”’ and the fox terriers are by champion ‘‘Limsfield Rattler,” one of the best fox terriers in England ‘Charlie’ is always will- ing to show his dogs, and will make anyone welcome ‘who is desirous of seeing what ‘good blood is. _ The conductor of this department will be pleased to receive correspondence and kennel notes from those interested in such matters. All communications should be addressed. “Kennel Depart- ment, Rod and Gun,” 603 Craig street, Montre 21. When the Wild Goose Cries. The north wind bends the rushes til they kiss the white-capped lake, And through the brown-tipped cat ‘ tails; making low, weird music, sighis; The hunting badger steals along the shore where wavelets break, ; And long black shadows swift are creeping, when the wild goose cries. a The air is filled with snowy flakes that fly before the breeze, 4 And low-hung clouds ‘are scurrying across the gloomy skies; : The lazy mallard to some mansh’s sheltering rushes flees, i, And early morn’s chill air is stinging when the wild goose cries. The swift-winged canvasback and red- head speed before the wind; The silent-swimming muskrat to hi reed home quickly hies; The anxious hunter crouches low with in his grass-fringed blind, Nor moves nor speaks—searce breath- ing—when the wild goose cries. Far out across the distant hills the noble quarry wings, While their careful flight is marke by anxious, straining eyes; Hotly coursing blood a tremor to th hunter brings; Steady now! There’s need of cool- ness when the wild goose cries. © —Phoenix (Arizona) Herald. ©o° Sport in East Kootenay. East Kootenay, the new mining coun try in the southeastern part of British Columbia, is full of game, big and small, and affords rare hunting for the ardent and adventurous sports- man. The grizzly, cinnamon and black bear are numerous, but only to be found in their mountain fastnesses and, to hunt the first, a man must have a stout heart, a good nerve, phy- sical endurance and an unerring aim. Arthur Fenwick, one of the pionee of the later days, was, with Baillic Grohman, one of the best hunters in the district. Moutain sheep and goat: are still plentiful in places and dee ar- very numerous. The ccyotes i everywhere in the open country A occasional panther is seen, and of late years panthers have been on the in-. crease. Blue and willow grouse abound The principal fish in the streams i lakes are trout amd char. All through the southern country the conditions of | the chase are very much similar, the grizzly ‘bear and mountain sheep an goats having their special habitat. | It is not so very long ago cither that — the Kootenay Indians used to ¢g : through the Crow’s Nest Pass twice a | year to hunt Buffalo, but were always in dread of the Blackfeet, who were supreme on the plains adjacent to the Rockies. Times have changed marvel- lously since those diays, and the iron horse now follows the Indians’ trail. the red man is on a reserve, instead of the warpath, and the white man is delving for gold where the aborigine once hunted for game. 4 RR. E: Goe 5 x TEES S ie esatcents ishtiZs Pe e x g ~ 7 | | Ts LET: ote “HERE is no hunting ground in 4 | America to-day that is attracting | the attention of big game sports- - men more earnestly than that of the gentle, bounteous wilder- of New Brunswick. While many game localities have become m and desecrated by steam- _ hotels and a_ general sae the unfaded charms of the for- primeval. Here the evergreen mant- the forest, enfolding the secrets of stretches away for untold over the hills and under the Here are smiling streams wan- through shaded banks, tell- murmurous monotone the story = remote regions at their foun- head where the foot of man has trod; of lofty cataracts in the d hills whose hoarse soliloquy is m heard ‘by human ear; of prairic~ treeless plains where the caribou his home as he did in the days ier; of beautiful nameless lakes e eternal stillness is broken only ’ the splashing flight of ducks, the p of the beaver’s tail, the leap of the locked salmon, the uncanny laugh- of the loon, or the plunging stride e giant moose. distant mountains of Alaska and lonely plains of Newfoundland, the ing whereof requires weeks of tra~ d a well-lined purse, are now the game regions on the continenr rival the hunting fields of this pro- im the matter of moose and cari- During the past few years all record moose heads secured in the t have come from New Brunswick, while caribou are almost extinct Maine and protected ‘by perpetual ose season, and exist in limited num- s in Nova Scotia, the headquarters the Tobique, Nepisiguit, Restigouche nd all the branches of the Miramich, airly swarm with this wandering child f the wilderness. The fact is that ntil non-resident sportsmen woke up few years ago, and began to hunt e simply dying of old age, or of in- estion brovght on by over-feeding nd want of exercise. Figures are more convincing than general statement, and what do the * ures show? Umtil very recently the ecord moose for ea»zcern America was Rod and Gun 3) IN NEW BRUNSWICK’S WILDS this province the ‘moose and caribou - in Canada eee Seetheietes wD Rise. r+ 20 %%' iy By Frank H. Risteen an animal shot many years ago in the Canadian country by Sir Harry Burrard and aifiterwarnds presented to the Prince of Wales, the hom of which measurea 5 feet 3 inches from tip to tip. It feh to (the lot of a fortunate American, Stephen Decatur, of Portsmouth, N.H., however, to raise His Majesty a few by producing a moose killed on the Tobique river jin 1897 with antlers soreading 5 feet 6 inches. This was re- garded by many as a freak moose, whose equal might never perhaps be found. Such did not prove to be the case, for in the following year Mr. F. H. Ccok, of Leominster, Mass., brought down a mammoth moose on the Gul- quac branch of the Tobiqué, endowea with a cross section of 5 feet 7 inches, But woe unto the man who claimeth a record. Behold when he jwaketh in the morning it is gone. Even Mr. Cook has been obliged to ‘‘haul in his horns” in the presence of the moose secured just over the Miramichi watershed by Capt. Chauncey P. Williams, of Al- bany, N.Y., which, with its beam of 5 feet 3 inches, its 32 perfect points and its massive palms 19 inches wide, is undoubtedly the firest all-round head ever taken from this province. During the years 1897 and 1898 no less than fourteen moose were shot in New Brunswick with antlers spreading over five feet, while the records fail !to show that, during that period, a single speci- men of this class was secured in any otker eastern state or province. Mr. Sumner L. Crosby, the gifted Bangor taxidermist, is authority for the state- ment that 56 per cent. of the moose heads he received from New Brunswick in 1898 had a ispread of 50 inches or more, as compared with 21 per cent. for the Maine moose. Mr. Crosby adds: “Tt is wonderful how many big ones come from the Tobique region. .We will get one yet from there of Alaskan size. The New Brunswick heads run much larger than ours. We have lots of small moose in Maine, but the big bulls are thinned out pretty well each season.”’ It is no small feat, in these days when the habitat of the moose has become so contracted, to secure a typical speci- men of this much desired game, yet the statistics of the New Brunswick game officials show that while, during the huntirg season of 1898, about 225 non- residents took out licenses to hunt in II this province, over 160 bull moose were killed by them and the trophies taken out to adorn the homes of these de-~ lighted visitors. As for caribou the mortuary list surpassed even that of the moose and included the 39 point monarch caribou shot by C. F. Riordan, of Boston, in the Baid Mountain coun~ try. Comparisons are odious, of course, but what other game country can point to the like high average of success? By some non-resident sportsmen ob- jection is taken to the license fee of $20 which they have ‘to pay. The tax is defensible on several grounds. In the first place, it should be considered that the chief game of New Brunswick is not. the common red deer, (as to which no license is required), but the moose and caribou, which are animals of far greater value... The head, hide and venison of a prime bull moose will frequently sell for $100 in the open market. Is it fair that strangers, some of them not of the most considerate class, should be invited (to come in and kill these animals without being taxed, while the local resident is taxed to pro- tect them? Secondly, ‘the tax helps to provide a fund for efficient game pro- tection. Thirdly, the tax tends to keep out a horde of reckless ‘and irresponsi- ble individuals who, in other localities, have proved to be a menace to property and life. The local government and its game officials are concerned that, at all hazards, the game supply of New Brunswick shall not be decimated. Hew jlong would the game survive iif no restrictions were placed upon the influx of nunters? What is $20 to the man who gets his moose? Is it not better for him to come to New Bruns-~ wick and get his moose the first trip, even though he pays $20 for the priv- ilege, than to spend $1,000 in many fruitless efforts to bag his game else- where? It was Gordon Parker, of Wo- burn, (Mass., one of the most deserved- ly esteemed of Ametcan sportsmen, who remarked in Forest and Stream: “There is a vast difference between hunting for moose and a moose hunt, and the place to have the latter is in New Brunswick.” One of the most widely known Amer}~ can amateur hunters and a man of rare literary talents is ‘Mr. Frederick Ir- land, of Washington. When emerging from his latest thunt in this provinces with the finest moose he had ever shot. Mr. Irland’s statement was: “‘I believe that there are as many ‘moose to the square mile in New Brunswick as there are deer to the square mile in Maine!” Doubtless some allowance should be made for the poetical faculty in joy- ous moose hunters as well as in fisher- men. It is unlikely, however, that the genial Doctor can be prevailed upon to revise this judgment, for on his next I2 hunting trip to this province his was the unique and thrilling experience of having five monster bull moose respona to his call on a single evening! Fancy the feelings of a medium sized ma. crouching in the dark on am old beaver dam, fifty miles from the nearest settle-~ Inent, Surrounded by five obstreperous old bulls, each one grunting for alll hs was worth and polishing his horns on the trees! This province is not only intersected everywhere by a wonderful natural sys- tem of water communication, opening up a limitless perspective for the camper and canoeist; it has railways in every section thar vring the sports- man within a few mu.es of the virgin forest. The principal big game centres, or outfitting stations of the province, are Edmunston, Andover, Fredericton, Boiestown, St. John, Newcastle, Bath- urst and Campbellton. Owing to its central ‘location, both from a railroad and geographical standpoint, there is no more convenient point of departure, as a rule, for the big game hunter, than Fredericton, the capital of the province. If a man were to place the palm of his hand on a pocket map of New Brunswick, with its base rest- ing on thiis fine old elm-shaded city, he would have “right in his mitt” nearly all the choice game sections of the pro. vince. His thumb would ttouch the mouth of Tobique river, a stream a)- mest unrivalled on the continent for its wealth of fish and g..me as well as of natural scenery. His forefinger would traverse the upper springs of the far- famed Restigouche and Nepisiguit; his second finger, the wonderful moose ana caribou grounds of tthe Miramichi; his third finger would cross Cains river and Little niver, and his liitle finge: would rest upon tue historic plains and lakes at the head of the Canaan and Salmon rivers. It would be a toss of a nickel as to whither he should gs, His chance of success in any direction would ibe good, and if he were ia sturdy tramper and a fairly igood marksman, would be practically certain. There are guides in this province who, in many yeans’ experience, have never failed, tin a single instance, to »noduce the living target. It was an American sportsman who, after several days of arduous trumping, remarked: ‘‘Well, we came to still-hunt and we are still hunting.” To which his Indian guide impressively replied: ‘‘Sartin, |boss, if you want the moose bull you got to hang.’’? Num- erous though the moose and caribou are, they are seldom fiound near the settlements iand ‘the sportsman should figure on a stay of at least three weeks if he expects to make sure of his game. He should count also upon doing a good stiff turn of walking in a country where asphalt pavements and Martini cock- Rod and Gun in Canada tails are comparatively rare. Not a few cases, however, are cited where sportsmen who have to take their sport like their dinner, on the jump, have left Boston or New York for the New Brunswick hunting grounds and re- turned tin triumph within a week aic- companied by their moose. From a scenic standpoint it is mot easy to exaggerate the beauties of such mcble streams ias the Restigouche, Up- salquitch, Sou’-West and Nor’-West Miramichi, Tobique or the chain of lakes and streams known as the Squa- tecks. Ali of these sforest highways present a boundless prospect of all that is wild and priimitive for woodland scen- ery and all that is exciting and other- wise enjoyable for plenitude of fish and zame supply. He who wiith birch ca- noe, or plebian ‘“‘pirogue,’’ ascends to the upper waters of any of these lovely Streams, will secure a wealth of pic- turesque experience that ‘will remain with him in reminiscent form as long as life shall last. He will not grow profane at the sight of some other camping party around every bend in the stream. He will not hear a fusilade of countless rifle shots echoing among the hills, nor be mistaken for game by erratic youths and shot at from be- hind stumps as the treads the forest trails. He will not see all the trees blazed with the mark of the mighty do)- lar. He will not have to weather the wash of steamboats on the big forest lakes. He will behold a region where dreamland visions meet the eye at every turn; where the unsophisticated trout, having never gone to college in a haten- ery, willl sieze a flannel rag as quickly as the most alluring fly; where the sheldrake will churn the waters before him into foam with frantic flight, and where his sleep at night will be broken by the chattering cf the mink, or the sloppy blow of the jumping salmon as he ‘tumbles back in his native pool. Scarcely a day will pass as his birchen skiff silently threads the shining lakes or deadwatens that he will not come upon the monarch moose, or the tim- orous deer, shoulder weep in the water plants, and iif he is ‘“‘one of the chosen,”’ to whom none of the good things of life are denied, he may even chance upon that coyest and wariest of all game an1- mals, the black bear, browsing on the berry-covered ‘hills, or patiently fishing for trout or suckers at the outlet of scme brook or lake. The Nepisiguit river, it may be mentioned, enjoys the rare distinction of being, perhaps, the enly region in America where the black bear can be hunted with a sure pros- pect cf success. From the flap of your tent you can easily spot his sombre fig- ure with a field glass «#s he roams the hillsides in search of his favorite fruit. Then it is only a matter of careful stalking and good marksmanship. There. jis hardly any limit to the v riety of canoe trips offered to the ¢ er and sportsman by the St. John river ~ and its tributary streams. He may, as did the Indians for ages, urge his wa: with pole and paddle up the main $y, John and, after a short portage, embar upon the Penobscot. He may floa without effort from the remote fountain head of this noble river a distance over 400 miles clear to its mouth through landscapeuscenes of panor: grandeur. He may ascend the Mada. wiaska from Edmunston :a distance fifteen miles, carry his pirogue over into Squatook river and thence enjo a run down stream all the way of about 100 miles to the place of beginn- ing, through a chain of forest-bordered waterways that fairly swarm with trout and through lakes that are as beautiful as poet’s dream. He may pole up Green or Grand river and down — the spacious Restigouche. He may as. cend the silvery waters of the Tobique and the Nictor and thence, after a short : carry, reach the Bathurst lakes and the — wild, tumultuous Nepisiguit. From the latter stream, if ‘so incined, he may R earry into the Upsalquitch, a branch ot the Restigouche. A favorite route is tus portage outfit and canoes from Bristol Station to the headwaters of the Sou’-— West Miramichi, ruaing down that beautiful salmon stream as far as_ Poiestown and returning to Fredericton by rail. The tenderfoot camper can launch his Milicete canoe at Frederic-_ ton 'when the morning sun is breaking through the river mist and at nightfall pitch his tent upon the level shores of Grand Lake, an ideat camping ground for the tourist who may wish to com- bine a maximum of water space and grassy mead with a minimum of work. Or, he may spend a most pleasurable day exploring the Oromocto river, which joins the St. John ten miles be- lew Fredericton, by steam yacht or canoe. This stream may be navigated by such light craft for a distance of twenty miles. Its marshy shores area favorite feeding ground for deer as well as black duck and teal. Here and there are gravelly banksy sloping to the water, shadowed by thick-foliaged trees and edged with a carpet of velvety grass, making the most delightful grounds for a day’s outing. Then there are more extensive flats near bubbling springs, for campers of longer stay. — It is mot alone in the item of such rcyal game is the moose, caribou, and bear tthat New Brunswick has been richly endowed by Nature. Deer are plentiful in the western and southern portions and are rapidly threading on nimble foot the remotest regions of the great north woods. The ruffed grouse is in evidence everywhere. On nearly l the woodland lakes black duck and ‘al are numerous and many kinds of a duck as well, when the southern F a is on. The plain, unvarnishea as to the wild goose and brant ate to be had at Miscou, Tabus- t cand other points upon the east- 1 seaboard, read like a fairy tale. And if the province forms a hunter’s ‘ise, what shall be said of the it has to offer? Its salmon s, such as the Restiguuche, Nep- Miramichi and Tobique, are the world over. Many of the : it pools are under lease, it is true, oo fly for this noblest of game A page would be required ‘to the names alone of the lakes ana where trout abound, and where ling is as free as the air to the visitor. All the big lakes on the of Tobique, whether on the right branch or the left, abound witn and some of them with land-lock- non, or togue. As for the upper e it, here is what Allen M.Brews- of Newburyport, Mass., who visit- it section in the summer of 1897 e first time, thinks of it: “I haa st enjoyable trip up the left hand of the Tobique and went to the Bathurst lakes. I was early for moose calling althougn é in getting one very good ‘moose. The trout fishing in the sst lakes is something I never ee enced, although I have ve last twenty years.” The Patuk ms and lakes of the provinces are, r exceptions, open to all, There event takes aay about the latter , of May or first of June. Those ; have “struck it wight’ at Indian- j Bartibogue, Bathurst, Jacquet rer or many other choice localities might be named, will not soon et the experience. July and August the best months for fishing in the erior of New Brunswick. u above the din of the trolley car, the nging of bells and the wearying cla- r of the dollar-hunting mob? Break e then from foul air, foul thoughts— “debts, duns and deviltries” of city vi es and hills of New Brunswick, here horns and health await you ana here length of days and peace of mina ré found beneath the shadow of birch ud pine. Fredericton, N. B. Rod and Gun in Canada eee ey See Te th HE Professor expressed a wish to go trout fishing. Mr. Sportsman was an enthusiast in the matter of brook trout, but he questioned the Professor’s physical capacity to stand the trip. “For,” said he, “when I go trout fish- ing, I go to catch trout, not to sit dangling a hook into a pool all day when there is nothing to take it, and if no fish will bite in about five min- utes, I move on to another spot.” “Ah, my friend,” said the Professor, “perhaps if instead of moving on you would change your fly you might have better success.” “Change my fly?’ snapped Mr. Sportsman, “The only flies in evidence when I am trout fishing are mosquitoes and ‘black flies. Why, man alive, the creek where I usually fish runs through the primeval forest, and you could not throw a fly iif you tried. It is just a crooked line of water running through a tangle of alders, fallen trees, creep- ers, high bush, cranberry shrubs, and eveny abomination calculated to make 4% man use sulphurous language. I don’t go too often just on that account, It does not do to keep the recording angel too busy. The only thing in favor ef the creek is that there are lots of - treut in it, and if you would really like to attempt it we will start to-day, take our tent, camp at the mouth of the ereek, and be ready next morning for the fish.” “But,” asked the Professor, “how do you catch the trout then? I thought they lived on flies.’ “Live on flies! That’s all rubbish. 1 use a short piece of line about eight feet long, a small kirby ‘bent hook, with a long shank, and cut a pliant alder for ia rod. As I said before, there are plenty of alders. For bait I prefer partridge gizzard, but if I can’t get any I shoot a squirrel, or a small bird; a1tything in the shape of meat. Some- times I take a piece of the fish itself, if I ean only catch one, the little acute angle at the throat preferred. Some- times grasshoppers are in season with ‘them, though a creek running through the unreclaimed bush has no grasshop- pers on its banks, therefore the fish are not educated up to them.” “Then,” iasked the Professor, with simplicity, ‘you have educated these fisk up to partridge gizzard?” “Professor,” answered Mr. Sports- 3) THE PROFESSOR’S OUTING SEO. gl Ook CO EE RIT ER ELI Y AS OY EE ond Re: By C. C. Farr. man, Sternly, “on matters piscatorial you should never question so closely. It shows a lack of confidence in the veracity of an otherwise unimpeach- able citizen, which often leads to a coolness, and sometimes to strained re- lations.” The Professor was visibly affected and showed great contrition. “For,” said he, “I am a fisherman myself and ought to have known better than to doubt the word of a brother fisherman, but I insist on accompany- ing you on this trip. It seems to me such ian easy method of catching fish, so primitive and so delightful.” “Wait until you ‘have to ‘scratch’ along those tangled banks with your rod in your hand, with the hook dang- ling loose, and warranted to catch on to every little twig and leaf that it can get within reach of, and, failing that, into your thumb it goes; then you won’t eaill it so easy or delightful.” But the Professor would not be dis- ccuraged. He was a man blessed with boundless enthusiasm, and thoroughly optimistic. So off they started. Two canoes, containing Mr. Sportsman, the Professor, the patient John, and ano- ther young man called Harry, who though not keen on fishing, loved a gun, though he never killed much. The lake was calm as a mill pond, and they paddled close to the high rccks, which are one of the features of the much written of Temiskaminz scenery. The shade was cool and re- freshing. They had about ten miles to g0, and though the Professor insisted that he “would like to investigate the geological formation of these escarp- ments, Mr. Sportsman was obdurate, for he knew that such investigation would consist in the Professor sitting down on a stone, and resting a while in the shade, so he vetoed the proposition’ and they pushed on. When they had travelled about half the distance, a halt was called, for the rocks were fairly blue with blueberries; so they scattered over them to graze. Then John came up to Mr. Sportsman and whispered that he had a bottle of good rye whiskey with him, and if a drop would ‘be acceptable, etc. ‘But,’ he ccntinued, “How about the Professor? He looks like a chap that would faint at the sight of such a thing.” “You offer him a drop, John; I don’t think he will faint quite.” 14 When John came back there was a twinkle in his eye. “Well, John, did he faint?” “Not much,” said John. “Say, that Professor is not a bad sort. I went up to him, and was going to ask him if he would take a nip, and yet I couldn’t make up my mind how to put it, when he said: ‘John, do you ever drink?’ I felt kind of nonplussed, struck all of a heap, and was going to say ‘no, never.’ When he went on and said: ‘For if you do, I have a bottle in my valise, and a little refreshment would not hurt us, John; you know that it has been scientifically demonstrated that alcoholic beverages are not neces- sarily injurious to the human system. Whenever I imbibe a small modicum of spirits I always feel inwardly con- .- vinced that it is good for me.’ Not so bad for the Professor, and, by-the-bye, Mr. Sportsman, he wants you to join.” So they all joined, and then into their canoes again, until another spell of steady paddling brought them to the bay where the creek empties itself into the lake. Here they camped and while the rest were cutting wood, putting up the tents and preparing supper, Harry reconnoitred in search of gime. When he returned he reported having seen a grcund hog. “Why did you not shoot it, then?” inquired Mr. Sportsman. ‘It would have done nicely for bait.” . “T guess,’ answered Harry, “If you want it, I can get it in the morning.” “All right, that will do.’’ When men have paddled about ten miles they do not care to say more than they can help before they eat. And they do eat. Our friends were fairly ravenous, and the Professor’s tongue gave precedence to the Profes- sor’s teeth. After the post-prandial been smoked the fragrant balsam brush was secured for the beds. The Professor wanted to arrange it, but Mr. ‘Sportsman promptly vetoed such a proposition, seeing that he himself was going to share the bed, for he had theories regarding the arranging of a bed of balsam brush, and those who know will agree that it is an art gaiin- ed by experience, and Mr. Sportsman naturally did not care to throw himself upon the tender mercies of the inex- perienced Professor for his night’s com- fort. ‘Therefore, as was his custom, he superintended the matter himself. He first lay down in the exact spot where he intended to sleep, in order to find out any protuberances of the ground, stray sticks, and chips, or even stones, which even when covered with brush, would serve to make night hide- ous With discomfort. Having removed all such matter and even slightly hol- lowed out the particular spots where shoulders and hips (which practically pipe had Rod and Gun bear the weight of a sleeping man) come in contact with the ground, so that sleep would be possible even with- out the brush, he proceeded to lay the brush with the butts always outwards, or coming between him and his bed- fellow. He did the same for the Pro- fessor on his side of the tent, spread the blankets, put his coat under his head for a pillow, and dropped off to sleep just about the moment that the Professor had proved to his own satis- faction that ‘Salmo Fontinales,’”’ as he called brook trout, were closely allied to “Salmo Ansonii,” a scientific de- menstration that elicited from Mr. Sportsman a resonant snore. Next morning at daybreak the report of a gun close by awoke these two from a refreshing slumber. Mr. Sportsman jumped up :and said: “Hello! There is Harry at his ground- hog. I am giad he has got him. Now we shall have plenty of bait.” Presently Harry appeared without the grcund hog. “Where is the ground hog?” said Mr. Sportsman. ‘Surely you didn’t miss him?” 4 “No, I didn’t,” answered Harry. “Where is he then?” “In his hole.” “Why didn’t you bring him then?” “Because I couldn’t reach him.” “What; did he crawl into his hole af- ter you had killed him?” ° “Yes; that he did. He would have crawled into a dozen holes if they had been there. I never seed such things in my life. They are worse than old country rabbits.” in? Canada “Herein is a mystery,” said Mr. Sportsman. “You kill a ground hog, and lo! he crawls away. Who says that miracles have ceased in our day? Why, hang it, man, we have no bait now. Confound such shooting, I say.” '“Well; you didn’t need a whole ground hog for bait, surely.” “No, certainly not; but if you had ‘just shot even a leg of him, it would “have sufficed.’’ Then Harry begati to indulge in sul- phurous remarks, which brought the Professor out of his tent, and he ex- horted the wicked Harry with winged werds of reprobation for his unseemly language. Breakfast relieved the strain, and re- stored the equanimity. Moreover an unfortunate squirrel came too close for his own good and he succumibed to the deadly weapon of Harry, thus offering himself an unwilling sacrifice on the altar of bait. And now to business. There was quite a walk before them ere they eculd hope to catch fish, for 1t was use- less to try before they reached swift water. And it was a walk, or rather a climb, over logs and under logs, through brush and tangled growth un- til the Professor’s face fairly streame with perspiration, and his conversatior became monosyllabic, and the wicke¢ Harry called it a rest for the rest. Th young villain had not forgotten no torgiven the lecture he received in th morning, but he soon had his revenge. After about two miles of this kind o: travelling, Mr. Sportsman, who was leading, happened to look back to see if the others were following close, and he noticed Harry gesticulating wildly and pointing to something behind him Thoughts of moose, deer and bears flashed through his mind and he has- tened back towards him. When he came up to him Harry whispered, ‘‘De you want to hear the Professor swear? If you do just keep still a minute and you will hear him.” } Alas, it was true, the Professor was swearing, and who could blame him? What could the poor man do? There he was; apparently dropped down into— a triangular enclosure of logs, or fallen trees, astride of a small stick, so that his legs would not touch bottom, and unable to pull himself up, owing to op-_ pesing brush. Mr. Sportsman at once went to the rescue and extricated the unfortunate Professor, while Harry, the uncivilized savage, made the bush echo with shouts of fiendish laughter. Nor did he forget the winged words of reproba- tion, but in that his memory was good he gave them verbatim, as he got them from the poor Professor in the morn- ing. Mr. Sportsman laughed likewise, and the Professor was the only one who could not see the joke. But just then John appeared upon the scene, like a ministering angel, with a flask, and they all straightway joined with inward conviction. After this little episode Mr. Sports- man kept the Professor more under his wing, and the procession moved on with more deliberation, until the sound of rushing waters betokened the proxi- mity of the first rapid. And then be- gan the rush for rods, except on the part of the cynical Harry, who would quote ‘the old saying about the fool at one end and a worm at the other. The Professor attacked a young birch tree big enough for a fence pole, but was persuaded into selecting something lighter and more in proportion to the ‘gize of the fish, for, as Harry said, they were not expecting whales. It was imteresting 10 a disinterested spectator to watch the proceedings of the fishermen; note how that when one would pull a little beauty from out of a tempting foam-flecked pool, another in all innocence would drop his line just a little above him or below him. Th: fact is, the ethics of fishermen in this respect are not perfect, and it takes a man of heroic mould, when he sees another catching plenty of fish, to con- tinue to fish where he is catching thing, not even getting a bite, and not “Mhrow his line near that of his more wtunate neighbor. The [Trofessor, hough we all loved him, was not a 0, at least in this respect, for even he good tempered Jonn mildly remon-+ rated when after several times, on eling a tug of what he thought was 1, he would pull it up and find the ssor’s line lovingly entwined nd his own. trout are slippery creatures ma have a habit of being pulled out o#* amongst the slippery stones of the Tapids. More skill is often required to e a fish so caught than to catch Professor fiving to grasp a floundering fish, pecially as the result of the struggle us the escape of the fish and a mono- the say, Professor, I won’t take you ing any more just for the sake soul.” _ the sun has mounted high in vens and the internal economies the fishermen proclaim that it is time dinmer, so they cooked some of fish, made the tea and sat them wn to eat beside the tinkling falls, and stocks may fall, the whole busi- s fabric of the world may go smash, the effects can not touch one. (physical discomforts of such a » give but a zest to the enjoyment yf such ia day, and with such surround- ss the very act of living is a plea- en the Professor forgot to be pe- and laughed heartily with Harry his mishap on the way. And then to sleep by the monotonous mu- of the waterfall and rustling of the summer wind amongst the poplar es. Those who have experienced know it, and to them these words ay perchance recall familiar scenes f summers past and gone, but to e who never have tasted of such they beckon and bid them come taste and see what a goodly thing is. The happiest moments of a man’s ife can be spent in the primeval forest far from the madding crowd,’ where ture reigns supreme and man is but other unit of the whole. : Mr. Sportsman,” said “Those are beautiful - senti- ts, but can you lend us a match?” “Dear me,” exclaimed Mr. Sports- lan, “I must have peer dreaming. s Rod and Gun in Canada Harry, you young scalawag, is there no poctry in you at all?” “I don’t know about poetry,” said Harry, “but I know that there are lots of trout in me.” Mr. Sportsman sighed, and looked at his watch, then jumped up saying: “It js getting late. There is a pool about a mile further up I am bound to try. Who will come with me?” John volunteered at once, but the Professor was persuaded by Harry to stay where he was, and “cease play- ing the moose,” and so they parted for « while. Mr. Sportsman fished up stream until the sun’s declining rays warned him that it was time to retrace his steps. He and John picked up the Professor on their way back, and it Was a joyful Professor they found, for as luck would have it, he had caught the biggest fish of all. Harry swore that it was a fluke, and that if it had not been for him, the Professor would not only have lost the fish, but would have lost his hook and line as well; but for all that the glory belonged to the learned man from the south, and all were glad to accord to him the honor due, so that our beloved Professor swelled with pride and was ready at any mement to give Mr. Sportsman a tew hints on the art of catching trout much to Mr. Sportsman’s disgust and to the amusement of John and Harry who fairly chuckled at the idea of the Dictator, mildly accepting dictation, the Sartor Resartus re-enacted. So they sought their camping ground, all fairly laden with the spoils of the creek. Harry objected to carrying any- thing, seeing that he had caught noth ing, but his objections were overruled, and he compromised by carrying the Professor’s catch. A short cut made th return journey easier, and they reached the camp in time to cook their tea an.l1 start for home before the sun had set. The paddle home seemed short and easy, for conversation flowed freely. There were incidents enough connected with the trip to afford matter for con- versation for a week. The Professor never forgot his big fish, nor did he a!- low anyone else to forget it. And ta- day, if perchance those who read these lines should meet him, they too will learn that he, with his own right hand, landed the largest fish of all! And he will bear witness that such a trip, with all its miseries, and all its discomforts is well worth the making, and that af- ter all, the true sportsman fares bet ter, in places more or less inaccessible than when following the beaten track for such iis the region of Temiskaming, comparatively untried, and hence fui of piscatorial possibilities. oOo An ardent angler is naturally a good correspondent. He is always willing to drop a line. 15 OADA9A9 ODER EH Een eee 6 ANGLING IN KOOTENAY By W. F. B. ,) Se a ee ee ad Og or oy Ot On) The fishing in British Columbia has already obtained a world-wide vepu- tation. For the fertunate angler who nas the time and money to spare there $ no country in the world where he an better exercise nis piscatorial pro- clivities to their fullest extent. The best of the rivers on Vancouver Island are a little ditticult of access and entail camping eut, a most de- lightful mode of enjoying sport when There are few rivers in which first ciass sport can be had within a short distance to comrortable hotels, but there is one place where the working- man can enjoy the best of fishing within an hour’s journey of his place ‘of business, nay, at times, within a Stone’s throw orf it. This angler's paradise for the sons of toil may be found at N elson, a pros- perous little city in West Kootenay, numbering some four thousand souls. Nelson is situated on the north shore of the west arm of Kootenay lake. A more picturesque place can hardly be imagined, all round are wooded hills, rocky crags, and in the background ShOwW-Capped mountains towering a- - bove all. Nelson is the principal sup- ply town for the rich mining district of Kootenay, and the wants of the angler are not forgotten by the local tradesmen. About two miles betow the town the lake narrows into the Kootenay river, forming an cnormous body of water with occasional waterfalls, the largest of which, the Bonnington falls, are utilised py an electrical power com- pany to supply the neighboring city vt nmosslana with electric light. From the beginning of the fishing season (March 16th) up to about the middle of June, the nshing all over the lake is very good, and in particu- lar, on the reach between Nelson and the river. The trout belong to the variety of Salmonidae, known as the Salmo Purpuratus; they are very game fish, averaging in size from half a pound to six or seven pounds. Much larger fish may be caught by trolling With live bait or an artificial minnow’ ‘or spoon, but as a sportsman, I can ‘only write for sportsmen, and for us the only lawful ture is the fly. As a rule small flies are more dead- ly than large flies. There are times when the little dry-flies, made for the old country chalk streams, make large baskets, while the larger patterns draw blanks. On the whole, however, a fly dressed on a No. 7 hook, new standard, English size, will be found the best all-round size to use. During two years’ expérience of the tastes of the Kootenay trout, I have found three patterns of flies very successful, and for the benefit of those who dress their own flies, I will give these patterns in detail:— (1) Wings—Summer Duck. Hackle—Blue hen hackle, golden olive. Body—Olive pig’s wool or seal fur, ribbed with gold tinsel. Tail—Scarlet Ibis. (2) Wings—Bronze mallard. ; Hackle—White . cock dyed dark claret. Body—Mixed dark blue and claret dyed a 16 veo 8S WOO] or seal fur, ribbed with sil- ver twist. : Tail—Two Indian Crow feathers. (3) Wings—Indian Bustard. Hackle—Red (undyed) game cock hackle. Body—yYellow floss silk, ribbed with gold tinsel, and red game cock carried down the body. Tail—Red worsted. The wings should be doubled and laid on flat over the bodies. These pat- terns have been well tested by friends as well as ‘by me, and no angling ‘‘fa- mily should be without them.” My time being limited, I was only able to have two good days when the fishing was at its best last season. The first of these days was or the lake some time during the latter part of May. A learned judge, who was in town to administer the law during the assizes, suggested that we should have a day’s fishing together before he left the town, a suggestion which I am glad to say, I was able to act up- on. It was a lovely day, more like summer than spring, but rather bright for good fishing. We determined to try our luck at a part of the lake about five miles from the town where, it had been reported several heavy baskets had recently been made. Anglers are not famed for strict ver- acity, and I fear the Nelson Walton- ians are no exception to the ruie; but in spite of our being perfectly aware of that fact, we decided to give the place a trial, for the day was fair and the scenery up the lake magnificent. Our progress up the lake was sonie- what retarded by a head winl, conse- quently we did not arrive at our desti- nation until lunch time. About two o’clock we set to work, but the fish rose slowly and half- heartedly, and by 4 o’clock our bas- kets were light. My companion sug- gested a change of scene, so we hoist- ed our sail and had a glorious run before a spanking breeze, nor did we stop until we had passed the town. Just below the Railway Company’s wharf, we saw some fish -isiig, S29 we hied us there and cast over the disap- pearing bubbles .A quick spiash and a gleam of silver gladdened our failing hopes, and presently we had the net under a beauty. More fisn begar. to rise; whenever it was possible we would row within reach of the rising fish, casting over them as quick'y as we were able, so as to attract their attention before thy sank Jown into the depths; if we were sharp enough we invariably met with succ2ss. The sun was now low down in the heavens, and the fish began to rise as if they meant business. W had cnly light rods, and as the fish were above the average size of the lake trout, we, perhaps, wasted more time than we ought to have done in landing our fish. For about an hour and a half the fun waxed fast and furious, then the rises diminished. (My companion seemed tired, and I was horribly hungry, so we decided to return home. On our way back the fish began to move again, and we picked up one or two stragglers before we reached the boat house. We gave a few of the fish away to a less successful brother angler, who was returning home with us. The ehurch bells recalled to us the la- mentable fact that we had profaned the Sabbath (an event of frequent oc- currence in Nelson, I fear), so we stole home through the bye-ways for fear of meeting the faithful on thsir way to their various conventicles. Rod and Gun in Canada Our bag still contained close on thirty fish, weighing 387 pounds, ahout as pretty a basketful as any reas )n- able angler could wish to have. We presented some the spoil to the Preswyterian minister in order to assu- age our gulity consciences. The other day we referred to was on the river, later in the year, abou the end of August. The lake begins to rise during April, owing to the melting snows, is at its zenith in July, and be- gins to fall gradually from August until ‘winter sets in.»-Tne best sport in the river is obtained when the water is falling, September being, as a ruls, tne best month. The railway runs alongside the river to Robson,where the Kootenai joins the Columbia river, a distance of about twenty-two miles. Good fishing may be had at almost any point on the river, thouga, of course, some parts are hbeiter than others. Many of the most Jikely ‘ook- ing pools are never fished owing partly to the difficulty of access, partiy to the local indifference to trying un- known water when good sport may be miade sure of in well known portions of the river. As there were ladies in our party, we decided to try a portion of the river nar to wher there is now a s‘a- tion (Slocan Junction) as being easy of access, and not too much frequen:- ed by anglers. Sloecan Junction is about sixteen miles from Nelson; it is only a few minutes’ walk froma place where the river expands into a small lake, Known locally as Ward’s Crossing, 2 fuvorize and excellent angling station, bat a little too popular with anglers for my fancy. We arrived at the river side about 11 a.m. The heat was intense, but the mosquitos were painfully active, so there was nothing for it but to light a fire in order to defend the ladies from the ravages of these persistent insects. One of our party in a well- meaning, but mistaken, manner, sug~- gested cigarettes, but as the ladies were rather shy of each other, the ad- vance was indignantly repelled. it was too hot to fish, so we had early lunch, then sought a place of shade, where I dressed a few flies, rather larger than those I ordinarily used, for the evening’s fishing- One of the party who had been prospecting for a more inviting camp- ing ground, came and offered to lead us to a veritable fairy dell, if only we were prepared to do a little_climbing. We shouldered our basket of proven- der and scrambled over fallen timber and rocks for some 300 yards, until we came to a little hollow just at the edge of the forest bordering the river bank. Fortune had, indeed, favored our prospector in selecting a camping site. Imagine a level patch of moss-carpet- ed ground, about fifteen yards squsre, arched over by enormous pine tress, the uir laden with the scent of the syringa blossom mingled with the in- cense-like odor of the resinous pine, in the back-ground a dense black for- est, impenetrable almost on account of the thick undergrowth, and in the foreground a marvellous scene. The mighty river falling down, through 3 chasm of huge jagged rock, some forty feet, sending up showers of spray that seemed to be transform- ed by the suns into myriads of jewels, then forming into a fierce rapid, churning its waters into thick white foam, here and there dashing upwards almost backwards, with great vio- lence, as if protesting against the pre sence of the enormous boulders in i bed, impeding its headlong course. On the further shore a_ gigantic rock bounded the waters in, crowned est, and in the far distance, the moun ains towering above everything. q We were sufficiently far trom the falls not to be troubled with the roa of the falling water in the distance, and the fact that the chasm came be- tween us and the falls produced a sg norous effect, not unlike the pedal note of a cathedral organ. “Sing,” one whose of the old world; “sing us the s of love and death of Isolde,” one; “but sing us some song that shall be grand in its simplicity, so71- thing that will appeal to us all.”’ We listened and waited; presently she began the old Scotch song, ““The Bon- nie Banks of Loch Lomond,” softly at first, then swelling out, ending with a diminuendo, with a rare skill and pathos, the exquisite organ of her voice blending with the diapasons of merry party; we all saiw visons of the past rising in our fancies, and we were sad, for we were pilgrims from a far land, and had loved ones, friends and homes thousands of miles behind us. — I felt lumps rising in my throat, and not liking to make a fool of myself before women, sauntered away with my rod, under the pretence of fishing. Even by the river brink, above the thunder of the falls, I could hear the singer; it was “Farewell to Loch Aber” now, the tune the piper had played as our train was moving cut of Banchory station at the end of .ur farewell visit to Dee-side, before leaving the old country. I could stand it no longer, so scrambled over rocks hastily toward the waterfall, barking my shins unmercifully against a rock in so doing. > Just below the falls a man ws fish-— ing with some sort of bait; as 1 watch- ed he pulled out a splendid trout, and I awoke from my reverie. In spite of the heat, I fished steadily for about an hour, catching one or two fair sized fish. Then some one came andu dragged me away for, possibly, some other refreshment — not unwill- ingly—and we rested and waited for the sun to decline. A party of men had invaded our sanctuary and had begun to erect a tent, evidently intend- ing to stay there for a few days. Four of them started to fish, and we wa‘k- ed down to the river to watch them. I noticed one or two good fish rise about twenty yards, at least, from the shore, right at the edge of the rough ‘water. The sun was now off the river at that particular place, so I determined to try and cast ove» the rising fish. This was none too easy to do, for the rocks behind made cver- head casting impossible, and the con- stantly changing eddies and «urrents made “Spey” casting difficult. (For the benefit of the Sasenach, J should state that by the “Spey” cast is meant a method of throwing the fly without taking the fly out of the water, a feat which takes a lot of practice to accomplish.) Sometimes I would succeed, and sometimes my Jine would cause me to expostulate in a profane tongue; but nearly every time that I succeeded in getting out a long line IT | | oked a good fish, and the longer e line the larger would ne the htsh. the sun sank, the fish came ker. My angling ‘‘confreres,’ had only light short rods-—-where- had a heavy 14-foot rod, split with steel centre, strong enough rry any length of line that I was hopeless and sat down ty waren to cast—had given up the task was wearing a pair of > > Se Se a a 7 eT a Trap shooting has not reached that degree of popularity in Canada that it deserves. Thalt we have among us many excellent trap shots, and that the average Canadian is fond of the gun is ‘true, but the fact remains that trap shooting, especially. inanimate target shooting, as a regular pastime, has only developed in spots and in a great many sections of country this most en- jcyable of sports is comparatively un- known. Several reasons may be given for this apparent apathy on our part. Ali field shots and those who have con- fined their trap shooting to live birds are inclined to look with a certain amount of contempt upon the later sport of smashing “clay saucers.’ But as w rule a taste of the sport develops avery keen appetite for it, and as was remarked at the recent sporstmen’s show, Madison Square Garden, New York City, men who were cold blood- ed spectators one day were found en- thusiastically endeavoring to smash the elusive target the next, and, what is more, kept at it. In the United States this sport has been greatly popularized. Almost every city, town and village has its gun club, and the number of targets con- sumed reaches away into the millions. It, of course, has been encouraged and pushed along by ammunition and gun, as well as the target and trap manu- facturers, but its own merits alone must ‘be credited with its great popu- larity. The practice has developed some wonderfully good shots and I am afraid in this bramch of sport, at least, we must all take a back seat from our American cousins. The advantages of target shooting are so many that I hope we Canadians will arouse ourselves and give it the place in our sporting world that it deserves. The burning desire of a shot gun enthnsiast, as has been said of English- men, is to go out and killsomething. In these days of rapidly depleting game fields it is a desire that cannot be sat- isfied to the full without very disas- trous results. Where game is plentiful one is apt to let his ‘eagerness run away with his good judgment and de- velop habits of the ‘“‘game-hog”’ charac- ter. It is infinitely better to gorge oneselves on clay birds and dull the edige off one’s appetite ait the traps once a week than to disregard the laws of true sporstmanship as so many of us do when on the fields. Yarget shooting undoubtedly increas- es one’s skill with the gun. The shoot- er who increases his percentage of kills at the traps will find that he will do cleaner and more satisfactory work in the field, notwithstanding the fact that there are many excellent field ‘shots who are very indifferent target shots. To make the best scores on tar- gets good shooting guns and good am- munition are essential and one is led to study guns, ammunition, loads, ete., to his own advantage in every way. As compared with live pigeon shoot- ing it has advantages. We must ac- knowledge the great superiority of the in Canada rs ed 17 latter as a sport, but it is expensive and therefore cannot be indulged in by the poor man to any great extent. Targets can be trapped for lc each and with the prices of ammunition today a Shooter can spend a pleasant hour or two every week without making se- rious inroads on his pocket book. Again the element of cruelty in pigeon shoot- ing, although more apparent than real, is, of course, entirely absent at targets. Our backwardness in target shooting is largely owing to the fact, I believe, that we simply haven’t tried the sport and consequently do not know what a good thing it is. The reason given for the lack o enthusiasm in England, where, as here, the sport has only as- sumed modest proportions, may per- haps apply to us, and that is that their tastes run largely to athletics. But nevertheless the representative of an American magazine ‘trap and clay pig- eon has recently vaid a visit to the Old Country and has awakened new and widespread interest in this class of shooting. Here I think all we need is that the hint be given and we will not ‘be slow ito take it. i Unfortunately for trap sl.ooting in- terests it has not been given much at- tention by our journalistic friends. ] know of no Canadian paper or journal that has, hitherto, properly catered to the trap shooter and supplied or at- tempted to supply him with the news and reading matter he demands. Now in “Rod and Gun’ I hope to, see that want well supplied and I believe with a sporting paper, representing ‘their in- terests, that trap shooting will be stim- ulated and the ranks of trap shooters — all over Canada rapidly increaseu. What I would like to see organized without delay would be a League of Canadian Sportsmen. Such an organi- zation, composed of sportsmen all over Canada, would have an imimense power of good. It would not only encourage sport with the gun, but it would be a splendid instrument for the propaga- tion ‘and protection of ourgame. What more fitting place for the birth of such an organization ithan the (Metropolis of Canada, Montreal itself. It would unite the scattered forces of Canadian shooters into a sporting brotherhood, having a distinctively Canadian com- plexion. 2 Then we should have league tourna- ments, held at different prominent points in Canada. We might possibly discover where the champion Cana- dian trap shooter lives. If he has been discovered so far I have not heard of him and I certainly would like to make his acquaintance. Let us, then, push the good work along and with the assistance and co- operation of “Rod and Gun” trap shooting will soon take its proper place in the Canadian world of sport. ooo Westmount Gun Club’s Tournament. The Westmount Gun Club, Montreal, held an all-day tournament on May 24th, on their grounds, beautifully situated on the slope of the mountain and overlook- ing the city and river. An interesting programme was presented, one of the fea- tures being a competition for a silver coffee set donated by the manufacturers of the “S.S.” smokeless powder, the com- petitors to use only “SS.” powder in the competition. Event No. 1 was 18 yards rise, unknown traps and angles, one man up, gun to be held below the 18 clbow until target was released. Events 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 were unknown angles, the others known angles. ‘The purses were divided on the Rose system, 4 and 5 monies. Presure on our space unfortunately pre- vents the publication of the score. © oe Walkerville Shoot, Walkerville held an informal shoot on Saturday, May 13th, when an in- teresting programme was shot off. Visitors were present from Kingsviile and Windsor. One of the features was a team race between Walkerville, Windsor and Kingsville. The scores made in events 2 and 3, by Walkers- ville anad Kingsville and events 4 and 5 by Windsor, (who were late coming), were taken to decide the race, which resulted in a victory for Walkerville. The following is the score of the whole shoot: NAME. ToTAL WALK’LE WINDsoR KING’LE Smiths.) ss02) 66 “t «if 17 Bauslaugh. . 54 am 2 Swifh.. oss. ew 60 2) Mutter... :%..2. 61 21 Vandusen..... 61 a Glarkescsi ttt. 465 19 An: ROMS J xncde 77 20 + F = 8 Black ....... Ms iy i9 McClintock... de is ee Chater........ TR el pe Eat 13 2 O° The Equitable system of dividing Sweepstakes at tournaments, is rapid- ly supplanting the older percentag plan. There never was much sound sense in the adoption of the percent- age plan of dividing purses. It is so much in favor of the professional ex- pert and, even among amateurs of the same class, is so uncertain in its re- sults that it is time it was wiped out. Under the Equitable system a man in the money gets paid for the work he does, whether he strikes the same Rod and Gun in Canada hole as several others or not, and this is as it should be. The absur- dity of the fourth man getting as much or more than the first under the percentage plan, as often occurs, should alone condemn it. We intend to discuss this subject in another :1s- sue. ©o°9 Guns and Ammunition. To the Editor of Rod and Gun: Agreeable tc your request to help start the ball rolling “I should like to see the name ‘30-40’ abolished. The Winchester people claim to put in 36 grains of smokeless powder, not 40, in their ammunition for model ’95, and as I believe the Winchester box maga- zine rifle is the original of the name why not call it correctly 30-36? I cannot understand the preference exhibited now for full magazine rifles (not box)—the number of cases is not many where you can man the lead pump and shoot as long as there is any- thing in sight and get in more than two or tnree shots; therefore five or six eartridges in your magazine is in the majority of cases ample, and a full magazine, even if half empty, simply means so much more iron to lug around and there are tumes when the lightest rifle seems to weigh a ton. : An Englishman I met the other day, who was on his way to the Canadian Rockies to hunt grizzly, told me a tale of wo about his experience last autumn wher he had found ‘his grizzly and, fired two soft nose 30 calibre bullets into or at him at a fairly long range and faile to stop Bruin who luckily could not get at his English nibs owing to the d tance and mature of the mountai My acquaintance swore by all that we blue he had hit him each time an scouted the idea of having used the full metal jacket ‘and point by | take, and this time he took along a gun little smaller in bore than a smaill can- noa, Saying he had no further use fo 80 calibre. 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The success attending the publication Rop axp Gun has more than met anticipations of its publishers. Not y has the paper been warmly wel- by the press, but encouraging letters from numerous sportsmen, con- uining tangible evidences of appreciation, have been received. The June number 5,000 copies is almost exhausted, and ‘#0 great is the demand that the present sue will be 10,000. oOo GUE OF CANADIAN SPORTS=- ; MEN. We : are » much pleased at the expres- of opinion in favor of a League of ian Sportsmen brought out by uggestion in our first issue from our espondent, ‘‘ Bob White,’’ and on h we commented in the same num- Extreme pressure. on our. space ents publication of the letters, but ient preliminary interest has been n to indicate that the idea of a inion organization devoted: to the tion of game las been well: re- teived generally, and it only needs ener- etic work to push the scheme to success. We publish in another page a portion of : Constituticn of the League of Ameri- van Sportsmen, with the idea of showing early the scope of that organization. There are points in it which we believe are not suitable, at least at the present time, to Canada, whose game: and fish resources, especially the latter, are not in such a woeful state of depletion as to | render it necessary, for example, to abso- lutely prohibit the sale of either ; on the contrary, we have in most instances an abundance, and for the present we would not counsel extreme measures; but, looking towards the future, when our resources shall have been exploited and the corresponding increase will have oc- curred of visiting sportsmen, we believe in the preparation and enforcement now of wise measures, suited to our needs, and in the establishing of a League of Cana- dian Sportsmen we can very cheerfully profit by the-experience and excellent good sense of our southern neighbors whose organization has accomplished and will do genuine good, ess. s® O & ONTARIO’S: NEW FISHING REe« ‘'GULATIONS. Ontario has just issued another set of fishery regulations, among the more important of which are‘several- specify- ing weights, sizes and numbers that may be caught of trout, bass,. etc. One: inter- esting rule prohibits catching, taking or killing sturgeon, by any means, without a license. The catching of large or small mouthed black bass. for sale or barter.is, we are pleased to note, prohibited from December Ist to April 15th, and: this, added to the close season, of April 15th to June 15th, stops that kind of traffic for a fairly long period each year. Stress is laid on. the: liberty of bona- fide settlers, residing within five miles of the place where such fish are caught, to catch-a reasonable (specified) number in any one day for domestic use of them- selves and families—a liberty we hope which. will be watched carefully and, if abused, further restricted if not abolished entirely. One-day catches by any person are limited to twelve black or Oswego or large mouthed bass, twerity green bass, twenty pickerel or four maskinonge or a greater number. of speckled or. brook trout than in the aggregate weighing more than fifteen pounds and’ no greater number than fifty speckled or brook trout, even if: ‘total navies ‘less than fifteen pounds. ° Non-residents , are prohibited. ‘from catching each in one day more’ than ten lake trout, any of which'‘exceeds ‘three pounds, or more than twenty pounds in all if weighing less than three. pounds each. ; Minimum sizes and d- weights whith: “may. be caught are bass, ten inches ; speckled trout, six inches ; pickerel, bates inches; maskinonge, . fittgen: inches ;. .. salaiion: trout, lake trout or white. fish: ‘two pounds each ; sturgeon ‘ten’ poiinds ; fishy caught sindér these sizes and weights must be returned immediately to ‘the water, and.as far as possible uninjured. . These regulations go a considerable distance in the right ‘direction, ‘but ‘a needed addition is a provision:.against waste. ats; I could have fished for mge in the lower Echo River, in Echo Bay, near the big r trestle, for lunge at the of Bar River and in Maskin- Bay, and then paddled through ‘Desbarats Islands to Desbarats, g the train at Echo Bay the amazement of everybody When I told them that we had n the five mile rapids and vidently unbelieving, and ntil we told them of the n the river and the junc- é Little Echo and the Big s and described the rapids, they had driven logs, believe that we had been ina canoe. Taking it alto- corsidering that I had hard- a for fishing, and in spite ‘that I got a bruise or was one of the most enjoyable .y life, and I can recommend trip from Desbarats to Des- one of the most delightful ences within comparatively re of canoeists from all the e lake cities and the country to th thereof. 1 I read myself a descriptive this kind I am always look- detailed information; I would y, that I paid the guide $1.50 y, all found, that I provided my : noe, but that by writing to Mr. . McNally of Desbarats, who is lf a sportsman, canoes could be ned, and also other necessaries. } country is quite new here; I I was the first tourist to make noe trip. Mr. McNally had of it but had never performed id another visit to my friend’s id to see how the building was ressing. I am having his house thed with slabs with the bark Rod and Gun in Canada on, edged by a saw; these fit closely tegether. A pine or tamarac_ slab with a silver birch round batten js very pretty. Any woodwork should be painted dark green; at least that is my idea. By using these materials, with shingles, of course, for the roof, @ very tight substantial little camp can be built for a very small amount of money. There will be two rooms sixteen feet square and one six- teen by nine and a verandah all round the building, with a little box of a kit- chen about fifteen feet away from the building, and I anticipate for my friend very many pleasant days there. There is nothing so restful in life and nothing more interesting than a so- journ on a small island in a large lake. The interest is furnished by play of light and shadow and the increasing atmospheric changes. The water and the air are absolutely pure and these, with the inevitable exercise necessary to life, make a perfect sanitarium of such a summer residence. © Oo QUEBEC GAME LAWS. Following is a complete summary of the fishing and hunting laws of the Province of Quebec, prepared by Mr. N. BH. Cormier, of Aylmer, provincial game- keeper and fishery overseer:— THE “OPEN SEASONS.” Following is the ‘‘open season” for fish, or the periods during which they are allowed to be caught:— BASS—From 16th June to 15th April. MASKINONGE—From' 2nd July to 25th May. ' PICKEREL OR DORE—FI‘rom 16th May. to 15th April. SALMON—From 2nd February to 1Eth August. SPECKLED TROUT—From ist May to lst October. _ GREY TROUT, LAKE TROUT OR LUNGE—From 2nd December to 15th October. : WHITE FISH—From 2nd December to 10th November. OUANANICHE—From 2nd December to 15th September. HUNTING For hunting, the province is divided into two zones. ZONE NO. 1. Zone No. 1 comprises the whole pro- vinee less that part of the Counties of Chicoutimi and Saguenay to the east and north of the River Saguenay. Open ‘Seasons. 1. Cariboo, from 1st Sept. to Ist Feb. 2. Deer and moose, from 1st Sept. to Ist Jan. Deer and moose in Ottawa and Pon- jac Counties: 1st Oct. to lst Dec. N. B.—It is forbidden to hunt, kill or take at any time fawns up to the age of one year of any of the animals men- tioned in Nos. 1 and 2. (Also to hunt, kill or take, at any time, any cow moose or doe.) 27 3. Beaver, at any time after the Ist day of November, 1902. 4. Mink, otter, marten, pekan, fox and lynx, from 1st Nov. to 1st April. 5. Hare, from Ist Nov. to Ist Feb. 6. Bear, from 20th Aug. to 1st July. 7, Muskrat, from 1st April to lst May. 8. Woodcock, snipe, plover, curlew, tattler or sandpiper, from Ist Sept. to lst Feb. 9. Birch or spruce partridge, from lst Sept. to 15th Dec. 10. Widgeon, teal, wild duck of any kind from Ist Sept. to Ist April. (Except sheldrake, loon, gull, pen- guins, and sea parrots.) N. B.—Nevertheless, in that part of the province to east and north of the Counties of Bellechasse and Montmor- ency, the inhabitants may, at all sea- sons of the year, but only for the pur- pose of procuring food, shoot any of the birds mentioned 1n No. 10. 11. Birds known as perchers, such as swallows, kingblers, warblers, fiyketch- ers, woodpeckers, whip-poor-wills, finches (song sparrows, red-birds, in- digo birds, etc.), cow-buntings, titmice, goldfinches, grives (robin, wood thrushes, etc.), kimglets, bobolinks, grakles, grosbeaks, humming birds, cuckoos, owls, etc., except cagles, fal- cons, hawks and other birds of the fal- conidae, wild pigeons, kingfishers, crows, ravens, Wwaxwings (recollets), shrines, jays, magpies, sparrows and starlings, from 1st Sept. to lst March. 12. It is forbidden to take nests or eggs of wild birds at any time of the year. N. B.—Deer may be hunted, killed or taken with dogs from 20th October to lst November. Outsiders Must Be Licensed. No person who is not domiciled in the Province of Quebec can, at any time, hunt in this province without having previously obtained a license to that effect from the Commissioner of Lands, Forests and Fisheries. Such permit is not transferable, and shall be good only for the hunting or shooting season for which it is issued. Fine of $2 to $200, or imprisonment in default of payment. ZONE NO. 2. Comprises that part of the Counties of Chicoutimi and Saguenay to the east and north of the River Saguenay. Open Season. Cariboo, from ist Sept. to lst March. N. B.—No one can hunt, kill or take alive more than four (4) cariboos dur- ing a season’s hunting. Otter, from 15th October to 1st April. Hare, from 15th Oct. to 15th March. Muskrat, from ist Nov. to 1st April. Grey and spruce partridge, from 15th Sept. to 1st Feb. White partridge and ptarmigan, from lst Nov. to 1st March. N. B.—With the exception of the pro- visions immediately preceding all the provisions applying to “Zone No. 1’ ap- ply to ‘‘Zone No. 2.” FISHING LICENSE, 1899. For Non-Residents. Season license, from $10.00 to $20.00, according to time. For one or two days’ fishing, $1.00 per day. : 28 HUNTING LICENSES, 1899. Season license for foreigners, $25. Season license for Ontario people, $15. Non-residents, who require only a few days’ hunting, will be charged only $1.50 a day. N. B.—The above hunting license al- laws the licensee to kill every kind of game coming within range of his rifle or shot gun during the season provided by Jaw for the killing of such respec- tive game, AS TO CLUB MEMBERS. Non-residents, namely, bona-fide ac- tive members of clubs, duly incorpor- ated under the laws of the province or licensees ot fishing and hunting ter- ritory, have no licenses to pay to fish and hunt on their territory. Non-residents, namely, invited guests and honorary members of clubs or li- censees of fishing and hunting terri- tery, have to pay the full license fee. ‘Lhe holder of the license shall, at all reasonable times when required, exhibit the same to any gamekeeper or to any person having ex-officio such quality, under penalty of the forfeiture of the license, without prejudice to the pen- alties enacted by Article 1410, 59 V., c 20, s. 8. The above applies also to membership certificate of a duly incorporated club. © oo Trout. Bring forth the royal coachman, boys, The hacklets and the others; Take down the reel, the rod and line My piscatorial brothers. Unfurl the long-top wading boots, And gently soak the leaders, © For these last days of blithesome May Are alt trout-fishing breeders. Brush up the good oid fairy tales Of many a charming season, Antediluyian though they be And lacking rhyme or reason. The sportsman’s eye will brightly shine O’er tales of battle royal, — And tho’ the telling hints of age Not one will prove disloyal. Revisit all the fishing grounds in fancy’s broad dominion, And hear again the war of words To back each curt opirion— Of flies and casts and reels and rods And fishlore goood and plenty, The thrill will catch you as it did When you were one and twenty. —J. B. Dorman. O99 How much I’m wishing to go a-fishing In days so sweet with music’s balm! *Tis not a proud desire of mine; I ask for nothing superfine; No heavy weight, no salmon great, To break the record, or my line: Only a little stream, Whose amber waters softly gleam, Where I may wade, through woodland shade, And cast the fly, and loaf, and roam: Only a trout or two, to dart From foaming pools, and try my art: No more I’m wishing—old-fashioned_ fish- ing, And just a day on Nature’s heart. —From ‘‘The Angler’s Wish,’’ by Henry Van Dyke. Rod and Gun in Canada 4 “ See S 9 Oe, 2ore: agen ed ae po Dk Se E ee HEN moose are ripe and the crop is good, it is the unexpected that may always be expected to occur. You will seldom find your game at the pre-appointed time or place. The conditions are always novel and peculiar. Perhaps since the world began no bull moose was ever killed by a sportsman in precisely the same man- ner as any other bull moose. It is this glorious uncertainty—this shuffling of the cards by hidden hands—that lends to the life of the big game hunter its everlasting charm. In the month of September, 1897, an amateur friend and I started up the Sou-West Miramichi from Boiestown, en route for Miramichi Lake. The lake had no special repute for moose, but reliable reports had reached us of their being seen in the summer months, splashing about like great water-dogs in the deadwater that connected the lake with the main river, and we deter- mined to investigate. We had two log canoes manned by four of the stoutest pclesmen that ever faced a rapid. Three days we toiled (or they did) against a current swollen by recent rains. Next morning we re-embarked bright and early, hapy in the thought that by noon we should reach our camping ground at the mouth of the deadwater. The rising sun flashed upon the drip- ping white spruce poles as we hugged the northern shore of the stream. A faint suspicion of mist curled upwards from the face of the foam-flecked water. We had just passed McKiel’s “pogan” and were entering a narrow passage way between a low grassy is- let and the shore, when Don, the lead- ing man in the head canoe, seemed to be seized with a fit. His pole was ar- rested in its downward stroke, his stur- dy form stiffened in an attitude of cat- aleptic rigidity, and from his trembling lips, came the startling announcement: ‘‘Moose! moose!” Glancing up the shin- ing incline of the rapids, I saw a large bull moose leisurely crossing the river about 200 yards away. Here, on the very threshold of our hunt, before we had even reached the promised land, was our opportunity. There was only one thing to be done. The roar of old Habeas Corpus, by which name was known the faithful Martini rifle that had never failed me yet, was followed at once by the report ee WHEN THE MOOSEIS RIPE # Oat eS Meio Sy epee, At By Frank H. Risteen of Arthur’s weapon from the second canoe afew yards astern and as many | feet nearer the centre of the stream. Two spouting jets of water, one beyond the moose, the other fair in front of him, showed where the bullets struck. The moose, then about midstream, turned about, making for the southern bark, from which he had emerged. Arthur’s canoe shot alongside, and I beheld that precocious youth, pulling trigger as fast as he could load =a aim, with a corncob firmly clinched be- : tween his teeth. About this time the men began to distribute the English language in a very reckless way. First they would try to hold the canoes steady in the tossing flood in order that we might shoot. Next a panie would seize them lest the moose should escape, and they would pull up stream for dear life. Never to be forgotten was the din the rifles made up the val-— ler of the river, echoing from hill to hill that peaceful autumn morn. How the fusilade aflected the moose it was impossible to state. He had by this lime reached the southern shore and seemed to be making futile efforts to as- cend the steep, bushy bank. We could see from where the water-line rose upon his flanks that une water on that shore was several feet deep. The vital question formed itself in every mind: Was it the steepness of the bank, or the wounds he had received, that kept the monster still in sight? The r:arnoes had advanced by fits and starts and were now almost opposite the noble game, the loudly barking rifles and the excited shouts of the men resulting in a pandemonium something like this: A “Boys, he’s done for! He can’t git up the bank!” 3 “No, he ain’t! The bank’s too steep.| Give it to him for your life. He’s just lookin’ for a place to git up!” “Now, let him have it! I’ll hold the canoe!” (Bang. Bang.) “That’s the stuff! Did you see the fur fly? That last shot fetched him!” 7 “No, it didn’t! Shove her over, Dan! Shove her over! Look, he’s swimmin’ up tthe shore!” ; (Bang). “Keep back, Bob, or you’ll git the tom of your head blowed off!” Z “Boys, we’re goin’ to lose him! He ain’t hurt a mite! Oh 1 could kill thag moose with a plate of beans!” | | | i _ (Bang. Bang.) "Look! Look! He can’t git up. He’s “(ur moose sure, sure |” “No, he ain’t! He’s only lookin’ for Jandin’.” e “Oh, give it to him now, boys! be in the bushes in a minute!” | “Hold up, Dan, and lemme out of this cussed canoe!” _ This last classical remark emanated from the writer. Jumping out of the eanoe in order to get a standing shot, tihe moose not being over 80 yards way, I found myself waist-deep in the iver without a shot in the locker. I houted to Arthur for a cartridge. That genial youth was still glued to his ¢orncob, banging away at the splash- ing monster on the other shore at every portunity. He tossed me a cartridge lich I fired with all possible care, and am inclined to think it did not improve the general health of the moose. At : ny rate the huge forest monarch turn- ed about and faced us, then dropped with a resounding splurge in the water. When we reached him he was floating \ the current. Hitching a tow-rope his massive horn we towed the car- case to the little grassy island afore- said, that offe:ed a convenient landing wlace. Dan’s foghorn v.ice smote the hills with the mellifluous ins of ‘‘Nancy Hogan’s Goose.” It one of life’s concentrated momenis much could be forgiven. Arrived at the island, the united cle of the party aided by hand- es, sufficed to haul the moose ashore. He was a noble specimen in very way, typical of the peerless hunt- grounds of New Brunswick, th2 intlers measuring over five feet from to tip. And here was seen a won- 1 object lesson in animal vitality, *, on inspecting the black, glossy , it was found that five heavy Mar- balls had passed clear through the nal, any one of which should have settled him. So our hunt was finished it was begun. We hung the meat on a scaffold of rude poles ard ed it all that day and night. The day we ran forty miles down m to Boiestown and the following time found us in fair old elm- Fredericton. ©@o He’ll e port on the Prairies ; By C. Jno. Alloway. & & xj 7) is than thirty years ago the tract of country lying between head waters of the Mississippi udson Bay, was practically un- dden,except by the wild aboriginal the factors and employees of Rod and Gun in Canada the great fur companies, and a few adventurous spirits, whose love of pioneering and sport led themto seek those on the vast nothern plains. Along the banks of the streams, which all trend pole-ward, the trap- per set his snares for beaver and the fur-bearing animals of the region, and parties of enthusiastic, reckless but- talo hunters reveled in the pursuit and ruthless slaughter of these noble ruminantes. In the sedges and marsh- es along the river bottoms, genera- tions of wild duck nested undisturbed, and countless flocks of geese thread- ed their migrations, north and south ty their favorite feeding grounds un- niolested. But, suddenly, where only the Indian trail had wound through the long grasses, and the elk and antelope had grazed without fear, the 29 cally extinct, their bleaching bones among the grasses of the prairies pro- per, or their skulls turned up by the plough in the furrow, being all that are left of the vast herds that once darkened the plains and browsed in these natural pastures. The carniver- ous animals, with the exception of the timber and prairie wolf, have hidden in the shelter of the unpeopled regions, but the aquatic birds still re- main by tens of thousands in their ancient haunits, and the prairie chick- - en and grouse feed as contentedly among the wheat and barley of the farmers as did their ancestors on the wild berries of summers centuries ago, while the wild geese alight in white flocks within sight of human habita- tion as fearlessly as they did when the camp fire of the hunter alone sent its ~ “Successful.” steel fingers of the railway, like a gauntlet of iron, clasped the virgin suil, and with the shriek of the loco-. motive, the old picturesque past of wig-wams and canoes, arrows and tomiahawks, disappeared before the settlers’ tent and ‘prairie schooner,” the Winchester and breach-loader. The facilities for reaching these ideal hunting ground secured by the enterprise and push of our great trans-continental line have placed them within easy reach of the lover of sport. What the jungles and the big game of the East are to the Anglo- Indian, sc these vast plains are to the Eastern huntsman and fisherman. They are alive with feathered game, and the waters teem with some of the finest edible fish in the world. Before the advance of civilization, the more timid and wary creatures have gradu- ally retreated. Before the meaning- less waste and cruelty of the hunter, both white and red, the American bison or buffalo has become practi- blue smoke to the sky. There are few sights or sounds that ean thrill the heart of the sportsman blue line more than a waving across the sky and the faint “hork, hork,” of the geese borne on the still morning air, the flutter of their white plumage as they search for gravel along the swamps, or the “whirr” of the chickens as they soar away in the grace pecu- liar to them. Of all varieties of sport in which the Northwestern prairies abound, furred, finny or feathered, none can compare in picituresqueness and pleasure with prairie chicken shooting. The close season in Manitoba is fif- teen days later than in the United States, and the laws governing it are rigorously enforced. Winnipeg is the great centre from which radiate par- ties and individuals to the different shooting grounds, and he who in the crisp, cool mornings of early autumn, 30 with gun or rod, by stream or covert, can pursue his favorite pastime, is happier than a king. Much of the suc- cess of chicken shooting depends on the sagacity and training of the “bird degs,” as they are called, and one of the peculiarities that strike the so- journer in the ‘‘Chicago of the North- west,” is the fine type of these ani- mals to be seen everywhere. Gordon setters, Lavaracs, Blue Beltons, Pointers, Irish setters, and all the noble breeds of this class of canines are as common in the streets as mcn- grels are elsewhere. Few sights are more beautiful than these noble crea- tures, with full, intelligent eye, grac2- ful poise and feathered ta‘! poinvriag and retrieving. The lover of the gun in other coun- tries is largely dependent upon the mallard, canvas back, ani their kin, and in many cases he is oblig2i to go many miles from the commercial cen- tres to find them in their habitat. Similarly the sportsman of other places is now forced to depend :argely on the rapidly thinning out quail, part- ridge and woodcock, while at the same time the prairie province and the lands to the west and northwest of it are at the present time literally alive with the prairie hen, which unques- tionably affords the finest shooting to be had on the American continent. With a well-trained pair of horses, a driver who understands his business, a Gordon setter thoroughly up to ine mark, a number twelve Hammerless Greener, and an agreeable companion on the opening day of the season, a man can obtain, in a radius of from fifteen to twenty miles fram Winni- ° peg, as good chicken shooting as tne mecst exacting could desire.- Better shooting, of course, can ke had at a greater distance from the civic cen- tres, but its superiority only lies in the fact of the game being less disturbed, and as a consequence net so shy as those in localities more accustomed to the presence of the hunter. AS a matter of fact, however,: prairie chick- ens are plentiful throughout the en- tire. province, and no grand32r spor can he imagined or inore easily ob- tained than this, which is essentially the sport of the western plains. COM OMEO Attention is called to the advertise- ment of Messrs. T. Costen & Co., sporting ocds dealers, 1696 Notre Dame S&t., Montreal. This firm is one of the ‘‘old reliables’’ of the trade. oOo The Rop anp Gun Publishing Com- pany will be pleased to receive addresses of sportsmen to whom sample copies of the magazine will be sent. Or, better still, make your friends a present of a year’s subscription to RoD anp Gun. Rod and Gun in Canada THE FOWLER OF THE COAST (Atlantic Coast, late Autumn.) Pd BOVE, swart sky and sable cloud ; Beneath, grey streaming surging seas 3 By C. McKAY. Inshore, old Ocean’s hoary host Charging the rock=embattled coast ; And seaward, breathings of a breeze, And shiverings of the Deep’s dark shroud. A fowler, stormy=petrel wise, Seated within his crazy boat, Swings o’er the swells, from crest to crest, In wild, abrupt, reckless unrest ; He waits the morning’s moving note, The whirr of wildeduck ‘cross the skies. The dawn grows dim o’er Fort Latour, And dank along the mist-draped sea; The wildeduck rise from cove and bay, Flurried and frightened by the day, And scurry seaward, flocking free, As shot-guns speak along the shore. The fowler rouses with the light, And grasps his ancient fowling=piece ; Anxious, alert, his keen eyes gaze, Up through the shimmering pearlehued haze That folds him like a mystic fleece, Watching the wild fowl’s swiftewinged flight. The wild fowl pass with whirring roar, Shutting the sky out overhead. A shot—another—so, well done! Twelve fowl drop seaward, one by one; The fowler gathers up the dead And wounded—loads—and waits for more. Bei Se Sa mS 8 Oe a Ss ee ey en Ge ay ee ene Ss eee ee ee ay ae ee Let aie ee ae ay a ee ee Sa Se er ee nen ee ey Nes tasieistiss UeEASS SET, Cn el y ISTAHBISH, Weenusk and Shee- ~ no were excellent men, as far as Indians go, and as I was in great haste to reach a certain place within a given time, I was glad t I had been able to secure their ser- por the trip. never seemed to weary of the but kept up from daylight un- that rhythmic thud which ca- n know so well, and which in it of business means so many day. did not walk over the portages, : up that half run or jog trot is peculiar to an Indian on the and which seems ‘to ease them heavily loaded. Lake after lake g , camping late each day, in any discomfort, for they w the exact spots most suitable for , and timed their arrival at place with a punctuality that have been a credit to a well- ized train system. h good time were we making that usy regarding the object of my was to secure from an In- large quantity of furs, which in his possession, and, as I N that others were also aware of ame fact, and that the usual cus- 3 in such cases for the man who aught the Indian to catch the Was anxious to arrive at his p before anyone else could do so, in that I had, in the pre- , advanced this man heavily. I felt a sense of satisfaction security of my purpose, as we sped /at the rate of about five miies *, and with only another half paddling before us. was beautifully calm, sv re e could see reflected upon its " the trees _the shore line, like as in a Suddenly I became aware of mn inated discussion going on 1 my Indians, and I at once red from it the fact that a loon a eeht—"mahnk, ” as they call it— reover, that they contemplated it. No Indian can resist a t on a calm day. In fact, it is acalm day that they will at- to get more than a chance shot 3 inveterate diver, for the simple that unless they can see the @ ripple or ring on the surface peter: made by the loon when THE INDIAN, THE LOON AND THE BEAR. and bushes that Rod and Gun ons ah P P . Reo! “e oe ie SaaS By C. C. Farr. it comes to the surface for air, it is hopeless trying to get more than a chance shot at it. The loon seldom rises on the wing unless there iis a breeze blowing. Some thought that it was impossible for them to do so, but last summer I saw a loon rise on a day that was perfectly calm, though it took a long time to clear the water. They never rise when chased, depending entirely on their wonderful diving powers to escape. This loon hunting is a very violent kind of exercise. The loon dives, then every man strains every nerve at the paddle. The leader of the hunt watches the direction it apparently has taken when in the act of diving, judges his distance, and when he has come about as far as he thinks the loon can go, he sits, with gun to shoulder, on the alert, ready to take a snap shot the moment it rises to the surface, for it is no sooner up than it is down again, and while he (the leader) watches in front of him the eyes of the rest in the ca- noe are watching to right, to left, and behind for that tell-tale ripple that de- notes that the Joon has risen and gone down again. I believe that it can see the canoe from beneath the surface of the water, and that unless it pressed, it can change its course be- neath the surface. The hunt lasts a long time, some- times over an hour, the loon finally be- coming so fagged that each dive be- comes shorter and shorter, and then it is the business of the hunter to keep it diving as much as is possible, so tnat it can neither take breath nor test, and finally the poor thing can no longer keep under water, and succumbs to the ever-pointing gun. I had so often wit- nessed these affairs that I did not care to waste the time now, but I found it hurd to deny my fellows the fun, es- pecially seeing the excellent time that ~ they had made. So they hunted and they chased, and. at last the final shot laid the poor beast fluttering on the surface of the water, but that last shot was answered by another report ac no great distance from us, and I heard the Indians say ‘‘“Mah!” ‘Oway- nin?” Epeewidayetook!” “Listen!” “Who?” “Opposition trader perhaps.” At the same time a canoe, manned by three Indians, and containing a pas- ‘senger, like myself, came swiftly round in Canada is very hard at a point. It was, indeed, the opposition trader and that blessed loon hunt had delayed us so that he had caught me up, While, to make matters worse, my men had pretty well spent themselves in hunting a loon, which is uneatable except by Indians, being both fishy and tough, while the skin is a straight white elephant. Some say they make excellent vests, but the only use I have ever seen them put to is to breed moths. I expressed my opinion regarding the matter to my men, and they hung their heads and said nothing, but they pad- dled steadily. Of course, we met on the portages, and the two gangs of In- dians fraternized. ‘They showed their friends the loon with great pride, while I hated the very sight of it. My op- position friend was exceedingly ur- bane, and to judge by our conversation, one would have thought that we were out there paddling for the good of our health. The loon hunt had certainly not help- ed my men, and I could plainly see that our chances of getting into the Indians’ camp before my rival were becoming very thin. I occasionally resorted to the ‘familiar ‘“Hup, hup, hup!” but it was feebly responded to, and it was evi- dent that we were losing ground. One does not consider a loon skin an ade- quate substitute for two or three hun- dred dollars worth of furs. To my in- tense disgust, Weenusk suddenly burst ovt laughing. I know Indians and their ways, and I know ‘thow cheerful they become under adversity, but I must ccnfess that I found that laughter in- congruous and unbearable. “Kish Koian! Agaie Ki pisinahtisi- inah?” I shouted, which means, ‘Shut up! Are you a fool?” Weenusk did not answer, but he laughed the louder, and then he spoke rapidly, and under his breath, to the other Indians so that I only caught the word “Makwa” (bear), and I feared that they had caught sight of a bear swimming in the lake, which would mean another hunt, and consequent delay, but I said nothing. The other Indians laughed, and they quickened their stroke so as to leave the other canoe behind a few hundred yards. We were not far from another portage, and such was the speed they made that they were off, across the portage with the canoe and their loads before I had time to collect the few small personal belongings, which I always carried my- Self. The other canoe came ashore before T got away, and as I knew the man well who was after those furs, I could not well refuse to answer him when he would speak to me, and there he kept me, chatting like a fool, until his men had their loads on their backs 32 ready to start. He wanted me to join him in his canoe; he was so sweet, “for,” he said, “your men appear to be tired.’ I had not time to refuse the offer when an unearthly noise proceeded from the bush, not far from where we were standing. It was the hoarse, im- passioned voice of a-bear in love. Down fell the bundles that the In- dians had just shouldered, and there was a general rush for firearms, the opposition himself even producing a revolver. For my part I enjoy a bear hunt, but I cursed the chance that had brought this brute there at that par- ticular time. However, I thought, with some satisfaction, that my opponent’s men were in it, too, and so I accepted the inevitable and plodded over the portage to find out how many of my men had gone on the bear hunt. To my astonishment I found them all, paddle in hand, sitting in the canve waiting for me. All, did J say? That wretched Weenusk was gone. The an- swer of the Indians as to where he had gone was drowned by the resounding eries of the amorous bear, which ap- parently was moving in the same direc- tion that we were. The Indians now shouted, ‘‘Boosin,” “bc osin,” which means “embark,” and I did so, cursing Weenusk and his folly. Indeed, so vexed was I with him that I made up my mind to leave him there, for it was only about four miles from the Indians‘ camp, and he eculd walk that much. So off we started, not so fast, for we were a pad- dje short. The bear seemed to be following the shore, judging by the noise it made, and certainly was heading for a small point nearly half a mile from the port- © age; I noticed my Indians steering for the same point, and for fear the beast should try to swim across the lake, and s) tempt my fellows, I bade them keep avay from the point, and steer for the other shore, but they laughed, and ut- terly disregarded my commands. I sat there helpless and wild. If killing In- dians had been fashionable at the time, I certainly would have slain one of those fellows. I found them even slacking their speed, as if they did not want to pass the bear. When we were within less than one hundred yards of the point, we could hear the bushes cracking as the bear clumsily forced its way through them, and I knew that we were bound to hunt that bear. Only one consolation remained, and that was there was no sign of the opposition. The canoe even was not brought over yet, but we missed Weenusk. His paddle was worth that of nearly two other men. As I thus mused, suddenly, with an unearthly cry. the bushes on Rod and Gun in Canada the shore parted, and out jumped, not the bear, but Weenusk, who ran along the shore to the end of the point, while at the same time the crack of a rifle rang out, and a bullet went ricochetting across the water ahead of him. I never heard if the man who fired the shot really thought it was a bear or whether he wanted to give Weenusk a scare when he found out how he had been fooled. Whatever it was, in a few seconds we were alongside of Weenusk, and into the canoe he jumped with a yell of derision and blood curdling hoots, in which the other two Indians joined, and then they paddled for dear life, and we sped along at a rate that defied pursuit, even if the other canoe had been able to start at once from the portage. As a matter of fact, how- ever, the canoe was still on the other side of the portage and its crew were tramping through a reugh bush back to the spot where they had left their loads. We arrived at the Indians’ camp long before they even appeared in sight, and by the time that they had landed, I had every skin secured, and was able to go dcewn to the beach and entertain my friend with pleasant conversation, just as he had done to me on the portage, but I found that this time it was he who lacked cordiality, and he abused Weenusk shamefully. But Weenusk profited by his ingen- uity and pluck. It is true, he gave me the loon skin, which, as long as my wife puts up with the moths it breeds, I shall keep as a souvenir, but to Weenusk I gave a complete suit, such as the Indian lov- eth, a black one abominably cut, baggy as to the trousers,and shining as if it kad received a coating of best shoe blacking, and moreover, he gained a name, for now he is known as “Makwa’’ the bear), instead of “Wieenusk,” or “Akokojesh” (the ground hog). oo 9 LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. Its Organization and Constitution. The League of American Sportsmen is or- ganized for the purpose of protecting the game and game fishes; the song, insectivor- ous and otner innocent birds, not classed as game birds. Its prime object is to enforce game laws, where such exist, and to sccure and enforce such laws where not now iu ear- istence. It aims to promote good fellowship among sportsmen; to foster in the minds of the people a love of nature «nd of nature's works; to encourage the propagation of gysme and game fishes, and the re-stocking of game fields and public waters. To these ends it will act in unison with State, county ced municipal authorities whe aim at similar ends. The League of American Sportsmen will not compete with any other organization that has similar objects in view. On the contrary, it desires to enlist the sympathies of. and to co-operate with, all such. The League of American Sportsmen is op- posed to excessive slaughter of game and fish, under the name of sport. We are_op- posed to the killing of any innocent bird or animal, which is not game, in the name of sport, or in wantonness, or for commercial purposes. We are opposed to the sale game and game fishes, at all times and under all circumstances. We believe in reasonab’ bags. We believe the killing of game ani the taking of fish should be limited by law, not only as to seasons, but that the bag fo any one man, for a day, and for a seas should be defined by law. We believe in ¢ gzun-license law, with severe penalties violations thereof. We, as individual members of this League pledge ourselves to work for the education of the public, and especially of our ‘ the lines indicated above; to co : our officers, and with State or muni ficers, in the enforcement of — r whenever an opportunity offers. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE 1. Section 1. This organization shall known as the League of American Spe tion and propagation of game and gam fishes, of song and insectivorous birds a: of forests; the education of men, women an children to a love of nature and of nature's works; to a proper respect for game lay and to a proper abhorrence for the custon so prevalent to-day, among men and boys, of killing every living thing found in woods, for the mere sake of killing. ARTICLE Il. ; Section 1. The League shall be an asso. ciation sub-divided, for convenience in ad- ministration and government, as follows: (a) When there shall be 25 League mem- bers in any State it shall be constituted 2 Division, and the secretary shall call election for a Chief Warden. The electi shall be conducted by mal, and the secre- tary shall receive and count the votes declare the result. ‘The Chief Warden s¢ chosen shall enter upon his duties at once and shall conduct the affairs of the Divisio under rules and regulations made by th Executive Cominittee. ; (b) When there shall be 50 League me bers in any State, the Chief Warden sha appoint a Secretary-Treasurer and the ficers shall organize the State Division, p it in working order, appoint County Warde and shall generally conduct the affairs us the Division under rules a reguiations made by the Executive Committee. i 11 be 100 members i Sec. 2. When there shall be 25 members i any town, city or county, they may be tuted a local chapter, and the Chief Ward or Secretary-Treasurer of the Division which such town, city or county is locate shall call an election for a Rear Warden wh shall be the presiding officer of such chap- ter. When there shall be 50 Leagu- men bers in such chapter the Rear Warden ch: appoint a Secretary-Treasurer whose du vision in that body. Any funds required such chapter for providing a meeting pla or for other purposes, shall be subscribet by the members thereof, or raised in su other manner as they may elect. — i Sec. 3. The status of every division shal be fixed annually, on the first day of Octo! er, and shall be based on the memb eurolled on the books of the League, 01 be discontinued, shall be turned over to the secretary of League within 30 days after notification the secretary. ; : 4 ARTICLE III. oti Ps Section 1. Any white man of good char ter. 15 years of age or over, shall, with endorsement of 2 League members, or 3 reputable citizens, be eligible to membersh in this League, on payment of the member ship fee, as provided in this constitution. — Sec. 2. Any woman may become an ciate member by complying with the pre visions of Section 1. Associate member all have all the privileges of the League ept those of voting and holding office. ec. 3. All ministers of the gospel and all shers in universities, colleges, public or » schools, who will pledge themselves operate with the League of American ; ‘tsmen in educating their people to re- spect game and fish laws, and to aid in the preservation of birds, mammals, fishes and ssts, shali, on appiication, be made honor- nbers of the L.A.S. Any white man who_may comply 1 of this Article, may become a of the League by paying to the $25, and shall be exempt from the of dues thereafter. Applications for membership shall rded direct to the secretary of the together with the proper fee and : nation as he may require. 1 Section wet i soe annual memberships shall ex- “one year from the date on which the 1en » fee was paid. . member may renew his member- ny time witnin 60 days from date ition, by payment of the annual ( secretary shall retain from all pita tax of 40 cents. The balance mbership and renewal fees shall i to the State divisions quarterly. ARTICLE IV. The general management of the be vested in a national assem- of _ members; iry-treasurers from divisions hav- more members; chosen by the several divi- H from divisions having 200 idents and ex-vice presidents of . who shall, at the time of the the national assembly, be mem- League in good standing. nt and vice-presidents, the sec- treasurer and the chairman of committees. -assembly shall have power to istitution and by-laws, for the to the League and to eacn generally direct and decide not provided for in this con- E ral supervision and ex- : vat co League shall be vested itive and finance committee; put shall not involve the League er not contemplated by the pur- organization, without the au- national assembly. Said c.m- enforce all rules, regulations S made by the national assembly out the provisions of the consti- -laws; but shall not have any : on (this being vested solely assembly). Members of this ed their necessary th , Shall be signed by the presi- secretary of the League. en members, personally pre- meeting of the national assembly. e a quorum for the transaction . The annual meeting of the national shall begin on the second Wednes- e ury, of each year. The place of be determined by the executive Special husiness meetings of the embly shall be called by the pre- the written request of a majority f wardens of the divisions. Such shall be called not later than 6v r the receipt of the request, at a ted by the president. ease of the refusal or neglect n of the L. A. S. to comply ision or ruling of the natioral or of the executive committee, ibership and renewal fees, an an- Rod and Gun in Canada when the national assembly is not in session, such division may, by a majority vote tf said executive committee, be fined in such ium as the committee may deem proper. Chis fine may be collected from the amount ot dues in the hands of the secretary of the L. A. S. and withheld from the division until the afaresaid order of ruling shall be com- plied with. ARTICLE V. Section 1. (a) -Eacn division shall elect annually, a Co.ef Warden, vice Warden and Secretary-‘treasurer and shali also elect one representative for each 200 League members on its roll October 1. (b) In the event of the removal of a secre- tary-treasurer by the board of officers, the chief warden shall appoint a secretary-trea- surer who sball serve until the next annual e.ec.ion thereatter. (c) The division board of officers, of each Stuce, sMail be required as soon as possible after installation in office, to appoint one or more local game wardens in each and every county in the State. (d) It shali be the duty of these local war- dens to watch tor vio.ations of the game laws, to report all such violations to the proper State, county or municipal authorities; to furnish, if possibie, ampie evidence of such game law vioiations; to insist on and aid in the prosecution of all such vioiators and generally to co-operate with the State, county or municipal authorities, in every honorable way, in bringing game violators to justice, (e) All local wardens shall be appointed on probation, and may be removed by tha State board of officers whenever found in- competent or inattentive to duty. (f) During the first year of the existence of this League, such local wardens shall be paid, by the State Division, $10 tor each con- viction secured by them of a person charged with violation of any game law. Thereatter they may be paid regular salaries, and trav- eiling expenses, if found worthy, and if the numerical and financial strength of the State Division, snall have grown to such an extent as to justify such outlay. The salary and travelling expenses af such loreal warden shall not, however, exceed the aggregate sum of $.,500 a year, in any case. (g) In sparsely settled States or Territories, where the membership of State Divisions can not be built up to such numbers as to war- rant the employment of County Wardens, as above provided, the Kecxutive Committee of the League may appropriate funds to aid in the payment of such Local Wardens when- ever, in its judgment, such action may be necessary. No greater sum than $1,000 shal, howevér, be appropriated for use in any one county, in any one year. (h) The chief warden of each State division shall appoint a committee of 3 members, to be known as the ...... ...s-- Givision com- mittee on legislation and the enforcement of game laws. It shall be the duty of this committee to familiarize itself, thoroughly, with the game laws of the State in which .t exists, and if said laws be found, in the judgment of the committee, defective or in- adequate, it shall endeavor to secure the enactment, as soon as possible, of suitable amendments to or changes in such laws. This committee shall also have general supervision of all prosecutions for the viola- tiou of game laws in its State, which are brought about by local wardens or other of- ficers or members of the League; and all claims for compensation of local wardens shall be audited by this committee before being paid. This committee shall be required to co- operate, in every way possible, with the le- gislative and executive authorities of the State, in the enactment and enforcement of wholesome game laws: and shall report, at frequent intervals, t2 the National League Committee on legislation and the enforcement of laws, such information as the division comm‘ttee may dem of interest and value to said National Committee. Sec. 2. Each division having at least 50 and less than 100 members shall elect, an- nually, a chief warden and a secretary-trea- surer. Sec. 8. Each division having at least 25 and less than 50 members shall elect, an- nually, a chief warden. 33 Sec. 4. The persons who shall receive the greatest number of Votes, regularly votea, tor any office at any election in a division, shall be declared elected. Sec. 5. These officers shall constitute tue division board ot officers, and shall be elect- ed annually between the 15th day of October and the 15th day of November, at such time and place, and in such manner as is pro- vided by the constitution and by-laws or the rules and regulations of the division. Sec. 6. Vacancies in the office of Chief Warden of a division shall be filed by the succession of the Vice Warden. Vacancies in the office of Chief Warden of a division having less than 100 members shall be filled by the president. All other vacancies in divisions shall be filled by the Chief Wurden, Sec. 7. Each division shal adopt, for its guidance, a constitution and by-laws, not inconsistent with the national constitution and by-laws, and a copy of the nationul con- stitution and by-laws shall be included in or sent with any publication containing the con stitution and by-laws of any division which shall be published by the division for gen- eral distribution among its members. Sec. 8. The term of office of all division officers shall commence on the lst day of December in each year. Sec. 9. Each division board of officers snal! December, and shail then elect from the hold its annual meeting M the month of division one detegate to the national assem- bly tor each 400 members on its roll, on Decémber 1. ARTICLE VI. Section 1. The officers of the League shall be a pres.dent, first, second, third, fourta and fifth vice-_residents, treasurer, and se- eretary, who shall be elected by the national assembly at the annual meeting. Sec. 2. .The official year shall begin imme- diately on the adjournment of the annual meeting of the national assembly. Sec. 3. There shall be the foilowing na- tional committees: 1, Executive and finance, to ronsist of the president. vice-presidents, secretary anu treasurer. 2. Membership. . Rights*and privileges. . Rules and regulations. . Legislation and enforcement of laws. 6, Transportation. 7. Auditing. 8. Lecal organization. Sec. 4. (a) All national commutiees shal) be appointed by the president. who shall have the power to suspend or remove any member of such committees, and to fill va- cancies therein arising from suspensions. re- movals or from any other cause, (b) The committees on local organization, transportation, rights and privileges, rules and regulations, auditing, and membership, shall consist of 3 members each. The com- mittee on legislation “and the enforcement. of Iaws consist of 15 members, and 5 mem- bers shall constitute a quorum, for the trans- action of business, at any meeting hereof. om 6 ARTICLE VII. Section 1. The executive committee shall select and designate an official organ fer the L. A. §S., in which shall be printed the proceedings of annual meetings, the report: of committees, and ether official informa- tion. ARTICLE VIII. This constitution may be altered or amend- ed by a two-thirds vote of the delegates of the nationa] assembly, voting in, person .or by proxy, at any regular meeting of the a sembly, or at any meeting called for that purpose, of which 60 days’ ‘notice shall have been given in the official organ; but no amendment shall be made or considered un- less 30 days’ notice thereof shall have been given through the columns of said official organ. oo A number of contributions are un- avoidably crowded out of this issue. 34 Rod and Gun in Canada RLY SEY S i THE GUN. Conducted by “‘ Bob White.” Hints on Organizing a Gun Club. O THOSE who have had any ex- perience in trap shooting the following remarks will contain what to them will seem like elementary knowledge in the art, but, assuming that there are many of our readers who have never taken the trouble to consider the mat- ter at all or acquire any knowledge about it, and who may contemplate starting a shooting club, it may be helpful to shortly note the different systems usually adopted, and some of the rules governing the same. In every locality lovers of sports afield with dog and gun are numerous. The person taking the initiative in or- ganizing a club should appoint a time and place for meeting, and gather to- gether there those whom he thinks will be sufficiently interested to push the venture along. If on discussion a dozen or so warm up to it and express themselves in favor of the project, he can congratulate himself that the em- biryo club has its success assured. Offi- cers should then be elected, “usually consisting of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, captain, and in addition an executive committee of, say, three or four ‘“‘warm’’ members, in addition to the officers. The executive is a very convenient body to consult from time to time, and to legislate for the club proper, especially as the mem- bership increases to large proportions. A niame should be selected for the ciub, and a constitution and by-laws prepared and adopted. In the prepara- tion of these it will be useful’ to have before you those of some old and es- tablished club. Having organized the club, a com- mittee of two or three should be ap- pointed to select suitable grounds, and to. provide the necessary supplies. Tkese will vary to some extent accord- ing to the system of shooting the club intend to adopt, and we will now pro- ceed to consider what these different systems are. There are three, com- menly in use, viz., rapid fire, sergeant and magazine trap. Rapid Fire.—Three or five traps are set level, and in a straight line, three to five yards apart, and numbered from left to right, so that the extreme left trap is No. 1, and No. 2 the next trap to the right of it, and soon. The score for 12-gauge guns is 16 yards from each trap. The pulls will be arranged to be brought to a common centre back of the score. If the shooting is at known angles, the traps will be set to throw birds as follows:—No. 1, right quartering; No. 2, left quartering; No. 3, straight away; ‘No. 4, right quarter- ing; No. 5, left quartering. If only three traps are used Nos. 2, 3 and 4 will be the angles. The birds must be thrown not less than 40 yards, nor more than 65 yards from the trap and at 10 yards froth the trap must have an ele- vation of not less than 6 feet nor more than 12 feet. The squad of five shooters take their position opposite each trap at known angles, but the traps are pull- ed according to an indicator. When five traps are used the shooter in front of No. 1 trap shoots at a target thrown from any of the 5 traps. The stooter in front of No. 2 shoots at a target thrown from any of the four re- maining traps. three remaining, No. 4 from either of the two remaining traps. No. 3 from any of the Then all move up so that No. 5 shoots from No. — 1 and gets the 5 unknown traps. other variation is:—Expert Rules, One Man Up. Here the»shooter takes his An- stand opposite the centre trap and shcots from each men were up. stead of being fixed may be made un- trap: aa" if om Again the angles in- known, increasing the difficulty of the — shooting. Finally the targets may be thrown at reversed angles. In this case the angles are fixed as first men- tioned. The man in front of No. 1 trap shoots at a target thrown from No. 5; No.2 from No. 4; No. 3 from No. 3; No. A. Lusus Naturae, from Quebec Province. and after shooting at a bird move up from left to right, No. 1 man passing to No. 2 and No. 5 coming to No. 1. The rapid fire system, known traps and known angles, is the simplest style of target shooting and a young club will soon want to try something more difficult. There are many well-known variations. First the shooting is ren- dered more difficult by making the ang- les unknown to the shooter. Another variation is called Expert Rules, Rapid Fire. ‘There, the traps are set as above 4 from No. 2 and No. 5 from No. 1. Then all move up. Sometimes to make the shooting more difficult Nos. 2, 3 and 4 traps are set to throw unknown angles and this system is strongly re- commended. Next we have the arrangement of traps in what is known as ithe Ser-— geant System. Here three traps, any nrake which admit of the angles being easily and quickly changed, are set in a pit or on a level, but properly screen- ed so as to protect the trappers, The | traps are set on a line one and a half _ yards apart. The score in this case | igs set in the segment of a circle, so that each shooter instead of being in a _ straight line shall be 16 yards from the eentre trap. The scores shall be from 3 yards to 5 yards apart. The shoot- ing is at unknown angles and the shcoter should not know which trap is to be pulled for him. Properly speak- ing the angles should be changed in any case after each five shots and the traps pulled according to an indicator. The uncertainty of flight and the unknown rise of the target makes this shooting ap similar to field shooting and is § ogee better practice, but is the y ‘st kind of target shooting. This ystem is strongly recommended to ung clubs. It has many advantages. nly 3 traps are required, and the can be so built as to com- y enclose the traps. A good ar- gement is to build a trap-house 12 st front, 9 feet rear, 3 1-2 feet high front, sloping to rear, with sides and r and drop door in front. The traps can be set in a house of this kind and not require to be moved after each t, but can be locked up where they The Magazine trap is a rather com- and inexperienced club. However, it is very similar in its style of throwing tergets to the Sergeant System, and might be studied with advantage by in- tending ‘trap shooters. ; Stray Shots, _ J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, has S ent, Ohio, on July 21st. If we remem- rightly,Heikes won the medal from ed Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia., with splendid score of 99 ex 100. he tournament of the Cleveland set Co. was held at Cleveland, O., ne 13 to 15, and, as usual, was a big success. G. W. Mutter, J. H. Van- lusen, A. W. Reid and E. G. Swift, of the Walkerville (Ont.) Gun Club, at- ended. Rolla O. Heikes, of Dayton, 4. led the experts in the three days’ hooting with 398 out of 402, and won i e diamond-set gold locket or high average of his class. Chaun- ey M. Powers, Decatur, Il., won high werage in the amateur class with 411 ut of 420, and also got a diamond-set ‘old locket. he London (Eng.) Field makes ese remarks anent Texas shooting ethods: “It is evident that if reports are to be trusted, the Texas shooting ecde is not of the highest possible t Sportsmen there, it would ar, haive little regard for the sea- fixed for the due protection and agation of the game, but shoot when they have a mind to. But, the dates of the close times were Rod and Gun in Canada not respected, surely the condition in which certain of the game was found, ought, one would imagine, to have ap- pealed to sportsmen to stay their hands. That this, however, did not avail to protect the birds may be gleaned from the fact that parties of sunners were recently killing from 150 to 300 upland and golden plover in a trip extending over about four hours. The birds were in very poor condition, and 75 per cent. of the fe- males were full of eggs ranging in size from a No. 9 shot up to Nos. 2 or ‘1. It is said these gunners shoot every- thing, keep only the fattest birds, and throw all the rest away. At least 75 per cent. to 80 per cent. are killed on the ground, so that even the plea of shooting for sport cannot be maintain- ed. Truly, it is one thing to pass laws and quite another to have them en- forced.”” Little wonder, is it, that the migratory game birds come back from the South each year to their Canadian breeding grounds in ever-increasing numbers. Some record-breaking scores have been made recently at targets. At the Peru (Ind.) Gun Club’s tournament five men—Dr. Milton, F. D. Alkire, J. L. Head,Ed. Townsend and H. W.Cad- wallader — broke 100 straight, estab- lishing a world’s record. This feat, however, was duplicated the next week at Nebraska State tournament by Charlie Young, of Springfield, Ohio; W. S. Duer, of Hastings, Neb.; George Rogers, of Lincoln, Neb.; and A. B. Danials, of Denver, Col. At Peoria, Til., a squad, consisting of Powers, Fulford, Young, Heikes and_ Gilbert, Shot five events of twenty Blue Rocks, each thrown from a Magantrap, and sccred 96, 97, 98, 100, and 98, or 489, out of 500. Young broke 100 straight ; Powers, 99; Fulford, 98; Gilbert, 97, and Heikes, 95. Young then went on and: made the extraordinary run of £11 straight. Mr. Forest H. Conover, of Leaming- ton, Ont., was one of the few Cana- dians who attended the forty-first an- nual convention and tournament of the New York State Association, held at Buffalo, N. Y., June 5th to 9th, under the auspices of the Audobon Gun Club. He broke 131 out of 145 first day; 148 out of 170 second day, and 104 out of 125 third day—a total of 383 out of 440, or 87 per cent. The expert general average was won by Rolla Heikes,with 486 out of 500, and the amateur general average by Chauncey M. Rogers, with 477 out of 500. EF. D. Kelsey, of Au- rora, N.Y., won the trophy emblematic of the target championship of New Ycrk State, with 460 out of 500. Sherbrooke, Que., is an up-to-date shooting town. ‘The Gun Club here held their annual amateur tour- nament on Dominion Day (July ist), on their grounds, which are plea- santly situated just outside the city limits, convenient to the electric cars and the principal hotels. Some sportsmen of Saginaw, Mich., have liberated a number of Mongolia pheasants, in different parts of the county. It will be interesting to watch the result. In Ohio pheasant propaga- tion has been very successful, and there is no reason we can see why the same might not be successfully at- tempted in Canada: The Mongolian pheasant propagates rapidly, will 35 withstand extreme cold, and is, we be- lieve, as well able to take care of itseif as our ruffed grouse and quail. What a splendid addition this remarkably handsome, gamey bird woulda pe to our fields and woods. Correspondence in the American Field, recently, results in a very strong indictment of the crow, a contributor Stating that more young prairie chickens and quails are destroyed by crows and more nests broken up by them than by any other agency that he is acquainted with. As an illustra- tion, he stated that when duck hunt- ing, nine prairie chicken nests were located on the journey to and from the ducking grounds. These nine nests contained 119 eggs, the whole of which were destroyed by the crows. It is doubtful if all the pot hunters, market shooters and game hogs, de- plete the game fields as much as the _€gg-eating and destroying animals and birds. The first contest for the St. Louis Republic Cup was held at the Missouri State Tournament, St. Louis, Mo, May 16-20. This cup has been given to re. place the American Field Cup and the Kansas City Star Cup, both of which have been retired. The conditions of the shoot were 25 birds, $25 entrance and $1,000 purse guaranteed. GC. A Young, Springfield, Ohio, won tne cup after a hot race with J. A. R. Elliott, Kansas City. Young missed only his 68th 'tie bird, scoring 119 out of 120, and Elliott missed his 69th and 93rd tie . birds, scoring 118 out of 120. In another issue of Rod and Gun we intend to discuss the respective merits and demerits of the three different modes of dividing purses at tourna- ments, viz.: Rose system, Equitable System and Percentage system, class shooting. Readers of Rod and Gun are invited to use our columns freely for the dis- cussion of matters of interest to shoot- ers. We can always learn something valuable from the experience or others. We would also ask secretaries of gun clubs to send us information relating to trap shooting events, the aates and programmes for coming tournaments, and reports of those which have taken place. We shall always be pleased to publish these. The Kingsville (Ont.) Gun Club held their second annual amateur tourna- ment on the grounds of the ‘“Metta- was” summer hotel (one of the finest summer hotels on the continent) on June 30 and July 1. A report of the shoot will appear in our August issue. At the Illinois State Tournament at Peoria, Ill., May 9th, the Chicago Board of Trade Diamond Badge was won by W. R. Crosby, at live birds, with 60 straight kills. W. D. Stannard was a close second with 59. Crosby shot a new Baker gun, amd his load was 44 grains E. C., in Leader cases, 1 1-4 ounces, No. 7 1-2 shot. W D. Stan- nard shot a Smith gun, and his load was 3 1-4 drams Dupont, 1 1-4 ounces of No. 8, and 3 1-2 drams, 1 1-4 ounces No. 7 shot, in U.M.C. trap cases. If. E. Reihl, of Aiton, Ill., won the L. C Smith Cup, emblematic of the target championship of Illinois, by breaking 9 targets straight. He used a Parker gun, 3 drams Dupont powder, and 11-4 ounces No. 7 shot, in N.M.C. cases. ‘ 36 The Kingsville Gun Club held their second annual amateur tournament at Kingsville June 30th /anmd July Ist. A handsome and valuable silver cup was presented by Dr. S. A. King to the club for competition, the cup to represent the championship of Essex County and the winner to be subject to challenge. The race was at 50 singles and 10 pairs, Sargent system. Dr. Perdue and W. Smith, both of Kingsville, tied for the cup with 54 each and Perdue won in shooting off the tie. Mr. W. R. Crosby, who won the E. C. Cup emblematic of the inanimate target championship of America, at the Missouri state shoot in May suc- cessfully defended it against J. A. R. Elliott at Batavia, N.Y., June 23, breaking 128 out of 150 rocks thrown; 50 under expert rules 50 unknown angles and 25 pairs. John Parker, of the Peters Cart- ridge Co. and Kings Powder Co., wun the Expert State Championship Cup at Detroit, June 21, breaking 24 out of 25 targets, 18 yurds rise. The following paragraphs were inad- vertently omitted in the last issue: May was a reeord breaking month, at targets. At Peru (Iind.), Gun Club’s tournament five men—Dr. Britton, F. D. Alkire, J. L. Head, Ed. Rrke anad H. W. Cadwallader—broke 100 straight, establishing a world’s record. This feat, however, Was du- plicated the next week at Nebraska State tournament by Charlie Young, of Springfield,O.; W-S. Duer, of Has- tings, Neb.; George Rogers, of Lin- coln, Neb.; and A. B. Daniels, of Den- ver, Col. At Peoria, Ill., a squad, consisting of Powers, Fulford, Young, Heikes, and Gilbert, shot five events of twenty Blue Rocks, each thrown from a Morgan irap, and scored 26, 97, 98, 100, and 98, or 489, out of 500. Young broke 100 straight. Pow- ers, 99; Fulford, 98; Gilbert, 97, and Heikes, 95. Young then went on and made the extraordinary run of 211 straight. The Walkerville Gun Club had a shoot on Saturday afternoon, May 18th, one of the features being a team race between five men trom Walker- ville, Windsor and Kingsvi.ie, waite erville won the race with 93 out of 125. At this shoot Mr. A. Reid did some very good work, breuking 48 out of his last 50, in the programme events. At the Blenheim tournament, held May 3rd and 4th, Mr. Forest Conover won the silver cup, given for th best average score both days. Mr. Con- over appears to monopolize the hon- ors at Blenheim, as he has won a similar trophy for high average for three years in succession. He shoots Dupont powder, and thinks there is uothing finer. The Brant County Rod and Gun Club held a most successful tournament at the city of Brantford (Ont.) on 24th May. The targets were thrown from a Magam trap, and worked very success- fully. The event was held at the club's ranges in the Willows, and was attend- ed by a large number of local enthusi- asts and by many outside visitors. A most interested programme was pre- sented, and, as shown by the scores, the shooting was of a high order. The Rod and Gun Club ‘are evidently a pro- gressive organization, and their suc- cess is only what their enterprise de- serves. Rod and Gun in Canada AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. F THE number of breeds of dogs it may be said, as of the making of books, that there is no end, and each and every one of these has itsadmirers. For the guidance of the amateur breeder or student of dogo- logy many interesting treatises are pub- lished, almost any of which with a lit- tle study and following out the direc- tions as to feeding, housing) etc., will enable the owner to bring a pup- py through the viscisitudes of early life to a virtuous and happy maturity. While we have said there are many treatises on the dog we believe the most important work yet published - Tye ee eee ‘Laurel Laddie,” ¥ is that lately written by Count H. de Bylandt, of Belgium, a prominent sportsman and writer on dogs, who had previously written several popular beoks on the subject. It is a perfect encyclopedia and will doubtless be ac- cepted as the standard work on the subject. It is entitled “Races de Chiens” and the scope of the book may be indicated by the fact that three hundred and sixteen breeds are des- cribed, ‘while over 2,000 illustra- ticms are given of typical specimens. For thoroughness and exhaustiveness of description it is complete, embrac- ing the dogs of all countries and is VIDS gaa KS Es —— Por! | | A Recently Imported Prize-Winner. | | written in a practical and interest: : ing manner. In a late issue of the London Field the death is announced of Fullerton considered the gréatest greyhound of recent years and by many coursing men the best that ever went to slips. A few years ago Fullerton, who was then the property of Col. North, cre- ated a sensation by straying away from his keanels. It was supposed at the time that he had been stolen and shipped to the States. The police on this side were notified by cable and every incoming steamer was diligently searched until the valuable animal re- appeared. It is an oft-told tale how oy L, EE OP es [OCS ar 1 at gEsb 4: Fullerton divided the Waterloo Cup of his puppy season with his kennel companion, Throughend, and how he subsequently won outright three con- secutive Waterloo cups. The follow- ing year he was again slipped for the highest coursing honor of he world and thousands of his infatuated ad- mirers backed him at the absurd price of 4 tol. The adage, “Every dog has his day,” proved true, and Fuller- ton’s colors were lowered in the second trial by the Irish representative, Full Captain. As a racing dog his sun had set. During his career Fullerton ‘won thirty-six courses and lost only two, range to say its Alpha and Omega, s finst and last appearance in pub- ic. Fullerton was a perfect model of greyhound, possessed the invaluable tribute of speed and was unusually lick with his hares. After his de- ea Fullerton was put to the stud the exceptional fee of $250 but, like many other high-bred dogs, ed impotent and as a sequel Col. h presented him to his breeder. the idea of uniting dog fanci- 4 ther in their endeavor to raise t. The shares are placed at ars each and it is proposed $ soon as one hundred names for the purpose of electing » ete. Anyone in sympathy 1e object may obtain all neces- formation through Rod and to save himself unnecessary and fatigue and secure a fair selecting either of these the s characteristics of the breed ‘be closely looked ‘at, as, in pro- n to the number of “points” in a larger share of intelli- y be looked for and more eas- d. The best type of English . should have considerable prom- e on the back part of. the head, is technically known as the bone, somewhat narrow be- the ears, and with a very de- over the eyes, which should a dark color. : tively small, carried close to cs, soft, of leather thinness, rtly clothed with silky hair. and large. The jaws sould be strength and not undershot; s sloping, chest deep, rather le, and ribs well sprung. The ‘should be set straight, with ad and strong; hind legs mus- In the cimes are always to be found ing features of the collie, and setter. His head is heavier than that of ‘his half- the English setter, broad at between the ears, skull slightly s and the depth from the oc- the bottom of lower jaw much been made through the Rod and Gun in Canada greater; his body is also heavier. The great beauty of this dog is his color, and much prominence is usually given to it in judging. The black should be intense, not brownish, or rusty, and the tan of a rich, dark mahogany color and show on inside of thighs and front legs to 'the knees. The muzzle also should be tan, and the spots over the eyes well defined. The characteristics of the pointer are brains, nose and speed, the face being lit up with intelligence and lively in appearance. The head is rather finely drawn, not heavy, as this would denote ccalseness and an unreliable disposi- tion. The eyes are of medium size, not too far apart, and of the various shades of brown in color. The nose is an im- portant part of the features, and should be large, long, broad and deep, with nostrils large and open. The ears should ‘be moderately long and flat, fil- bert shaped, thin and flexible. Shoul- ders long, sloping and powerful. Good legs are most essential in a pointer; both front and hind should be straight and strong, and covered with well-de- veloped, compact muscles; feet cat-like, with plenty of hair between the toes. The order of preference as to color usually is: Liver and white, black and white, orange and white, whole black or whole liver.. The tail is also another important point. It should be set on well up and taper to a decided point; the straighter it is the better. In choosing either of the breeds above mentioned anyone with ordinary capa- city will not go far wrong if he selects according to the above description. On the other side of the border there are many admirers of the English set- ter, and field trials are a regular in- stitution. Among the principal breed- ers of this class are the Verona Ken- nels, of Pleasanton, Cal., who have as palatial quarters, from a dog’s point of view, as can be found anywhere. The buildings show how elegance, util- ity and convenience can be combined when one has the means to gratify it. The Verona Kennels is the home of Count Gladstone IV., a name well known in dogdom as the winner, either by himself or his progeny, of nearly all the most important field trials held in the United States since 1891. A very important addition to the pure bred stock of Canada has just ‘importation, from England, of Laurel Laddie, a beautiful specimen of the collie. Here is what the Manchester Chronicle says of him: “Laurel Laddie again swept ithe decks at Ashford-in-the-Wa- ter on Thursday, winning two firsts and three specials, including a special for the best collie, a special for best dog over 30 lbs. weight and finished a remarkable record by winning spec- Sr ial for best dog or bitch, any age, weight or breed. At this show this handsome animal competed in England for the last time. He has been sold at a long figure (in three figures) and leaves these shores, still winning, for Canada next Thursday. Laurel Lad- die has won 80 prizes, including 40 firsts and specials, a silver cup, three gold and silver medals and finished at Ashford by winning the President’s marble vase valued at twelve guin- eas.” To the enterprise of Messrs. C. B. McAllister, Peterborough, and H. B. Hungerford, Mountaineer Collie Kennels, Belleville, Ont., the fanciers of this breed are indebted for this lat- est acquisition. As will be seen from his presentment elsewhere, Laurel Lad- die is a grand looking specimen. He arrived here on the 19th June in prime ecndition and is all that his present owners were led to expect. He is a handsome dog with plenty of bone, fine action, splendid ear carriage, with beautiful sable and white markings. While on the subject of collies I would like te quote the following from a contemporary : “Nothing in my whole western trip interested me more” said a distinguish- ed traveller recently to a newspaper representative, ‘‘than the work I saw done on a large sheep ranch in Cali- fornia by half a dozen or more collies. According to my host, each one of them saved him a good $75 a month in wages did his work far better than any two men could do it, while his board would notaverage atenth of what it wculd cost to keep a man. The ranch which I visited extended over thou- sands of acres, while my friend inclos- ed in his corral each night no fewer than 10,000 sheep. The corral is sim- ply a large disclosure surrounded by a solid, high brick wall. Into this the sheep are driven at night to pro- tect them from the wolves which in California, would make short. work of flocks left out on the open plaiu or insecurely housed. Arriving at the rench just at night-fall, I had the op- portunity of seeing the dogs conduct their various flocks into the fold, and expressed great surprise at their wou- derful cleverness and skill. “Oh, but this is the least part of it,” said my host. ‘You should see the in- telligent creatures go about their morning’s work. In that they really show more than ordinary human in- sight. It would be well worth your mcrning nap for once to watch them. “Accordingly, at early dawn the next morning I arose, and as I stood gazing spellbound at the breadth of the sky- line, and illimitable expanse of the plains, my attention was called to the business of the day by the friendly barking of the collies. They had just 38 finished their breakfast,and were mak- ing their way to the corral, the gates cf which stood open. In they bound- ed among the promiscuous assembly of sheep, and then each began to sing- le out his own especial flock; for with these thousands of animals like one another as sO many peas, each collie comes, in some subtle way, to know which of them are under his especial eare. By a system, of running scent- ing, pushing, crowding, and elbowing; he finally gets his own flock sorted out, and starts them for their particu- lar pasture. Here. he watches them through the long day, not allowing one to stray, and at exactly the same hour each night marshals them back to the corral. “ “The only point.in which they lack judgment,’ explained my friend, ‘is that. they do. not. seem. to know when they should be taken to new pastures. After grazing over 500 or 600 acres for a few months, the grass is exhausted, and the sheep need to be .condueted to fresh mea- dews. That part of the work falls to me, and is practically all that I do. T select the new grazing ground, and conduct the shepherd and his flock there for the. first .time. After that he understands.’ I’ keep practically mo~ help’ beside the dogs; and with all my :10,000 sheep’ can not ecmplain of being overworked.’ ”’ Fox hunting: is growing in.populari- ty in the States. At the present time there are probably one hundred fox hunting clubs maintaining paicks of hounds, in addition to numerous indi- vidual packs. ‘ A. ‘Georgia fox hunter tells a yarn which, if not strictly true, shows that he has a fine sense of humor as well as invention. He had run a red fox several races and failed to catch him on aecount of the fox going to bur- row. He had a fine dog, Ring by name, considered very fast, and they had been running said fox an hour. Ring thinking it about time for his- fcxship to go. to earth as heretofore, quit the pack, and with breakneck speed ran for the burrow, and then placed himself in the den’ and waited for Reynard’s return. Imagine the fox’s surprise, if you please, as he trot- ted up for safety and‘ came in con- Rod and Gun in Canada tact with the dog. Wasn’t- this fox outwitted? Field Trials. The following field trials in Canada have been fixed: Western Canada Kennel Club, La Salle, Man., Septem- ber 4. Manitoba Field Trial. Club’s thirteenth annual trials at Morris, Man., September 6. International Trial Club’s tenth annual trials’ at .24 inclusive. Bench Shows. Western Canada Kennel Club! bench show at Winnipeg, Man., Jul 10 to 14, inclusive. 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Editariat ise ua arg owe choke te ce eae Doreen In Far Northern Wilds, with Map, by ‘“‘Aswee Wa-pe-tan, re The Professor’s Perilous Bear Trapping, by C. C. Farr...... Six Snap Shots at Baby Beavers, Illustration........ Facts About the Moose, by Frank H, Risteen.................... ee Temagaming, by Another “ Wet Bob. ”_The Magnaisippi Fish and Game —Guns and Ammunition.................. Ws 2 aa oe ae 2 At the Kennels, conducted by D. Taylor............. “Reale a The Gun, conducted by ‘‘ Bob White.’ ... ee er ALE PORT IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. _ The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL M Offers special inducements to Tourists and ~ Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &e. T A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL WINDSOR, ONT. LEADING HOTEL IN THE CITY. SPECIAL RATES FOR TOURISTS. T. W. MCKEE, FROPRIETOR. 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All communications accompanied by the name of the writer, sarily for publication, however. uniecations should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., * 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. important act has just been passed Dominion Parliament which is of ble interest to visiting sports- ‘Il as to those Canadians who sire to encourage the tide of sportsmen iststoCanada Hitherto the Customs hibited the export of the heads ‘ions of the carcasses of deer, ou or moose, and many visitors had re ved that the results of their skill had either to be given n Canada or left to rot in the the latter a result distasteful to . This is all changed, and rth, under suitable restrictions, ing sportsmen from other coun- 0 have been duly licensed by the al Governments may, upon the n of their licenses and within seasons, export a limited num- er, caribou and moose which killed. In order that the pot- r may have no chance to ply his lous trade, the law expressly limits rt to foreigners and it is under- at the regulations which will be by the Minister of Customs will © worded as to cover every possible ‘ole by which illegal export could, ' any circumstances, occur. Our s and those who urged and = worked for the passage of the law are to be congratulated on the result. ooo Referring to the proposed League of Canadian Sportsmen, which was com- mented upon in the July number of Rop Anp Gun, we print on another page a portion of an article from the Meriden, Conn., ‘Morning Record,’? which is being distributed by the League of American Sportsmen, as campaign litera- ture. The slaughter of game birds which the writer affirms has gone on through- out the United States is appalling. A decrease of over 46 per cent. in game birds in thirty States and Territories within fifteen years, is a statement suf- ficient so make us in Canada gasp. Game laws in the United States appear useless if the following is true: “ Pot shooting and shooting during the prohibited sea- son is winked at and condoned by the local authorities and the wholesale de- struction of innocent and useful life goes on practically unchecked from one year’s end to another.’’ While this is possibly a little exagger- ated, it is bad enough. Canadians are generally a law-abiding people, and while instances of infractions of our game regulations are not as infrequent as could be wished, our game resources are still very large and, under the increasing stringency of the laws, are likely to remain so, and the formation of an or- ganization such as the League of Cana- dian Sportsmen is intended to be, will contribute largely to that end. ©o9% Our contemporary, “ Fishing and Shooting,’’ does not relish non-resident license fees. We are surprised at this, having been accustomed to them in Canada so long as to cause no remark ; moreover, we believe them a wise im- position coincident with game protection service. It is true the non-resident dis- likes to put up $25 to the province in’ addition to other necessary expenses, but as we claim to have, and do possess, tie finest game regions and the best shooting and fishing in North America, it is worth much more than $25 additional to hunt in this country, There is no dis- crimination against fcreigners, and the Ontario man going to New Brunswick “‘when the moose is ripe’’ has to show up to the New Brunswick authorities the same amount of hard cash as if he came from the States. Newfoundland lays it on rather thick, with a $100 tax to shoot caribou, but will soon reduce the license to $50. It remains for Missouri to cap the climax by making it a misdemeanor for the non-resident to kill any game. Shades of Jesse James! ! |. ©o°°O We heard recently of a convention of game commissioners in the West, whereat several adjoining States partici- pated in a full discussion of the entire subject of their fish and game interests in their various bearings and unquestion- ably resulting beneficially. Why should not the heads of the fish and game inter- ests in each Canadian province and their chief game wardens and superintendents meet once each year and discuss matters, and, possibly, immediately afterwards have a meeting with the game authori- ties of contiguous States. Quebec and New Brunswick and Maine, for example, : are undoubtedly much concerned with what each other does, for deer, caribou, moose, etc., don’t bother themselves about provincial or international boun- daries. We believe great good would follow such meetings and earnestly hope the gentlemen concerned will give the suggestion careful consideration. © It is understood that a Fish and Game Protection club for the district of Bed- ford is among the possibilities of the near future. ooo An exchange states that Hon. L. T. Carleton, Fish and Game Commissioner of Maine, is compiling a work on the fish and game resorts of the State of 44 Maine, and it is understood that this book is for gratuitous distribution. Con- sidering the tremendous exploiting that Maine’s fish and game resources have received for years at the hands of the Maine railways, it is notable that the State Commissioners are preparing further advertising. A close study of Maine methods for some time past has convinced us that they are business-like clear through, and while Canada has not been altogether backward in this respect, both New Brunswick and Quebec having issued books expatiating on their game and fish, our provinces must not rest on their oars. We hope to hear of at least one other issuing a book in the near future. : © o Small bore shot guns are coming into more general use, especially by those who shoot for the full pleasures of the field, are content with a few birds shot under conditions calling for considerable skill, and dislike to carry any weight of metal not absolutely necessary. oo South Dakota’s recently adopted game law went into effect July Ist. Among other provisions non-residents are re- quired to pay $10 for a hunting license, an additional evidence of the trend of feeling on this subject. ©%o At the recent international rifle match jn Holland it was a matter of great sur- prise that England’s team was defeated by France, Denmark, Italy, Holland, Norway and Belgium, which the English press attribute to Englishmen not being accustomed or trained to shoot while standing. In Far Northern Wilds. Ungava and Fort Chimo. a HE bay of Ungava, at the northern wend of the Labrador Peninsula, has not been much explored, and yet, in August and September, it is one of the most picturesque waters for a yachting cruise inthe Dominion. It is about 170 miles across from Cape Hope’s Advance to Cape Chidley, and has four rivers flowing into its waters of no mean importance. These are the Leafe, Koksoak, Whale and George Rivers. These rivers are plentifully stocked with fish of various kinds, especially salmon, as will be seen from the fact that about 150 tierces of split and salted salmon are exported annually by the Hudson’s Bay Company. White por- Rod and Gun in Canada poise frequent the Leafe River in con- siderable numbers, for nearly 5,000 gal- lons of oil and over 1,000 skins are ex- ported annually. The rivers are also extremely beautiful, affording every variety of scenery. Waterfalls, rapids and cascades are common to them all. Well defined traces at a very high level afford evidence of the immense volume of these waters in by-gone days. The upper part of the river banks are erowned and fringed ‘with trees such as the balsam, poplar, black iand white Kianiapiskan). This lake has two oy! lets, one flowing northeast into th Bay of Ungava, and the other south east into the Gulf of St. Lawrene The Hudson’s Bay Company’s sta is called Fort Chimo. It is twen' miles from the mouth of the river ¢ e the south side. The Koksoak at ' point is about a mile wide. This very flourishing trading station, bi many trading families were lost to through famine in 1892-938. ‘The fo possesses a good house and office | the factor; houses also for the cc On pany’s servants, warehouses, shops f all kinds of mechanical work: 60° Nez: UNGAVA. ZEP'> IR born spruce and larch. Forests of these abound in the uplands to the west- ward) where ‘the head waters of these rivers are found), in the watershed which parts ‘the rivers of Hudson’s Bay from those of Ungava. Game vf various kinds is abundant in the Ungava district. The different va- rieties of fox (white, red, cross, black and blue) are the most important on account of the value of their fur. Mar- tens, wolverines and the white bear are next in order. Black and brown bear are only obtainable at intervals. Cayi- bou are still plentiful at certain sea- sons The Koksoak River rises in’ Lake Summit (about 100 miles south of Lake house accommodation for visiting tre ers. The fort receives its stores provisions annually by the compas steamer Eric, which arrives about i. second week in September, and rema about two weeks loading and unlog ing. When she sails, all communica tion with civilization is lost till the fol lowing year. Fort Chimo has passe through many troubles, especially 1 1870 and 1871. The ship Labrador, ef the carrier of the Hudson’s Bay Com pany, was wrecked in J870, and the at the station were left to their r sources for food. The energy, pl and skill of the chief factor alone save them from death and starvation. ¥ ASWEE WA-PE-TAN. | 7 aie Riteaee HE Professor was seized with the ambition to catch a bear, so he persuaded Harry to secure him a bear trap, one with strong springs, id with jaws bristling with teeth. In fact, it became a joint stock company, or rather, a partnership of two, for Harry insisted that, if he secured the trap, he should be admitted into pariner- snip in the bear that they were going © eatch. The professor acauiesced tuo his proposal, and mighty preparations ere made; moreover, the whole at- mosphere became charged with mys- tery, and one secret consulcation fol- jowed another in rapid succession, in which the bear trap figured conspicu- pusly, so that Mrs. Sportsman finally protested against this monstrous en- zine of jaws, teeth, springs and chains, being dragged about over her polished oor. “We shall have to get some kind of bait,” said Harry. ‘“‘Bear traps always have to be baited. The beasts won't walk into a trap unless there is some- hing to attract them. They are mighty eussed in their habits. I wonder what iss the best thing for bear.” “T think,’ answered the professor, reflectively, ‘‘that a bleating sid ur a lamb tied with a string is the ac- knowledged method of baiting for wild beasts. I fear that we cannot get a kid, but perhaps Mrs. Sportsman would lend us a lamb.” ‘Mrs. Sportsman is a little too fond of her lambs,” amswered Harry, ‘‘and she has not one that she could spare; but she might lend us a cat; she has lots of them, and goodness knows they make noise enough, if that’s what you “I am afraid,’ said the professor, ‘that a cat, being carnivorous, and not erbivorous, ‘1a bear, which is also car- jivorous, might fraternize with the eat, and possibly the two might com- bine to defeat our object. Perhaps Mr. Sportsman might give us some infor- mation on this matter. We will ask Aim ua? _ So to Mr. Sportsman they went. “You want to set a trap for a bear, where do you intend to set it? The ush is rather large, and the mathe- natical chances against a bear walk- ing into your trap are also large.” “There is a well-beaten path on the edge of the clearance,” said the pro- fessor. ‘““‘We thought that if we set it THE PROFESSOR’S PERILOUS BEAR TRAPPING. Rod and Gun in Canada sees ee an stecetee By Cs Ge Farr. on Te ees somewhere on that we might have a chance of catching one.” “That well-beaten track is made by my cattle, professor, and though I en- ‘courage sport, I do not wish to go to the expense of a cow or a calf on it, for that is what you would catch there.” ‘Dear me,” said the professor, ‘where can we set it, then? We cannot set it in the lake, for you know that the bear is not aquatic, nor even amphi- bious.” “IT can show you a good place,’ re- plied Mr. Sportsman. ‘There is a creek about three miles from here, a. creek running through a succession of bea- ver meadows, that is the very place in which to set a bear trap. You will find on it, as on most creeks of the kind, a path, worn by generations of bears. As a rule, they have their bathing places on such a creek—nice little pools, cool and shady, and not too muddy; just enough mud at the bottom to enable them to sit comfort- ably.” “But what bait is the best for them?’ asked the professor. “Ah! ithere you ask a question of considerable magnitude. There are so many ways of haiting a bear trap. Anything does, and the more it smells the better the bear likes it. Indians use dried and tainted moose meat. Anything that, as Kipling says, ‘will raise.a blue sensation.’ Some use rot- ten fish, and the bear himself, whose tastes certainly should be considered, has leanings that way—in fact, in the spring he glories in such diet.” “How does he get rotten fish?’ asked the professor; ‘the surely does not sit on the edge of a lake or stream and ‘wait for his breakfast until the fish go bad.”’ “Certainly not. In the spning the suckers crowd up to the little rapids on the creeks running into the differ- ent Jakes. Then the bear goes fish- ing. He walks about the rapid and throws out the unfortunate suckers with his paw on to the banks, where he leaves them until they smell; which in the spring does not take long. The Indian knows. of these spots where suckers abound, and when he finds that the bear has been fishing he also waits until the fish begin to smell; then he sits during the night patiently watching for the bear to come and eat his highly-flavored gamy suckers, and ‘thus in the uncertain light of dark- ness is able ito get a shot at the bear.” “Well,” said the professor, “I would not care to sit long inhaling such an unsavory aroma as that raised by dead and decomposing suckers; commend me to the trap.” “Oh, yes; I forgot the trap. The fact is, Indians will often prepare the places for their traps in the winter. I know an Indian on White River, a river running into the head of Lake Temikaming, who shoots about half a dozen or more moose in the win- ter and leaves them there where they fall for bait for bears. He goes in the spring and sets his traps at these carcases. The sooner the traps are set the better, for one of the hardest things to do is to obliterate all signs and scent of man. The Indian tries to get his traps set before rain, and never expects much success until rain has fallen, for rain is, of course, the great effacer of all abnormal signs and scents. It is far easier, however, to trap a bear in the spring than in the fall, for in ‘the springa bear comes out of its den, hungry from its long win- ter fast, whereas in the fall it is fat and satiated with berries and. nuts. upon which it principally feeds pre- vious to its hibernation.’ “Suppose,” asked the professor, “that we were fortunate enough to catch a bear in our trap, how would we secure him ‘when so caught? Would the trap have a taming effect upon him, and could we then take him out and despatch him?” “Never monkey with a bear ina trap,’ answered Mr. Sportsman. “It is one of the worst things you can do He would despatch you quick enough. A bear in a trap is a dangerous ani- mal, and one ithat Indians most care- fully avoid — far worse than when wounded by a ‘bullet, for in the latter case, it might try to get away, where- as when held fast it has no alternative left but to fight. In any case that I have heard of where an Indian has been killed or maimed by.a bear it was by one in a trap or wounded. The Indian always shoots it as soon as he ean, for when the bear becomes aware of his proximity it redoubles its ef- fonts to get away, and often the foo! will have been so cut into by the jaws of the trap that this final exertion will release the bear by leaving its foot in the trap. By the by, it is generally the custom not to attach the chain to a solid, immovable object. The [In- dians usually prefer a young birch sap. ling, or even a small balsam tree-- something that the bear can drag for some disittance, but which finally ets caught against some log or trec, and this exercise tires the bear, so that by the time that it does become fast, his 46 Rod and Gun in Canada UBNOVINEGEL GAME WARDEN, |) AYLMER EAST, QUE. ™ 5, TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT. —————————— a e —_— —_—— oo full strength is exhausted, but the “drag’’ must be large enough, so that an unmistakable trail is made to enable the hunter to track the bear, and, as I have said before, the approach must be quietly and carefully made, both for the sake of not frightening the bear and to avoid stumbling upon it unawares, when lying behind a log or a tree. I have known men to be badly torn for the want of such care, though, of course, it is only in the event of the bear being in a trap, otherwise it would run far faster than the man would.” “Then,” said the professor, “it ap- pears that these stories one hears of and reads of bears attacking inen are not true?” “All rot and rubbish, made out of whole cloth; written to interest readers who love such things. Excepting griz- zlies, a bear when unwounded and free never attacks a man. During the pairing season, which is in June, they are slightly aggressive, and if an In- dian meets a company of them (they often travel at that time in companies of five or six) he gives them the road, for they will not turn out for him, so intent are they on their courtship; otherwise, and at other times, they run for all they are worth when they see or even smell a man.” “T am sorry,” said the professor, ‘to hear you speak thus, for I have often read of desperate encounters in the Maine woods, and even in the Adiron- dacks, between the man an the bear, and they were very interesting.” “Oh, all that kind of thing is done for the sake of guides’ and hunters’ hotels. That is all in the way of busi- ness, and advertises a place tremen- dously.”’ “Ah!” wighed the professor, ‘‘these tales of the backwoods are like the fairy tales of our childhood. ‘They vanish like an empty dream. What 2 great pity!” “I don’t know that it is a pity. We all enjoy them when we read them. We fairly ask for such kind of yarns and they are given to us. They are about as reliable as fish tales, and yet our sporting papers would be consid- ered dull without them.: The bulk of our writers on such matters speak more of things as they should be than as they are, and by so doing turn vut readable copy.” After this interview the professor began diligently to hunt for bait, so diligently that no one cared to go very near him, and there was a sense of” relief when he took his bedroom can-— dle and disappeared for the night. He had made a collection of all the old salmon tins and every abomination — that he could find, which would prom- ise a smell, and Mrs. Sportsman ser-— iously took her husband to task for advising the man to collect such a combination of odoriferous matter—at ~ least when there was any chance of his coming in contact with civilized” and delicate organizations. Mr. Sports- man laughed and begged her to let the poor man collect his smells, as it was likely that that was all the fun he would get out of it. 5 [To he eontinned.] Some years ago the Marquis of Lorne introduced into Argyleshire, Scotland, ~ a breed of Canadian wild turkeys that” have bred with remarkable rapidity,” and have spead over almost a fourth” of the county already. A new game7 herd of .great value has thus been” naturalized in a few years, and the? stranger who never heard of wild tur- keys in tthe Highland woods is nat-— urally astonished to hear the gobble” of the cocks and see great coveys of f the big birds in places far removed from houses. i sepiistvs Seles pele ee AULLY one-half of all the far-stretch- ing wilderness of New Brunswick is now well stocked with moose. i The animals are especially numer- ous on the upper waters of the Tobiqve, ‘Nepisignit, Restigouche, Green, Nash- aak, Little and Canaan Rivers, and all 8 many branches of the Miramichi. oe vary as to the best time 4 mode of capturing the forest king. hile the weather remains warm his rite haunt is the shores of wood- lakes ‘and streams, where he feeds aquatic plants and secures inci- 1 repose from the flies and heat. easy for the sportsman, as he ds these peaceful waters in his canoe, to steal upon the giant Where sound, scent and mo- : fail the moose will seldom believe eyes. Let the hunter keep per- tly still and the monster will calmly oceed with his mid-day meal among the grasses and lilypads till the canoe fairly brushing his shaggy flanks. Dy ally the only foe the bull moose to fear is man, and where the animal is seldom molested he is easily Hs aught napping. Perhaps the method most approved by sportsmen is that of ‘“‘calling’’ the with the birchen horn in the mating season by simulating the call xf the cow moose. While no precise ts can be placed upon the durativa this period, experience has shown at it extends from about Sept. 20th Oct. 15th. In redlity there are two ling seasons, the first before the has found a mate, the second a e! or two later, when the honey- on “ae waned and the fick'e fair has ed away. Even when the bull is : ed by a cow, he may res- nd to the horn, but he is not likely appear at the calling point. Cases ave occurred, however, where a whole s0se family, composed of a bull, with or two cows and their attend- t+ train of calves, have advanced to source of the spurious call. Many ‘ies are related of two, or three, or en four infatuated buils responding a skilful caller at the same time, hoarse grunts proceeding from dely separated points of the com- as they journeyed to the imagin- y trysting place. silence or it may be accompanied Rod and Gun FACTS ABOUT THE MOOSE. The advance of a, may be made in utter stealth, in Canada seesee ore? By Frank H. Risteen by a tremendous obligato of basso profundo grunts and smiting of horns against the trunks and branches of the ‘trees. Fortunate is the hunter who has seen that appalling spectacle— the combat of two monster bulls for the mastery. The onset is furious be- yond description, the frenzied roars of the rivals may be heard for miles around, horns are splintered and wounds administered that may result in death to one or both of them. As you survey, it may be, next morning _ the scene of battle, uprooted saplings, trodden and twisted grass, wisps of hair and pools of gory mire attest the rage and power of the opposing cham- A Typical New Brunswick Camping Courtesy N. B. Tourist Association. pions, one can readily imagine how desperate the pangs of the vanquished must have been. A few weeks later (if they have both survived the bat- tle) these self-same bulls, with others of their ilk, may be found yarded up on some ridge in the December snows living on terms of the utmost amity, while the cows, the cause of all the late unpleasantness, are out of sight and out of mind. It is not alone in howiever, that the these terrible fights. ter,-and when they the rutting time, bulls inauige iu In the early win- are still free to 47 wander at large through the woods, it often happens that the gladiators meet and settle, in the arena of the snows, the momentous problem of ‘Who is who.” It is easy enough to shatter the soli- tudes with a horn, but not so easy to fairly call a moose within range of the rifle. It is true that early in the season a young or inexperienced bull is likely to respond to any horn-like noise; but when he gets close to the calling point he usually shows great caution, availing himself of all pos- sible cover and circling to leeward to catch the scent. It is then that the low call, or ‘‘coaxer,” is required, and this must be given with the utmost skill. The ears of the hidden monster ‘as he stands in the thicket are thrown forward like two great hairy tele- phones. His big white nostrils seek the scent in all directions. A single false note, or a whiff of humam flavor, and he steals away as silently as a ghost. Like most wild animals, the moose Scene. ‘3 largely nocturnal in his habits. -A moonlight night is therefore the best time for calling. This shooting after nightfall, however, is a very dubious business, and sitting: cramped up in a canoe or laying out in the cold, moist barren under a single blanket is paying a high price for sport; hence many of the New Brunswick guides have abandoned calling by night and wield the birchen horn only in the daytime. The moose is not so sure to come, but when he does come he is yours. Sunrise and sundown afford the best conditions for success. 48 Whether by night or by day, if the wind is up, it is of little use to call, as the sound is so choked and muffled that its effective range is very lim- ited. On a perfectly calm evening the horn will often bring a moose a dis- tance of two miles. Still-hunting on the snow, while not to be recommended for .dudes or in- valids, is a far-more certain way of bagging the moose than any other. The royal game, though wary, is not as difficult to the red deer, and starts more deliberately; but when once under way, with his famous pacing gait, is most determined in his flight. In Maine, where the hunters are many and the moose are few, 2 method is pursued called “walking down” the moose. This is a sporv for guides rather than tenderfeet. It con- sists in following the moose that has been started until the animal rounds up. The man, though left far behind at the beginning of the race, sticks doggedly to the trail, and finally tires out the strongest moose. On the first day the chances are that he will not see the moose at all, though he may have started him frequently. When darkness sets in he camps on or near the trail. Resuming the chase early in the morning, he comes, in the course of an hour or so, to where the moose iaid down for the night as soon as he found the man was not following. On. the second day the moose, which has not stopped to feed in all this time, pauses now and then to rest and listen, and perhaps before sundown the hunter gets a glimpse of him. On the third day the moose is routed every mile or so and sighted as he approach as Rod in Canada and Gun drags himself along. At last the ani- mal, footsore and weary, angry at his relentless foe, turns at bay. Then are needed a cool nerve and a steady aim, for if the moose is only wounded by th eagle pose it to be a small tract of ground 5 in which one or more moose have lo- cated, and where they have trampled” the snow down flat. In reality a yard ; often covers an area of one or two Falls and ‘‘Dam’ Courtesy N. B. Tourist Association. the shot he will charge his enemy. The charge, though, is a blind and clumsy one, and the hunter may easily avoid it by jumping behind a tree. Moose “yard up” as soon as the snow gets so deep as to render travel diffi- cult. Usually the cows and calves yard by themselves, while the bulls will be found elsewhere. Persons who have never seen a yard commonly sup- A Horse Express on a New Brunswick River. irtesy N. B. Tourist Association. ’ Pool—Northwest Miramichi. square miles. It is commonly found on a hardwood ridge or the side of a mountain, and consists of a number of intersecting paths trodden deeply in the snow, to which the moose con-_ fine themselves while browsing on the” young growth and branches from piace to place. A few sunny spots may be- found where the animals are in the habit of resting or consorting sociably together. These are trampled down hard and exhibit much of the sceni¢e quality of an ordinary domestic cvow- yard in winter. A large area of ground is needed to supply a sufficient amount of food for even a single moose. For this reason when moose are plentiful they are seldom found in force in any one locality, but rather as their numbers grow, they spread) out and occupy new ground. If food becomes scarce in the yard, the moose locate another one, plowing single fyle through the cloying drifts. if the ani- mals are alarmed by man aad started from the yard, they will not return to it that winter. Nevertheless they will often remain in a yard all winter, though lumbermen are chopping and!) yarding trees not a hundred :ods away 4 The moose discriminates readily sound: that are harmless from those that are) dangerous. On a stormy day, for im) stance, when the forest is groaning ané F crackling with the winter gale, thé } moose in his lair on the ridge chews 4 the cud of contentment, but let the smallest twig snap beneath the hun- ter’s tread, and ‘he is up ani away on nis swift and tireless flig;ht. ‘The favorite browsIing trees of moose are whitewood, moosewood, willow and sherry. They will, however, consunie the bark and twigs of any kind cf ardwood and most of the evergreens, A great many theories for- d have been found to be er- For. instance, it wars believed moose never peeied the tree ound on which he fed. Maples, ash and sapling birch, how- often found from which the been stripped completely by In summer time the moose 'a thin, flat grass, light green Rod and Gun in Canada a kind of furry skin called the velvet. By the 1st of September the antlers are complete and the velvet commences to peel off. By ‘Christmas time, or during the month of January, the mas- sive beams rot off at their junction with the skull and fall to the ground, The horns of old moose mature earlier than those of young males, and are also shed earlier. While antlers are frequently found on the female cari- bou, and occasionally on the does of red deer, there is no case on record of such ornaments being found on the cow moose. The color of a moose varies from almost jet black to greyish brown. The size of the bull has. very little relation to the weight or width of the antlers. Moose of 1,200 or evan 1.30 pounds may be found with a compara- 49 of Albany, New York. The horns of this moose were not so wide by four inches as those of Mr. Cook's nominee, but the points numbered 34, and the palms measured 19 inches across. The Alaskan moose, however, outclass those of Eastern America in regard to size as much as the latter do the elk of Northern Europe. There was re- cently mounted in New York a set of Alaskan antlers measuring over 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip. In regard to the best rifle to use for moose, there is a vast diversity of opinion. There is no doubt that any rifle from the old 44-40 upward will do the trick, but many a moose has escaped, or wandered off to die of peritonitis or ‘tuberculosis, through the use by sportsmen of rifles not equal to the occasion. There can be no doubt treams or shallow ponds or in hy ground. He also regards with al favor the roots of the water and will dive under water for it, there remain a surprising length time. When in water beyond his h he can sink beneath the surface rise at will. A popular error is the moose, by reason of his e-like legs and comparatively - neck, is unable to graze without g. The moose has an inordin- ‘long head to atone for his brevity eck. He has no difficulty in eating drinking on the level. e are still many people who find d to believe that the massive s found on the adult bull moos2 he growth of a single season, yet is no fact of nature more thor- authenticated. The horns com- € to sprout in April, and are cov- during their period of growth by A Salmon Pool. _ Courtesy N. B. Tourist Association. tively inferior set of antlers, while an 800-pound moose may be adorned witn a five feet spread. Neither is there any positive relation between the age of a moose and the number of points on his horns. The rule is for the horns to increase in size and beauty until the moose is eight or ten years old. After that they deteriorate quite rapidly, the palms dwindling and tne points losing much of their sharpness and symmetry. At least a dozen moose have been killed in New Brunswick during the past two seasons with antlers spread- ing over five feet. The widest spread was that which fell to the rifle of Mr. F. H. Cook, of Leominster, Mass., the cross section of this trophy measuring 5 feet 7 inches. The best all-round head ever taken in this province was the original property of a moose killed last autumn by Captain C. P. Williams, that the English express rifle, with their heavy charge of powder and lib- eral calibre, excel any of the popular American makes of rifles for large or dangerous game. The 50-cal. Winches- ter, however, is a reliable moose gun, and the same may be said of the 30-40 or Winchester .303 fitted for the Eng- lish cartridge. The habitat of the moose is becom- ing more contracted year by year. The animal is fast disappearing from all parts of the United States except the State of Maine, and there the annual slaughter is so great that large moose are rarely met. ‘There is reason to be- lieve, however, that with the intell1- gent methods of protection now prac- tised by our provincial governments, the animal will long be found in force in the grand old forests of Canada— the world’s greatest hunting ground. Fredericton, N.B. 50 Wanton Destruction. (From The Meriden (Conn.) Morning Record.) A careful inquiry recently made by the New York Zoological Society re- veals the startling fact that through- out thirty states and territories of this country, says the Meridian, Connecti- cut Record, the decrease in bird life during the last fifteen years has reach- ed an average of forty-six per cent. The decrease in the number of edible birds, game birds, water fowl, shore birds and pigeons has been even great- er than this; a number of our finest species are approaching practical ex- tinction. To add to this serious state of affairs many of our song birds are now being killed for food. This is not alone true of the birds, but it is also true of almost every liv- ing thing that builds or swims or bur- rows in our woods or streams or fields. The spirt of wanton destruction that has exterminated the buffalo is at work in every state and county in America. Fish are caught out of season, nets are used when rod and line alone should be permitted, trapping goes on regardless of the times for mating and the rear- ing of young birds and animals. In every town there are a score or more of well intentioned boys who, because the matter has never been brought to their serious ‘attention, continually moles tthe nests of birds, rovbing tc of their eggs and young. Pot shoot- ing and shooting during the prohibit- ed season is winked at and condoned by the local authorities, and the whole- sale destruction of innocent aud usetul life goes on practically unchecked from one year’s end to another. 5 For a time the idea that natures abundant supply would ever become exhausted was laughed at on all sides, and any steps to check the needless destruction were met with indifference and contempt. But that time is past. The virtually complete extinction of the buffalo and scarcely tess alarming decrease of one-half our bird life serve as examples which bring home to the most skeptical and indifferent some- thing of the gravity of the situation. It is singular that it should be left to sportsmen, men who love the gun aud rod and trap, to organize for the pro- tection of the wild free life of the woods and fields and rivers that should be very dear to us all. The League of American Sportsmen has been recently organized for the purpose of enforcing with the utmost rigor such laws as have been enacted in the various states for the preserva- tion of game birds, song birds, fish, deer, antelope, and, indeed, all wild things who earn their own living in their own way and carry fin and fur and feather without harm or hurt te any man. Not only is the leagues pledged to enforce these laws, but it 1s also pledged to work for the enactment of new laws which shall still more pro- tect its especial proteges. It is oppos- ed to the excessive slaughter of game and fish under the name of sport. It is opposed to the killing of any harm- Rod and Gun less bird or animal which is not game under the name of sport, or in wan- tonness or for commercial purposes. It is especially opposed to the sale of game at all times and under all cir- cumstances. To carry this one point would be to disband the great army of pot shooters who hunt for the market regardless of every local law and sportsmanlike consideration. The league believes that the killing of game and taking of fish during the hunting and fishing season should be limited by the law; that the bag for one man for a day or for a season should be defined by law. ‘The league advo- cates the adoption im every state of 4 gun-license law, with severe penalties for its violation. There can be no doubt of the general benefit to be de- rived from the enforcement of a gun license law. The object is not only to preserve such game as now remains in the different states, but to encourage its propagation by every means practical. The league receives into its member- ship boys above fifteen. Its purpose is to bring under its influence at the ear- liest practical moment the youth of the country that it may instill into their minds not alone a proper respect for the game laws, but such a love of nature in her various aspects as may prove the best safeguard against the violation of any of her laws. Above all, it seeks to inculcate a proper abhor- rence of the custom so prevalent among men and boys of wantonly destroying every living thing found in the woods for the mere sake of killing. Kept His Rifle From Being Nervous. Two of my brother sharpshooters who attended the Central Schuetzenbund tournament at Dubuque, Iowa, last month, says a writer in Fishing and Shooting, met on the train while both were en route from St. Louis. Brothers Mathies and Kacer are warm friends, and they may be found together on all such occasions. Brother Kacer, who is of a somewhat nervous temperament, had his druggist prepare for him a bot- tle of nerve tonic. Kacer and Mathies shared the same locker in the shoot- ing park at Dubuque, and in it the former placed his nerve tonic bottle. Mathies left home minus his gun oil, and seeing the bottle of tonic in the locker, pulled the cork out, and finding that it smelled fishy, he oiled his rifle with it. On the second day Kacer felt somewhat nervous, and sought relief in his tonic; but he found the bottle half empty, whereupon he approached Mathies. “What did you do with my nerve tonic?” he asked. “Your nerve tonic,” replied the aston- ished Mathies; ‘‘why, I’ve never seen at “That brown bottle that stands in the locker?’’ insisted Kiacer. “Why, I theught that was a bottle of gun oil.” “Och, gun oil,” replied Kacer; ‘that is my nerve tonic—to steady mineself when I get nervous.”’ Brother Mathies says that was the best oil he ever used; that it kept the nervous disposition out of his gun all the time he was shooting, and advises all brother sharpshooters to write Brother Kiacer for the prescription, or for information as to where it may be obtained, regardless of price.: in Canada_ ‘said River Nipigon or any other of ON THE NIPIGON. New Fishery Regulations for Nipigon River and Lake. : The following regulations for lake and river Nipigon, came into effect on Jun 10th, 1899 :— % 1 That no person shall fish by ang- ling in the said waters without fi having obtained an angling license 0 permit from the Commissioner of Fish eries through the Local: Overseer é Nipigon. 2. That one angler’s license or pe mit only may be issued to each appli- cant, and shall not be for a longe period than two weeks from the date of issue. ; 3. That the fee for such license 01 permit shall be $10, where the appli- cant is not a permanent resident o Canada; $2, where he is a perm resident of the Algoma, Rainy River o Thunder Bay D.stricts, and $5 to other residents of Canada. a 4, That the holder of such license 0: permit shail not catea or kill in on day, or carry away, a greater numbe: ot speckled or brook trout than in th aggregate shall weigh more than fif teen pounds, or a greater number thai ten specklea or brook trout in any ont day though said number weighs les than fifteen pounds. 3 5. That the said license or perm shall not be transferable, and that th holaer thereof shall produce and exhi- bit the same whenever called upon s to do by a Fishery vUverseer. . 6. That all fishing camps and fishing parties visiting the said waters sha be subject to the supervision and direc. tion of the Fishery Overseer or Ove seers. 7. That such sanitary arrangement as the Overseer may direct shall b made, and such directions as he may give as to the disposal of refuse an< the extinction of fires shall be com plied with. 4 8 That the cutting of live timber bh persons holding a license or permit angle in said waters, thes servants agents is prohibited, except where ab solutely necessary for the purpose o vamping and shelter, such as tent pole tent pins, etc. . | 9. That these regulations shall app! to Indians who may act as guides i boatmen, canoemen, camp assistan or helpers of any kind of any fishin party or person or persons who m hold a fishing license or permit du the time they are engaged with party, person or persons, but n otherwise to Indians; but no Indi shall fish with net or trap or night or otherwise than by angling in th J t € creeks or streams tributary thereto. 10. That. any person violating any the above regulations shall be liable the fines and penalties provided by th Fisheries Act, R.S.O., cap. 288, 189 and amending Acts. 4 4 Rod and Gun y 22 SRUIIBY wT pir) A DAY IN THE LAURENTIANS By J. W. Dafoe, in Canada @ N THESE days the country has been } discovered anew. No fact of con- * temporary life is more significant | or more hopeful than this return to re, for a breathing space, of those w hose daily walk isin the tumultuous city s ; it bespeaks saner views of life and ras a healthier type of manhood the future. The city offers to its : ries prizes for strenuous competi- on—wealth, honor, position, distinc- ‘ but health, with her cornucopia i blessings, is not to be caught so y. She is at best a visitor, shy : et: and becomes gracious and i dly only in her chosen haunts—by th dle of lakes, in the hills, on the nar s of mountain brooks; on country des fringed with the gold of but- ne -and the companionable daisy; or hillsides lying green in the sun- shine, and in the great woods which nas e eaneeee their shadows, their. , their odors, and their charm ote am days. Here then is sought by wearied and tired and ‘being sought, is found to be nymph not too distant and coy. he inhabitant of the Canadian city, 2 may be its name, is for- te in the ease with which a trans- nm from city to country—the real try, not the poor hybrid suburban +t, which is neither one thing nor e other—can be made. The great ts are almost within hailing dis- of the market places. The man at midday swelters in the grip of le remorseless. heat may rest at night gh up in the hills amidst a solitude, ig for the pleasant sounds of na- e—the plashing of water in some -by rivulet and the soft whisper- y of the night breeze in the tree tops. contrast is too striking; the advan- , mental and physical, too appar- to permit the city business man to ‘to his desk through the long sum- r months; and so the custom of. the ort and frequent holiday in the is getting firmly established as vector of city life. ‘How best can such a holiday be vent? For the great majority of en, to whom cost fixes the boundary f desire, there is nothing to equal the old sport of fishing. ‘‘God,’’ says m4 old Isaac Walton, ‘‘never did lake a more calm, quiet, innocent re- reation than angling.” Doubtless it as one of the few pleasures, and per- ok A haps the only innocent one, of the cave man; and, as long as rivers run to the sea, mankind will find, from generation to generation, no falling off in the pleasure of wetting a line in water. Again in this respect are Canadian cities fortunate, for contiguous to them all are streams which still repay the patient and skilful ‘angler. In this respect Montreal is perhaps favored to an exceptional degree, for immediately to the north are the great and almost unbroken forests which clothe the Lau- rentian hills. These hills follow the course of the St. Lawrence almost to the Ottawa, and then strike west along the latter river, aproaching it in some places almost to the water’s edge, out generally keeping distant from it a few leagues. These nills are great natural game preserves; if depleted they are refilled from that inexhaustible reser- voir contained in the great inaccessibie wilderness which stretches away to Hudson Bay. The St. Agathe and La- belle districts are dotted with lakes, affording plenty of sport to the fisher- man; while the streams that run into them are fed from cool mountain springs and offer to the gamy and de- springs and offer to the game and de- licious brook trout a thousand retreais from which they can be lured by the industrious and skilful angler. Nor are these the only easily accessi- ble fishing grounds. The railway from Montreal to Ottawa running along the north shore of the Ottawa River skirts the base of the hills. Disembark at almost any station on the line and drive northward for an hour and‘ one finds himself in a new world. The narrow hillside roadways wind up- ward, leading past comfortable farm- houses and smiling farms. From every hillside there trickle down rivulets which rise in ice-cold springs high up in the rocks; and the air is filled with the gossipy chatter of running brooks. Down the valleys, fed by these streams of silver, garrulous little rivers hasten along. And of little rivers we know that Robert Louis Stevenson truly said: ‘“‘There’s no music like a little river’s. It plays the same tune (and that’s the favorite) over and over again, and yet does not weary it like men-fiddlers. It takes the mind out of doors, and though we should be grate- ful for good houses, there is, after all, no house like God’s out-of-doors. .nd 5I lastly, sir, it quiets a man like saying his prayers.” And besides these charms these little streams hold in their limpid and sparkling waters, game trout, the descendants of wary generations, that challenge the angler to a trial of skill. One such brook, the type of a thou- sand others, the writer knows well, by virtue of many a happy and care-free day by its banks. It is, with all its graceful forest windings, scarcely ten miles long. A small lake deep in the hills, fringed with balsam and fir, with one wooded islet riding on its tranquil breast, gives it birth; and it flows with glad strong current down a narrow wooded valley. An old and forgotten shanty road, now grown up with rank grass, follows the windings of its course. The stream is not fifteen feet across, widening here and there to little shallows. Balsam, fir and cedar are mirrored in its waters, and the air is instinct with the medicinal odor of their foliage. All around is the heal- ing calm of the wilderness. Some- where over the horizon lies the world; but Little thought we pay To that sweet better world * * * * We are clean quit of it, as is a lark So high in heaven no human eye ean mark The thin swift pinion cleaving through the gray. The sound of splashing waters and the rustle of the trees drive from mind and memory the clang of the trolley car, the roar of the railway train, the tramp of the countless feet on the hot pavements, and all the strident noises which speak of the strain and stress of modern life. The ground begins to fall away rap- idly, and the stream hurries its speed. It brawls over rapids; stills its wuters in deep pools; flows with even current around a point, and then plunges down a gorge, paying toll on the way toa forest saw-mill. Now it winds through groves of maple trees, and then flashes out into the grassy fields. For three _ or four miles it winds through the open farms; cattle, quiet-eyed, gather from the pastures to bury their faces in its cool waters; it is spanned by rudely built but quaint looking bridges, over which the sandy trail of the roadway passes, and its secrets lie open to the prying glare of the sun. Then another curve into the woods; a plunge down precipitous cliffs, which turn it into creamy foam; then away through a deep ravine until it is swallowed up in a great river hastening to the sea. Along such uw stream there is sport for the patient fisherman. True, it has been fished for half a century, and heavy catches are no longer common. Yet a goodly-sized string is often the reward for a day’s devotion, ‘Let us then away to its banks! 52 It is the early morning—that -magic moment when the illusion that this old grey battered world is fresh from the mint is perfect. The morning sun just up over the hills is mirrored in count- less dew-dops; and the earth smells moist and young. The birds are up filling the air with their twittering’ as they seek their food; a saucy jay flies up the stream challenging the fish- erman with sharp cries. The povul at the foot of the rapids is cool and dark; just a speck of sunlight breaks through the trees and touches its surface light- ly. The lone fisherman adjusts his bait —to-day the old reliable angleworm is being relied upon—and throws his line down where the swift current begins to lose itself in the largest pool. A sharr tug, an answering turn of the wrisi, and there on the bank lies a broo:: trout glorious in its colors. Drop it in the creel and try again. By the time the pool is well fished out the bag is heavier by a few more beauties; ana the ascent of the falls is begun. Here is a huge rock so placed that be- tween it and a smaller one in the mid- dle of the stream there is a dark pool, live or six feet deep, in which the water lies cakn. This is a famous trout hole known to all the country- side, but though constantly fished oat, it is being ever refilled, like the widow’s eruse of oil. The hook is hardly be- low the surface before it is in the mouth of a trout, yearning for its breakfast. Half a dozen others follow the first, and then no answering pull comes as a reward for patience, and it is time to move again. The fisher- man picks up an occasional trout from the crevices and holes in the rock, and soon emerges from the woods into the green fields. The country roadway, climbing the hills by easy gradients, here crosses the stream on a bridge of logs, and in its shadow, where the water swirls by, there lurk members of the finny family. And so, step by step, the brook is traced to its source; now through mea- dows of luscious green grass; again through gorges where the stream is one continuous white ribbon of foam; through open grades of hardwood for-— est; up valleys clothed with fir, until at last, in the heart of the hills, the parent lake, blue and calm, stretches away in its solitude. Perhaps during the day not a human being has been seen; yet the wanderer has not been alone. The chipmunk has flitted by him whisking his tail saucily; the red squirrel from some safe branch has chattered at him; the birds have sung to him; for a day he has been his bet- ter self; he has drunk deep of nature’s balm; has caught a glimpse of that elusive land of our dreams, where happiness and peace abide; has wrap- ped himself in “That blessed mood In which the burden of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world Is lightened.” Rod and Gun in Canada ® HHDOOOO Lele TN 4a» > SOP VLE OOO VOY ww Quail in Essex County, Ontario. By Forest H. Conover, xe + A> vis Y Wy One of the chief attractions to Essex County among sportsmen is its quail shooting in the autumn months. your map and trace along its berder at the head of Lake Erie and you will find the latter on the north, and bound- ed on the west and north by the De- troit River and northeast by a portion of Lake St. Clair. This portion of the province is the most southerly point in all the Canadian domain. A veritable paradise for quail in the days of the pioneer history, when the old Kentucky rifle graced the mantel over a blazing old fireplace, and the walls of the log cabins hung with the trophies of the chase, foretold the extent of big game also, when the muzzle-loading shot-gun was ample to satisfy the cravings of the few wing shots of this country. Game was plentiful, and recreation was hardly sought after by tramping the forest’s border, or ithe settler’s limited clearings after the brown beau- ties. The axe has cleared away many haunts of big game, and civilization has driven to other sections of the coun- try the greatest of our game animals and game birds. Only in sections that are remote are to be found small quan- tities of grouse, squirrels, and in Kent, adjoining Essex, one flock of wild tur- keys. Quail shooting of to-day affords grand sport over our fine trained point- ers and setters that are the acme of the day’s outing. The months of June and July are the nesting season. Perched on a broken stub, a fence, or a prominent dead Jimb is the cock bira whistling his cheerful “Bob White,” a tell tale note of the female nearby occupied in hatching out a brood of young birds. The choice of location is generally along grassy bordered fences and bordering meadows. ‘The period of bringing out a brood is gen- erally twenty-one days, so active are the young that the last hatched aire known to have left the nest with por- tions of the shell adhering to them. The food consists of crickets, grass- hoppers, flies and smail insects until the native seeds mature, when the birds switch off to a heavier food. A great many broods appear late in the season—as late as Nov. 20th—scarcely able to fly, an easy mark for the great game exterminators, miscalled ‘‘sports- men.” The present open season, from 15th Oct. to 15th Dec., is too lengthy a period. A large percentage of the Vake . quail are not over half grown, and ar slaughtered by boys, and those wh¢c have not the game interests at hes From 10th Noy. to 15th Dec. woulé give a good season, the birds would be strong of wing, the foliage and vegeta- tion would be cut by the frosts, th degs would work much better, weather cooler, and the day’s spor generally would be much more satis: fying than the early season. Essex, a name known to all Canadians, is iy a paradise for Bob White. Its fields of grain afford a bountiful supply o fall and winter feed, the dense cove: and admirable surroundings and _lo- cality give many advantages. seven years ago the extreme freez- ing and unusual heavy fall oi snow and sleet proved most disastrous to the birds, leaving only a limite number. The untiring efforts of th members of the Leamington Gun Club with some local friends, imported 30( quail from Wichita, Kansas. The bird: came in good condition, and wer housed and cared for by the writer, and were liberated and located during the season by that genial sportsman Hes Milkens. From those came a supply, and with only a limited num ber to each gun for a day’s outing, 3 good number were left over each yea for another season. So at present it can be estimated ‘that Essex County Ont., has a good share of quail, ant from present indications there will be a most favorable shooting season this year. There are several locations near- by admirably adapted for game pre: serves that are connected with drainec narsh lands, affording a choice of cover to the birds and the most natura surroundings adjacent to cultivate lands, with a bountiful supply of grain These grounds can be leased for a term of years very reasonably, amountin to about three cents per acre. One block contains about four thousan acres, and is adapted also for prairie chickens and English pheasants. wel = Od 10,000 Sportsmen Receive a copy of Rop anD Gun this month. _ It is unques tionably the best medium ir existence for reaching this arra of buyers. Correspondence fron dealers in Sporting and Outfitti goods is invited. ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO. 603 Craig St., Montreal. TEMAGAMING. By Another Wet Bob. t was one night—it was on Red lar Lake, I think, and we had not the tent. The other chaps 1 stretched out in their blan- with their heads under the ca- s, and Joe and I were cooking ns for to-morrow over the last re- ms of the camp fire. The island ‘small, and all round were num- others, some, high clumps of abruptly out of the water, green and forest clad. The us cold and clear as crystal, ver where the moonbeams it. Everything was still, ex- | far off in the forest on the the hoo-hoo of a lonely owl Joe’s shadow was thrown < on the rocks as he moved fire, and I smoked my pipe t, and then we followed the turned in for the sleep that who have paddled all day a a ee ee LL. uy like it. We had come up treal, through miles of un- and where you get the hh, resin-laden air; across elyn Lake, matchless in all h for its purity and the beauty shores and islands; down Lake Temagaming, clear and ions, and now we were fol- that chain of lakes south of ming to the Sturgeon River. ) weeks we had been away in s of Nature, paddling, portag- ing and camping. We had r from men, away from the mnt and the jostling crowds, y from the jarring trolley and the i telephone. We were in Na- ayground, where the lordly comes down to lake and stream irink, the home of the nimble rei r and the gamey bass, uneducated to the wiles of the artificial fly, re the approach of your canoe r ; by the hurried splashing of frightened duck, how can these virgin wilds be ed? First, take your ticket via awa to Temiskaming station, a lificent rail journey along the cas- of the Ottawa, and up Lake rE by steamer to Hailey- . Here you can engage canoes, or can make your arrangements at ‘awa before coming up the lake. ud better take a guide, though jes have gone through without, in the endless chain of waterways easy to lose your way. After Bear Island, the centre of Temagaming, you can go south sKamineg ‘stretching her pellucid arms in. Rod and Gun to the Temagaming River and the Sturgeon, or you can turn your ca- noes eastward and come out by the Metalbitchouan route to Lake Temis- in Canada kaming. Take your two weeks or your three weeks—better still, a month — make up your party (take friends you know, gcod fellows—you will see a good deai of them); be content to give up the daily papers and all the ceaseless strife of modern city life; take a camera, some old clothes and your fishing line. Srend your vacation there, and be willing to forget everything else but the lake and the stream, the virgin fcrest, the paddling and the fishing ; catch the bass in Lady Evelyn and the trout in Temagaming, make your bed of brush under the waving pines and be lulled by the music of the frogs or tthe rushing murmur of the waterfall; and you will come back en- ergised and built up, stronger in body and mind, and as enthusiastic over Temagaming* as a party of young men the writer knows who spent their holidays there last summer. *[An interesting feature of the Al- gcnquin tongue is shown by the name of this lake—the guides while canoeing through it invariably say ‘““Temagami,”’ literally deep water, and as invariably “Yemagaming,”’ literally deep water the place where, when away from, or speaking of the lake.—Ed.| Guns and Ammunition, Editor Rod and Gun:— What I have to say about the Eng- lish sportsman, who has no more use for ithe 30.30 for bear-hunting, is that L think he is quite right in dropping the 30 for a large calibre if he is looking specially for that kind of game. I Ihave used the .303 Lee-Metford on all kinds of game found out here, also the .776 Mauser, and have seen the effect of the .30 U. S. or 30.40 so-called, and it have come to the conclusion that, although they are very deadly weapons and most handy for bigger game than deer, such as bear or perhaps moose, I would rather trust to a larger cal- ibre. When one of these compound bul- lets of light weight strikes a rib, for instance, it opens out just enough to make a fearful wound inside an ani- mal, but if instead it strikes a large bone like the shoulder at its lower part, or hip, they often break up with- out penetrating far into an animal. For deer shooting these 30’s are splen- did, and in soft-skinned animals like the coyotes, wild cats, etc., they tear them all to pieces, yet they have been praised altogether too much in my opinion. One of the best guides in British Columbia was telling me re- cently of two bears that got away from an American sportsman about twenty miles from my ranch. The rifle was the 30.40, and the bears were both hit. The 30.40 is no doubt a most killing rifle, but for the special pur- pose of hunting bear a 45.90, with heavy bullets, would be preferable. Yours, etc., J. T. DAVIES. Okanagian Mission, B.C., July, 1897. 53 The Magnaisippi Fish and Game Club. Tle Maganisipp! Fish and Game Club, with some friends, had an “old- fashioned fishing’? in June that would have done the poet’s heart good. They spent ten days on the club’s preserve in the county of Pontiac, and report having had rare sport and a magnifi- cent outing. Leaving’ by train, the first night was spent at Sam Richardson’s hcspitable hostelry in Deux Rivieres, and early next morning the members of the party were piloted across’ the turbulent waters of the Ottawa in ca- pacious shanty bonnes, the excitement and the exhilaration of the somewhat dangerous trip proving an excellent bracer for the twelve-mile walk that followed ere headquarters—the M. F. and G. Club camp—was reached. The scenery between the Ottawa River ana the camp has probably nothing of its kind to surpass it on the continent. A number of lakes of wondrous beauty, completely encircled by tree-clad mountains, with many shades of green foliage, are passed on the sinuous road; and at one point the vtew tom the Quebec shore across to Algonquin Park, in Ontario—a scene of rugged grandeur—simply baffles description. In the one hundred square miles leased by the club as a fish and game pre- Serve there are between fifty and a hundred lakes, each a gem of beauty, with its distinctive attractiveness, though as a whole there is a sameness in the scenery; and nearly all these lakes are teeming with fish. For a good part of the way to camp the road follows the winding of the Mag- arsippi River, down which the hardy river men were running sawlogs. OL took four hours to do the trip from Deux Rivieres to the camp, and the crowd had all the pedestrian exercise they wanted, as the road is about as rough as can be found. On reaching Camp Lake, the new quarters of the club were inspected, and the buildings were found to be roomy, very com- fortable, and fully equipped in all re- spects—a well stocked larder and every facility for enjoyment. The members of the club showed their guests the height of hospitality, as was to ‘be expected from three repre- sentatives of the Hmerald Isle. The chef and guide filled the bill to perfec- tion, while his assistant, famed as a trapper and moose hunter, was nv small factor. The fishing was good. A large quantity of trout were caught —the heaviest catch yet taken out. Most of the fishing was done on Moun- tain Lake, Rosamond Lake, Camp Lake, Banta Lake and Moose Jake. Scme of the lotus-eaters found pleas- ure in exploring new lakes. The writer and three others had the good fortune to see four splendid moose at short range, and the sight was one that was fully enjoyed. Several of the smaller tribes of animals were also seen, and on the way home from camp on Monday a large she-bear was shot near the shore of Brule Lake, a few yards off the main road—a feat that won vociferous applause from the orlookers. Our guide soon had the hide in shape, and it was' brought home as a trophy of the chase, and will be kept as a reminder of one of the pleasantest and most successful holidays every enjoyed by sportsmen anywhere. 54 Rod and Gun RULES AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. eo, il 0 hh HAT was said in the first number \\) of Rop anp Gun regarding the diversity of opinion among com- petent judges as to the adopted standard points of any given breed is receiving ample corroboration at present in the columns of the Kennel Gazette- Up in Ontario the sporting spaniel is a favorite with the fancy, and breeders and admirers are so numerous that in the spring of the present yeara club was formed and officers elected, headed by the popular president of the C.K.C., Mr. John G. Kent, with Mr. Robert J. Jeffs as secretary-treasurer. For the cocker variety the club has adopted a standard which differs from that usually accepted, and in consequence protests have been received from sev- eral gentlemen who are _ considered past masters in their knowledge of what constitutes a true sporting cocker. In an article contributed to the To- ronto Globe of July 29th, Mr. Jeffs gives the standard adopted as follows: ‘‘Gen- - eral appearance that of a well-built, graceful and active dog showing strength without heaviness; weight, dogs, 20 to 26 pounds; bitches, 18 to 24 pounds; shead fair length, muzzle of moderate length, well developed, clean cut, and showing no fulmess below the eyes; skull rising in graceful curve from stop, and with same outline at oc- ciput, the curve line being flatter, but still curving at middle of skull; head narrowest at eyes, broadest at set of ears; stop is marked, and a groove runs up skull, gradually becoming less ap- parent, till lost about half way to oc- ciput, thus preventing King Charles domed skull; jaws level; teeth strong and regular; nostrils sufficiently wide and well developed to ensure the ex- quisite scenting power of this breed, and always black in color, excepting in liver-colored, and in reds to be dark brown or black, never light colored or pink; eyes round and moderately full, dark in color; ears lobular, set on low, leather fine; well clothed with long hair, which must be straight or wavy, no curls or ringlets. “Neck sufficiently long to allow the nose to reach the ground easily, mus- cular, with shoulders’ sloping; ribs well sprung; chest of fair width and depth; body well ribbed, short in couplings; loins strong, with length from tip of nose to root of tail twice height of shoulder; muscular, straight; short and strong. “Hind legs strong, with well bent stifles; hocks straight and near the ground; feet of good size, round, turn- ing neither in nor out, soles with hard, horny pads, with plenty of hair be- tween toes. “Coat abundant, straight or wavy. “Chest, legs and tail well feathered; no topknot nor curly hair on top of head. “Stern usually docked; a character- forelegs, short, strong and pastérns straight, soft or glossy, stic stamp of blue blood, should never - be cocked over the back or twisted, and should always be carried not higher than a direct line with the back. “Color, black, red, buff, liver and parti-colored; white feet should dis- qualify in any specimen of self color; much white on breast in solid colors very undesirable.” In concluding, Mr. Jeffs remarks:— “The club has adopted the above stand- ard as an outline of the general type or appearance to be aimed at and to bring to a more uniform type, size and weight this useful little dog, and to re- tain those qualities which fit him tor the work required from him. This will bring out a dog that will combine the bench show form, together with the hunting instincts and staying qualities in the field, without which one of the oldest of sporting dogs would for prac- tical purposes be useless. “Of late years there has been too much tendency om tne part of breeders to look only to the results to be at- tained on the bench, and too many judges have favored the small toy specimens of cockers until the size has become reduced and the cocker fast at- taining the pet dog state; and with it losing those qualities which should be first and foremost, the ability and the constitution to work.” Oo Dog Chat. The great annual bench show in con- nection with Toronto’s Industrial Fair opens on the 4th September and con- tinues until the 8th. There is a gen- erous prize list, besides a large number of specials, and it is believed that, both as regards the number of entries and quality of exhibits, the show will be a record one in Canadian history. The in Canada ' is extensively known among dow-t4 classification conforms to the new of the Canadian Kennel Club. Pro ence as to number of classes is giv to sporting spaniels, collies, bull riers, fox terriers (both smooth a wire-haired), dachshunds and beagl but all other breeds receive due atte tion. The compilation of the prize lj gave the committee much anxic thought, and we have no doubt — ni efforts to meet the confidence of hibitors will result in a large enti The gentlemen who are to judge t canines are especially well qualif their fitness and impartiality being yond dispute. T. Wesley Mills, M.£ M.D., D.V.S., ete., Montreal, will ha before him great Danes ard Dac shunds, and as the worthy doct while on a tour on the continent la year, had the opportunity of studyi these breeds “in their native lair, a to speak, his decisions will be ceived as from one with authority. H. Parker Thomas, of Belleville, Or will take sporting spaniels, and — these particular breeds there are no better qualified. Mr. James Mortim of Hampstead, Long Island, N.Y., judge all other breeds. The mere m tion of Mr. Mortimer’s name is sul cient guarantee that merit alone vV decide. Mr. W. P. Fraser is secrete and superintendent. Following in the heels of the. show, the Petrolea Kennel Club wil hold a two-days’ exhibit under C.Ix.C rules. The dates are September 12 2 13. The secretary, Mr. F. W. Reyaol and those associated with him in t! management, are leaving nothing 1 done to ensure a successful issue. entry of 300 is confidently anticipate The thirteenth annual trials of : Manitoba Field Trial Club will be hi at Morris on September 6. The pre pects for a successful meet are usuaily good, as there are forty-s entries—thirty setters and _ sixte pointers. ; E Lt ; ; i a f : ‘ The International Field Trial Derby) to be held at Chatham, Ont., Novei ber 14, promises well. There are twe ty-three entries—17 setters and 6 poi ers, Some well-known aces being in list. Mr. Jos. A. Laurin, of Montreal, vy ciers in the United States and Cane as a breeder of bloodhounds and own of as fine a pair of bitches as can met with anywhere, has lately tak up with a new love, although he is n¢| at all likely to get tired of the o Mr. Laurin is going in for the terr class, and has fixed his choice up Airedales, which, being a wide-aw young man, he believes to be the co: ing breed. In a letter to the Canadi | Gazette, Mr. Laurin thus ex- ; himself regarding the breed: ure very hardy, splendid hunt- and most companionable. rT this country.” Mr. Laurin has oundation of a good kennel five crackerjacks—four ne dog—one of the former inner of the silver medal a New York show. In fact, . from the best blood, and ersy among dog-fanciers er standard, and the di- inion is something remark- y any two of the many judges agreeing on general _ However that may be, can Field, it is to the en that no Scottish dog in any way, all being ex- their natural state, no ears or docking of tails be- . Says the poet: rrier o’ the North, towsy tyke; find his like!” this item: Mr. J. F. Fogle, is the owner of a Scot- _afterward a dog was in an abandoned coal feet deep, and , those the surface their light inguished by foul air, but after d efforts the dog was rescued d to be the missing Scottish although emaciated, was and survived eighteen , place is a mystery. y as three hundred dogs one competition, the trials uses extending over several tests of speed always the owners with that un- frae ‘Tweed to Sussex’ Rod and Gun in Canada However, although there were many regrettable incidents accompanying these competitions of bygone days, still there was much that was com- mendable, and the sport in itself af- fords no end of healthy excitement. An attempt is now being made to re- - vive the sport in America. The Provi- dence Whippet Club has been organ- ized, its objects being to promote whip- pet racing and to improve tthe breed. Last year 39,579 dogs were registered in the city of Chicago, for which their owners paid $79,158. It is estimated that not more than one in five was registered, so that in the city and su- burbs there is a total approximately of 200,000 canines. The celebrated Boston terrier, Puck, which won right through during 1898- 99, is regarded as one of the best speci- mens of his kind: His owner, Dr. Ken- dall, has just refused an offer of $1,000 for him, which shows that really good degs of almost any breed still com- mands a high figure. If your dog is troubled with fleas use pine shavings for its bedding, sprinkled over with a moderate quan- tity of coal oil. ; A contributor to the columns of the daily press takes occasion to say:— Dog days set in about the ‘time of the helial rising of the dog star and run from July 3 to August 15. In various countries the pvriod varies from thirty to forty days. There is not much dan- ger from ‘mai dogs,” and all that is necessary is to see that the canines have plenty «f water and a place from which to escape from the flies. Dogs should not be over-fed, especially on meat, this hot weather. Bes oOo : Canine Patients and Their Treatment. A clever writer and close observer. recently furnished an interesting article to a contemporary on the ireatment .of dogs in the Royal Veterinary Col- lege of London, Eng., from which we clip the following as being of special interest :— : The infectious ward is a notable fea ture of the college hospital. It is iso-, lated and furnished with every essen- tial necessary to its peculiar require- ments. It is ventilated wholly from the roof, and is well lighted. A large porcelain bath tub occupies one cor- ner of this ward. Sponges, soaps, combs, brushes, disinfectants and an- tiseptics are bountiful in variety and supply. The order in which these are . adjusted in their respective places is especially attractive. It speaks vol- umes for the rigid rules and discipline of this institution. All dogs suffering from skin disease or infectious ail- ments of any kind are kept in this 2D ward under the supervision of a head surgeon. This ward is in chirge of a competent nurse, a man who has been in the hospital for many years. The patients look pictures of comfort in their wholesome beds of straw and fine fibre. The individual stalls are high and spacious. Yelps of delight and expectancy greeted the visitor’s entrance into the convalescent ward, where aristocracy abounds. The visitor found himself in the midst of an interesting assemblage of prize pets. All brag ancient lineage and descent. The dogs sat bolt upright in respectful obedience, and appeared to smile most benignly at the good doctor, their friend. A sulky bulldog, a thoroughbred of rare type, with tongue lopsided, betook himself to a corner, away from the clatter. One of his spells of indiges- tion had suddenly seized him. A dignified pug, recovering from an attack of bronchitis, still evinced meek- ness and distress in breathing. His next door neighbor was a puppy suffer- ing from acute mal au dent. The cut- ting of first teeth with well pets is quite a serious affair, as this mite wished it fully understood. He was, however, a very sensible puppy. When — the nurse came around with the medi- cine he took it without an attempt at resistance, unlike many of his com- ranions, that defied strong efforts to get the physic down. There were also patients undergoing treatment previous to surgical vopera- tions. One of these was a beautiful type of St. Bernard. This noble crea- ture was a picture of silent resigna- tion, the sad, pathetic eyes expressive only of his great agony. He was await- ing the ordeal of having a tumor re- moved. A bloodhound, shot accidentally in the eyes by his master while out hunt- ing, seemed to bewail his disfigurement. The powder had been successfully ab- stracted from both eyes, but the sight of one was destroyed, and it was feared that the eye would have to be removed. The language of the dogs is an inter- esting one. This bloodhound spoke in- telligently enough. Mere ‘sympathy in words was not alone sufficient to soothe his grief. He nosed the visitor’s hand Impatiently, tossing it above his head. Nor was he content until the visitor rested it gently over the wounded eye. Then he wagged his tail and blinked the good eye complacently, satisfied that his affliction was understood. Those who cannot afford to pay a doctor’s fees for attending their sick animals share all the advantages of a free clinique. ‘The head surgeons of the institution are present at stated hours, surrounded by students. Here the patients are examined in tern. 56 Bach case is diagnosed and motes It matters not whether the dog made. may be but a sad spectacle, the case Advice and is carefully gone into. treatment are given free of charge. For the medicine payment is required To the visitor’s mind a two-fold prob- lem -is here suggested. It is difficult to say which is the more interesting, the various animals with their strange ail- ments, or the individuals who bring the animals. This is especially so of the collection of dogs and their own- ers. All sorts and conditions of men are in evidence daily. One old man held a mongrel affectionately to his bosom. His expression was one of mis- ery and despair, as if life and death were in the balance. It was a question to decide which needed medical at- tention most, the dog or his master. There were nervous women who, while waiting their turn for the surgeon’s opinion, brought restoratives from their pockets at the least symptoms of fainting on the part of their mongrel pets. In the centre of this inclosure was a large table. Strapped upon it was a collie, to which two senior students were administering chloroform for the purpose of minute examination. A few minutes later and _ several operations were proceeding, under the direction and supervision of a profes- sor. Strict discipline is the order of the operating room. There have been many distinguished patients in the Royal College Hospital, but the fame of that canine celebrity, the only dog in the world claiming the distinction of a set of artificial teeth, eclipses that of all others. Myn Dyval is a dog that seems fully conscious of all that has been noised abroad con- cerning his unique claims. His new teeth are very becoming, and he airs his importance with fitting dignity. Previous to his distinction, Myn Dy- val was a very sad-looking pet, threat- ened with starvation. He could not eat proper food, owing to lack of teeth. The moment he left the dentist’s chair, in possession of a full set of artificial teeth, Myn Dyval rushed wildly through the house, as if to let every- body share in his delight. He halted in front of the pantry door, which stood ajar. When supper time came there was a mutton chop missing. The famished pet had introduced his new teeth to a luscious chop bone. He is to-day the picture of health and hap- piness. At the championship meeting of the TInanimate Bird Shooting Association of England, Mr. H. J. Cave won the championship of England for the sec- ond time in succession. Rod and Gun in Canada {ir RULE THE GUN. Conducted by ‘ Bob White.” Dividing Purses at Tournaments. HE system’ adopted of dividing q: sweepstake money at a tourna- ment has so much to do with the suecess of the shoot that the question should be most carefully con- sidered by the management in the arrangement of their programme. To my mind it is the one important feature to be considered. How to divide the purses so as to. give the shooters their fair proportion of King Championship Trophy. Emblematie of the Championship of Essex County at Targets and Live Birds, won by Ww. A. Smith, Kingsville, Ont., July 12th, 1899. the money according to the quality of their shooting; to do justice to each shooter, and at the same time avoid the possibility of the big fish swallow- ing 'the little fish, is a problem not easy to solve, and certainly is not met by come of the systems in common use. Tihe system adopted, as a rule, is either the Rose system, Equitable sys- tem or class shooting, the last-named being the plan authorized by the American Shooting Association, and most commonly in use. Let us define and consider these three systems for the benefit of those who may not be familiar with them. Class shooting provides that all shooters tied for first place divide firs money, say 40 per cent. of the purse all those tied for seeond place divid second money, and so in all othe places, third, etc., according to the num ber of moneys in the purse. Under th value in points. For instance, fi place represents 4 points; second pla < 3 points; third place, 2 points, an fourth plaice, 1 point. Each one shoot ing into first place is credited with | points, irrespective of the number the place, and so in the ~ othe places. Suppose there are two men i first place; they are cnedited with points each, total 8 points; so one mal in second place gets 3 points; two third place gets 2 points each, total | points; five in fourth place get 1 poin each, total 5 points, making a gra total of 20 points. Assuming there i $10 in the purse to be divided, the value of each point is 50 cents. Each finst man then gets $2 each; second $1.50 each; third, $1, and each fourth, 50 cents. The Equitable system is @ modification of the Rose system. Un: der this system the shooter in the money is credited with one point for each target ‘broken. The total score of ithose in the money is divided into the purse, thus ascertaining the value of each point, and this, multiplied b the score of each shooter, determines the amount he receives. To better compare the results under each system, let us take the se e made in one event at a recent tourna: ment. This was a 15-bird event, en- trance $1.50, 30 cents of which wi : deducted for targets, leaving $1.20 | the money. There were 76 entries, ai that the amount to be divided was, 76x1.20—$91.20, plus $25 added money, it all $116. There were four moneys and nv straight score. Eight broke 14; 1 broke 13; 14 broke 12, and 15 broke Il Dividing the money on ‘the Equitabl plan, Rose system 4,.3, 2, and 1, anc 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. class shoot ing, the result is as follows:— Class Equitable. system. system, Each. . Each. Each, 8 14's get $2.40 $5.80 $3.70 17 13's get 2.20 2.00 2.75 14 12’s get 2.00 1.65 1.85 15 11’s get 1.90 .75 -90 hs It can be seen at a glance how in equitable the class system is in opera tion. In the above case the men break ing 14 got nearly three times nt those breaking 13 did, while to a breaking 12 got within 35 cents the 13s, a result manifestly unfair. ; compared with it, the Rose system far preferable, for the good and sient reason that the result is at y rate certain, and if one makes a score he gets his reward. Under 3 system a shooter may make good score and get very little he may make a poor score and Il paid for it. Frequently a poor ‘aws more money than the best 1 to find the third or founth wing more money out of the n he does. Why such an ab- unjust system should be so adopted is more than I can . There is only one class this system is calculated and there is no doubt ms use is largely owing to their r unselfish efforts, and the professional and expert One of these gentlemen, among a crowd of average is able to lead the field in vent, pocket 40 per cent. of the g ‘3 t frequent intervals, and is cor- ly very much pleased with But it is otherwise with e amateur, who may be do- excellent shooting, but is, ‘is, made to pay a heavy tax pleasure of participating in a in me company of the Naturally the cry “bar thie expert,” and the frequently barred. But his being eliminated. It, how- _not afford such complete against the professional and Pisnakear as the Equitable sys- ‘This is the system par excel- for ‘the average shooter to adopt. only one danger to avoid un- system, and that is of having moneys. The purse is so divided that with, say, four in a ten or fifteen bird event, every shooter gets into the The consequence is that each ' fs practically getting! his back each time, and that dves se any one. Three moneys in or fifteen target event is enough, ll be found to work very fair to one. Of course, the Rose sys- be modified to approach very Equitable in its results, and Rod and Gun in Canada this might be very desirable in certain cases, To meet the objection to the Equit- able system, of too many shooters get- ting into the money and thus making the net result to each insignificant, I would suggest a modification of this system, which, for want of a better name, we might call semi-Equitable. This is simply to make the number of moneys in each event depend on the result of the shooting. Instead of having three, four, or any number of moneys your purse in each event into half as many moneys as there are places shot into after cutting off any odd number. For instance, in a 15-bird event, scores are made of 15, 14, 18, 12, 13, 10, 9, cut- ting off the odd score and dividing, we get three moneys. If 8 or 9 places are shot into, there will be four moneys; if only four or five places, two moneys. This plan would work automatically, no matter whether the event was a 10- bird or 25-bird event. We cannot consider the questions raised too carefully, and I would cer- tainly like to hear the opinion of any reader on the subject. oOo Stray Shots. The second annual amateur tourna- ment of the Kingsville Gun Club was held on the ‘‘Mettawa’s” grounds, at that place, June 30th and July ist, and was very successful. High average for both days, out of 210 targets shot at, was:—First, A. Reid (Walkerville), 190; second, Dr. Perdue (Kingsville), 183; ‘third, W. A. Smith (Kingsville), 180. ‘Dr. McKenzie and W. A. Smith, both of Kingsville, won the two-man team contest, and the Kingsville team, composed of Dr. McKenzie, Dr. Per- due, Dr. Jenner, J. Langtry, and W. A. Smith, won the five-man team prize. The chief feature of the tournament was the contest for the Dr. S. A. King challenge trophy, emblematic of the championship of Essex County. The contest was iat 50 singles and 10 pairs, sergeant system. The nine shooters who entered the contest scored as fol- lows: A. Reid, Walkerville, 52; F. Stotts, Windsor, 53; W. C. Donaldson, | Windsor, 50; Dr. Perdue, Kingsville, 54; W. A. Smith, Kingsville, 54; Dr. McKenzie, Kingsville, 51; F. H. Con- over, Leamington, 33; J. Miner, Kings- ville. 46; Als. Adams, Kingsville, 42. Dr. Perdue won on shooting off the tie, and was hailed first champion of Essex. Subsequently on July 12th, in an in- dividual contest for it, W. A. Smith won the trophy from the doctor with a score of 55 to 45. bod * * The Sherbrooke (Que.) tournament was held July 1st, and was a very en-_ fixed for each event, divide . of joyable affair, about Kirty- five shoot. ers being present. / The merchandise match created a good deal of interest, and resulted as follows, each man shooting at twelve targets: C. O. Bar- rett, Geo. B. Walton, W. L. Cameron, A. W. Westover, C. Aubin, 12 each; C. D. White, T. M. Craig, C. G. Thomp- son, N. G. Bray, V. Moreau, W. B. Neil, 11 each; H. Hibbard, R. Lewis, E. C. Eaton, J. B. Goodhue, 10 each; W. E. Loomis, Vincent, B. H. Norton, Galbraith, Cleghorn, 9 each. W. L. Cameron won the individual trophy event with 84 out of 20 sin- gles, known angles; 20 singles, unknown angles, and 5 pairs. His opponent, J. B. Goodhue, got 33. An interesting general programme was also disposed of. During the progress of the shoot, two full grown deer came _ trotting across the ‘hill scarce 600 yards away. The shooting stopped, and the crowd stood with amazement, looking at the beautiful sight. The deer looked across the river for a few moments, and then wheeled and, half trotting and half galloping, disappeared over the _ hill from whence they came. Then the visitors made use of some expressions which must have made the breasts of the good sportsmen of Sherbrooke swell with pride, for only in localities where the game laws are held in holy reverence are such sights to be seen. a * + The Brant County Rod and Gun Club will hold a two-day tournament Sept. 4th and 5th at Brantford, Ont. There will be one 10-target, three 15 target, four 20-target, and two 25-target events first day, and one 10-target, three 15- target, three 20-target, and two 25-tar- get events second day. Event 8, sec- ond day, will be a three-man team shoot. The management will give a handsome gold medal, value $50, for the highest aggregate in events Nos. 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10 of first day’s pro- gramme, and Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 of second day’s programme, for which no entrance will be charged, the medal to represent the championship of On- tario, and to be open to residents of the said province only. While we are pleased to note the enterprise of the Brant County Club in offering a championship medal, we fear that unless the holder is subject to challenge for it, it will represent nothing more than a handsome high average prize. It will be a pity if it is not made subject to challenge, as individual contests for tt would be very interesting. It is to be regretted also that the contest for the medal should not have been confined to one day, preferably the second, as no doubt many who would like to contest for it will not be able to devote two or more days in doing so, and in going to and from the shoot. 58 Walkerville, Ont., Gun Club will have an all-day shoot on Labor Day, Sept. 4th. A blue rock tournament was held at Winnipeg, Man., last month in connec- tion with the exhibition there, and was a grand success. Visitors were present from Crookston, Grand Forks, Duluth, Minnedosa, and other points. Event 14 was an international 15-man team race, £0 birds per man, and was won by the Canadian team by 24 birds, as follows: Canadian Team. Gd a SM a ee oy PU Re eR. OFLA ene me 12 CRAB iio ais has Bh 6 Coe a tits ea eae 18 RATIO TN pitican se he a Paw hie tay eet ales 19 BOB OR ori our ale eR late a 18 ERIM cea er erea es oauiroe kts S cous i7 Big: Blo A ra: : PR Ie” EA A care Cop oa rare i cena 17 BORROW wos Ce Gees. iA Hes Se vac ea ae 17 OME yr rte Ds ei ks keh et AO TR 15 CORES oa sont, heat cere 2k ee 16 TOGHDRU De Sis ws eae ace Oe ee RR NES ieee 18 FROMEY 25 ore ths Boe Seger n see ea cee a ny: ae 17 Sua yd Sy hs cg ens aan rie 17 Pa RSE (5 AS GR Ee EE LORE 18 Br Ns ea gehts Sc San a Ne 18 he WNVORT Ye Bie oy bor Sat gi el cee aa aa 15 SROLEL SPs yp Shae Mn es eae 252 American Team iN Tc 1c 9: 5 Rar ae i a te NRC 18 iS Cac) cE ae ee pee StS RSy AINE) IEE Le ape 17 WGllees. Mae, OMe si ide keene 16 PEO reeniacs oe SRR RNG Spee eee 17 Se Bigs Sateen aaa a a eet ae Be laeaa One 18 EEG 55 Sess cde Be Ra Be 18 RE es 8 swine a oo oe MR TS oe ee 16 1 G21 8c) 12h a Ra Aare eR Lea en Uae TED 16 TARE see satel eerie aes 10 Venetrutn sc cies oo ee blag aed 16 WELOEE GS tae sh cere k Scales 12 LAUOMOTE Viieis's Ween oe ENG ok oes 16 SAVING Ue oye ic ee air alt ff POE Ws sales Sots k peer aes ee aealee 16 2 REL RY a de Me DER Tce RG a 14 OBL ay bine i Sl ER 228 * * co The shoot for the gold medals pre- sented by the Toronto Sporting Goods Company was brought to a successful close on June 21st at the company’s new shooting grounds, near Woodbine Park, in that city. The series con- sisted of six matches at 25 blue rocks each, the best four scores to count. There was a large turn-out to witness the finish, and considerable cheering greeted the medal-winners as they de- feated the men of their class. The fol- lowing were the winners: A class, George St. Briggs, 84; B class, James Davidson, 80; C class, I. Devernay, 54. Mr. Briggs was tied by R. Crew for class A medal, but’ won on shooting off the tie by one bird. * * * Chicago sportsmen, headed by E. S§. Rice, are agitating for a new shooting park in the vicinity of that city. trap shot. Rod and Gun in Canada At the Hurlingham Gun Club, on June 19th, Mr. H. Yale Dolan, a mem- ber of the Carteret Gun Club, New York, won a silver cup and first money in a £5 sweepstake, in which there were fifty-seven entries, by scoring: 19 birds straight. Mr. Watrous, also an American, shooting in the second event, scored 15 straignt, and won a handsome gun, and divided £195. : a EP ante Mr. John Parker will hold his eighth annual international tournament at live birds and targets at Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19 to 22. The Peters Cartridge Company will add $500 to the purses, and several international trophies will be hurg up for competition. * * * A match at blue rock targets of more than ordinary interest was shot at Toronto, Ont., on July 15th, between the veteran wing shots, T. Lucas and W. McDuff. The match was for a trophy and 100 targets per man. The scores were: Lucas, 76; McDuff, 84. The former, who is 60 years of age, has a record of 97 out of 100, while the lat- ter won a gold medal in April last, from a field of seventeen, with a score of 92. Rain prevailed during the match, which rendered shooting unpleasant and difficult. * * * July was a month of glory for J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, the veteran On July ist he defeated A.. B. Daniels, of Denver, Col., for the Du Pont championship trophy, with a score of 98 to 97 out of 100 live birds shot at. On July 18th he won the St. Louis Republic cup from C. A. Young, Springfield, O., with a score of 93 to 92 out of 100 live birds. On July 21st he defeated Roila O. Herke, Dayton, O., for the cast iron medal emblematic of the live bird championship of Amer- ica, killing 95 out of 100 live birds, to his opponent’s 94. Finally on July 24th he defeated W. R. Crosby, Batavia, N.Y., in a contest for the E. C. cup, representing the target championship of the United States. The scores were: Elliott, 126; Crosby, 124, out of 150. : * * co Baron Dorlodot, a Belgian, divided £275 and won the Gun Club interna- tional cup, value £200, with a score of sixteen kills at the international pigeon shooting meeting on the grounds of the Gun Club, Notting Hill, June 24th. * * * A match for £200 was held at Elt- ham, in Kent, on July 18th, between two of the best shots in England, Mr. J. H. Butt and Mr. Bracknell, both standing at thirty-four yards rise from five traps, at fifty best birds each. A great deal of money changed hands each shot. Mr. Butt won, killing 34, against his opponent’s 32. brooke did particularly good shootit In the contest for the Grand Prix D’Ostende, July 19th, Mr. F. Marsde Cobb, an Englishman, won first prize 13,000 francs and gold medal, wits straight kills. R: * * * W. C. Donaldson held a two-di shceot July 28th and 29th at Sandwic Ont. The leading scores were made k Cox, Detroit, .869 per cent.; W. A Smith, Kingsville, .857 per cent.; Ja Parker, Detroit, .855 per cent.; — Reid, Walkerville, .82 per cent. [ Reid made the longest run during 4] tournament, breaking 47 straight. ; * * * eho ae The New Jersey target champio) ship was won by Harold Money fro1 T. W. Morfey on July 8th, with a scor of 49 breaks out of 50. e * * * The Leamington (Ont.). Gun ow has been reorganized, and will ho’ their first annual tournament 10th and 1ith. A silver cup is off for high average both days. The cers are: A, Huffman, president; Watson, vice-president; Lewis D. Ji son, secretary; W. E. Hall and F. Conover, committee of management. * * « a Mr. W. Felstead won the gold cha lenge medal and championship at ‘ ronto and County of York on Aug. 2 n with a score of 81 out of 100 rocks, thrown from five traps. ; Felstead’s victory was a popular: 0 mn as he is a thorough sportsman. fF will now have to defend ne pri: against all comers. my * * * Re j Toronto contains many good shot and enthusiastic sportsmen. ; e cannot a tournament at targets ; live birds or targets: only be got up | that city of a distinctly Canadian con plexion, and which would be sufficie nt attractive to draw Canadian from a distance? It should be before the cold weather sets in. % * * a The Guelph (Ont.) Trap and “end Club held their annual shoot on lst. Among the visitors to the grour n were Geo. Bruce and H. Jones, Wa loo; H. A. Mallory, Drayton; Cc, sui merhayes, A. B. Cutliffe and H. | Westbrooke, Brantford, and Geo. € son, Belvidere, ts Some good on were made by C. Quinn, J. bags. 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Hence f the first importance to induce the n-resident sportsman to come here, having done so, make his path easy, ving enjoyed “one of life’s con- ated moments’? when the monarch ( le woods succumbed to his skill, he » hereafter to exhibit to admiring ‘and would-be imitators the itself. Human nature is so much # same everywhere that seeing is y to believing, and it is not sur- that the embargo heretofore lon exportation has deterred many w would have otherwise come. q oo iD GAME ARE VALUABLE Y ASSETS. ator Frye, of Maine, is an able ment of the doctrine that fish and are a “ valuable asset of the State.”’ ys that his State feels hard times ft : ae pate — AE OSPR oo oS less than other States because of the very large sum of money left there annually by sportsmen. Thisamountis estimated at approximately four millions, and most of it is disbursed in the wilder and poorer districts where the value is felt the most. It is interesting to note that in Maine, where game protection is reduced to almost an exact science, it is conducted apparently on non-political lines, and the able Game Commissioners seem to have a pretty free hand to go ahead on a business basis and make the best of a paying proposition. It is a good object lesson to Canadian Provinces, and that one of them which first’ adopts, as fully as practicable, all the Maine methods, will reap a rich harvest. Much has been done in some directions within the Dominion, but it is a big contract and needs handling universally on a broad basis, © NEW GAME AND FISH LAWS OF NEWFOUNDLAND. The-new game and fish laws of New- foundland forbid the killing of caribou from Feb. 1 to July 15, and from Oct. 1 to Oct. 20. No person other than a licensee shall kill in one year three stags and one doe caribou. Non-residents need a license before hunting. Licenses are of three kinds: 1. To kill two stags and one doe caribou costs $40. 2. Three stags and one doe caribou, $50. 3. Five stags and two doe caribou, $80. A license of the first-class is good for four weeks from date thereof; the second class for six weeks; the third class for two months. No licensee shall employ asa guide, laborer, or bearer in a hunting party any person not domiciled in New- foundland, except under license. Any person obtaining a license shall make oath that he will not violate the law, and at the expiration of his license return it to a magistrate, specify- ing the number of caribou killed by his. The use of snare, trap, or pit to capture caribou is prohibited; dogs cannot be used in hunting caribou, and firearms only are permitted in hunting. Moose or elk are protected in the colony until Jan. 1, 1906. Ptarmigan and all kinds of grouse are protected from Jan. 12 to Sept. 15. Curlew, plover, snipe, or other wild or migratory birds (excepting wild geese) are protected from Jan. 12 to Sept. 15. Rabbits and hares are protected from March 1. to Sept. 15. Beaver are pro- tected from April 1 to Oct. 1. The close time on salmon and trout is from Sept. 10 to Jan. 15. © O° PROTECTION OF FORESTS FROM FIRE. August and early September have brought their small annual quota of forest fires in Canada, a decreasing pro- portion we are pleased to say, owing to the excellent fire ranger system, which prevails nearly generally throughout the Dominion. Every true sportsman is interested in preserving our forests. A burnt forest territory has lost all attraction for lovers of out-door life, and its gaunt rampikes, and general air of desolation are enough to make sad a heart of stone. The following suggestions of the fire rangers are worth consideration by everyone : ‘The greatest care should be exercised ‘‘between April Ist and October 31st, ‘¢and if a fire is made in the forest, or at “a distance of less than half a mile ‘therefrom, or upon any island, for ‘‘eooking or obtaining warmth, the ‘*maker should Ist. Select a locality in the neighborhood in which there is the smallest quantity of vegetable matter, dead wood, branches, brushwood, dry leaves, or © resinous trees. 2nd. Clear the place in which he is about to light the fire by removing all vegetable matter, dead trees, branches, brushwood, and dry leaves from the 64 soil within a radius of ten feet from the fire. 3rd. Exercise every reasonable care and precaution to prevent such fire from spreading, and carefully extinguish the same before quitting the place. ‘*Great care should be exercised to see ‘*that burning matches, ashes of pipes ‘and lighted cigars, or burning gun ‘wadding, or any other burning sub- ‘*stance, should be completely ex- “tinguished before the sportsman leaves “the spot. ‘“*Too much care cannot be exercised “in these important matters.’’ ©oO GAME IN NEWFOUNDLAND. “ Few countries can offer to the enthu- siastic sportsman such a variety and quantity of game as can be found in Newfoundland,” writes a correspondent. The greater portion of the island is covered with lakes and ponds which abound in fish of many varieties. The trout and salmon of Newfoundland are famous in size, are exquisite in flavor, and anglers from all parts of the world who have fished in Newfouncland waters unite in saying that nowhere have they found such noble sport. Besides the trout and salmon which are indigenous to these waters, the lakes and ponds all over the country are stocked with loch leven gamey bass and other varieties. Feathered game is abundant. The ponds are the natural home of wild duck, geese and other fresh water fowl. The barrens and marshy ground abound in the grouse or ptarmigan, curlew, plover . and snipe, and sea pigeons and “‘turrs’’ infest the islands and shores in large quantities. The Arctic and American hare or rabbit swarm over the whole island, their quantities being so great that they are used as a staple food product. In the interior vast herds of caribou offer noble sport to the hunter. The caribou or reindeer are larger and finer than those of Lapland or Nor- way, carrying. antlers exceeding in size those of the above countries. Stags weighing 500 and 600 pounds are not un- common. September and part of October are the months for caribou shooting, and one of the best stalking grounds is the ‘‘barrens’’ over-looking Grand Lake op- posite the northern end of the island. The ‘‘ White Hills,’ near Halls Bay,an arm of Notre Dame Bay, is another famous stalking ground. Formerly cari- bou stalking was expensive sport, but the Newfoundland railway has opened up 6. Rod and Gun in Canada the country and aids the sportsman in reaching the desired locality and lessens the expense. The caribou country covers an area of nearly 29; 000 square miles. © Illinois has been added to the number of States which impose non-resident license fees for the privilege of shooting. It costs $10.00 to the outsider, ©o°® Deer are to be raised in Norway for sale of their flesh, hide and heads ; crows are said tu be raised now for sale of heads and feathers to the millinery trade ; near Labelle, Quebec, in the Laurentian Mountains, about 100 miles north of Montreal, there is a large skunk farm on an island, where my lady’s (future) pure Russian sable muff now walks about in fancied and odoriferous security. Next! ©9 The Sportsmen’s Exhibition, open at St. Louis Sept. 10th, being the first of its kind in that city, will have several Canadian exhibits, intended to exploit our magnificent fish and game resources, and will undoubtedly result in attracting many St. Louisans, as well as others, to Canada. The Exhibition closes early enough in October to let those, who so desire, come at once during the open hunting season. We hope you will come early, gentlemen, the earlier the better, and avoid the rush. oo A recent writer to a contemporary makes a remarkable statement regarding a certain smokeless powder. He says at a regular shoot of the Glenwood Gun Club he used fifty shells that had been loaded with this smokeless powder by the U.M.C. Co. and were so wet that he experienced difficulty in getting them into the chamber of his gun—net result 48 broken out of 50 targets shot at. There are still at least two chances for other writers to relate better results. ©O° A correspondent, who witholds his name from publication, in writing of the proposed League of Canadian Sportsmen, speaks pointedly as follows :— ‘‘T see that it is proposed to forma “League of Canadian Sportsmen on the ‘lines of the L. of A. 8. I hope you will “‘take higher ground and limit your ‘membership to Sportsmen. The Ameri- “can League will take in anyone who “will pay $1.00 per annum. * * * J “ define a genuine sportsman as one who “fishes and hunts simply for the love of ing deer; “the sport ; who respects the laws of the i 1 Omaey. wherever he may be, that are ‘in the interest of preservation of fisk “and game ; who is content with reason ‘fable bags ; and who never conyerts int ““money the product of rod and gun **Anyoné who kills more than he car “use; or more than the legal limit; o1 “out of season, or who sells the product, “either as a market hunter, or simply t¢ “‘reduce the net cost of his vacation trip, “is not (to my mind) a ‘genuine sports. ‘man,’ and he should not be entitled “to any of the advantages that may ‘accrue to membership in Sportsmen's “ Associations.’’ GAME IN DAUPHIN DISTRICT. Owing to the rapid advancement of settlements through Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, during the past years, game is being driven far- ther afield, each year, though the ad: vantages furnished by railway travel, in a certain measure, surmounts th difficulty, and to-day permits those liv ing in the centers to indulge in a hunt. ing trip with but slight extra expense or loss of time. It is doubtful whether any part ¢ 0! Manitoba offers more inducements t the sportsman than the country ger erally known as Dauphin. On with but little expense or trouble, car reach all sorts of game, be it prairi chicken, partridge, water fowl of al varieties, as well as moose, elk, jump while Lakes Dauphin and Winnipegosis will afford good sport with canoe, and rod or troll, and 4 almost any part of the shores of thes fine bodies of water attractive ca grounds can be found. Should a canoe voyage offer attrac tions to the prospective tripper, can by taking rail to Dauphin embark on the lake of that name, and distan some eight miles from the town, pad. dle north to the Mossy River, some 18 miles, follow it to its mouth aj Winnipegosis, and from there he com mands miles and miles of lake an woods, where in the proper seasons. his every wish so far as sport is con-. cerned, can be gratified. Should he desire to return by rai then at Winnipegosis he can car outfit, and thus avoid the rather sti work of ascending the Mossy, or if his time will permit,. there is. direc water communication into Lake Mani- toba, by following which he could ar- rive at Westbourne. This trip would take him through some vf the mo famous water fowl shooting to be ha anywhere in the west. 4 If one’s ambition should rise above such trifles and big game is looked fo the whole district is at his command, 4s OWing to the protection for the ast few years, all varieties of deer are plentiful, both in the Riding and Duck mountains, as well as on the lower lands, and good points can be easily reached from any of the stations north bf Plumas. Last season the writer wdly knew which of the numerous yitations to help kill deer he should il himself of, as settlers in all ir tions offered good sport; and the ecess attained by some who had had tle or no experience, proved that were plentiful, some very fine ds having been secured. one’s ideas run to upland shoot- then in most seasons, prairie en can be found in fair quan- ies through the more open parts of e district, the Gilbert Plains being favorite resort of these noble birds, \ ugh no doubt there are other parts e province where larger bags can made Still to ths true sportman be ntity is not everything, and so far | i as Ve a ba it ar e e pot hunter is concerned he is not ted, nor will he find a very warm elcome from the settlers. J\ is some- hat more difficult to fing birds ow- to the fact that scrub prevails or less all through the district, Which renders it necessary to have ell trained and stauncn dogs, setters eferred, as it will try the patience Most shooters to have raw or par- broken dogs to work over. urties contemplating a trip through p ee and wishing to procure r outfits locally, could, with little uble, arrange with some of the mess men, at any of the stations, * all that would be necessary, with exception of tents and canoes; se could not be had. Guides can ef found as well. As to boats there several on Lake Dauphin, but be- private property could not as a ral rule be hired. At Winni- sis there are several fine boats fea by the fishing companies op- ting on that lake which could be red, or arrangements could be ' with the owners of the tugs, ave one’s boats or canoes towed any part of the lake. tusting that any one who con- 2 to try his luck in the district | meet with as much sport as the ter has on many occasions, and re-~ _to-his Work prepared to make ny more wach trips, we will leave n to make his preparations. MUSCOOS. oy ore I { Ron AND GuN will be sent to any ess in Canada or the United States 1.25, from September 1898 to Jan- * Rod and Gun in Canada RUUD ey A CAMPING PARTY’S ADVENTURES By F. Edmund Lemieux. @ eo rf ‘fl Bush Fires in the Lake En Long District. several times, but they were raging at a far and safe distance from the surroundings I happened to visit. In that year, however, circumstances fa- vored me with an exceptional oppor- tunity of witnessing an extensive con- flagration of that character from al- most its incipiency to its finishing Ege to 1897 I had seen bush fires 1897, with four enthusiastic disciples of the Benard Fish and Game Club, I camped at Lake En Long, twelve miles north of Gracefield. For weeks the weather had been unusually warm; no rain had fallen; everything of a com- bustible nature was in prime condition for havoc by fire. With rod and line we had fared ill; poor luck had at- tended us, and but few black bass weighted our creels. Nevertheless. reasonable enjoyment was obtained during the first part of our outing by “Home.” touches. It lasted for over one week, and on its course of destruction swept over an area of about sixteen square miles. My thrilling experiences and impressions during those brief days can never be effaced; they are still so fresh to memory that I can easily bring baick to mind the rapid extension of the fiery element and the sights of stirring magnificence presented to my eyes. From September 25th to October 11th, exploring the forest, mountains and lakes. We ascended Rogers’ Moun- tain some five or six hundred feet in height, at the foot of which washes Morissette Lake. The flat rocky sum- mit of that elevation afforded a splen- did view of Blue Sea Lake, a large expansion of water dotted with nu- merous islands, and further away four- teen other lakes were seen upon whose surface the setting sun reflected its parting kisses at night’s approach. 66 On arrival at the resort we had con- cluded arrangements with the keeper of the lakes to have meals prepared and served to us at his house, so that we might be free to take longer pere- grinations and be relieved of a duty not the most popular with campers, in which poker and frying pan play an important part. It was 12 o’clock on Sunday, October 3rd, when about to leave camp as usual en route to our host’s tajble, that (Morini called attention to a large col- umn of smoke ascending on the op- posite side of the lake, fully half 4 mile inland and a little to the west, at almost the extremity of a long bay. Everyone gazed with a kind of fascina- tion at the place, and we were at once convinced that nothing—except rain, of which there was not the slightest sign — could master the destructive fiend whose grasp was extending with wonderful rapidity. Pellerin, the dean of the party, with an air of serious- mess his facial expression seldom ren- dered with greater perfection, said: “Boys, oH boys, bush fires! Bush fires! We have a contract to git it it be made too hot around here.” “All right, Pell., we will not be slow either, if it comes to that.” This state of affairs did not satisfy our crysng un- ger for the next meal, and on this mission we then started. An hour later we returned to the tents. The fire had made perceptible headway; with a slight breeze it inclined north- westerly. The man at the helm of the crew (Pellerin, of course) summoned ‘’ @ council of war, at which it was de- creed that each camper in turn should mount guard. Night and day a watch- ful eye was to be on the lookout in case of any emergency. Such a pre- cautionary measure was necessary, as the wind might have changed its direc- tion towards us, and driven the sweep- ing visitor to our quarters. ‘We were not to run any risk; we had at stake several hundred dollars’ worth of lug- gage, arms and other paraphernalia. Troubles we were well aware never come singly; we had no insurance agent in the crowd; but such is ever the irony of fate. ‘Some 500 yards to our right, in line with the bay. above referred to, is Courchaine Creek, about 100 yards wide. It empties the waters of a lake bearing that name, and situate a mile to the northwest. This shallow creek, separating us from the mainland where the fire was angrily burning away, is a regular labyrinthine channel of weeds, shrubs, stumps, fallen trees in a decay- ing stage, with scores of lifeless cedars everywhere extending their long and sharply-pointed branches. It was a poor ‘barrier to the fire had the wind changed its course east, but fortun- Rod and Gun in Canada ately it did not; and for the time be- ing anxiety as to imminent danger was alleviated. With my usual luck (I do not allude to lottery drawings) I was first to act as sentinel for the Sunday nigh!) When my friends in Dreamland were snor- ingly enjoying the caresses of Mor- pheus, around the camp, I attentively guarded our common interests. With the exception of that continuous whiz of the burning timber, the silence of the night was broken only by the oc- casional hoot of an owl, the croaking concert of frogs musically disposed, or the jumping exercises of hungry musk- rats near by. Now and then could also be heard ‘the echoing sound of a forest giant conquered by its ravenous enemy and =~violently' striking the ground on its deadly fall. Upon the lake was reflected the brightness of the burning’ area, with millions of giddy sparks on their aerial and er- ratic chase, many of them to vanish in the glossy and brilliant waters. It was a rare display indeed. During the night nothing occurred to create alarm, though towards dawn I gave free ex- pression to my pulmonary powers in a very discordant tone; it was becoming monotonous. At once the boys sprang to their feet. When asked who was next on the roll of duty, the boss re- plied: “Ned, your term expires in two hours; it is now 5 o’clock.”” I resumed my functions until relieved at the ap- pointed time. After a light brea- fast I slept to 1 o’clock; then, partaking of refreshments, I canoed up to the creek, ‘with Spoonoar, to matters. We took with us an ax and a pail in case of need; these articles proved thighly useful, as will now be seen. The fire was running a_ short distance inland, towards Courchaine Lake; the wind had turned slightly east, thelping occasional sparks and cinders to fall on this side of the creek, from which a small streak of smoke was issuing. On examination we discovered a fresh fire some thirty feet square. To check its progress and put it out we immediately set to work. Pail after pail of water was brought to play on it, surrounding trees were felled, and we finally succeeded in conquering our enemy. Great was our jubilation, for it meant saving from destruction the beautiful bush of our camp. We had arrived at that fire just in the nick of time. It did not afterwards touch that ground, but continued its zigzagging course inland on the opposite shore. In company with Young-Man-Afraid- of-the-Wind (explanations further on) I again visited the creek late in the evening. Not a zephyr was perceptible: we breathed a sultry air as if the so- much desired rain was soon to come. investigate. | We were to be deceived in this expec- tation—nay worse; no weather prophet hovered around to give us an encour- aging word. That evening the fire was eating away at what was left of trees, fallen giants and grass near the bay, on the opposite side of the creek, b the great burning mass was pretty far out to, the northwest. During hours we leisurely paddled around the hay, again fairly well illuminated, and be- held desolation where a few days be- fore all seemed alive with multicolored foliage. I feel I yet contemplate that panoramic sight of the fire, on a late evening, going up in a long and narroy line between two sinister mountains. It had the appearance—though in a more sensible grandeur—of a Cana dian toboggan slide lighted up for an eventful meet at the chutes. In the quietness of night could be heard with terrific noise the falling of immens trees on the sloping sides of the moun tainous navine. Now and ihken a loud detonation would take place; it was the splitting up of overheated rocks. Al- together we witnessed an unusual and frightful spectacle. We returned to camp at half past 12 in the morning. Spoonoar was walking up and down, with open eyes, an assurance that, hap- pening anything out of the ordinary, the folks in peaceful enjoyment of rest would be awakened in ample time make a hasty retreat. q When we first arrived at Lake En Long we engaged the services of man in making a dug-out at Co chaine Lake, as we had no boat oz those waters; it was finished on Fri day, October 8th. Being a heavy piro- gue, we decided to all go thithe mission of three hours at the most—tc launch the newly-born traveller of the deep, no fear then being entertainec¢ for the safety of the camp, as the fire had now its berth a mile to the north. west. When we reached the lake, b land, the destructive ‘element wa burning not far from the head of th creek, though on the opposite side Spoonoar had brought his kodak, an¢ after taking a view of the craft wher it had been shaped, we joined forces and. pulled it to the water’s edge; was then 5 o’clock. Here begins the most thrilling adventure of all. An im= mense volume of smoke, which the: setting sun pierced in fhe form of @ crimson disc, suddenly spread abov us; the fire had crossed the creek; i ever-ready devouring rage found high ly palatable food in the numerous dars and gummy pines. With courage ous determination Spoonoar again fo- cussed his instrument on the brave ex pedition, and we hurriedly started return home. Not 200 yards had bee! covered through the Indian path when we found, to our horror, that we coul go no further; our enemy had cut us off; he was master of the situation. It was no time to hesitate. We had no inclination whatever for scorching. It vas a very embarrassing position, the nore so as none of us had experienced ifficulties of such circumstances. At the craft-maker suggested making eircuit around the fire, at a reason- jle distance ahead, and this alterna- ye was decided upon. The bush in- lu she a tortuous ravine of a very dan- s description—in fact, one of the t I ever travelled. Everywhere en timber, protruding brushes, en- zling obstructions of all sorts, im- ed our exit. However, the situation far too critical not to spur us to sunt these difficulties. We forced passage through with a creditable rd. The agility we displayed was arkable. I doubt if a fleeting deer has just felt the scorching sen- 1 of a leaden bullet would have in it with us; our leaps, bounds jumps were simply acrobatic feats. crowned our intrepidity; w?2 ached our canvas home at last. Since at eventful episode wé are known, ngst the club confreres, as mem- of the ‘flying expedition.” I can ch as a fact that we did fly on adventurous run. When we € hed camp everything was in good a pe, except—ourselves. Regular riv- ts of perspiration were streaming n our backs; we had little wind and were glad to rest for a while. ‘Meddon rrescribed a sponge bath, 9 supper and a half cup of Per- (home-made medicinal ‘‘set-me- with good effect, for next morn- : we felt ourselves again. I must not to ‘mention that when we ar- i at camp the guide, a very reti- talker, was heard to say he was peer aerly anxious to undergo other such experience. Not a word » tthe contrary was even whispered. for my part t will long remember that e from Courchaine Lake. t about midnight on that memor- ble Friday it began to rain heavily. ow pleased we felt at the arrival of nis ‘benefactor, whose visit had been raited for days and days. ‘That y npour settled our impatience and a ing, and the fire question, too. ay be surmised that our troubles tears were then at an end. No, “4 yet, for there is no rest for the eked; our tempers had suffered wun- wrful changes. At 2 o’clock in the norning came on a hurricane, every oment a tree was heard to fall. nped amongst tall giants, we enter- d doubts as to our safety. One acne giants, not very far: away, : nbled ‘down with stupendous force ‘@nd noise, causing such a deafening x t or | ‘4 is a) be i ! [: Rod and Gun in Canada crash that my comrauae Ernie thought his last hour had sounded. He leaped out of the cot with even greater velo- city than the wind travelled at, reach- ed the lake shore and stood there on a log until morning, in contemplative ad- miration of celestial immensity en- wrapped in mourning color of the night. Morini, ever philanthropically disposed, brought Ernie a few blankets for com- fortable use in ‘his odd solitary atti- tude. This explains the misnomer of “Young-Man-Afraid-of-the-Wind.” It would be mean on my part were I not to relate en passant a little in- cident of mine. On the return from Courchaine Lake I carried my gun and four cartridges. In the excitement of the sudden cut-off by the fire I acci- dentally dropped the ammunition (like Pellerin on a previous occasion leaving the food sac on the road); I might say threw it away. About a quarter of a 67 Monday, not quite so enthusiastic a party as on arrival at the camin, Only those who have seen as we did, and at close quarters, the devouring ele- ment and its accompanying terrors, can realize how devastating and horri- ble are those forest conflagrations, though at times they present admir- able spectacles of unique and unsur- passed grandeur. From what could be learned, that great fire originated probably in this manner: A man coming from Lake Jos. Larche fired his muzzle-loading gun in the bush, and the paper wad- ding ignited the dry grass. Whilst at dinner with us on that Sunday, October 8rd, he frankly admitted having dis- charged his gun in the locality where the fire had started. I might be asked why we did not try to put out that fire in its incipiency. For the reason that when we were first aware of its A Typical Island—Lady Evelyn Lake mile ere we reached camp I came face to face with as plump and as docile a partridge as ever I met, and not ten yards off, on the limb of a maple. qT had hoped the bird would not be seen by my friends, but alas, they discov- ered it. Imagine the remarks made at my expense. “Give it to her mildly, Ned;” “better coax her to come down.” Many such expressions of doubtful complimentary meaning were show- ered upon me. Of course the bird stood perfectly still, seemingly interested in what was taking place below. Its silence and air of independence were even more sarcastic than the remarks of my companions. With a blush I swallowed the bitter pill with as little contortion as possible, but silently vowed revenge on some future occa- sion. From the time rain fell no further danger was apparent, but Lhen it wa3 too late to change for the better, so far as we were concerned, for our va- cation was drawing to a close. We packed up for home on the following existence it had already taken large proportions, and we could not possibly have reached the place in time to be able to do anything. Incidentally, a few words of caution to my campiug friends may not be out of place. Too much care cannot be exercised in making fires in the bush. Certain precautions are necessary, and should be taken to avoid wanton des- truction. Never leave camp without the assurance that the fire has been effectively put out. From smoldering coals fanned by a sudden favorable wind may originate the greatest of conflagrations in the forest. Again, do not burn more fuel than you actual- ly require. Bonfires should be a re- ereation of the past. You wiit recog- nize the true lover of nature, the Ler- fect sportsman, by the use he makes of the fuel around him in the bush. . sportsman, in the true sense of the word, will avoid any unnecessary depletion of the trees and foliage in the surroundings he visits. . eed Perey sry nists SiLAts Diyas te Saeed s * Rod and Gun in Canada had seized my troubled mind. I had been in Kootenay for a few months and had been dabbling in the toils of the law on behalf of a prospector named Alec. . (I forget the rest of his name.) Alec’s banking account amounted to a few nickels; mine wasa larger figure * on the debit side! Alec. had a claim. a veritable bonanza, situated near the “divide” of some far-distant lofty and high mountain. He generously bestow- ed a half interest of this claim on mé, a so happened that the greed tor gold giving me the privilege of paying the recording fees for the same. I was but a tenderfoot, and a claim then represented to me untold gold. T imagined that I would have little diffi- culty in finding some wealthy specula- tor, or, more probably, a speculator in someone else’s wealth, who wouis at once buy up tthe claim for a sum suiii- ciently large to repay me wel! for: my legal labors and feel a fair balance in my pocket in addition thereto. Alec. gave mie several chunks of quartz in which specks of gold couid be seen, with the aid of a powerful glass. These I displayed with proper pride, qualified with the statement —taken on Alec’s word of honor—that they had been picked off at random from the ledge. Strange to say, the bloated capitalists did not Juirs at my proposition, for I was not alone in the field; in fact, every one I met had a claim or claims of fabulous value to dispose of. Time wore on, and a year had almost elapsed since the claim had been staked, when Alec. informed me that it was necessary for us to do $190 worth of work on the claim. Bless me! I never had $100 in my life to spare! Alec. was equal to-the occasion, how- ever. He had two friends who, for a quarter interest in the claim, would help him to do the necessary work. ? could hold on to my half share, pro- vided I furnished the necessary sup- plies, tools and travelling expenses Zor the expedition. He further suggested that I should accompany them éend act as chief hewer of wood and drawer of water, and so enable them to get through the work in as short a time as possible. He also told me that there were plenty of deer on the mountain, and also a band of caribou. The first part of the programme hardly suited my tastes, though certainlv there was an air of novelty surrounding it; but I dearly desired to slay a caribou. Again came the unpleasant question of finance; but it chanced that a cer- tain misguided magazine editor had been sufficiently ill-advised to accept an article of mine, and had moreover paid me fairly well for the same. I thereupon resolved to sink the re- ward of my literary achievement in the claim, and then and there purchased the necessary provender and tools for the great work. We borrowed blankets and a tent, which, with the food and a 45.90 Win- chester rifle, completed our outfit, and one fine morning we started from the city wharf of Nelson, B.C., in a large fcur-oared tub of a boat, for a point some ten miles up Kootenay Lake, where we were to disembark and begin our journey up the mountain. A stiff breeze was blowing, so we hoisted>a nondescript sail, which be- longed to the boat, and which, owing to our ignorance of sailing, nearly brought us to a watery grave. How- ever, we managed to run the bvat ashore when half full of water, and escaped with a ducking. Then the storm wind rose and rain fell in torrents, so we unloaded our cargo and sought shelter in a deserted log cabin by the lake side. I forgot te mention a humble, though much loved companion, I had brought with me, namely, Buz, a wire haired fox ter- rier who had followed my fortunes from England, and who hardly ever left my side. Buz helped to enliven our stay in the log cabin by killing two enormous bush-tail rats which had taken up their abode there. In ‘the afternoon the elements were more propitious, and we continued our voyage, making our destination, though, too late to commence the ascent of the mountain that day. One of my companions was a great angler, so he and I went a-fishing and managed to secure about a dozen fair- sized trout, which came in handy for our evening meal. We camped that night in a ‘‘shack” belonging to a ranch hard by. The said shack had been re- cently temanted by a party of prospec- ters, who had jJeft behind them lively reminiscences of their visit in the shape of—well, never mind. Suffice to say that my slumber was so greatly dis-— turbed by the depredations of those “pilgrims of the night” that I pre- ferred to make my bed under the stars. : We rose with the sun. I sneaked time enough for a plunge in the lake and ia few casts over the trout, getting — one or two small fish, which added to- the breakfast table. ae We hired a species of quadruped known in Kootenay as a cayuse—a diminutive apology for a horse—from the rancher, loaded the sorry animal with our packs, and, with hearts in- flamed with the joint desire of gold and game, managed to make a start. before ithe sun was yet high in the heavens. ( The first three miles of our journey were fairly easy to travel. The route was up a canyon, down which a merry little creek tumbled and thrashed itself into foam. There was a moderately good horse trail, which we followed, and by 8 a.m. we had reached the first stage of our journey. We made some tea, and after a short rest, reluctantly left the horse trail and followed a steep narrow apology for a trail which turn- ed to the right and lead in corkscrew fashion to the “divide,” i.e., the sum- mit of the mountain. And now began trouble. The ascent was steep, in places almost perpendicular. It was all we could do, what with pulling and shoving, to get the cayuse up some parts of the way. Then we came toa tiny creek with a bright, treacherous looking ‘patch of green moss beside it, into which the cayuse floundered and fell, finally rolling over and dumping our packs into the rich, black liquid mud. It took us some time to extricate the poor beast, and we were dismayed at the state of our blankets. However, there was nothing for it but to push along, so on we scrambled as best we could, determined to push the cayus up somehow or other, the only alter native being that we should transform ourselves into beasts of burden, and allow the animal to find its own way home. Our next difficulty was a forest fire. We had seen with dread the cloud 0! smoke in front of us, and fondly hope the trail would skirt the fire zone. Alas! It inconveniently winded righ into the burning timber. The fire had been lit some time ago, and we had only come in for the tail end of it Still, it was unpleasant enough, wha with the heat and blinding smoke; no was an element of danger wanting, a we speedily noticed when a gigantic fir tree toppled down uncomfortably near us. Then for about an hour y had to cut a way with our axe through the fallen timber and charred tree stumps. 5 iN I am ashamed to own that I was hal | inclined to turn back, for I did not | think we would get clear of the fire | that day. However, the trail made an unexpected turn, and we were at last out of the region of the fire fiend. _ ‘Whe trail seemed now to become more "propitious and overgrown with under- brush. It was some years since I had untaineered at all, and I was begin- : to get horribly tired when they b “assured me that after we had covered ‘the next ‘half mile the worst of our journey would ‘be over. “That was one of the longest half _|miles I have ever travelled, but it had ‘an ending, and, sure enough, Alec.’s statement was correct. We had reach- 4 as it were, the backbone of the untain, and the trail now followed s dividing ridge, gently ascending. A great change seemed to have come on our surroundings; we were breath- me a purer, fresher air. The trees seemed higher, and were of two kinds only, me and cedar, while the under- growth was thinner, with here and e patches of bunch grass taking place of the dense tangle, which e the forest on the lower ground a impenetrable. P- aban we were, the delicious moun- ain breeze invigorated us, and we pushed on toward our camping ground with renewed strength. A number of (to us) unknown birds v from tree top to tree top; blue -gabbled hysterically at the un- invasion of their fastnesses; and then an enormous hawk or » would fly over the trail, casting a dark shadow on us in its passage. Ve flushed several blue grouse, which | easily to the rifle. They would fly ort distance, then settle in a tree mg patiently for me to come up the rifle and transform them into ome additions to our larder. e trees now began to be more scat- , until at length we emerged upon n ground. We were now at almost highest point of the ridge, when cc. commanded a halt. Our camping I ound was about a quarter of a mile rectly below us, and, as the moun- e side was too steep for the cayuse ) descend, we had to unload the beast carry down the pack ourselves. 1 Ree to the edge of the ridge, and, sing over, saw a beautiful black- asc, with a fawn beside her, star- ‘Straight at me. Directly I moved = bounded away into the forest, the ttle one following her. My friends distressed because I did not ot her, but I explained to them that would as soon have shot a prosd2ctor s that graceful mother. ‘The descent to the camping ground unpleasantly precipitous, but we aged to slide down without much mage save to our clothes. Alec. had nos rec Rod and Gun in Canada an ideal place whereupon to pitch our tent. It was a little level grassy pla- teau, fringed with blueberry bushes, which were laden with delicious fruit. Hard by a spring of the coldest water I ever tasted gurgled out of the rock bed, its walls, as it descended the mountain side, forming a small creek. We were not long in rigging up our tent and soon the kettle was hissing over a glorious camp fire, the smell of the resinous pine logs, as they burnt, suggesting the incense-laden air of some European cathednail. We played whist (not according to Cavendish) for a while, then turned in early. In the middle of the night Buz awoke us with angry growling. Archie (one of our crew) swore that he felt a heavy body rub against the side of the tent. 69 we found that a large piece of bacon, which we had hung up on a tree bough, had been removed. Grandpapa said that the thief was neither a bear nor a timber wolf, so we tuvok his word for it. Our first day was devoted to work. I cannot say that the claim impress- ed me very much. The ledge was but a small one, and I didn’t see any speci- mens of quartz like to those which Alec. had given me. However, Grand- papa assured us that the ledge would widen as we got down deeper, so we still remained hopeful. My time wag pretty well taken up with fetching water and cooking during that day and the next, though I managed to shvot a few grouse in between whiles. The ledge widened out after the first day’s work. On the second day it dis- Kootenay Our fourth man — an old prospector. named George, but erroneously called grandpapa by us—said it was a bear. I snatched up my rifle and ran out. Something crashed ‘through the bushes, but I could not see what it was, and my bare feet prevented any attempt at pursuit. We had barely got to sleep again when we were aroused in a sim- ilar manner. Buz was on the alert this time, ran out and managed to stop our visitor, which turned out to be a large porcupine. I had great difficulty in driving the dog off him; as it was he managed to get a few spines from the animal wedged in his face. We passed the rest of the night with- out interruption, but in the morning River. appeared entirely. Grandpapa explain- ed that if we persever-d we would strike it again wider and richer than ever. It turned out eventually that he was right, but I was sick of the game after two days, and would willingly hiave sold my interest for a caribou. On the third day I made up my mind to take a holiday, so started off early in the morning with my rifle, attended by the faithful Buz. I scrambled up the steep mountain side to the ridge, for Alec. had told me of a small lake on the other side of the mountain where caribou had been seen by him and other prospectors. For about two hours I wandered through the forest seeing nothing but an _ occasional grouse. The sun began t) beat down 70 fiercely through the trees, so I sought a shady clump of firs in order to rest a while. Buz refused to rest, but took a deep interest in some fallen timber close at hand. After a prolonged in- vestigation and much snifiling he be- gan digging operations. Soon I heard growling, then sundry sharp barks, which I guessed meant business. I was just going to get up when I saw a long brown animal run along a fallen tree about fifteen yards from me. It stopped suddenly and I snapped at it with my rifle. Buz, hearing the shot, soon came up to me, and together we hurried up to the place where I had seen the animal disappear, and, on the other side of the fallen tree, lay a fine merik kicking in its death throes. I secured the skin, an operation which Buz watched intently, and, gratified with my lucky shot, started off again. I did not find the lake until nearly evening. It was situated in a hollow on the mountain side, a small black- looking, almost round, patch of water, not more than 200 yards in extent, with a broad stretch of green moss circling round the edge. Far up the hollow, almost to the ridge, stretched an open space, almost like a road, covered with bunch grass, with a little creek in the centre running down into the lake. On each side of the grassy stretch was a dense forest of graceful tama- racs (larches). The little creek gar- gled into the lake, resembling in sound a fountain. The chattering of the blue jays dispelled any feeling of loneliness. I flung myself on the grass and revel- led in the picture. It was more like some English park than a british Co- lumbian mountain scene. How long I lay there, dreaming of days gone by, I know not, when I was roused from my reverie by a crackling in the under- brush. I seized Buz in order to pre- vent any demonstration from him and waited. The noise ceased, then began again, apparently nearer than before. Evidently the cause of the noise was descending through the trees towards the lake. Then came a long period of silence. I could hear nothing save the murmur of the water, the chattering of the jays, and, above all, the thump- ing of my heart, so great was my ex- citement. I thought I heard something that resembled faintly the snort of a horse. Turning my head towards the lake I saw, not thirty yards from me, the first carikou I had ever seen alive. He was standing motionless by the brink of the lake, and appeared un- divided whether to drink or not. I was astonished at the size of the animal, though his antlers were small and cov- ered with velvet. Presently he began to move slowly towards me. How to get my rifle up without scaring him was the problem; in Canada Rod and Gun it was impossible to stir just then, so I waited in the hope ofa more favor- able opportunity. Nearer he came un- til he was not more than a dozen paces from where I lay. By great good for- tune Buz, worn out probably with his incessant hunting, was now sleeping the sleep of the just. The caribou turned and began t9 wade into the lake. Slowly I raised my rifle, aimed at his shoulder and fired. He fell at once, but got up again. I jumped up and fired again, but, I fear, missed. Buz now joined in the fray. I ran to intercept the deer as he strug: - gled out of the lake and pumped three shots into him point blank not aiming at any particular place. Still he strug- gled on and reached the trees, though blood was pouring down him, and man- aged to kick out at Buz, almost strik- ing him. I had only one shot left in the rifle chamber, so followed the deer, hoping to stop him effectually with my last bullet. It was not necessary, how- ever, for he charged, as if blinded, right into a huge tamarac tree, came down on his knees, then toppled over on his side. Buz was on to him at once, grabbed him in the back between the shoulders, and vainly endeavored to treat him like a muskrat. A few faint kicks and then he lay still. Poor beast, he had such beautiful eyes that for the moment I felt like a murderer, and I could barely summon up courage sufficient to cut his throat in the orthodox manner. However, it was getting late, and I was some two miles from the camp, so necessity took precedence over sentiment. I am not much of a surgeon, therefore I could not undertake to thoroughly dissect him. I cut off his head, then skinned him partly so as to hack off some slices of meat from the flank for the morn- ing meal, hung up the head on the branch of a tree and started back for the camp. My companions were still at work when I returned, but, the fire having been lit, the smell of venison steaks soon caused them to cease. Caribou meat is much better than any other venison I have eaten, and hunger no doubt gave zest to the meal. A few ‘blueberries stewed in a lard tin made an excellent sauce. When our meal was finished Alec. and Archie set out in the moonlight for the lake so as to save the meat from wolves or other carnivorous ani- mals. They packed back to the camp as mutch of the flesh as they were able to, including the head, leaving the rest on the ground on the chance of it serving asa bait for a bear in the early morning. T rose at daylight and made for the lake. There were marks of bear near the remains of the deer, put though I waited some hours in hopes of Bruin’ ; return, nothing came in search of food. I did not get a shot at anything that day, though on the following I man again to shoot a black-tail deer, with a good head on him, near to where I shot the- caribou. I saw no more caribou, though the margin of the lake was covered wit! their footprints, and I waited patiently there both early in the morning an late in the evening. blood had overpowered my thirst fo gold; I deserted the claim—in fact, for got all about it—and Archie had to bi appointed chef for the camp. On the sixth day I experienced ne want of obeying the commands of the Creator of the world, namely, to resi on the seventh day. The claim was, I thought, a “frau but I had shot a caribou, and though of filthy lucre vanished on the moun tain side. Next morning I starte hhomewards with Buz, leaving my com panions to finish their work. I sho’ three or four grouse on my way dows the mountain, missed a deer in a dis graceful manner, and reached the shor of Kootenay Lake about 4 p.m. rancher from whom we had hired thi cayuse provided me with a good sq meal, and offered me shelter for th night, which offer I accepted. The next morning I signalled one co the lake steamers to pick me up 2 got back to Nelson elated with my sue cess as a sportsman, but cast down a How ever, the much-needed tonic of moun tain air and the healthy exercise gav to the state of my exchequer. me fresh strength and courage En hi struggle for existence. I can heartily recommend the moun tains of Kootenay as the best antido in the world for ail trouble, anxiet or overwork. And be it rememberet that, should anyone desire to combin sport with the search for this worid’s ‘Scurse,” my half interest in that is still for sale,. - A PROPOSITION. Not the least important part of Rop AND GunN’s mission among sportsmen. to give information to inquirers as ti shooting and fishing locations. We know a good deal about the choice spots for large and small game, and th best ways of reaching them, which knowledge is at the service of the publ for a postal card. But we do not know it all, and invite sportsmen, hotelmen, tourist | etc., to communicate to us what think may be of service to the fraternity, The editor of Rop anp Gun sgolici items of interest to all lovers of fish an game. clubs are particularly urged to correspon with us. My thirst fo Secretaries of gun and kenn : ' - THE PROFESSOR'S PERILOUS 2 BEAR TRAPPING. By C. C. Farr, [Continued from August Number.] a week later all the good were gathered together in urch. Harry was the principal singer, and was at the mo- it rolling out his melodious bass tes when the door opened, and there ared an excited face—also an arm beckoning. Harry was a church en, and obeyed the summons, vhat indignant at the disturb- especially seeing that it came he was singing. es!” answered Harry, excitedly. ithe creek about three miles blue blazes as I passed, and I’ve tor to let you know.”’ - had instinctively caught on e fact that there was something : happening, so that by this quite a little crowd had collected le the church. Of course, they «!}I ed to accompany Harry, pre- the excitement of taking a hear trap to staying in church. party set forth at once, Harry ; leading the way. It is not ry man that can catch a bear, anid ' was the personification of this as he walked along. It was only y privileged individual that would acious enough to walk even with the road—the bulk of them meekly in the wak2 of the ing hero. 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A discount of 15 per cent. on annual munica von od all topies pertaining to g, eing, pe kennel and a og! a be welcomed and ' on aia All communications ‘ Mianapanies by the name of the writer, 'y for publication, however. icanications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. ‘TSMEN’S EXPOSITION AT ST. LOUIS, MO. e first sportsman show of the West din St. Louis, September 11th to , and for a commencement it i the success it met with. Unlike lar shows in Boston and New York, was held as a feature of the annual s Exposition of Manufactures, e the late lamented Barnum’s ‘‘one price admitted to all,’’ hence Wing power as a money maker its backers’ standpoint is not readily ined. From the view of the tsi and ordinary citizen there ‘m1 uch of interest. In the game park e was a fine buffalo bulli in evidence ; , foxes, seocoons, etc., a youngster he raccoon family being much ad- i. The Province of Quebec was Lr . Rerented by many fine specimens, ly andin groups. British Columbia | Manitoba had also a number of fied birds. The exhibits of these € provinces were in charge of Mr, Armstrong. Canadian Pacific Railway exhibit ed a prominent position, showing rge canvas, 50x90 feet, the Great r of the Selkirks, which formed the background of the show. Many handsome glass transparencies were shown of scenes reached by its lines ; tastefully arranged birch bark canoes, game specimens, etc. The Indian feat- ures of the entertainment consisted of ‘“* Winnebagos’’ from Northern Wiscon- sin, who occupied a camp arranged so as to fit in with the mountain scene, and who gave representations of Indian dances and customs. Several tanks of live fish furnished by Tony Faust and by the Missouri State Fish Commission illus- trated the resources of Missouri and Illinois waters. Rifle and pistol tourna- ments were, of course, a prominent feat- ure. In the large tank in the centre, swimming races divided the interest with . water polo and other aquatic sports, the Toronto team of water polo players matching Chicago and others. The trade portion of the show was looked after by the Page Wire Fence Co., Truscott Boat Manufacturing Co., of St. Joseph, Mich., with an exhibit of marine motors and pleasure boats, and the vari- ous powder companies, Hazard, DuPont, E. C. Austin, etc. The Simmons Hard- ware Co., of St. Louis, which, by the way, is said to be the largest hardware house in the United States, acting as the general agent for the south-west of the various Arms Companies, hada large and varied exhibit of rifles, shotguns and revolvers, ef al, all the principal makers being represented and some of them by very handsome machines. clined to tarry long at this part of the show, for there was much of interest. I was surprised not to see in their collec- tion the Mauser pistol, which, although it looks to me like a bad cross between a toy pistol and a shotgun, is, nevertheless, a remarkable weapon. The sportsmen’s show manager, Mr. Frank Gaiennie. feels pleased with his first attempt and will probably do it again. Canada should also be pleased that she has an institution and provinces which look after her in- terests in this respect so well. One was in-’ REMARKABLE REVOLVER SCORE. On Sept. 20, Dr. Ashley A. Webber, of New York, fired 100 shots at 50 yards on the U. S. Army Elliptical target and made 90 clear bull’s-eyes, besides three so close to be practically in the bull’s-eye. He used a Smith & Wesson 38 caliber mili- tary revolver and Union Metallic cart- ridges loaded with eight grains of Laflin & Rand sporting rifle smokeless powder. Two weeks before this he placed 49 out of 50 shots in the bull’s-eye at 50 yards in a similar target, using six grains smoke- less powder, same revolver. A notice- able feature is the use of smokeless powder. Dr. Webber states he has fired this revolver 5,000 times without cleaning it and apparently without loss of accuracy. oO9% We direct the particular attention of all our readers, but especially of Canadians, to an article on another page entitled ‘‘Why don’t you go.’’ The writer of it is a well known contributor to magazines and a man after our own heart. He speaks of Canada for an outing place as it is. Those who have travelled, if only a little, among our myriad mountains, lakes, streams and forests, and caught the true longing for the wilderness, will echo his . wish to live a thousand years that they may know it all. O° In 1900 there will be at least two, prob- ably three or more, sportsmen’s shows. Boston will open February 22nd, and, if 1898 was a criterion, will have many in- teresting features. New York commences March lst, and will not be behind last March. St. Louis has not indicated its intentions. Chicago we expect to hear from. oOo9 Four canoeists from Montreal recently made the voyage to New York by water. They report it a very pleasant mid-sum- mer trip. But why go South? Quebec province offers an infinite variety of the finest canoe routes of the world, and Northern Ontario is equally good. 84 The inconoclast will not rest! That hoary-headed old saying ‘‘ A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”’ is now made equally applicable reversed, as applied to shooting, by an exchange which says: ‘A bird in the bush is ‘‘ worth two in the hand, for it affords ‘‘ not only the food, but the opportunity, ‘“the reason and the excuse for shoulder- ‘‘ing one’s gun and going out to secure ‘it, And even then, by eluding pursuit, “it may give the same opportunity ‘another time.’’? All of which goes to show there is still hope that some one will turn inside out and tie on the reverse side our old friend of the rolling stone gathering moss, which has been chucked around so promiscuously, and prove that it may mean “ bears.”’ oOo Last season the county clerks in Mich- igan issued 11,000 deer hunters’ licenses. This year it is expected at least 12,000 will be issued for the season Noy. 8th to 30th inclusive. Each licensee is permitted to kill five deer. The State benefits to the extent of 75 cents for each resident’s license, and $25 for each non-resident. Assuming there are only 500 non-resi- dents’ licenses issued, Michigan’s game protection system receives over $20,000 annually from both sources. oo In this case early comers did not avoid the rush. On September 30th there were more sportsmen at Kippewa awaiting the ripening of the moose, October Ist, than were there all last season. From every direction in Canada we hear of largely increased numbers of hunters. All the guides are finding employment, and Canada is reaping the benefit from the influx of United States sportsmen. oo Sportsmen should discourage all at- tempts to organize side hunts for game or count. The latter smacks of wholesale methods, and the former can scarcely be divorced from the idea that it means after all the killing of more game than should be bagged. The Fur Trade Review says 560 bales of deer skins were received at the port of New York during the month ending July 22. Seventy-nine bales, the largest single importation, came from Trinidad Island. The same paper, in a re- port giving the exports from Shang- hair, China, during the months of March, April, and May, mentions the following exports: To London, 10,320 pheasant skins, 790 hare skins, 1,958 otter skins, 78,532 weasel skins, 622 fox skins, 4,495 raccoon skins, 226 squirrei tails; to New York, 50,000 weasel skins, 546 bird skins; to Hamburg, 5,500 pairs bird wings; to Marseilles, 2,678 pheas- ant skins. Rod and Gun Be FOX HUNTING. to the Dominion of Canada as the great hunting domain of the North American Continent. Her vast forests, stretching away from the head waters of the Ottawa and its fine lake region, to the banks of the Athabasca and Great Bear, teem with animal life. Much has been written, and deservedly _ so, abeut the moose, caribou and deer hunting, as well as the duck and chicken. shooting to be found all over , \HE eyes of the world are directed in Canada ese ee, is Sefee eee @ &, * 2 6 wees tgoe® MS Sa cater te. By C, Jno. Alloway 7. 'o'e's = ments seem best suited to these avo cations, but the members of the hun find the gay “pink” coat, velvet cap, spotless bags and shining tops their ideal costume, and to be sure th “Meet” breakfasts demand a certain elegance in all their appointments, fron the carefully kept hounds to the gloss: coated, high bred outlines of the hunt- er. Fox hunting is understood to be purely English pastime, and as the peo- ple of Canada are largely descender from this nationality, the instincts o generations of fox-hunting forefather this region and the Northwest terri- tories, which delight the heart of the sportsman; but little has been said about that prince of sports—fox hunt- ing. It is not because it is of recent in- troduction, for since the year 1826, Can- adian woods have rung to the horn and “Hark for’ard!’”’ of the huntsman, and echoed to the “whimper” and “giving tongue’ of the hounds. It has been truly called the “Sport of Kings,” and certainly the accessories of this royal pastime are of the most elegant and aristocratic character. The game hunt- er and fisherman don their corduroys and weather-stained garments with their rod and gun, and these habili- MontrealzHunt Club, Sept. 16th, 1899. . it can best be seen in its proper con Photo by Notman — have resulted in transplanting this og sport to the valley of the St. Lawren¢ where, next to England and Irela tion and surroundings, Unlike many other kinds of sp or which can be carried on most succes fully in small parties of two’s al three’s, fox hunting is remarkable | its essentially social character, while the pursuit of the big game a even fishing, except under restrictio are mainly for the masculine elemé alone, hunting the fox is as arden fcllowed by women as by men. C reason for this may be that the form are fully conscious that the neat hak the color induced by exercise, and t 4 » of horsemanship, enhance their kauty ever, snore than the alluring Hall-reem attire can do. ‘Many painters have transferred to ¢anvas various incidents in connection ith fox hunting, and certainly few tuations can furnish more _pictur- ‘squeness than it affords. There is the portunity for the delineation of hand- sme mien, lovely women and the fin- specimens of horse fiesh. These, j the hounds in their beautiful irkings and color, grouped around huntsman and whip, with a back- und of some old, ancestrai hall, set 2 the beauty of an English landscape, surety sufficient inspiration for the tinier’s biush; but even these make » no feirer picture than a similar ne in our beautiful Canadian au- . Nowhere can there be found ics of deeper blue, or woods whose — the artist to indulge in a extravagance of color than in Swe the browns, crimsons and Sscis of our maples and oaks bathed the clear, briliiant sunshine. e hunting season generally begins 1 the Saturday following the tenth of sptember, the season lasting for about » months 1:0m this aate. Previous the regular meets there is, of course, siderable cub hunting and general atory work done in order to gec fastiinas into condition, and some of .informal runs in the early morn- ours of the late summer and early in the ordinary hunts. For in- yn one occasion the entire pack, of which had never swum a im their lives, at a signal from sman, gallantly took to the nd crossed a stream of three of a mile or more, ; rse hounds for fox hunting given the ordinary treatment ‘and other game dogs, their regimen being under the most 1 surveillance. The quantity and y of their food are regulated with hing which tends to develop the * eres of endurance, intelligence and ence are most rigidly carried out. are as carefully groomed as the 3 of the hunt, and when returning tsore and weary from a hard day’s » are cleaned and given foot soup ; to encourage them to care for selves; and certainly the appear- fot the pack at the opening of the * season is sufficient reward for opuble and expense which such an ution as the Kennels cannot fail eur. The Montreal pack is partly at the Kennels and partly im- ed, many of them being selections the following famous English Trish packs:—Southwold, Linlith- Blackmore Vale, Belvoir, Grafton, Rod and Gun in Canada Kildare, Galway, Warwickshire, Bglin- ton and Lynesdale. During the season the pack, consist- ing of thirty-five or forty couples, is regularly hunted Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at eleven o'clock in the morning. The country hunted over be- ing upwards of thirty miles in length, the meets frequently occur from 20 to 25 miles from the kennels, in which case both members,. hounds, horses and guests go by rail, in order not to waste the strength of the animals unne- ecessarily. Not infrequently one, two and sometimes three runs and a kill or two is the result of a single day’s hunting. This is a great strain on the staying qualities of both horses and kounds, and in consequence, the keen- est sportsmen require to keep-in their stables several good hunters to meet the demands of the season. The hunts- 85 tongue, as upon these depend the keep- ing of the pack and field together. This club is one of the few in America hunt- ing the genuine wild fox. The English- speaking people of Montreal are not th» only devotees of the chase. Another club, principally French-speaking, with a strong membership, has a fine club heuse and equipment on the south side of the river. There are about 125 mem- bers, with a pack of 30 couples. In the season, therefore, two hunt clubs in the vicinity of Montreal enjoy this grand old sport. Many members of the latter club, descendants of old seigneurs who were the feudal lords of Canada under French rule, gaily canter over the de- mesnes which were the _ seigneurial manors cf their ancestors. The adventure, exhilaration, good fel- lowship and manliness of fox hunting, without doubt place it at the head of Montreal Hunt Club, Sept. 16th, 1899. man and whip are always well mount- ed, six well bred horses being at their disposal. It can readily be seen that nothing but a horse of excellent breed- ing and fine quality can carry a man for ten or twelve hours, without suffi- cient rest and food, over perhaps sevell- ty or even a hundred jumps, in the stiff hunting country in the neighborhood of Montreal, without being of exceptional stamina; nevertheless there are a num- ber of horses in the Montreal Hunt which have done duty of this kind for several successive seasons without any apparent diminution of their powers. The section of country vver which this pack hunts is, as a rule, thickly wooded, so that a remarkably keen scent is required in the hounds as weil as a willingness to give plenty of Photo by Notman al! pastimes, and it is almost impossi- ble tc describe in words to those who have never enjoyed it, what is the fas cination which attends it. The friend- ly emulation for the brush, rush at the fences, admiration of your horse as he gallantly clears a water jump or ditch, ali dashed with just a suspicion of risk and danger, make up a tout ensemble which perhaps no other form of sport can even approach. Apart from the merely pleasurable side, there is also the very important one of the extreme healthfulness of the pursuit, for it is undisputed and supported by medical authority, that nothing so fully aids in the proper physical developnicne of the human frame, proves a panacea for all nervous and mental derangements as the out-of-door exercise, lung gymnas- 86 tics, muscular exertion, and clear, pure air, which are the concomitants of horse-back riding; and these, when on your favorite hunter’s back, with the hounds in front, your friends around you, and the fox in the dim distance, support the claim which is made fcr this diversion that it is, “The sport vz Kings, the image of war, with only twenty-five per cent. of its danger.” THE GAME BIRD OF THE SOUTH. By Reginald Gourlay. The name which heads this article may fairly be claimed by that clever little game bird, the quail. Of course, there are many other finer and larger game birds abundant in the Southern States, as witness the splendid, but alas, rapidiy vanishing wild turkey. Notwithstanding this, the quail is the bird most trequently pursuea by the genuine spo:'tsman who hunts in proper style, with well bred and well broken dogs, all over the South. For one reason, he is very abundant there, more so prooably than in any other part of the world, except, perhaps, Syria (the ancient. Asia Minor), and some parts of Alger.a. ‘his leads me to remark that the quail is by far the most wideiy discribuied of the land game birds (the gallinadae), just as the Wiison snipe is tne species most widely spread over the earth, of the water or marsh game birds. He is found all over North America, rang- ing as far north as Central Ontario, Canada. There are three varieties of quail in North America, the common quail, or “‘Bob White,’ the Virginia quail, a larger and finer bird, and the California quail, or. quail of the Pa- cific coast, a much darker colored bird than the common quail, and a wretch- edly hard bird to shoot, on account of his very unfair habit of taking re- fuge in the dense chapparal in short order when fired at, where it is-prac- tically impossible to hit or even see him. The quail is found in quanti- ties all over Europe, except in North- ern Russia, Norway and Sweden. He is abundant in Northern Africa and in most parts of Asia. Australia, how- ever, knows him not. One marked difference between the American and European bird as regards habits is that the latter is a migratory bird and the former is not. The African quail crosses the Mediterranean in vast flocks, and spreads all over Europe at certain seasons, coming to the English coast in multitudes, and almost at the same time to a day every year. The American bird, on the other hand, finds his own continent quite good enough for him, and therefore ‘“‘bides at hame.” There are many that sneer at the pur- suit of the quail as a kid-glove sort of sport, simply because it is a spe- Rod and Gun cies of shooting that lends itself to the employment of valuable dogs and expensive equipments. The latter, at any rate, are not altogether necessary to get quail, and as to the former, in pursuing any kind of game bird, the better the dog the better the sport. Personally, I prefer the pursuit of the wily woodcock to the hunting of any other game bird, but I can discover no reason to despise for a moment the shooter of quail. If Some of the gen- tlemen who talk. of quail shooting as an easy, kid-gilove sort of sport, had to cut down a scattered bevy in a hilly country, on a good, warm, myggy au- tumn afternoon, in thick, close cover, with plenty of bramble and burs scat- tered about, or had to negotiate a bevy treed in thick second-growth woods, he might possibly alter his views as to the kid-glove nature of the sport. Certainly there is less hardship, as a rule, in quail shooting than in most other species of sport. You have not got to be by the water side in the dark of a cold November morning—and after setting four decoys—to wait for the first white streaks of dawn, incidentally whiling away the time in trying to prevent yourself from freezing to death. Nor have you to traverse such difficult ground and cover as when in pursuit. of the crafty woodcock, or even of the elusive Wilson snipe. Still, as the sportsman shoots, or is supposed to shoot, for pleasure, I can’t see why the comparative lack of hard- ship in quail shooting should be ob- jected to. When fiushed, too, the quail is about as hard to hit as any game bird that flies, especially when in thick, close cover. Then, again, there is no game bird who lies as well before dogs, or who is a better bird to train young dogs on, than the quail. This is surely a great merit. The proper dogs for this species of shoot- ing are well broken setters or pointers. Some of the finest dogs in America— dogs of repute, birth, and eduéation— have received their first training on the quail, and have acquired their subsequent finish, culture, and polish on the trail of this clever little game bird. It is easier, as a general thing, to see your dog work, and therefore to correct faults in a young dog, when they are drawing on quail, than when they afre hunting any other game. For this reason most, if not all, ex- perienced dog-breakers “enter’’ their young dogs on quail. Nearly all field trials, and competitions of highly trained dogs, have also, for similar causes, the quail as the object of the dog’s pursuit. It should also be remembered that, at any rate, in most of the Northern, Middle, and Western States, as in Canada, the quail has decidedly domes- tic tastes, and prefers the clearings and farm lands to “the forest.’ He in Canada _ little bird could be ill-spared in Ame is a bird of the stubbles, and of the “old field,” covered with short brush and brambles. In his pursuit, the sportsman has an opportunity of seins to perfection that beautiful rural scen- ery, which is found at its best only in England, the New England and Mid- die States, and some parts of Canada I: may be remarked that these semi domestic habits of the quail, quently lead to the extinction of whole bevies during the winter in the Nor h- ern States and Canada. The ast granger, observing a large bevy Of quail hanging avout his tarm build. ings, scatters buckwheat about, fina 1aving a sarge quanlicy vl uiS vara floor. When the foolisn birds enter the barn, as they invariably do, soouel or later, our agriculcural rriend gathers in the entire tlock by the sii:pie pro- cess of stealing up and shutting the barn door on them. The reprehensibl practice is indulged in far too often Canada, and is very difficult, for ob- vious reasons, to put a stop to. On the other hand, the quail’s domesti ways render him the easiest of al game birds to rear and preserve, s¢ that his numbers, on the whole, rather on the increase in Americe than otherwise. The flight of the q is swift and gliding. ‘he ground melt away under him, when ue is Lair under way, in a manner that req promptitude and despatch in firing. ‘he noise, too, made by a bevy getting up in a hurry is almost as discon ing to the nerves of the young sports man as the startling whir-r-r of an oli ruffed grouse. So that, on the whol it is quite an easy trick to miss a quail He is an undeniably excelient bird ge the table, as every one snows, hi merits in that line being more univer sally appreciated than those, for stance, of the woodcock. “fake h for all and all,” therefore, this fin ica. Fortunately there seems to little reason at present to dread extinction. He is so easily reared an preserved, and increases so rapid! when taken care of, that there is ever reason to believe that “he will alway be with us,” which is a fair subjec for congratulation, both to the “bh vivant” and the sportsman. 4 €$YOOOOHOOOOOOOOHOOOOHOOOOS Light Work | Rta" | and in this Gun’s”? Big Pay. issue. Premium OOODODOOOOGDOOOOGOOOOSOOOOS Offers AROM Belgravia to British Columbia 4 seemed a long and arduous journey to one whose travels had not ex- tended further than from London the capitals of France and Italy. the Old Country one hardly rea- zes the vast extent of that Province, ad the question as to which city or strict we had to fix upon as our goal ally floating hotels, and put to shame the Old Country Channel boats. The scenery on the Arrow Lakes is very beautiful, but unfortunately it was raining the whole time we were on the steamer, and thick mists hung over the hills. Since then we have had an opportunity of seeing the Arrow Lakes in all the glory of a summer day, a sight never to be forgotten. We ar- ume a serious one; besides we to be able to fix on some place we could obtain good sport as >I as attend to our business. yur destiny was to be Nelson, the tropolis of the Kootenays. This was od, for the river there was at our jor, whereas the Vancouver Island fers were some distance from the skip the journey, but at last we ar- l at Revelstoke, where our party sbanded, and we joined the Columbia Vestern branch, which brings you he Arrow Lakes, to Nelson. e Arrow Lake steamers are liter- Kootenay Falls, near Nelson, B. C. ‘rived in Nelson exactly fourteen days from the time we left London. Nelson is a picturesque little town of ‘some 4,000 souls, situated on the west arm of the Kootenay Lake. This arm narrows into a river about two miles below Nelson. The town is only of nine or ten years’ growth. It has more of the air of stability than an average min- ing town has, and bids fair to become one of the principal residential and supply cities of British Columbia. The wants of the angler are well attended to, as nearly every other store in the town has a display in the window of some sort of fishing tackle. Flies of Rod and Gun in Canada 87 every description may be bought there, and very fair rods, too. There are one or two excellent hotels, a first-rate club, and a fair-sized colony of English so- ciety, though the Canadian predomin- ates. With alittle capital to invest in real estate and dividend-paying mines, a man can live an ideal life in Nelson (that is if he is an angiler—as all well- balanced individuals should be) on a comparatively small income. The river has a great fascination for Nelsonians. Everyone seems to fish a little. There are times, when the fish- ing is-good, that the biggest duffer can fill his creel if only he happens upon a good place. \ It was about the second week in May when we arrived in Nelson, a little early for good angling, but still, we are ETS 0) nth gdh Wi 2 ha lath Saat we S told, there was a chance of fair sport at that time of the year, in certain parts of the lake. The letter of introduction and the kindness of mine host of the hotel where we sojourned brought us acquaintances and much information concerning the angling, ending in an invitation to spend the week-end at a place called Balfour, about twenty-two miles from Nelson, and situated at the point where the west arm of the lake joins the main lake. This part of the lake is known locally as “The Nar- rows,’ and at times the fishing there is very good. Our host had a good- sized fruit ranch there, with a com- 88 fortable little house, by the water side. There is a good hotel at Balfour, a well- known resort for local anglers. South of the junction of the west arm and the main lake there is a large bay, known as Queen’s Bay. In Lhis bay the charr congregate at certain times of the year, and when we arrived there the Indians were camping on the lake shore for the sake of the charr fishing. The journey to Balfour from Nelson is accomplished by steamer. The scenery on all sides on the jour- ney from Nelson to Balfour is magni- ficent. Dark pine-covered hills, alter- nating with precipitous rocky slopes, and here and there a patch of bright olive green, marking where the under- growth has readorned the portions of the forest which have been devastated by forest fires, makes the foreground. In the distance mighty snow-capped peaks, rising one above the other, bath- ed in the sunshine, complete the har- monious landscape. One mountain in particular, called Kokanee Peak, not unlike the Jung- frau, strikes the eye. Though the sum- mit is some thirty miles distant from the lake, the clear atmosphere enables one to see plainly a larger glacier cn one of these spurs. We arrived at Bal- four about half-past five. Our host’s house was close to the landing stage, so the “transfer” was easily accom- phshed. It was arranged that we should at once start fishing and dine late in rhe evening. We decided, however, to row up to the main lake and see what pro- giess the noble red men were making in reducing the number of charr in the © lake. About a quarter of an hour's rowing brought us to Queen’s Bay, where we saw six or seven Indian can- oes, each manned by two or more ““Siwashes,’” who were busily engaged trolling with hand lines for the large cbharr. We hailed one of the craft, and our host questioned the occupants in “Chinook” (the vernacular of the In- dans there) as to what sport they had been having. They had been doing fairly well, though the best of the sea- som was over. We saw seven fine charr in this can- oe, the largest of which would weigh about fourteen pounds, the smallest six or seven pounds. The fish were in splendid condition, and as far as we could judge were the species known as the Great Northern charr (salmo al- pinus). The Indians use a small trout or white fish for a bait and about sixty yards of line, which is heavily weight- ed: the fish lie in deep water and the bait must swim near the bottom in order to catch the heavy fish. The Indians move along at a fairly smart Rod and Gun in Canada pace when trolling, about the same rate as one sails when fishing for mack- erel. We watched our friends fishing for about half an hour, but only on. fish was taken—not a large one—and they gave up the chase for that day. We rowed well out into the lake to see the view. The sun had sunk to the level of the tops of the western hills and here the scene baffled description. We knew the lakes of Great Britain, Switz- A Native and his Kiwash. erland and Italy well, but this lake of Kootenay was beyond comparison with aught that we had seen before. The enormous expanse of water, the clear- ness of the atmosphere, the variety of coloring, the startling ruggedness of the distant mountains, the peaceful wooded slopes in the immediate neigh- borhood, the changing tints as the sun slowly sank behind the hills, ending in a harmony of deep violet,—well, we rested on our oars and gazed, and, in reverence to the gorgeous nocturne pre- sented to us by nature, relapsed into silence. Balfour, Showing Hotel. We rowed home in the dusk, but our: hearts were too full to discuss what we had seen, and not till after the cheery meal, when we sat round to do justice to the material comforts of whiskey and water and tobacco, did’ we dare refer to it. We then spoke of it as matter-of-fact individuals, for our ar- tistic senses had been dulled by ad- little time before we succeeded in de- ministering to our bodily wants, But still the picture was engraven indelibly in one memory at least, and remains ‘here as one of the landmark’s of life's journey. . We woke early the next day, ané after a plunge in the lake, which took our breath away, so icy cold was thé water, lit the kitchen stove, made some tea, and were off before some of the party had yet awakened. The trout began to rise merrily, but it was,som luding one. We held a post-mortem 01 him and found hhim full of large olive duns and larvae of the May-fly witl a few of the latter flies in their fi costume, i.e. “sub-imagines.”’ The} seemed greener and smaller than the May flies found on the chal streams of the Old Country, the bod 2 and legs being of distinctly olive hue. We returned to the house and dresse¢ a few imitations, ordinary rough-bodie¢ olive duns on No. 3 hooks, and flat winged May-flies with bodies of dye clive condor feather, ribbed with gol twist, golden olive hackles and sum- mer duck wings; and to make them a little more attractive we added a few sprigs of scarlet ibis by way of a tail. Breakfast ensuing gave time for the varnish on the flies to dry. In fron of the house the current was "1) strong, forming a back eddy about 301 yards long. At the edge of the bac! eddy and the current we could see th fish rising. Pushing our boat into the stream and paddling with one oar s as to keep just at the edge of the bac! eddy we found we could float slowl; down and then return up in the back eddy. And then the fun began. Ou new confections evidently tickled tl fancy of the trout and they began te repay us for our trouble. +e By lunch time we had a number | fish, the weights of which varied fre three-quarters to two pounds. trout in Kootenay Lake belong to th species known as “salmo purpuratus, 'They are beautiful fish to look at, sil very as a salmon fresh from the a few spots showing along the bac! symmetrical in shape, a faint shadi1 of rainbow tints extending down sides -from the bills to the tail. Fo sporting qualities they are unequall by any other member of the family ¢ Salmonidae, and, for those who lil trout, are excellent table fish. Occa sionally fish over two pounds are ‘ with the fly but not often. By trol ing in the deep water much larger fii may be caught. We saw one durin our stay at Balfour which weig ie fourteen pounds; it was caught with copper spoon-bait. aa Our host informed us that trout fro1 twenty to thirty pounds in weight ha been caught on the troll in the ma lake. ‘ In ‘the afternoon a strong wind prang up, making the management of he boat extremely difficult, and, as here were others of the party who were ot keen anglers, we left the fish alone or the rest of the day, tied some more li talked, went for a stroll in ie woods, then developed into lo- : eaters till it was evening, hen we got into the boat for ‘row up to the lake to feast our 8 once more on the magnificent scen- - How we revelled in the much de- | and much required rest; for we toiled in the great metropolis for me years and were weary of men and } e turmoil and everlasting hurrying lo | fro of the mighty city. Here we alone with nature; we had put ocean and the greater part of a mt between us and the scene of — life with ail its disappoint- its sorrows and its failures; and s free from the old life, free from Sebumnte in which we had been ali ; vanquished, free to begin a new ence in a new country, ani our were renewed, our hearts reju- ted and we were glad. Nhe next morning the wind was again verse to the angler so we dallied un- il the mid-day sun dispelled the storm the fish began to pay their atten- to the May flies again. We triei Eipaint where the West Arm forms Le e junctions with the main lake where Bo fewer but larger fish.. we drifted down to the eddy ont of the house again, and after wing landed some beauties we stop- ‘d for the day, as we had as many 4s ould be able to dispose of. We had arranged to return to Nelsov following morning but, as the mer left at 10 a.m., we determined early and get some more fish e grey mist hung over the water n we awoke and the sun had lot ‘risen. This was what we wanted, i we dressed hurriedly and pushed ‘gp out into the mid-stream in or- to see the “rosy fingered dawn” in iC LY + he Rae gradually lightened, a pale y light though, for as yet the sun S invisibie. Then a streak of pale was seen to dart over the lowest the peaks in the east. There was a igh in the trees and we seemed to the wheels of a chariot rolling the clouds of mist. Was that hon urging his steeds through the above us? A shout from our Peccalled to us the fact that we , | forgotten to take our rod. How- er we were not long in making good defect and we speedily got to . By 9 o'clock we had a good of fish, No doubt we could killed many more had we worked and more systematically but SS 8 Aa r fe z lis | a E la f i “eg ta %i b | <00 ra le of tt | aeth [7 ‘tht es 1 bing ha y i Rod and Gun in Canada we had no desire to break records. We were there to enjoy ourselves, to re- freshen our minds, as well as the mus- cles of our wrists, and we had certain- ly made the most of our opportunities. How we hated the steamer when she presently hove in sight for we wanted to stay on indefinitely. Perchance we might find here some Lethean stream in which we could drown all memories of the past and begin our lives o'er again in this enchanting spot. But we had business to attend to at Nelson, and after all we were but as spoilt children who yearn for more pleasure until they become satiated; so we con- soled ourselves with promises of more visits in the future. But after all Bal- four is not the only place of enjoy- ment for the angler in British Colum- bia. The new Crow’s Nest branch cf the Canadian Pacific Railway con- necting Nelson with the main line at Balfour. The ‘‘ Narrows.” Dunmore was shortly to be construct- ed, opening up the valleys of the Muyie and Elk Rivers, renowned for game of all sorts and magnificent scenery. Then we would visit the coast, Vancouver Is- JIend, Harrison River and lake and other places that we knew already by reports. We have only partially kept to our resolutions, for our time has been limited and the every day necessities of life leave but little margin for trav- etling expenses., Still we have had some: happy wanderings, have seen meny beautiful places in British Col- umbia, have had first rate sport with beth rod and gun during our brief so- journ in that Province. But whenever we are tired and wish to be alone we seek our erstwhile host and diplomat- ically converse with him until our ob- ject is attained, namely, the use of his heuse at Balfour for a week end. For 89 the charm and attractiveness of that place is ever the same; the same com- parion is ever with us, for without her our holiday there would be devoid of happiness; and we live over #gain those first days of Elysium of which we have given an imperfect and incom- plete record. NEW JERSEY SEEKS TO REDEEM HERSELF. In speaking of that pestiferous in- sect, the mosquito, the Newark (N.J.) Sunday Call quotes the Independent, as follows: ‘“ ‘Not all mosquitos are in- fected with the bacillus that causes dis- ease, and different kinds of mosquitos produce different varieties of malarial fever;’”’ and then goes on to say: “But we cannot stop to dissect and micro- scopically examine the mosquito that is biting us. He must be exterminated. This is now possible. He breeds in stagnant water. Minnows find their food in his larvae. Put small fish in your ponds. Drain your waste swamps. Why should the Hoboken and Hacken- sack meadows poison all the mosquito- bitten cities about? A little kerosene oil at the proper time, dropped on the surface of a pool that has no minnows, will kill the larvae as they rise to the surface. This is a matter not for in- dividual enterprise alone,but we shall find it a part of the duty of our state or local government to destroy the mosquito. Our Departments of Agri- culture, through their entomological bureaus, will tell us just how and when to prosecute this war of extermination against one of the worst nuisances from which men suffer.” oOo9° Disciples of Ananias will appreciate the following: A former Sultan—so runs the story—offered a golden ball for ly- ing. Many lied to him, but the Sultan replied that he could himself lie better. Finally an aged man from Angora ap- ~ peared before him with a large jar on his shoulders. ‘Your father,’’ he said, “borrowed a jar like this full of gold from my father, and said that you would repay the gold to his son.” ‘‘Im- possible,” said the Sultan. “If the story be true,” replied the pilgrim, “pay your father’s debt; if impossible, I have won the golden ball.” The Sul- tan at once awarded him the prize.— London Truth. O99 We have received the fourth edition of the Digest of the Ontario Game and Fishing Laws, by A. H. O’Brien, M.A. It is issued under the authority of the Ontario Fish and Game Departments, and is up to date and correct, and has a variety of cross references so that any one the least skilled in such mat- ters can ascertain all the essential facts about any portion of the Ontario game and fish laws. Price 25 cents. gO ALGONQUIN PARK. Ontario’s Great Game Preserve. Mr. G. W. Bartlett, superintendent of A'gonquin Park, the Province of On- tario’s great game preserve, supplies the following information regarding that delightful spot:— The park covers a territory of 2,000 square miles, and is a veritable sports- man’s paradise, and, like paradise, ad- mission. is not for everyone. The object aimed at in its establish- ment was the preservation of the nat- ural game animals of: the country, and to that end shooting, trapning or tak- ing game of any kind is absolutely prohibited. The park is intended asa sanctuary for game and the reproduc- tion of game, but there vre no restric- tions as te fishing legitimately. The cost of its maintenance to the Ontario Government is about $6,000 per year. There is a staff of ten rangers to en- fcrce the Government’s regulations therein. The Quebec Government has gener- ously provided the park with a herd of caribou; moose and _ red deer are plentiful, the latter hav- ing been caught by the superin- tendent; beaver are being intro- duced in the streams; the capercailzie, or old country grouse, the white part- ridge, or arctic ptarmigan, in addition to the ordinary game birds of the coun- try, are thoroughly domesticated; a herd of elk roam the reservation, and the only failure yet met with was the attempt to acclimatize the English pheasant. This bird, being a ground feeder, does not adapt itself to its new surroundings. Duck are plentiful, and wild rice has been sown for their spe-— cial use. : Probably the most exciting duty which devolves on the superintendent and his staff is the detection and ar- rest of pot hunters and poavhers. The park regulations provide that not more than one rifle, or fowling piece, and revolver, shaill be carried by any party of visitors, and these are not to be used unless for self-defence against animals. The old trappers and settlers of the district who have roamed the reserva- tion for years, do not understand the erder of things inaugurated when the park was established in 1894. They still persist in poaching, and several] have been caught in the act this yea”. Sometimes they surrender and some- times they fight, but the result is the same—confiscation of guns, traps, etc., and a fine of $100 or imprisonment. With a view to the accommodatior Rod and Gun in Canada of fishing parties, the rangers have erected a number of shelter houses at intervals in the park, and the superin- tendent is deluged with inquiries from American sportsmen looking for a few weeks’ outing, with good fishing thrown in. As to the privilege of fishing there is only one restriction, and that is a permit from the superintendent. The lakes are well stocked with salmon trout, ‘pike and other coarse fish; the tributary streams to the lakes are alive with brook trout, and the fishing gen- erally is unsurpassed in America, Some idea of the extent to which the breed- ing and development of trout has been carried on may be had from the fact that, hundreds of thousands of white fish fry are being planted in the lakes simply as food for the superior game. Cache Lake is the headquarters of the National Park. This point is about 165 miles from Ottawa, and the On- tario Government will shortly be asked to change the name of the depot to Al- gorquin. WHY DON’T YOU GO? All the afternoon I have been sitting on the broad porch of a very civilized hotel, wishing I was back again in the country of the salmon and the moose, where one can live the life of a man and be deeply thankful for every breath he takes. Now I have been driven in- doors by the chatter of a returned vol- unteer officer who is thrilling a group of girls with the story of his suffering in camp somewhere, being compelled to eat pork and beans and hardtack, and sleep in a tent, without even a cot under him. I have a great desire to kick this young man. [ do not regard tent life as a hardship. Perhaps 1] should not be angry, because my camp- ing is never enforced, and I can select my own tenting ground. To my mind there is only one real camping country, and that is the great wilderness of the North. Wherever I go I carry in my valise a big map of Cenada, and when my mind is disturb- ed I spread out the map of that earthly paradise and my heart flies away, like a wild duck in the spring, leaving every trouble behind. Land of the sunshine and the snow, how big and splendaia and sweet you are, my sweetheart! Surely the God of all the earth never made any other country like you. After one has seen Canada, it’s like having kissed the prettiest girl you ever saw. She spoils everybody else for you. Devote ten years to the wilderness from Labrador to Lake Superior, and you will never care much for any other place on earth. You will only wish you had a thousand years to live, so you could really see the rest of that coun- try. Nobody can tell you about it. You must see it for yourself. You must wake up in the tent and hear the sal- mon jump in the Mingan. You must drift down the dead water in Ve pitchy night, in the heart of the Ne we Brunswick woods, and hear the bull moose roar and grunt, and rush at each other like devils, till all that keeps the hair from bristling along your back i the absence of the hair, a Go to lovely Lake St. John if yO will, where you may catch the ouana- niche unawares in front of the hold 31 That is too easy for me. I would ratty I try for him in Mistassini. 9 Watch the caribou as like sitet hey file up the rocky passes of the Bal Mountains. Try to determine by ex perience the relative merits of a Mira: michi pirogue and an Ottawa. birch: bark, and see, finally, that each is fit- ted to its environment, the evolution countless generations of experience. — Seduce the guileless trout which stil swim unharmed in the lakes back > Georgian Bay and Superior. Swing you legs to the “clitter-clatter” of snow- shoes on the glassy crust. le Encamp in a foot of snow, in an op el tent, before a fire of green birch log; and learn what it is to be really wari and comfortable. = These are some of the things you ca do, and thereby learn how you hay wasted your previous life. a Some years ago the eminent car professor who settles disputes ab casino and pinochle for the New Yo Sun sadly queried: “Why will me waste their time over all these foolis games when they might play poker?” When I see men with time a money, who fool around Newport a Long Branch, and mountain hote who wear red coats and do various id things, I wonder what they are thin ing of. They might be camping o with the best guide and cook in N Brunswick, with a mink watching steal the grilse out of the spring h close by. , When I come to my last camp-f and no more behold the rising sun hope I shall go where they will have carry me out in the bottom of a can And whether death catches me in 1 bed or in a foaming rapid, or no m ter where, my last regret will not that I leave wife or friends, bec: these, please God, I shall see again. will be that never more, so far ‘ a: have any means of knowing, shall ‘eyes behold the sweep of the dark gr Northern hills or my sleep be swe ened by the rush of the nearby rap. or my senses lulled by the incense the balsam and the spruce.—F ed Irland in Forest and Stream. | W. Gaulke won the Amateur Championship of Wisconsin, with 25 straight. Rod and Gun in Canada FRU py aos THE GUN. Conducted by “ Bob White,” ao al it epeating Shot Guns. spective merits of double-bar- d breechloaders and repeaters subject of much vigorous sion by the admirers of each. @ agree with one side or the interchange of views on the . Each style of arm doubt- e F cdvantegs over the other, y e’egant little hammerless er, I cannot forget the fact price of my gun ! could sed a whole battery of re- hen our conservative Eng- s champion it, the repeater » some good qualities to re- and the following letter by wn correspondent to the Shooting Times, “Canon is in point: rime ago I had the pleasure a certain length upon the defects of repeating shot is obvious that this type of uch decried by sume shoot- their employment denounced anlike; but are they aware undle, say, a Winchester re- greater amount of skill and tice is required than is gen sed? What is prettier watch a first-class marksman vn the first two-on-coming of a covey, when they soar ve a raised fence, then, making ce, cut down two more of the L partridges? This feat, to my delight, I witnessed several _ year. Strange to say, the to take exception to my prowess was the user of two rless ejectors, which he succeed- ing tant bien que mal, by of a loader! Of course, a four- hammerless, 20-bore, costing must necessarily be the thing, a repeater, costing a paltry fiver, is ) iter’s machine. I must con- t t I fail to detect the difference \ having recourse to three dou- drive or making use of a sin- that can do the work of three effectually, and without assist- from loaders. If the users of re- ‘shot-guns are to be exposed to ntable attacks, they may con- selves; some of the most not- en and crack shots do not 5-388 use any other kind; among them we count S. A. le Prince de Monaco, who has long ago discarded double towling pieces for an American repeater. The Winchester repeating shot, gun, model 1897, is, to my knowledge, the most per- fect sample of this class of arms. A similar pattern was introduced in 1893, but owing to some slight defects of | construction, which clearly became ap- parent to experts, it has now been re- placed by an improved model, which embodies one vital modification, viz., a new recoil lock, and other additions of minor importance, such as a new eartridge guide, which now entirely prevents the escape of the shell when the gun is turned sideways when load- ing. Thanks to an ingenious contriv- ance, the weapon may be taken down and packed in a leg-of-mutton case as readily as a double. This consti- tuies a valuable improvement, for bar- rels of different lengths and different styles of boring may be fitted to the weapon. An excellent combination for abroad is the following: 30in. cylinder, interchangeable rifled barrel,designed to soot spherical and'conical balis, with light or heavy loads, or 1 1-40z. shot if. desired; two 28in. full choked and 32in. full choked barrels, both being regu- lated for the same charge: (1 J-44z). The performance of the arm is highly cred- itable, and can bear comparison with that of the best English models. Great care should be exercised in the choice of suitable cases, as it must be borne in mind that the gun is an ejector and must be treated as ‘such. Shells that expand ‘in an undue man- ner on firing should be care- fully eschewed, as they strain the right land extractor to such an extent as to tear it away in time. Cases with ex- tra thick rims must be avoided; they are a fruitful source of jamming and injury to the mechanism. Messrs. Eley’s and Kynoch's ejectors work easily and smoothly, but to those who require a cheaper case the Winchester repeater shell,, better known in this country as the Nimrod cartridge, ean be highly commended for or- dinary shooting. Any load. of smokeless powder that. can be properly loaded in a 2 1-2 or 2 3-4 case may be used in this gun, but it is bet- ter not to aihere to the proportions of black utilised by ‘the Americans whenever No. 4 or 2 appear to me OI amply sufficient, as the setting up Eng- lish powders are tried. Three drachms of C..and H. of a high initial pres- sure interferes with the rapid opening of the breech. When resorting to Nor- mal, I should advise 34 grains in water- proof cases, 33 in Kynoch’s, and 36 in 2 3-4 pigeon cartridges, the maximum load of shot not exceeding 1 1-4oz., with 36 grains, of course; but to all intents and purposes, loz. propelled by 30 grains is all that is required this time of the year. My whole experi- ence of the powder may be condensed in two words: Better use a smali charge and burn it integrally than a larger weight that may. oniy be con- sumed imperfectly. * * * Stray Shots. J. A. R. Elliott continues to demon- strate the good shooting qualities of tke Winchester pump gun, which evi- dently is ali right if held right. On September 21 he defeated Chas. Zivir- lein, of Nardville, N.J., for the cast iron, medal, with 95 to’ 81, and on Sep- tember 19th won a century of green- backs from Mr. Buckwalter, Royers- ford, Pa., with a score of 96 to 92. Each contest was at 100 live pigeons, 30 yards rise. * > * ' A very interesting feature of the tournament of the Brant Co. Rod and Gun Club, at Brantford, September 4th and 5th, was the contest for a hand-. scme gold medal awarded the shooie: making the highest average in events 2; 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10, first day, and 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10, second day, in all 285 targets. Mr. Charles Summerhayes, of Brantford, won the medal, with a score of 245 or 85.9 per cent. Mr. George Price, St. Williams, won second place, Mr. A. B. Outliffe, Brantford, third and Mr. Chas. Montgomery, Brantford, fourth, each receiving a can of gold dust. . Mr. H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, for lowest score got a box of cigars. * * » i Mr. H. Corby, M.P., has presented a handsome silver cup for competition between the gun clubs of the Belle- ville district. It was shot for recently by the Belleville Gun Club and Well- man’s Corner Club and won by the for- mer with a score of 76 to 61. There were 10 men on each side. oie. Se Harrow, (Ont.), Gun Club, held their first annual tournament, Sept. 15th. The purses were divided on Equitable and Rose systems and gave great satis- faction. High averages were as fol- lows out of 150 shot at: F. H. Can- over, (Leamington), 120; A. Reid, (Wal- kerville, 118; J. T. Miner, (Kingsville), 110; W. A. Smith, (Kingsville), 109; and. Thos. Reid, (Walkerville), 97. Q2 Two accidents at trap shooting tour- naments, both fatal, are reported re- cently, one at Wilkesbarre, Pa.. on September 4, when David L. Lewis, a 14 year old boy, was accidentally shot and killed, and the other the same day at Michigan City, Ind., when Joseph Dunphy, who was acting as referee, was so seriously wounded that he died the fullowing day. Both cases were purely accidental, but the moral is that too great care cannot be exercised by shooters at a tournament, and they should always see that the business end of a gun is never directed towards a human target. s ae * J. A. R. Elliott defeated W. R. Cros- by for the St. Louis Republic Cup on October 4th with 100 straight kills to 97. Mr. Elliott’s fine work makes a world’s record for the pump gun on live birds, although he had previously equall- ed this performance with another style . of scatter gun in a.contest some years ago with Dr. Carver. John Parker’s eighth annual inter- national live-bird and target tourna- ment, held at Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19- 22, was well attended, particularly by gun and ammunition experts. No Canadians took part in the shoot, ex- cept incidentally, so that the inter- national character of the shoot was lost. ‘Blake’ won the individual tar- get trophy, with 25 straight; Crosby and Bingham won the twoman team trephy, with 49 out of 50, and Herkes won the expert trophy, with 47 out, of 50. W. R. Elliston, Nashville, Tenn., won the Gilman & Barnes international live bird trophy by grassing in a gamy way 388 birds in succession before he could shake off his closest competitor, W. R. Crosby. s s td The programme of the Alexandria (La.) Rod and Gun Club states that the club will endeavor to furnish quails for the live bird events, and the Amer- ican Field comments upon the fact as follows: “This tourmament, while un- der the auspices of the Alexandria Rod and Gun Club, is really given by the Rapids Fair and Racing Associa- tion, the secretary of which says in his announcement that ‘the associa- tion desires this shoot to be one that will be long remembered in sporting circles,’ which it probably will be, and if quails are to be used, it should be so well ramembered by every true sportsman in Louisiana that not a man will be present to participate, and the members of the Alexandria Rod and Gun Club, if they are sportsmen, should repudiate the whole affair. The mere thought of shooting quails from a trap should: be repulsive to every lover .of field shooting, and no man who is proud that he belongs to that Rod and Gun in Canada noble, whole-souled brotherhood known as sportsmen should so far forget him- self as to be guilty of shooting quails at the trap. Pigeons, crows and Eng- lish sparrows are legitimate targets To for trap shooting, but not quails.” all which we fervently say, Amen. Lake Megantic District. By Fi. ieee MLAS VAI Very few persons are aware of the fact that a pleasant railway journey of barely six hours’ duration will transport them from the crowded streets of Montreal to the confines of “the forest primeval, Where, the murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards _that rest on their bosoms.” There is a district in the Province of Quebec, bordering on the frontiers of the State of Maine, better known to the citizens of the great republic than to Canadians, whose heritage it is. The vicinity of Lakes Me- gantic and Maccannamac — or Spider Lake, the Geneva of Canada—and the lakelets known as Trout Lake, Rush Lake, and Beaver Pond, is without a rival in the north-eastern portion of the continent for pretty scenery and as a hunting ground for game, big and little. The scenery is not piquant or sensational, but there is a strange at- traction in the soft outlines of its hills, and in the primeval repose and restfulness of its vales and woodlands, almost unique. The altitude of this lake district above sea level renders its air most invigorating, and its springs and streams and lakes sparkle with the coolest, clearest and purest water. To the disciple of the gentle Walton —‘The Compleat Angier’—does this region offer exceptional facilities, in lake and river, pond and brook. The “lordly salmon” and his landlocked brother await the true fisherman, and the speckled, or square-tail trout, the lake trout or “lunge’’—scaling up to fifteen pounds and more—the black bass, rock bass, and the perches and carps literally abound in these waters. Mounted specimens, in various camps and clubhouses, convince, by reason of their size and weight, those who would otherwise regard the unconfirm- ed recital ‘of such dimensions as ‘fishy stories.’”’ But in this region the fisherman is no longer constrained to — worship at the shrine of the angler’s deity—Ananias—for the truth, “in the altogether,” would suffice even Baron n Munchausen. <3 Moase and caribou and deer t verse the leafy avenues which cross and recross their demenses. Moo se, less numerically as comports 1 their kingly station as monarchs of the forest. Caribou, in two families- those of the woodland and those the barren tracts—the Arctic caribou or reindeer—more plentiful than moo but at all times the shyest and fle est of deer. They migrate toward the south in the fall, but in the early weeks of open season the hunter whi is patient and alert is sure of his re- ward. Deer are most plentiful; th domain is everywhere in this reg Some guides even guarantee to tk patrons the full number of deer | lowed by law. The fleet-footed inl mals come out into the clearings ¢ are quite often to be seen brov ng with the cattle about the farmste Hares and rabbits people the m: of the clearings, and afford fine for the nimble but less ambitious h ter. Other game finds a home in vicinity of Lake Megantic. The blacl bear, the Canada lynx, the red fo: and, occasionally, the silver fox, ar to be seen on almost every excursic in the forest, and it is now report that the timber wolf has again mad his appearance in the neighborhood * Nor of feathered game is there an, dearth. Partridge, grouse, woodcock snipe, duck and geese are numerou and, in season, always a sure bag f the sportsman. But it is not alone to the studen of nature or to the hunter or fish = man that this region opens wide he gates. As a health resort it canno be spoken of in terms of praise high. cote It is a mistake to suppose that ub will not eat offal. They are the s¢ engers of the deep. They will eat a kind of flesh. A dead body will fatt 3 a hundred crabs. They are baited wit putrid tripe. They will eat all sum mer, except when shedding or i The hard crab never sleeps, but alwaj eats. Their claws may be called hané but it is the sole business of thei hands to convey food to the mow when not in use for defensive purpost Crabs will eat each other if confined a peterboat in the water. It is wonde ful how much they do eat, and a mj tery what they do withit. Puta 1-2 crab in a livebox with an alewife the evening and in the morning it ¥ be found that the crab has eaten t fish, and it is still a 1-2lb. crab, Dl possibly an ounce.—Baltimore Sun, — Rod and Gun in Canada RUD yyy ' AT THE KENNELS \ Conducted by D. Taylor. it | T )Y a resolution come to atthe annual 9 _ meeting of the American Kennel — Club, held Sept. 21, English cham- _ pion dogs are hereafter to be barred a competing in the novice class. is a step in the right direction, ‘will no doubt, in the course of have the effect of largely in- ng the number of exhibitors in lass. To say the least, it was discouraging to a beginner in the to find that a dog which had d the highest honors on the other f the pond was placed on equal with his own, now shown for the - time. An amateur is led to ex- bit for the first time mainly through s own opinion of his dog—which, by way, may often be a highly ex- ated one—not from the idea of spective gain, and also to find le verdict of a recognized expert. If e only gets a “C” in good company satisfied; if a ‘“H C” he is both d and satisfied, and if a ‘“V H C” ngs in the seventh heaven of de- -, button-holing every friend he to talk over its merits, and end- > by insisting on them having a wt it. But too often, in the larger 3, at all events, the amateur finds ‘dog has to compete against a well- Wn prize-winner specially imported >the purpose. This gives him a set- k from which he is not likely to CO for some time, unless he is eptionally enthusiastic. But now is all changed, and the beginner have the satisfaction of knowing he will not be handicapped by = to compete against foreign entered as novices. An can bred prize-winner had _ not 2 same privilege, and it is hard to derstand the raison d’etre of why ; rule was not adopted before. It w in order for the C. K. C. to Ov the example set by its American ie re he |; 4a ah of much interest to dog-fan- has just been decided in the Cir- t Court of Birmingham, Ala. On 27th day of October, 1897, Mr. T. T. iford, of that city, shipped to J. M. ans, at Hickory Valley, Tenn., the istered pointer Balsora, a field trials -winner. The run between the points is generally covered in enty-four hours, but the unfortunate limal was shunted from station to og n, and it was fifty-four hours be- 2 she reached her destination. Upon VLONLS Da dia ie ciel om < ——-— being taken from the crate it was found that a case of uraemic poisoning had been developed by the long con- finement. This was followed by pa- ralysis, which was followed by the dog’s death. Mr. Ashford sued for $250, and the jury returned a verdict for the full amount. The claim was based on the assertion that the dog did not receive proper attention, and that she should have been removed from the crate to allow the exercise of a function of nature. This decision is another recognition of the dog as a valuable animal in dollars and cents, and it also establishes the liability of a common carrier for negiect to give degs proper and humane attention while in transit from one shipping point to another. A correspondent writes us that he has a small litter of collie puppies about three months old that gives him scme concern as to the position of their ears. At one time, he says, they ap- pear all right; at another one of them will be up (almost prick) and the other hanging down, and asks us what we think about it. Well, we would say to our correspondent that he need not trouble himself about a matter like that, for the present at least. The same symptoms are observable in all puppies of that age, and is no criterion of what they will turn out to be when they get five or six months’ older. It is only then when the ears should as- sume the proper conformation. The bench show under the auspices of the Peterborough Kennel Club was held on the exhibition grounds Wednes- day, 27th September. Notwithstand- ing the fact that it was only a “ribbon show,” with a number of medals thrown in, there was a creditable number of entries, over 100 dogs being benched. Several of the classes were well filled, notably in foxhounds, gles, cocker spaniels, fox terriers, and collies. Taken altogether, the exhibit was an excellent one, and well patron- ized by the public. The judging was done by Mr. H. Parker Thomas, Belle- ville, in fox terriers, setters, spaniels, and bull terriers; Mr. C. Y. Ford, Kingston, in all other classes. Mr. Joseph Reid, Logan’s Farm, was the only exhibitor from Montreal, and he scored a success with his fine collie, “Apple Blossom,’’ in the open class bitches, and came second to ‘Laurel Laddie” in the winners. ‘“‘Appy” also landed the special (a medal) for the best collie bitch in the show. bea- , 93 Notes. The American Pet Dog Club’s third annual show is booked tor Novemper 23 and 80 and December 1. The Philadelphia Dog Show Associa- tion’s first annual bench show will be held at Philadelphia, Pa., November 22, 23, 24 and 25. The Montreal Canine Association— the name which the joint stock asso- ciation recently formed has chosen to be known by—has applied for a charter from the city. As soon as this has been obtained officers, ete., will be elected. Messrs. McAllister & Hungerford’s recently imported collie, ‘Laurel Lad- die,” was shown at the Peterborough show, held last month, and was again very successful, securing first in open degs and winner class (dogs and bitches), and silver medal for the best collie dog. ‘This is the third time ‘“Lad- die” has been shown since his arrival in this country, and he has won out every time. Mr. F. W. Jacobi, the secretary of the Canadian Fox Terrier Qlub, has furnished a contemporary some par- ticulars from the annual statement. He writes: ‘‘The past year has been the most prosperous the club has ever had. Mr. G. M. Carnochan has presented the club with a cup to be known as the grand challenge cup, this cup to always remain the property of the elub, and a medal will be given in commemora- tion of each win. Mr. G. H. Gooder- ham, the president, has also donated a cup ‘to be known as the president’s cup, with the same conditions ag the grand challenge cup. It is the inten- tion of the club to offer silver medals as well as the cups, and with the large list of specials that are offered, the club should not fail to increase in mem- bership.”” The financial condition of the club is also satisfactory. There was a surplus of $135.25 from the spring show, and when all expenditures are added up the club still has in hand $107.77, to say nothing of the cups und trophies, which make such a hand- some display at Toronto shows. The cash specials given by the club to the three fall shows amounted to $40. ¢ 2 e Dog Chat. We will suppose a good many read- ers of Rod and Gun have read Rua- yard Kipling’s story of the dog steal by Privates Terence Mulvaney and Leroyd, and how a vicious and worth- less mongrel was, by the art of Pri- vate Stanley Ortheris, so transformed as to bear a close resemblance to a _handsome fox terrier belonging to an officer of the regiment, which a weal- thy lady had set her heart upon pos- sessing—by fair means if possible, if not, then by any means at all. ‘rmose 94 who have not, should at once buy, borrow or steal a copy of ‘Soldiers Three,” and therein they will find it, along) with .many other delectable morsels calculated to whet the mental palate for more of that gifted author’s tales. But this is another story, the scene of which is laid in Montreal, and the victim a gentleman who, for a time at least, sojourned in a prominent up-town hostelry. One day, in the course of his perambulations,. he came across one of those characters you often meet in the streets of a large city—a big, hulking young fellow, with a string in his hand and a dog at the end of it—in this instance a nice fox terrier, beautifully marked, and having all the appearance of good breeding. The gentleman was attracted by it. He entered into conversation with the hoodlum. “Would he sell the dog?” “Oh, yes, he was sorry to have to do so, but was hard up, and wanted to get away West, where he heard there was lots of work.’ ‘‘What would he take for ‘it?’’ was the natural query. And the fellow said right plump, ‘Fifty dollars.’”” The dog was honestly worth it, and more, but the gentleman—and it was here, having heard the man’s unfortunate circumstances recited, where his meanness came in—the gen- tleman started to beat him down. Finally a bargain was struck at $25, the dog had a new owner, and for the time being there were two satisfied pecple. in this world, one because he had gct something he desired a. bar gain rates, the other’ beciuse theie was the prospect of a good time ahead. he gentleman went home wich hs purchase. Time (as they say in the play), two weeks later: The dog, which his master had grown very fond of, had mysteriously disappeared. _ Our friend the hoodlum (who had not ear- ried out his intention of going West) Gropped in “promiscuous like,’ to see how his pet was getting along with nis new owner. He was very sorry t) hear of the loss and vowed all sorts of vengeance upon the author of its disappearance if ever he was discov- ered. The gentleman was taken with the fellow’s sympathy. He wanted to know if his visitor knew of another. Fortunately he did; his own brother in Toronto had the ditter brother of tne lost dog; it was an exact counter- part, only it had a little spot of tan on the forehead which, if anything, enhanced its beauty. He would see if it could be had and at what price. A few days elapsed, the man returns, bringing with him a dog which his brother said would not be sold for one cent less than fifty dollars. It was a beauty; the little tan spot added great- ly to its appearance, and the gentle- mian no sconer set eyes on it than he determined it should be his. As he was leaving tne city he had no time to Rod and Gun in Canada haggle over the price, so the money was paid. By this time, we have no doubt, the gentleman has discovered that he was victimized; still he has the satisfaction of knowing that he is the owner, thengh aot the rightful, of a good Gog even in its original mark- ings. Morai: Never buy a dog from a hoodlum, especially if you first dis- cover nim leading it on the street by a string. The sagacity of tne collie and the old sheep dog is well known. Here are two anecdotes, which fully illus. trate this trait in eitiher: Mr. Rumbull, of Birmingham, a well- known admirer of the collie, had a gcod-looking specimen that could play cards with considerable success. The common ,game of ‘‘Nap” was the one at which the dog excelled, and, in- deed, he became so proficient as to be able to hold his own with anyone ‘whom his owner challenged, I believe he played the game best when under the orders of Mr. F. Hinks, the welli- known breeder of bull terriers, the sign by which it knew what cards to take, being a slight and almost im- perceptible snap of the fingers.. Tnis dog, after being tried by a would-be purchaser,swas sold to him for £25, on account of these SO Hanen ts at cards. There is that tale of the Cumber- land sheep-stealer hanged at Carlisle. Accompanied by a sheep dog, he in the daytime frequented certain farms. Selecting sheep here and there, he pointed such out to his dog. At night the two went near the places, the dog was sent into the fields and drove out the sheep already chosen, which his dishonest master converted into mut- ton and then disposed of. Since our last issue Montreal has been honored by the arrival of a dis- tinguished visitor of the canine species, who attracted large numbers of ad-- mirers to the receptions held by him daily at the Aubion Hotel,. McGill street, where he was located for some days. “Chimmey,” for that was the distinguished _ visitor’s patronymic, is a British bull dog of the intensest type, massive and strong, yet withal kind and gentle to those who have the care of him, and affable even to strangers. He is of right royal lineage, his grand- sire being the original of Miss Thomp- son's famous picture, ‘What we Have we'll Hold.” While not unduly in- flated with pride, “Chimmey” com- fcrts himself with a dignity becom- ing the glory reflected from his illus- trious ancestor, and accepts as a mat- ter of course the homage rendered to his exalted estate. > As a general utility dog, the hero of the following story takes the cake. It is furnished an English exchange by .to get empty. That dog is observant -occurred.to me that something ougt a correspondent who vouches for its truthfulness: Punctually at 8 o'clock every morning Dad—that’s the dog’s name, you understand—seizes the emp ty milk-can, and without any telling trots away to the dairy and returns with a pint of milk in time for break- fast. At 9 he takes the children to school, and nothing will prevent hi: from bringing them safely home aga . what time he considers they ought ~ have imbibed sufficient learning for that day. If one of the boys misbe- haves himself the schoolmaster dar not keep him in after hours. He trie it once, but Dad jumped through th window, and insisted that his young charge should be instantly liberated The family coal-box is never suffere¢ and replenishes it from the coal cella by bringing the coal up piece b piece. When Dad shows such an ap titude for domestic work as this, h should be trained to do the famil washing. He ought to get a meda so he ought. * A Suggestion for the C. K. C. The Kennel Editor Rod and Gun: Sir,—I have had some experience. getting up dog shows, and have shal with the majority of the committee anxiety consequent upon the slow re turn of entries, especially from out side, even after the premium list ha been widely circulated and the show it self extensively advertised, and it ha to be done to equalize matters as be-. tween outside and local exhibitors The local exhibitor has no expens other than the entry fee, and the! is no risk, comparatively speaking, t his dog. On the other hand, the hibitor from a distance has the ad ditional cost of transportation to fac j with the added risk of injury to dog’s health from a long railway jou ney. I think it is the place of executive of the C. K. C. to take initiative and to devise some means lighten the financial burden to ou side exhibitors, and-I am certain any step taken in this direction “wou be favorably viewed by the ee of members. There are several wa of doing it, but I would throw out suggesticn that the C.K. C., for shoy under their rules, guarantee the ¢ press charges on all dogs coming fre a distance, providing that the amou: of prize money earned does not coy the cost of transit. If this were gt ranteed I am confident that ent would be far more numerous, cor petition would be keener, and the | terest to the general public necessar increased. To meet this additior call on the funds of the G. K. G., would propose that instead of ft present fixed charge of $25 (with a bate for a lower number of entr than the maximum), there should be a per capita of, say 20 cents, and an additional 15 cents for every class en- tered after the first. For example, if @ dog is entered in puppy, novice and open, the club under whose auspices the show is held would have to pay £0 cents. The local club would not ‘eel this tax, as the increased number of entries, along with the certainty % bigger gate receipts, would more than compensate. Do you think, Sir, that the Petrolea Kennel Club would liave had to cancel their show if they could have printed some such induce- t as the above in their premium I for one believe not. Yours ee A MEMBER. _ Ottawa, 5th October, 1899. The Blind Fox Hunter. ear Munday’s Landing, among the fs of Jessamine County is the mod- home of “Tom” Johnson. Since rly youth Johnson has been blind; t, notwithstanding this fact he is one 9f the most enthusiastic fox hunters in he State. Often he foliows his hounds ne among the Kentucky River cliffs, oing at a gallop that one with keen sion would not dare imitate, and al- Rough he has been doing this for many s, he has never met with an acci- at. He knows every nook and crook the cliffs, and when he comes to a dangerous point he dismounts, s hold of his horse's tail and the mal guides him to safety. short time ago a party of hunters 1 Madison and Garrard Counties me here, and, with the local hun- spent several nights chasing the Johnson was with them and on second night they lost their bear- became separated and none of them scept Johnson was able to make his out of the cliffs that night. The Owing day three of the hunters came ther at Wolf’s point. Much appre- nsion was felt for the blind man, d they decided to go to his home, eral miles away, to learn of him. y did so and found him seated on veranda playing the violin. Ohnson owns several fine hounds frequently trades dogs, and gets ‘best of it about as often as he is ted, he possessing the wonderful ty of telling by touch the animal’s od qualities, the color of the coat the number of spots on his body, d he can always-tell his dogs from the others by feeling them. Tt was Johnson who solved the Phantom Fox” mystery that for many icnths puzzled the hunters of this and Other counties. Week in and week . this fox led the dogs in a merry nce, but each night, after running s dogs nearly to death, its trail Rod and Gun in Canada would be lost in the bluegrass pasture in the Poor Nick neighborhood. John- son heard of this, and sent word that he wanted to hunt the phantom; so a hunt was arranged. On the appointed day hunters from Garrard Boyle, Lin- coln, Madison, Washington, and Ander- son Counties congregated near Eben- ezer Church with the pick of their packs, determined to give the phan- tom the run of his life. Reynard was jumped at 8 o’clock at night, and after traversing many miles of the country with the dogs in hot pursuit he reached the pasture at 12 o’clock, and there as before his trail vanished. Johnson, mounted on a fine saddle horse, led the chase, and reaching the pasture he heard the tinkling of several bells and was told that a flock of fifty sheep were grazing in the same _ pasture. 95 and occasional belts of jack pine and white spruce. Lakes, small rivers and creeks are everywhere encountered. The grass is long and wantonly luxur- iant, blossoming with wild flowers. In fact, the whole country is an immense park, in the’ fashioning of which the hand of man has had no part, which chains and enchants the eye with its undulating sweep and the splendor and profusion of its grasses and its foliage —a land of gr een and gold, slashed with warm, rich coloring. This is the natural home of all varie- ties of feathered game. Prairie chick- ens, ducks, geese and ruffed grouse (partridge) abound in season. Rabbits are sO numerous as hardly to be con- sidered game. Black-tail deer, are also plentiful, moose and wapiti while bears, foxes, Lievre River, Buckingham, Que. ” “That explains it,” exclaimed the sight- less Johnson; ‘‘you will find Mr. Fox on the back of one of those sheep.” ‘And such proved to be the case. Upon be- coming tired, the sly animal would strike for the pasture, mount the back of one of the Cotswolds, and take a ride, thus baffling the hunters.—Ken- tucky Correspondence Augustus (Ga.) Chronicle. THE HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE SASKATCHEWAN. Along the banks of the North Sas- katchewan' River, in, the Canadian North-west Territory, "is one of the best hunting grounds in America. The country is magnificent rolling prairie, broken by bluffs of poplar and willow, wolves, beaver, lynxes, mink, otters, fishers, martens, muskrats, and other fur-bearing animals afford further op- portunity for sport and profit. Nor must the fishing be forgotten. Many of the lakes teem with jack fish (or pike) and pickerel, which greedily take the spoon. The big lakes are the heme of the finest white fish, sturgeon and saimon-trout, all of the largest size. This abundance of wild life makes of the fertile region of the Saskatche- wan an ideal and comparatively fresh field for the sportsman; its bright and invigorating sun and air makes a few weeks on its prairies one of the most delightful and health-renewing out- ings to be obtained anywhere in the world. BLEASDELL CAMERON. 96 enw nwrernrrraoeeeesrn nea > e Canoeing on the 2-5, Grand River. By A. B. Caswel. enor aoe 8 To the lover of beautiful scenery, his- toric lore and a thrilling canoe trip, let me advise a voyage on the troubled waters of the Grand River from Brant- ford, on the famous run they call “Round the-river.” Here a canal, used in the old days of navigation, cuts off an immense bend of the river, and by a portage of a couple of nundred yards at the end, a complete water course of thirteen miles, with a return to the starting point, is afforded. The run is simply delightful, and pen can hardly describe the beauties of its ever-chang- ing panorama. I was one of a merry party who re- cently made this memorable voyage. Our fleet consisted of half a dozen canoes, with crews of good-natured hadies and gentlemen, and last, but not least, several well-filled lunch-baskets. From the canoe clubhouse where we started into the river proper ‘there is a short tailrace, and, caught in the - eurrent of this, we soon swung out under a couple of low bridges into the wider and deeper waters of the Grand. As soon as we reached the river there was a feeling of exultancy. The cur- rent caught us, and our little fleet bounded forward, with an occasional guiding stroke of the paddle as our only propellant. A moment later and we were in the first rapid. A huge rock on either side that formed a sort of gateway to the run, were quickly passed, and down the narrow course we shot. Narrow indeed it was, for a few feet to either side meant that our ca- noe would strike a rock and founder or swing around perhaps and upset us. The rushing water gave the canoes just enough motion to make ‘it inter- esting and highly enjoyable. The first rapid is short, and in less time than it takes to tell, we were through it and in the smoother water below. The river here takes a bend and flows around past several resi- dences on the left. On the right bank are beautiful pasture fields and thriv- ing looking farms. The land is flat and is well irrigated by spring freshets. Presently there are more ripplets, and, running along, we soon reached Two Fish islands and the famous ra- pids there. At this point there is a sharp bend in the river, so sharp, in- deed, that it requires an experienced canoeist to avoid running into the bank; in fact a story is told of a lady and gentleman who were caught in this way by the current and landed Rod and Gun in Canada high and dry on the shore, canoe and all. From the islands there is a very pretty and interesting run skirting along the famous Tutela Heights. High up on the right bank, through the trees, an unpretentious-looking white frame house may be seen. This is the old homestead of Prof. Bell, the in- ventor of the telephone. Here he spent many weary hours in studying and planning, and from here to the city of Brantford, which thus gets its second name of the ‘‘Telephone City,’ three miles distant across country, on wires strung from tree to itree, the first; suc- cessful ‘“‘Hello’’ was said and the tri- umphant answer came back in the same word now repeated thousands of times in a day. Eiven the river seems to take a pride in passing this distin- guished spot and rushes merrily be- tween rocks and over rapids, which require all the skill of the steersman to keep clear of. On we sped, and, passing what is known as the “clay banks,’’ soon swept out of sight of ithe antique old dwelling while new objects of interest took our jattention. The windings of the river were glorious. Restless as the water had been ail along, the old Grand seemed now still more so, and rapid followed rapid. Our canoes danced merrily on the angry waters whilst their speed greatly increased, and it was now a race. Rocks on either side and the very bank itself seemed to be running away from us. All along we passed banks clad in nature’s best gifts, and delightful rest- ing places where one could not help longing to stop a while and picnic. The next point of interest was the old Cockshutt bridge. We could see the high structure for some ‘time before we reached it. The bridge is not re- markable for its beauty, being an old frame one. some 800 feet long. For nearly half a century it has stood there, braving the elements of wind, rain and flood, which are furious at this point, and have frequently done much damage. Several times the flood has rendered it unfit for traffic, and portions have been carried away, but it is kept repaired, and still stands a rare old relic ot the past. Just below the bridge is the scene of a remark- able landslide which occurred some years ago. A portion of the high bank of the river for a distance of several hundred yards, one night, without the slightest warning, slid down, nearly filling up the water course entirely. Great trees and a portion of a road on the hillside were carried down in the debris, while the cellar of a house on top of the embankment was swept away, leaving the building overhang- ing the cliff and ready to topple on a moment's notice. Paddling on some distance and around a bend a pretty church spire could be seen, ‘and presently the whole buildi This was the old Mohawk Church, the oldest church in the province and landmark of some repute. The Mo. hawk Church was built by the Six Na tions in 1784. The building is a fram one of clap-boards, sawn before the days of saw-mills, by hand, with on man ina pit, and are an inch thick. church still retains its old style, am inside is very plain, with the ten com: mandments in Indian posted up at one end and ‘the British coat of arm at the other end over the door. Every Sunday morning the service of the Church of England is conducted here and the children of an Indian schoo! near by attend. One of the proud pos: sessions of the little edifice is a solic silver communion service presented the Indians by Queen Anne, and sinc retained sacredly by them. Close by the church is the tomb which marks the last resting place of the famou chieftain, Joseph Brant. Hundreds of tourists visit this interesting spot, and, judging by the chipped appearance o the tomb, have not failed to carry away a memento of the occasion. The river takes an immense benc here, and an island is fommed by short cut. Just below the old church the river contains quite a whirlpool, which if not on a par with that of Niagara is at least a very powerf eddy, and formidable to anyone who should get caught unawares in its cur rent. A little farther down is one 0 the most delightful rapids of the wnol trip. With a seeming delight, the ca: noe is caught in the current and fairly flies down the incline and around a bend. Just above our heads as glided past were the immense target of the rifle ranges of the Dufferin Ri ties. When the soldier boys are practice the bullets whiz over the rive in dangerous proximity to canoeist heads. and lodge in the clay bank be yond. In order to.avoid any danger, ; flag has been placed to warn the shoot ers of approaching canoes, and thi red signal waving as we hove in sight the sharp crack of the rifles ceased ti we were far helow their range. On the right we were now skirtinj along the famous Bowbark Farm,. whose green pastures and well-cult vated, level fields looked fresh an lavely. This magnificent stock farm known the whole country over,and is tk home of some of the finest cattle 4 the world. From here the trip to t portage is all clear sailing. The rive Settles down to a less turbulent and after a mile or so of paddling W reached the entrance to the cana Landing, we soon had our canoes cai ried up the steep bank and into t mooc deep basin cf water above. At the portage is situated the power-house of the Brantford electric lighting system, and here is one of the most magnificent water powers outside of Niagara. Up ‘the drowsy old canal we paddled, and across the sparkling little lake on Whose banks is located the popular ex- ¢ursign ‘resort, Mohawk Park. Half m hour jater we stood on the wharf Of the canoe clubhouse, safe and sound; again, with a decided impression hat we had had one of the most de- am outings on record. | Facts about the Animals that 1 Live in the Bush—T he Beaver. ‘Indians hold the beaver in great re- pect, ascribing to it an intelligence t it does not possess, and ranking it the king of animals—almost divine. t is not customary to eat one’s gods, ut the Indian lacks the bump of ven- tion, being intensely utilitarian. a He looks upon the animals that sup- him with food as benefactors, and 5 3 grateful, Senet carrying his = adoration to spoil his Hine. He draws the line at that.. He is willing ‘to show any amount of respect for the animals that contribute io his com- but he mercilessly kills them all le same. -\Even when he has been lucky nough to kill a bear, he is most po- f He takes it by the hand—or, , paw—and, shaking it. affec- mately, he apostrophizes thus: feeg witch, makwa! Meegwitch! ! We-as ka meejian!” ‘Thanks, te Thanks, old fellow! (in that) you have given me.” This Wwery touching, and indicative of a ible soul, but he does more than that. hangs the skull on a tree in a con- | place, which is counted for | honor to the bear. In fact, the tice carries with it a little more an honor to the bear, for it has be- | | aa of the half-breed) always boils his 1 and never fries or roasts it, y being an insult to it; its bones, eover, must never be given to the gs, but must be thrown into the ter, so that beaver will increase and iply on the “lands” of the Indian, knows enough to take such pre- tions. “Lands” is the word used to desig- te an Indian’s hunting grounds. rhe line of demarcation between the right to them is hereditary “lands” is very strictly drawn,. Rod and Gun in Canada through the female line. An Indian, when on the lookout for a wife, takes this fact into consideration, and it is a more weighty factor in his selection than beauty. The parents of the girl whom they wish to marry off, often make the first overtures to the young man they want for a son-in-law by allowing him to hunt for a season on a portion of their “lands.’’ This they do for a double purpose—to bring the young people together and to show the 97 or a herd of cattle on a neighbor’s farm. The Indian cultivates beaver, and were it not for that fact beaver would have become practically extinct to-day. He knows to a nicety how many he has on his_lands, the number of lodges, the ages of the inhabitants thereof, and the exact position of their houses. He exercises considerable discretion in the killing of them, always taking care to leave a pair, ‘‘Mec ni kah so wa'tch,”’ Elk River Canyon, young buck how rich they are in beaver, for, to’ return to our subject, beaver is the standard of wealth with them. They are to the Indian as cattle, sheep, and pigs are to us. When in our travels we come across signs of beaver, we feel that it is to our credit, and say, “Behold, we have found beaver.” We might just as well take credit for discovering a flock of sheep . “for seed.”’ Elko, B.C. It is only when the white man threatens to kill them that the Indian will exterminate them, for he naturally does not care to raise “stock” for other people’s benefit. He has three methods of killing them, namely, trenching, trapping and _ shooting. Trenching is his favorite method, for by it he is able to ascertain the sex of the animal before killing it. C. C. FARR. 98 FISHERMAN’S,LUCK. Sail on, good craft! Swing down the blast! See, yon is Chester light; The Grand Bank strife and stress are past, And we'll be home to-night. The wint’ry wind roars wrathfully, The spray cuts like a knife; But gentle Mary waits for me, Waits, waits to be my wife. Wheel great white lights of Iron Bound, Ye flame for all at sea; But yon dear cot across the sound Glows with the light for me. * * * * * A maid looked from her sea-girt home, As rose the evening star; And saw a craft across the foam Stand for the harbor bar. A snow squall swep: down suddenly, The moon rose round and bright; “Ah, mother, *twas but phantasy, No sail is now in sight.” * ok * * eo * The morrow morn a schooner’s stern Washed in to the sun-bright sands; Was that the cry of ’longshore tern, Or soul in her Maker’s hands? PRACTICAL PROTECTION OF GAME. In a recent letter Mr. Maurice R. Bortree, ex-president of the National Game Protective Association, writes as follows of necessary measures for practical game protection: There needs to be one national or- ganization of sportsmen—the L. A. S. is that organization. It should have in its actual membership ali the active true sportsmen of the United States. The preservation and propagation of our remnant of game needs the friend- ship and help of all. Rod and Gun in Canada Rapids above Shawinegan Falls, Que. Three things are needed in the laws of every State—a game warden sys- tem; no sale nor export of game and a license fee for hunters. To effectual- ly enforce these three laws (to say nothing of the other game laws) the citizens of all the States need to assist each other. Laws for game protec- tion will never be enforced by citizens. License fees will restrain an immense crowd of hunters from invading States where game is now fairly plentiful and increasing slowly, and aiso produce some revenue for game law enfurce- ment. “Brer Bar” in a tight place. Non-export and no sale of game will Ssuve it more than anything else. How shameful has been the destruction of gaine in all the years past by a clas% of good-for-nothing men wiio have fol lowed the business of “market hunt- ers.’ How frequently du we see in market reports, ‘‘receipts of game lib- eral; most of it in bad order,” etc., meaning in the aggregate an immense : iess crf game every year. AS an ex-game warden, I know that residents in outside States can give an immense amount of valuabie infor- mution of illegal work done in refer- ence to game. A membership of an or ganization which might permeate every nook and corner of the country wouil be able to almost entirely stop all game law violations. The result in @ short time would be a marvellous in- crease of our game everywhere. Who doesn’t want this condition of things? Thousands of men all over the coun- trv who love to hunt and fish should at once send their names and one dollar and join the L. A. S. There has been a steady growth in mem= bers; and the larger the organization the more powerfully can it work. I am informed to-day by a game dealer here that there has never been such light game receipts here in Chi- cago at this time of year. The reason is because of the non-export laws Of States around Chicago, and enforcing their game laws. This is good news; May game traffic soon cease entirely: LIBERAL REWARDS | FOR LIGHT WORK. Great Premium Offers ss | EXCELLENT CHANCES : ye 4 TO SECURE YOUR ; | put forth efforts to increase its circulation. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ‘There is not a man or boy who cannot secure some subscribers to RoD AND GUN IN CANADA, and that, too, with very little labor. The publishers are prepared to deal handsomely with any who-will HERE ARE A FEW OFFERS FOR ONE SUBSCRIBER < We will send, post paid, a neat Vaseline Cabinet, containing five excellent toilet articles, handsomely put up. 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<<< OD There is more Sport to the Square > Mile in Canada along the line of the ¢ POOODO@ODODODOOOU —~a a a a a a * POPC ODL OOS DLP LDS: meee m 4 than in any other part of the North American Continent ;4 48 2% 3 Ae ] * INNIVININI sporting publications, to General Passenger Department, Montreal, P. Q. ba © OOOOOOOOOOH OGD HO OOOOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOOS PRINTED AT{THE HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT, MONTREAL, P,Q. November, 1399 Number 6. ‘THE BUILDING OF THE BIRCH BARK. Give me of your bark, O birch tree! Of your yellow bark, O birch tree! Growing by the rushing river, - Tall and stately in the valley. 3 & Give me of your root, O tamarac! Of your fibrous root, O larch tree! _ My canoe to bind together That the water may not enter. Thus the birch canoe was builded In the valley by the river, In the bosom by the forest, And the forest life was in it— All its mystery and its magic— All the lightness of the birch tree, All the toughness of the cedar, All the larch’s supple sinews; And it floated in the river Like a yellow leaf in autumn Like a yellow water lily. ®) » a Wt SUCCE made by the WINCHESTER Rifles, Repeating Shotguns, Ammunition and { |Loaded Shotgun Shells. Winchester guns and ammunition are the standard of the world, but they do not cost any more than poorer makes,| \ All reliable dealers sell Winchester goods. REE: Send name on a postal for 156 page IIlus- trated Catalogue describing all the guns and ammunition WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS C0., NEW HAVEN, CONN. ij YACHT Dl|| COMPASSES | MARINE GLASSES GOGGLES and OTHER EYEGLASSES, Etc. HEARN & HARRISON, oPTIciANs, 1640 NOTRE DAME STREET, - GURD’S GINGER ALE ETC., ETC. CHARLES GURD & CO., - - MONTREAL. 10 oz. Steel Fishing Rod and at L, J. A, SURVEYER’S, Motto—‘THE BreST.” SODA WATER APPLE NECTAR To be obtained from all first-class grocers. Please see that the label is on the bottle. v You will find the celebrated -" Camping Kits in Aluminum lronmonger, 6 St. Lawrence St., Montreal. PROPRIETOR In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most luxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two min= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, Toronto, Ont. Proprietors. and TELESCOPES | - - MONTREAL. | HAMILTON POWDER CO. HAS MANUFACTURED SPORTING GUN POWDER Since 1865, as a result you have “CARIBOU” made from best materials, perfectly put together. “‘ DUCKING ” hard pressed, slow burning, keeps well under all conditions, ““ SNAP SHOT ” high velocity, moist residium Cheap. The powder for every day use. j ENGLISHMEN SAY Powder can be bought in Canada as good as ever put in a gun, It has a positive advantage over home make, the dirt is soft.—J. J, W. in Lond Field. AMERICANS SAY The finer Fngiish or American Powder and Cana- dian ‘‘ Caribou,” I am-quite familiar with. They give so little recoil that one may shoot all day without bruised shoulder or headache.—Forest and Stream. CANADIANS ABROAD SAY Can you send over some Trap? I don’t mean to flatter but it is ahead of anything we get here.—_ A. W. W., Batavia, N. Y ¢ : — os # CONTENTS. | Frontispiece, ‘‘ The Building of the Birch Bark.”’ Editorial ee ee ee ee ie ee ee ee ee es tee rere ey i arse ras c ¥ PAGE, 103-104 Unscientific Facts about Animals that Live in the Bush— The Beaver..... 104 ; Elk River and Falls—Elko, Crow’s Nest... ..s..s s+ +. +s oe eee 105 A Defence of the Sparrow, by L. H. Smith..........0 00.1. scsebecees 106-107 Fox Hunting, by'C. Jno. Alloway 3... 5526.05 2.50.2. 5 107 : Bear Trapping, by HioPo 8.0 is ee is po ee 108-109 Caribou Hunting on the Snow, by Frank H. Risteen.................. 109 At the Kennels, conducted by D. Taylor.................... 110-112 @ Without Rod. and Gun, Eusilius Jaxson....0..... ....600.4. 5 pep 118 b; Temaging River, Ontario’ ’**..5.5+6¢00etbas essv ssh sh 114 i A School Boy’s: Tale, by Straw Hat. .:.... 00.00 00.4 50. 115-116 The Gun, conducted by ‘ Bob White”? ..0. 0.3 ae 117-118 i i NR et ry SSeS gme Br LABATT’S IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. PORTE The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Tourists and Strangers visiting the city, and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &c. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. Rooms large, airy | Very central, being within easy dis- | | ! BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL WINDSOR, ONT. ; LEADING HOTEL IN THE CITY. SPECIAL RATES FOR TOURIST! 7 T. W. MCKEE, PROPRIETOR. ROD AND GUN CANADA 2st st ot att DEVOTED TO THE FISHING AND ‘GAME INTERESTS OF CANADA. ree MONTREAL, NOVEMBER, 1899. Single Copies Ten Cents. DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. int of 15 per cent. on annual tions on all topics pertaining to ‘in canoein the kennel and y, wil “be weleomed and . All communications ecompanied by the name of the writer, ‘ for publication, however. nications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., a 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. NEW GAME LAWS. e League of American Sportsmen id out its winter programme as SRE is a vast amount of work for eague to do next winter in the State Legislatures. There are ; amental principles in game that should be put before the : of the various states, in such impel action. One of these to the prohibition of the traffic in bird plumage for purposes, which is now being n every where. e is a draft of a bill covering this ; which should be presented to the ure of each state and territory in ‘Whoever shall have in his or her gion the body or skin or any e plumage of any bird classed ng or insectiverous bird, a bird or bird of prey, and is not generally considered or classed as a game bird, ther taken in this state or else- r who may wear such feathers the of dress or-ornament, val hd deemed guilty of a mis- oa anor, and on conviction shall be d not less than $10 nor more than _ ‘ La es *** Provided, that this act shall not be construed to prohibit any person having a certificate provided for under any law of this state, from taking or killing such birds; or keeping their skins or skeletons or parts thereof for scientific study; the intent of this provision being that persons legally authorized may take and retain such birds for use in museums or other collections for scientific purposes. ***This act shall not apply to non- _ residents of this state passing through it, or temporarily dwelling within its limits, unless they are engaged in col- lecting or destroying birds in violation of the spirit-and intention of this act.’ ** Another bill should be introduced in each of these state legislatures to prohibit the sale of game at all times. A draft of such a bill will be submitted to the League members in the near future, and a vigorous campaign must be inaugurated everywhere in order to secure legislation on these most important subjects.” We, in Canada, are not yet prepared to absolutely prohibit the sale of game, as our resources in that respect are still very large, but any province or territory whose laws do not prohibit the sale dur- ing the close season in such province or territory ofimported game should pass a law to that effect, for under the cold stor- age pleathere is too good an opportunity to dispose of game killed during the close season. At first sight the proposition to prevent the fair sex from ornamenting their head- gear as fashion dictates may seem an unwarrantable interference with their privileges, but when it is remembered that ‘‘the more birds alive, the less bugs aliye’’ is the underlying principle, the proposed law seems not only reasonable, but an absolute necessity in most. states if they are to be saved from annually increasing insect pests. POLICE REVOLVER PRACTICE. A police team match was arranged to be shot recently in Chicago.. The best fifty marksmen were selected, ten men from each district. From these, five-men teams were made up. Such competitions should be extended to every city among the police, and one should like to hear of similar competitions in our chief Cana- dian cities. The Chicago affair is pro- moted by private enterprise, which, while creditable to the promoters, is wrong in principle, for it should be a requirement that every police officer should acquire proficiency with the weapon with which he isarmed. Nothing isso disappointing as to see some of the vain efforts by policemen to hit a dog that we have witnessed, whereas a crack shot is admir- ed by all. oo The good effects of the recent change in the Dominion Customs Export Law, by which, under adequate restrictions, visiting sportsmen are permitted to export moose, caribou and deer killed by them, becomes more apparent as the open season advances. There have been unprecedented numbers of hunters come into Canada so far who have generally been successful and taken out trophies — of their skill. On the other hand, it is not an over-estimate to state that at least $100.000, from September Ist to November 1st, have been left in the country this year by hunters and there is still a long - open season to come. oO Any of our provinces or territories which: have not passed a law providing a bounty on wolf scalps should do so at the first ‘session of their legislatures. Reports of depredations by wolves are not infrequent, and in these days when our deer attract. the visiting sportsmen from the Sout and thus possess a com- mercial value to our country, we cannot afford to satisfy the hnnger of the remain- ing Canis Lupus Griseo-Albus by feeding them on venison. 104 The Oregon game commission was re- cently asked for a permit to kill birds and mammals for scientific purposes. As there is no statutory enactment permit- ting the granting of such privileges, the Attorney General decided that the state game warden had no authority to grant a permit of this sort. We wish our pro- vincial laws were equally destitute. ©O Mr. Henry Melladew, of London, England, passed through Montreal, Oct. 12th, on his return from a three months, hunting trip in the Rockies, north of Golden, B.C. He reports having killed several bears and saw, but did not secure, the coveted silver tip. This is his second season in the same district. Unscientific Facts about the Animals that Live in the Bush—T he Beaver. Continued, “Trenching beaver” is a method of killing them so peculiarly Indian that the uninitiated will deniand an expla- nation of the “‘modus operandi.” It is this: In the fall, when the “ponds” are covered with ice, sufficiently strong to bear the weight of a man and his dog, the Indian, being armed with an ice chisel and a tomahawk, proceeds to cut a hole in the dam. The beavers, ever on the alert, at unce recognize that some evil agency, accidental or otherwise, is at work, and before the pond has lowered sufficiently to ex- pose the sub-aqueous exit of their house, as an act of precaution, prompt- ly take to the water. It sometimes happens that some mem- ber of the family will visit the dam to ascertain the cause of the catastrophe, though the unsophisticated members will at once seek safety in flight to their regular hiding places. Knowing beavers, that have pre- viously passed through the agonies of being trenched and escaped, will often make a break at once for the dam, and endeavor to pass down with the flood, and this the Indian will try to guard against by watching at the breach. In the meanwhile the inexperienced ones have betaken themselves to the runways, or narrow mud-bottomed channels which intersect the marshy shores of the pond. There, at the ex- treme end, under the hanging ice, they await events, events which come in the shape of the Indian, his dog, his ice chisel, and his tomahawk. These dogs, though often sorry-looking curs, are endowed with a wonderful intelligence and keen scent. The dog careers around the lake, apparently in an aim- less manner, but presently a short, sharp bark tells thy: Indian that it has located at least one of the doomed family, and hastening tu the spot, he finds the dog scratching away with all Rod and Gun in Canada its might at the end of one of these aforesaid runways, now distinctly vis- ible owing to the subsidence of the ice with the water. The Indian and the ice chisel now come into play. With the ice chisel he cuts a hole through the ice over the ditch between the beaver and the lake. He has with him some stakes which he plants firmly in the mud, thus preventing the beaver from escaping back to the pond. He now takes a long stick and ‘‘feels’”’ for the beaver. If he does not touch it he cuts another hole, at about the length of his stick towards the beaver, and again plants stakes to prevent escape, and so he continues until at length with his sticks he touches the soft furry coat of the poor frightened crea- ture, and then he measures the dis- tance exactly with his stick, taking care that the hole which he makes is behind the beaver and not in front, for he has to thrust his arm down and grab the animal by the hind leg or tail, and woe be to him if he happens to come in coniact with its teeth, for when thus cornered they ‘bite viciously. And so he has it, and hauls it out on to the ice, it shrieking piteously the while. This is the opportunity of which I spoke of judging the sex, and a careful Indian will see that the pair he leaves ‘‘for seed” are properly mated as to sex. -A blow on the head with the back of the tomahawk soon despatches the beavcr, and it is probable that ere it has ciosD ¢ DOOOL rr OOOO ¢ | sf ot « > > | ¢ ¢ ; & | } | ; ° ° There is more Sport to the Square ® > j “> | oY ? ‘ ‘ ‘ 4 ° | Mile in Can oe Canada along the line of the l | CARIBOU : ¢ e BIG HORN ; i | BEAR ; «ete ye ¢ nx | Pacific Railway > ® PARTRIDGE + } $ 5 a P QUAIL ° : . than in any other part of the North” ° GEESE 3 é : American Continent 2% 9 2% 28 8 A ® TROUT ; z BLACK BASS” = > SALMON ° dt | ; > Se 3 a 0 = Be ; Send for copy of our Game Map, our Fishing and Shooting and other < > h boy 3 SO OE EEK l sporting publications, to General Passenger Department, Montreal, P. Q. z 2 ' @ $06006398 DP >9OO 1 9-9 O64 39960 S oe PRINTED AT THE HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT, MONTREAL. P.Q. # December, 1899 Number 7. why r ‘ \S i, Nin, iS - “we SUE a es x a x COPYRIGHTED 1899 ¢ £4 y ieux Chasseur ee “WILLIAM HENRY | DRUMMOND. _ ae ata 6% / aes eam /\\\ \ | it : 4 a if Ns zy ; = : —4 rdf kee ee Kin? he’ s Reale’. eiEhin’ trout Ee “Gide eich w’ere no wan else can ketch at all, He’s alway ketchin’ barbotte, dat’s w’at you call boule=pout, =e An’ he never miss de wil’ duck on de fall. O! de pa’tridge do some skippin’ w’en she sees heem on de swamp ! ; For she know Bateese don’t go for not’ing dere, An’ de rabbit if he’s comin’, wall! you ought to see heem jomp! t W’y he want to climb de tree he feel so scare ! } yi zi : ae a yt Affer two hour by de reever I hear hees leetle song Ser yr": Den I meet heem all hees pocket foule of snipe, ¢ a east Dia ee av ae sadli«' AR a seetvhy “yet me} Fgode kam” place, an’ I tramp.déw’ole day long. . | ne a / ale : sche two or ak Ba Cripe! ve, Seis rise, an’ I put out ma decoy, Bateese he sneak along de shore, ee 's comin’ breakfas’ he’s holler on hees boy ge a home two dozen duck or more. . de AY Cyl ie , on de blin’ me, from four o’clock to nine, a BSS ~ & iN, duck she’s passin’ up so high! aa Pr ‘an’ buttersball, an’ redehead, de fines’ kin’?! 5 7" ight as well go maces 2 ee ky! By Zs ere ee ‘ "Doi le node eer lak Bateese Suirlotiy- vanes. = -Heean ketch de smartes’ feesh is never sweem, x ~ An’ de bird he seldom miss dem, let dem try de hard dey can\ 5 Hie Ane A ae W’y de eagle on de mountain c n’t fly away from héem. \4 ti Va HE mee “is BNs onl Ss AS ri But all de bird an’ feesh too, is geev’ up feelin’ scare, An’ de rabbit he can stay at an in bed, —\ For he eee an’ shoot Mh nin ole Jean Bateese Belair, ae 5 ede AE | Dn | 7 3 ————EEE ee “gh / . ZA Wi A tao ‘ Gr ee wee \) We¢ a2) es bhi f- A\\ (ii i Follwar on Piakemees ; ‘ 7 | iN «)/ ery f, Sag OME: naa Vata Bar iN, y, AN. "I Ness Bi Cj cies \ i Wah ft le ee MAS A é \ eg a \ WV V yA ya i NY rey — Pepe 8 ; J pe ae te ea 7 After the Hunt oe Clean and Polish your Guns with Btn One Vi | It will prevent them from Rusting The only reliable and stand- ard article that perfectly — polishes, lubricates and pre- — vents rust. For bieyeles, guns, typewriters, skates, — ete. Sold by all Sporting Goods Dealers. f Sample Bottle Sent for hf Canadian 2c. Stamp. About 800 Gun Clubs through out the U. 8. are now using i WINCHESTER Rifles, Repeating Shotguns, Ammunition and Loaded Shotgun Shells. Winchester guns and ammunition are the standard of the world, but \ S \ aN ww, made by the they do not cost any more than poorer makes, To GJAll reliable dealers sell Winchester goods. FREE: Send name on a postal for 156 page Illus- trated Catalogue describing all the guns and ammunition WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS C0., NEW HAVEN, CONN. G. W. COLE CoO., Dept. B. 141 Broadway, New York City LYMAN’S RIFLE fles 5. 35e-3 Send for 96 page Catal SIG H | of Sights and Fine Shoo Ri i WILLIAM LYMAM, Meddlefield, Con: Lakeeeeneee Temiskaming CONTE NTS. SEASON 1900 aaa FOR RATES ADDRESS A. LUMSDE ee unene P.O., Frontispiece, Le Vieux Chasseur, by William Henry Drummond. EEE Sle Carr See Hdltnelad 25 occ co cbs eve hk tien ee 123 Camping Outfits Amateur Photography, conducted by Eusibus Jaxson II.............. 124 di 4 < f and Guides Tor hire The Woodcock, by Reginald Gourlay..............2. 0 cece cceeeceeees 125. i Bleasdell Cameron............ 126-12: COLIN RANKIN, .% Mattawa, Ont. Where the Wild Geese Make Camp, by Bleasdell Cameron 6-128 It’s Real Location, by Welford Beaton................... ceeees eueues 128-129 Information fur- ; Game Birds and the st” shooting At the Kennels, conducted by D. Taylor. ........... ccc cee eenee sees 130-132. est ce Animals For Sale ritory in Quebee, On the Lake of the Woods and the Seine River, by Phil. Wales........ 138-134 EES PT Ee Fox Hunting, by ©. Jno. Alloway .... 0.2.60. 50.0 sl .4 tenes 135° - E. CORMIER, Ayl East, Que. ; ; sexi’ i tik Smokeless Powder (Communication). ...... 0.0... 000 cece cee ee eens 135-136 The Gun, conducted by ‘‘ Bob White”... 0.) a eee 136-137 SPORTSMEN °*"*# with Pro= visions, Camping Outfits and Guides AT REASONABLE FIGURES A. LATOUR, Kippewa, Que. In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most fuxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two min= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, ‘Toronto, Ont, Proprietors. LABATTS IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. ALE“ PORTE ~, x The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Tourists and | Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large,. airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &c. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. WINDSOR, ONT, LEADING HOTEL IN THE CITY. SPECIAL RATES FOR BRITISH AMERICAN HOT TOUR T. W. MCKEE, PROPRIETOR. | |. DEVOTED TO THE FISHING » AND GAME _ INTERESTS | OB. ew | CANADA. is) , % MONTREAL, DECEMBER, 1899. Single Copies Ten ‘Cents. _ ONE DOLLAR. , ; Firty CENTS. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, RTISING RATES: (Oo DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. liscount of 15 per cent. on annual nb) ei All communications y the name of the writer, 'y for Sblication, however. mmunications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., i 603 Cralg Street, MONTREAL. RUCTION OF BIRD LIFE. ent fire on Long Island destroyed ory which was engaged in the busi- ; of making feather ornaments for hats. Among the losses we read e breasts and wings of 10,000 sea- and the heads and wings of 30,000 birds. These figures are merely , as showing the actual stock at e of the fire, and take no account ie immense numbers used annually his and other factories engaged in b isi ness. hat a commentary on civilization. se little birds by the hundreds of sands-are slaughtered, not because destructive; not for food purposes because a mistaken-idea of sport it palliate- stich wholesale destruc- but simply that the fair sex may rate their hats! ! ! ® men are prone to look to woman- d for all those gentle qualities -which ten life; we are gently chided. for sire to fish and shoot—it is cruel =n a worm or a grass-hopper on a c,—to shoot, because we frequently nd and do not always kill,—and : paged us’ who are properly train- | meekly acknowledge ‘our fault. ewe must we say to my lady, g been proved that her penchant Tol ‘so-called artistic decoration of her our diminished heads in shame- hat is causing such a serious diminution of bird life as to cease to. keep in check noxious insects, and our crops and fruit trees suffer each year with increasing severity? Shall we merely plead with her, knowing full well that the modern car of Juggernaut, fashion, has to roll unceasingly forward, and she must pros- trate herself before it or cease (for society) to be; or shall we rise in our might, while the machinery of the law-making power still remains in masculine hands, and pass drastic measures that shall stop the evil? Laws that seek to interfere with the liberty of the individual are generally undesirable and frequently difficult of enforcement, especially if not backed by a strong public sentiment, and should be resorted to only where other means have failed and the end sought to be obtained is:of real importance to life. We believe this is an instance where the end justifies the means, and the very storm. of feminine indignation that at first may be aroused willclear the atmos- phere so as to show womankind, as never-before apparent, what a real dan- ger confronts us. ooo) We are informed. that the lamentable chapter of fatal accidents: in the Maine season just closed is responsible for. a movement, commenced by some sports- men who go to that state each year, with a view, to ‘adopting a bright. color, such as scarlet, for cap and coat, so that no more mistakes may be made.+- -While this may have the desired effect where the sports- man is in view, it will’ not . provide for those cases where the moving bushes are fired at, apparently ‘with ‘utter disregard of repeated warnings, and instead of the expected deer some poor fellow receives the bullet. Everyone interested:in shoot- ing is vitally concerned in an educational crusade. The rash man who shoots without seeing the game must be taught better. Possibly a few indictments for manslaughter would reach the desired result quickly. Those who like to. carry a: belt axe to the- woods will appreciate the miniature edition of a full . grown chopping axe, a representa-_ tion of which is given here. Che. weight of head with handle is 27} ounces. Length of handle outside of head, 16 inches; total length, in- cluding, head, 184 inches. The benefit of such a shaped handle is that the axe, while . light and handy, can be used effectively for chopping trees , of 3 or -4 -inches. diameter, whereas the straight handle belt axe is of comparatively small use. Of course the weight can be increased or de- . creased. by using a heavier or lighter head. o> Although only one. year::shas elapsed from the commencement of work, the great New York. Zoological. Park. is rapidly assuming shape and a large portion of it is not only ready but occupied by a portion of its four-footed and other population.. About $300,000 so far has been expended and the annual © maintenance is expected to be over $75,000. Great pains have been taken to provide’ not‘‘orily ° the “best accom- modation for its denizens,. but “also to place: them’ so“that ‘they-can‘ be éasily viewed by the‘public. “Canada is iaturally looked upon as the place to obtain beaver, of which *it’ is- inténded” there shall ‘be fifteen speciiiéns:* ait We are glad to learn thes the recent change in Ontario Crown Lands Commis- sionership does not: involve a change’ in the head of the game interests: Under the able administration of the. Hon. J. M. Gibson, many éxcellent reforms have taken place, and it is satisfactory to know that the good work will go on. under his auspices. 124 Rod and Gun in Canada RU YSEF AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY o, 1 ff “ Pleasant was the journey. homeward, Through interminable forests, Over meadow, over mountain, Over river, hill, and hollow. Short it seemed to Hiawatha.’ —HIAWATHA. WHEN YOU GO. N the October 799 number of Rod and | Gun, there appeared a short article by Frederic Irland entitled ‘‘ Why Don’t You Go?” which struck my fancy. Evidently, Irland knows a goo4 thing when he sees it. Last summer I put in the season in a tent on the shore of Lake Huron, far enough from civilization not to be bothered by “summer girls and men who fool around—and who wear red coats and ‘do various idle things.” I can kic": at red coats because I didn’t wear one. But about the “various idle things”-- Well—. Anyhow, I don’t think the; were very idle, and now that I think more deeply on the matter I am sure ‘they were not. To rise with the sup and go to the lifting of the nets on the fog-laden bosom of the lake, to eat good fried herring, fresh from the water for breakfast when summer ho- tel people are just turning over In their beds to see their watches, to go with a shot gun back into the bush and spend the morning, to photograph that morning’s work in the afternoon, and: to lie around a roaring fire (lie in more senses than one) and watch the sparks as they dance upward and throw a light on the tall pines so that they look like a miniature thea- tre’s scenery—that is not idleness. That’s sport. Just one mistake Irland makes. He says “devote ten years to the wilder- ness from Labrador to Lake Supe- rior and you will never care much for any other place on earth.’”’ Why ‘didn’t he say devote ten weeks to it and you’ll never care at all for any other sport. Then he would have been right. But one other thing. Go when you will—summer or winter, spring or autumn—go when the grass is just taking on it’s green coat fresh, or when it is knee deep on the meadows, or if you will when it is covered witn the brown of the mighty oaks and poplars; go where you will, to New- “lying alround Newport Brunswick, to Newfoundland, to On- tario or to the Northwest Territory and British Columbia; and go for any purpose that you like, to shoot, to fish, to see the moose or the caribou, or the sturgeon or the salmon, or to see the sun set in the golden west, as it sets in no other country on the face of the earth, but when you go take with you a camera. This is not advice from one who does not know what he is talking about. I’ve done it. O, amateur, amateur, why waste your good plates and time and Long Branch, taking snap shots at the suni- rer fools who wear red coats, when you might be out tramping through the bush with a chum and a dog or canoeing down the Ottawa or the St. Lawrence and at the same time adding to your stock of photographs, pictures that would not only interest yourself and all your friends for the next year, but, sent to your acquaintances across the border, and in other coun- tries would show them that Canada is far more than the “Lady of the Snows,” and would bring them over here next year, armed with cameras: and plates galore to take back impres- sions more vivid than Kipling could ever give them. That’s what you should do, and then you'll be ready to say with Frederic Irland: ‘“‘Land of the’ sunshine and sbow, how big and splendid, how sweet you are, my sweetheart! Sure'y God of all the earth never made any other country like you.” Or you wiil feel like singing that new Canadian song: “Land of the best, garden of the West, Queen of the Summers, Lady of the Snows, Hip! hip! hurrah! for our native Can- ada, Where the wild flower blossoms And the sugar maple grows.” Another thing, amateur, you want to remember that Canada is a growing country. Towns and villages and even cities are springing up with alarming rapidity in the west, and the east is taking care of itself all right. Now is the appointed time. Photo- graph the frivers and streanys, the mountains and hills and valleys and. meadows. Photograph them this way and that, or anyway you fancy youl get pretty pictures—and with sue material as you have to work on, i will be your own fault if you don’ Ten years from now you won af kn¢ the places. qi When you go to take them, by a means try to be one of a party, fc though every new snapshot is som thing new (that is where the fasci tion comes in) the chief interest co nected with a photograph in lookir at it in after years are the association we group in our minds around th taking of it. a And for goodness sake don’t lh the mythical beauties of other cou! tries turn you from your purpose ¢ going. This is the only pebble on th beach. Canada is “de hull push.” Stray Snap=Shots. In presenting this department to LE “foto fiends’ and other readers of and Gun, we might just state th while we will always be pleased receive communications from anyon on subjects of interest, we dor pretend to know everytning and only answer queries to the best of o1 ability. We would also like to he: from secretaries of camera clubs an Where in the Dominion. 2 & = a Amateur photographers seem to 1] horribly afraid to trim prints and e dently imagine that because th plates and paper are cut in certa sizes, that in consequence their tures—no, photographs—must be t same. This is a big mistake. It is very rarely indeed that a ph is really a picture and in the g majority of cases it can be vastly 1 proved by a judicious slashing of 1 sky or foreground or ends, or perha all four. A very good method of determin just how much, or how little, ph one wants left is to place pieces cardboard around it and move th in until it can be seen what Joc best. Then cut it down, even if th is only an inch of surface left. Other people will soon notice | And by the way just remember rarely happens that it looks best have the horizon exactly in the m dle of the photo. = xk = Here is a good acid fixing bethit parts sodium sulphite (eryst.) 100 ps water. . Acidulate with 1 part concentré sulphuric acid and then add 20° sodium hyposulphite. 4 Did you ever have a negative spoil- by libation ? For instance, now, 1 pretty sunset that you wanted to for a moonlight effect. Well, when you do it again, or if u have any negatives affected that y now, rub firmly and decidedly thie parts affected, with a soft cotton $, soaked in alcohol until it is suf- mtly reduced. Try. it. v OS ighty-nine years ago when the first Dp opened his little iron works, the of Essen had only 4,000 inhabi- _ Last year Essen had over 100,- 0 residents. In 1872 Alfred Krupp med 414 iron ore diggings, and his 1 and successor now has over 500, id all but a small part of the Krupp | is made from Krupp’s ore, smel- d by means of the coke he makes his own coal. It has been Kfupp’s for many years to be entirely in- dent of fluctuations in the prices , Pig iron and coal, and so Krupp not only acquired the ownership lands which supply most of his material, but has also laid in large purchased abroad. His works K el employ 7,000 men, and those at agdenburg, Buckau, 3,548, and over (00 men are employed in hig foun- In 1858, Krupp had 1,047 men in s service. On January 1, this year ere were on the pay rolls of the pre- ut ‘Krupp the names of 41,750 men, ‘Whom 25,133 were employed at the rks at Essen, and the rest were scat- among his various manufacturing mining enterprises. In 1895 there in the cast steel works at Essen 458 steam engines with a total of 561 horse-power. The length of the ting used in transmitting power was 40 miles. The 12 Krupp blast fur- 8s on the Rhine consumed daily 2,400 n s of iron ore and produced 1,200 tons pig iron. In 1895-96 over 1,000,000 ms of coal and coke were consumed, 650 tons a day, of which 3,500 tons ‘@ day were the product of Krupp’s own . EE “hy OE ee ee a a ee eS ES pa Sree ee ee i ey LT EL TT IE ae aoe = ~ i > . Felstead lately defeated W. Mc- Iwell, in a final contest for the Tor- to Sporting Goods gold medal and umpionship of Toronto and suburbs, With a score of 89 to 87 The contest Ss at 100 artificial birds. Jommencing with January, 1900, the w England Sportsman, will thereaf- ‘be known as the National Sports- m and as its field will then become l¢ entire United States, it will have scope that has been impossible here- ore. We wish our contemporary y success, Rod and Gun in Canada The W codcock By Reginald Gourlay This excellent but eccentric game bird, now rapidly passing away in both the States and Canada, has the double merit of being one of the most diffi- cult birds for the sportsman to capture by fair shooting, and the most excel- lent of birds for ithe table when once brought to bag. His range is limited, as he is never found in any of the Pa- cific coast states or territories; and in- deed, seldom far west of the Mississippi. To the north, his extreme range is a 125 lar shafts or “bores” by which the bird obtains his food. The plumage is rufus in the under parts, deepening to a beau- tiful chocolate color, exquisitely sten- cilled with darker and lighter tints, on the back and wing covers. The eye is placed very far back, enabling: the bird to see behind him without turning his head, a gift which the pursuer of tne Wily woodcock soon learns to deplore. He has two distinct methods of flight, being sometimes a very easy, and some- times a very hard bird to shoot. He feeds by night, and rests by day; and is even said to complete and round out his character as the “eccentric” among game birds, by carrying his young about on his back. This, however, 1 Kippewa River near Lake Kippewa, Que. certain portion of southern Ontario and Quebec, while to the south, he never ranges as far as (Mexico. So he is being completely hemmed in, and his covers destroyed everywhere, and will in con- sequence, be the first of American game birds to be exterminated, with the ex- ception perhaps 6f the wild. turkey. The American woodcock is about half the size of the European species, the latter weighing from fifteen to eighteen ounces, while tt is a very large speci- men of the former that weighs nine ounces. In plumage the two birds are precisely similar, and have the same original and eccentric habits. The bill is long and slightly curved, being ad- mirably adapted for sinking the singu- cannot vouch for. As he only frequents certain localities, and certain species of cover, and cannot by any possibility be preserved in a semi-tame state as the quail is, for instance, in many parts of the United States, this strange and beautiful game bird will soon be as extinct as is the dodo, as far ag this continent is concerned; a fact much to be regretted by sportsmen. The steamship Mona saired from San Francisco on November ist for Aus- tralia laden with 250,000 salmon eggs, besides some live quails and prairie chickens, the whole being a gift from the United States Government to the people of Australia. Our cousins of the Southern Cross will, no doubt, appreciate Uncle Sam's kindness. - o . rs are Sa Oe RR Cie ree eer ere ey SY COPE ea PF Pd Be Pe OPES 2 =. Rod and Gun in Canada WHERE THE WILD GEESE MAKE CAMP HE doctor and I had been planning this outing for months. He had ex- patiated on the glories of the sport to be had at Brightwater Lake until I be- gan to feel that I had only one great and unfilled purpose in life, and that was to visit it. It was a bright young morning in September when we at length got away. Only the man who has been harnessed to an office desk for many, many weeks can appreciate the delicious sense of abandon with which we saw the unattractive chimneys of the Queen City of The Plains disap- pear behind us and thought of the hun- dred and sixty miles of unfettered free- dom stretching before, and of the long days of autumn sunshine which would be consumed in covering it. Not that any slight is to be put upon Regina, which is the capital of the Northwest and a town with business blocks,schools, churches and private residences that would be a credit to any place. Be- sides, it is the metropolis for one of the best wheat growing districts in the whole country. But to one who loves the sniff of powder and the sight of a tumbling bird, all towns and habi- tations of his kind become, at times. mere prison-bounds; and when the fields are golden and the leaves upon the poplars crimson-stained by the first nipping frost, when the berries on the rose bushes and the bois bleu hang like beads of ivory and drops of blood amid the long, rich, yellow grass and the soft haze and smell of parting summer lies like incense on all the land—then deep loathing of brick walls and girded ‘streets seizes upon him, and unless he can leave them all for a short holiday afield, he comes to hate them with a bitter and enduring hate. Our outfit consisted of a single buck- board, on which was packed our grub- box, blankets, cartridges, guns and an assorted dozen of drinkables. I do not think that we required all the liquids for our own consumption, but it was in the old “permit’”’ days of the North- west and we were going into a country™ where we should meet other fellows who were thirsty. And then our trip was to consume the bigger half of a month, many months. By Bleasdell Cameron ‘At noon we reached the broad, deep valley of the Qu’Appelle. The Prince Albert branch of the railway was be- gun in 1889, and we had dinner with one of the contractors near what is now Lumsden Station. As we rattled up along the valley in the afternoon, we flushed a bunch of prairie chickens and got our first taste of sport. The doctor killed two and I one. We camp- ed for the night with another outfit of railroad-makers and duly appreciated the luxury of sleeping on the ground between blankets instead of in a bed between sheets, for the first time in We then began to real- ize that we had actually left civiliza- tion behind us and were at liberty to snore if we felt inclined. That first night under canvas or the stars---what thoughts and recollections it brings— how deep and soul-refreshing the sleep! Any old camper knows the feeling. It is not my intention to detail our progress on the trail to Brightwater Lake. The country is rolling prairie, and it was then perfectly wild. We had shooting along the road, but we did not loiter, for we had an objective point. One day was much like another. So were the nights, which we spent un- der the deep, deep, dark sky, with the countless stars twinkling like diamonds strewn on a broad sea above «ur beds and the fragrant, matted grass stretch- ing away, league upon league, around us. By day we drove beside the pick- eted line marked by the engineers, and watched the graders with their teams and plows and scrapers paving the way for the iron horse. And we knew that soon there would follow other men with plows in their hands, and that in place of the unbroken, waving grass of the prairie, future travellers would look out of cushioned carriages upon broad fields of waving grain. But they would not see the antelope that we saw on the way to Brightwater. I do not remember how long we were in reaching Brightwater Lake. What I do know is that the time occupied in the journey passed quickly and that when we did arrive we were well re- paid for the distance travelled. The doctor had brought his dog, a fine Lay- erack setter, and we both had plent of sport over him among the popl bluffs and the sand hills in the vici ity and filled several bags with pra chickens. The lake was literally co ered with ducks, but we did not sho many. We had not come for ducks they were to be had nearer home, a: we expected to load our buckboard | i other game. And we did—but later. We spent a pleasant time in car and then started on our homewa way. The days passed pleasantly aga and we were nearing the Qu’Appelle we had reached=the region where 1 hoped to load our buckboard. It w a bright, warm morning when we length turned from the line of the : 1 road and drove eastward for a cour of miles. The land was rolling prair without a bush and soon we came up a long, clear lake among the hills. V had seen geese flying over it on our w up, and we had not driven far along | shores before several large flocks r some distance ahead and flew towa the Qu’Appelle valley. They were wi We camped and had dinner; then started with the rifle to try to cra close enough to a flock feeding warily. a long point for a shot. I got the shot: but no geese, and returned to car infinitely disgusted. Then we put . horse in and drove to the farther ¢ of the lake, a mile away. The remnat of a fire and some lately-stripped h were what we discovered there. _ “Indians,” I remarked. “And an lope. I wish we could come up V a band. We don’t seem to have 4 luck with the geese.” ; “Don’t get discouraged,” said the é tor. “This isn’t the only lake. Antelop good game, but I’m afraid it’s not” us. But we will get geese.” j We left the lake and drove five or miles to the southward, when we ca upon another small clearwater 1 perhaps a mile in diameter, and alm round. Thicketed gullies ran dowr it between the hills in places. It ° covered with ducks, most of them © far from the shore for a shot. A 1 geese rose from a marsh at the wu end. “I’m going to try to bag some of tI ducks,” said I, taking the rifle: geese are too shy to encourage me I killed four ducks at long range waited for them to drift ashore. A redhead was swimming within range off some rushes a short way d the lake. I took my shot gun, wa! toward the spot and then stole up der cover of the reeds. When I i my head T found that he had sw her out. It was a long shot. He and I fired, but he flew on, down ke, apparently unhurt. I watched I placed fresh cartridges in the and soon I saw him wheel and ‘directly up the lake again. I yn on my back and waited. wonder if it was curiosity that 2d him to turn when opposite my place and fiy straight over me? an unfortunate plan of proce- the redhead. Perhaps he couldn’t shoot because I mis- 2e first time, and wished to contempt. Or perhaps it was ado. At any rate I put the shoulder as I lay face up- | the grass, and when he was me I pressed the trigger. ng to my feet and he drop- bullet on the spot where I Poor little beggar! I felt ' for him. He lay on his his splendid barred-gray ng painfully and his brave blinking reproachfully up between their yellow lids, as out of him. I think he through the heart—a single as rather proud of that shot, ; been high. He was a beau- bird. turned to the ravines. Whirr!- ickens. lat the afternoon was waning, explored many of the gullies. and rose and I shot and shot fell. My aim appeared to be tisfactory, this afternoon, ienced none of that disap- which all of us—any of us— when the guns go “Bang! nd the birds fly on. The day > all too quickly, even if no geese. But the best of was to come; and perhaps it » better because I, at all he lake with the horse and I ned to rejoin him. The hills bare—the work of a prairie I hurried along the slope of rub my eyes and look again. | not make out what it was. 1 ed later. Evidently a bird, but sort? It sat, flat on its belly, le top of the bald, black butte and, cut against the sky, it looked as an ostrich. I stood as if petri- a long time as it seemed to t of course only for a few sec- ‘Then it rose and with a deep, r ery, swiftly vanished behind I got ten before I. Rod and Gun in Canada the top of the hill, and I had lost the opportunity of bagging one of the big- gest geese I ever put eye on. I went on, mentally chastising myself and say- ing things to the scenery which it is un- necessary to put down on paper. But the day was not yet over and other surprises were in store. At the end of the lake was a narrow ruck of low grassy land, and to my astonish- ment, just the other side of it, yet an- other lake. Unlike the one I had just left, which was pure and fresh, this was alkali and white like milk. It was not so large as the other and it was quite shallow, so that here and there the salt-encrusted bouldens stuck their heads above the surface. No geese were to be seen about. I found the doctor engaged in earnest conversation with a group of Saltcoat Indians, who were camped on the bank of this little lake a short way off. At a Northwest election trial a halfbreed witness was. asked what language he spoke. ‘‘Melee,”’ was the reply. The doctor’s argument reminded me of that; he was speaking the “mixed” language—English, French and Cree. There were some half dozen lodges in the Indian camp, with one or more of the old wooden Red River carts before each lodge, and when I came near enough discovered that each cart was literally draped with geese! They hung from the frames, from the axles, from the shafts. I asked in Cree where they had shot them. ‘hey were not Oover-communicative. They gave me to understand that tney were not familiar with the speech of their kinsmen, the Crees. Later tney understood it well enough. ‘rhe sun had set as the doctor ana [ loitered about, casting covetous eyes ~-upon those loops and festoons of geese. Also upon a dead antelope. Then I saw oue after another of the [Indian hunters take his gun and march away. Some crossed the neck of land and went down the other side of the alkali lake. Others went down on our side. ‘Ihe light be- gan to fade and then I heard the same sound as my goose of the hill-top had made a short time before. Only now the sound came in chorus from far away and from the long muscular throats of tens and hundreds of approaching geese. Soon the Indians’ guns across the lake began to talk. ‘“Come on!” yelled the doctor, wid with excitement. ‘‘We’re not in it.” We soon were. We jumped in the buckboard and ‘hurried down the lake. The Indians posted there were blazing away cheerfully; half a dozen geese lay 127 about on the sand. fingers twitched. “T’ll stay here,” I said to the doctor. “You can go on a little further if you like.” How can I begin to describe the sport of that evening? I have never seen anything like it, before or since, though that is not the only time I have shot geese. They came in endless procession, flock after flock, and what do you sup- pose was their destination? Why, no- thing but this miserable little bit of an alkali lake. They flew round and round it. The dusk grew and the guns flished and muttered round the circle in the gloom until it was utterly dark, but I sprang out. My they could not be driven away. They . had been feeding all day in the wheat- fields along the Qu’Appelle_ valley, twenty miles away, and now they had come home to roost—home to this little alkali lake, for it was their camping- place. It grew so dark as I fired that I could not see the birds coming. But I heard their deep, resonant cries, and I stood straight up on the sandy beach and gazed at the faintly luminous sky and listened for the beat and rush of flap- ping wings upon the soft night air. Then, directly over me and scarce five lengths of my gun barrels high, the great bodies swung dark against the stars, and then the fire leaped from the muzzles with a roar and a mighty bird fell heavily upon the sand at my feet. I cannot describe the exultation of those moments. It was all over at last, but twenty birds had fallen to my lot. The doctor had put one of his gun- locks out of service and did not have quite so many. That evening the doctor and I walked over to the Indian camp for another: He was a fine. lopk at the antelope. animal and we admired him very much. Sundry negotiations of an unimpor- tant nature, in which tea, tobacco and perhaps a little money figured, passed beween us and the aborigines. Then we drove half a mile out on the prairie and spread our blankets beside the buckboard. We took an extra horn before turning in, to celebrate our suc- cess. , I was tired and I slept well, but never have I ‘heard such a delightful babel , as I listened to in my waking moments that night. It was like the beating of a thousand melodious gongs—the deep- throated, reedy clangor and concert of those hanking geese, now resting un- disturbed on the dirty bosom of the lit- tle lake. We did not get much shooting in the 128 morning. We rather overslept, and it was already fairly light before we reached our stands. I got one. Then I moved out to the end of a wooded point. A single goose came sailing over, high. I fired when he was directly above me. He flew on till he reached the very centre of the lake; then drop- ' ped like a stone. The morning was fresh and I did not feel that a bath in that muddy water was what I particularly needed. There was an Indian boy close at hand. He had also shot a goose. I beckoned to him. “T’ll give you ten cents and trade geese with you,” I said. It was a bargain. The sun had now risen, the geese were flying in long, waving lines toward the Qu’Appelle, and the last thing I saw as we drove away was the brown, bare body of the young savage, up to the thighs in the | middle of the lake, retrieving his goose. We arrived in Regina the same even- ing, with the hind wheels of our buck- board ‘‘all spraddled out,’ like the legs of a man struggling under the burden of three fingers too much; and the best of it was that our load was topped by the carcase of a very fine antelope. No; you needn’t ask. I’m not going to say who shot it, the doctor or I. That wouldn’t be fair. I stood the other day on the rear plat- form of a coach on the Regina and Prince Albert ‘branch of the Canadian Pacific. The land was mellow with -sunlight; the air as pure as heaven. It was a beautiful day. I had just come from the raw cold of the East. I was entranced. I saw the long lines of geese—legions of them—sailing swiftly over the sweeping billows of yel- low grass, and I thought of the little ugly- white lake lying two miles to the westward and of the night I shot and camped beside its shores. Ten years is a long time, but I have no doubt that if you are inspired to go there when September comes again you will find the geese just as numerous and as determined to roost upon that dirty bowl of milk as I found them in 1889. * 2 Pa William S. Jackson, of Boston, is said to believe that game laws should - be amended so as to allow the use of dogs in deer hunung, not for the purpose of dogging deer, but for re- trieving wounded deer; that most hun- ters wound several deer for every one they kill, and that the retrieving of wounded deer by the aid of dogs should be compulsory, and would be a humane act. Rod and Gun in Canada F your various correspondents did not | display such a woeful lack of geo- graphical knowledge, it would be un- necessary for me to trouble you, but, as they do, will you kindly allow me a little space to correct a wrong im- pression which was created long ago in your columns and which has not yet received attention from anyone familiar with the matter. I refer to the ‘‘Sports- men’s Paradise.”’ I have been an in- terested reader of ‘‘Rod and Gun’’ since it made its first appearance, but have been surprised that your contributors have so many opinions as to the loca- tion of the Sportsmen’s Paradise. As I was thoroughly familiar with the spot myself, and know its location, the dis- cussion and claims of your various cor- respondents provided amusement for me. But I think they have had pos- session of their harmless illusion long enough and, much as it pains me to do so, in justice to this country, I must snatch the itoy from their hands. Therefore, know ye all men by these presents, that the old original and only genuine Sportsmen’s Paradise on earth is in the Kootenays. How do I know? Well, that’s easy. I believe every sports- man likes a back ground of good scen- ery when he is shooting or fishing. We have every kind of scenery, but the last magnificent spectacle that I witnessed will be sufficient as a sample. We had scrambled up the almost perpendicular side of the Kitchener glacier, which is situated in the very heart of the Slocan country, and is its ‘highest point. By dint of making steps with our snow- shoes, but being compelled to move very slowly owing to the difficulty of breathing at such an altitude, we reach- ed the immense undulating surface of the mighty glacier. In summer it is a sea of shining bluish green ice, but last month (October) it was covered with ten feet of snow. A light,,but very cold wind greeted us as we made the last advance on our hands and knees. Three miles away, in the middle of the ice, Kitchener peak raises his seared and scarred head proudly above every tow- ering mountain in the country. That was our objective point. Many dangers ‘beset our way, for the surface of the ‘glacier was dotted with huge crevasses IT’S REAL LOCATION By Welford Beaton and to fall into one of these, down hun- dreds of feet between walls of ice meant instant death. But it seems t me that one gets frightened at the dan gers of mountaineering only after the; are passed. I shudder now to th nk how close I was to some of those yawn. ing death traps, but at the time I co gratulated myself that I went clos enough to get a good view of them. Our progress across the glacier w ¥ rapid, for the winds had made the sno . excellent for snowshoeing and the onl: incidents that imiterferred with our tramp were the detours, one of ther nearly a mile, that we had to mak around the big slits in the ice. Th scenery was grand, but we had eyes only for our path for we knew the soon we would be on a peak tha: would unfold a stupendous panora- ma. It was a stiff climb up side of Kitchener peak. It possible to take only a few steps at | time on account of breathing, and th air was so light that my snow glas did not keep things from dancing be fore my eyes. On the north s d snow lay drifted almost half wa up the mighty peak, which, reach ing so far into the air, winds ha blocked the snow storms in thei progress, and during the centurie that have elapsed since the ice s t tled down and left his head to first g¢ the kiss of the morning sun and to k the last of that mighty concourse | snow-capped monsters to turn crimsou in the dying day. The snow had cor tinued to drift until there were hui dreds of feet of it clinging to Kitchen peak. You will understand that ¥ were in the region of peaks, havi spent already two days mastering tl mountains themselves. But it was t steep to climb and a long tramp arour brought us to the rocky south sid Here we put our snowshoes on backs—we had already left our rifles | the foot of the huge drift before started around—and commenced scramble up the rocky side, getting foothold as best we could and pausi at every step for breath. One false step, one little piece of roc on which we sometimes depended f a foothold, becoming loose and a yuld have been over with us. But it ; only now that I think of that. We vere too busy blowing and puffing to ink of anything else. Two hours hard k brought us to the top. That was retty good time, but we had been in 1 hills for about a month and were tting hardened. Besides we had ac- ed that knowledge, soon learnt in mountains, of how to size up a peak yne glance and determine just how where it is to be tackled. ok at that scenery!” said my nion; “Scenery be blowed!”’ I re- , “let me look at the luncheon we sat down on the highest the Slocan, which is composed ‘else but peaks, ate the mashed is of what had been an excellent prepared at sunrise by the cook camp, miles below in the last 9 of pine trees, and stared in awe e scene before us. st here I wish you would kindl, o be continued in our next” and quietly drop out of sight. This which starts out to be a geo- eal study and a severe rebuke > of your poor deluded corres- nts, has wandered to the highest -in the country, and I don’t know I am going to get it down again. truth is, and I tell you this confi- ntially, I am no more able to de- be that scene than I am to write t, but as I have taken the read- a six-hour tramp up mountains and across miles of snow and ice, I am afraid I will have to show them some- y before I take them back, so I will ‘There were miles, and miles, and _ of snow-capped peaks, looking us, not a cloud was to be seen, un shining brightly from the clear- ‘blue sky I ever saw (it seems to * bluer the nearer you get to it). me of the valleys the sun was kept , clouds that drifted lazily about tops of the lower mountains. But were above everything, above these ity mountains that for a year have ned to me to be insurmountable, ® the snow, above the rain, above s clouds. Look up and we saw no- ng but the sun and sky, look down, s world lay at our feet. Those peaks lest away are of the Rocky range, = hundred miles separate us from Nelson, Slocan City, Silverton, ndon and Kaslo lay at our feet. ‘up your map and see their loca- Yonder peak shelters Rossland, away to the south are in the es of Idaho and Washington, while behind us guard the towns: of ing East Kootenay, a day’s jour- Te Sta aka Rod and Gun in Canada ney distant. Between are thousands and thousands of peaks and ranges. We can see over three hundred miles in any direction, and everywhere is that immense sea of mountains with its whitecaps glittering in the midday sun. They have a majestic appearance as they rear their jewelled heads into that vast solitude. There is not a sound in the Great Kingdom of Peaks, the wind even has gone below to play hide and seek among the stalwart pines with the cloud fragments that are sulk- ing there in awe of the monarchs of that glorious region above. It is the day of the peaks; they wink and smile at one another over countless leagues of space; they sparkle and shine and perspire as the sun plays havoc with 129 valley thousands of feet below. Those same silent peaks then howled and roared at one another, sang terrible war songs as the raging storm caressed them and playfully removed one crown of snow and placed it on the brow of a neighboring peak, only to return a minute later with a greater one gath- ered from the low hanging clouds. The elements were holding high carnival and we felt like intruders as we plunged along the treacherous floor of the home of the Goddess of Storm. But it is only to-day that concerns us now. We drank to our fill of the beauties of nature and then commenced the descent. In going down we took the north face of the peak, for we had a short cut in sight. It was a more Upper portion Kippewa River Falls, Que. their snowy eyebrows. It is a region of silence; we light our pipes and gaze at it in silent admiration. But do not be deceived by the peace- ful and innocent look of the old mast- ers. Two nights ago, when we were crossing yonder divide between the sis- ter peaks now below us, snow from this very glacier swept across that valley, swirled around the rocky points as we made our way. along the dangerous path, blinded us when every minute was precious, for we must needs make the camp before darkness could settle down and leave us to sit in the storm until daylight appeared again, made treacherous pitfalls of otherwise harm-, less irregularities in the winding path and froze stiff the clothes that. had been drenched by the day’s rain in the dangerous path, but we reached the top of that mighty drift without mis- hap. Then we unstrapped our snow- shoes, lashed them tagether, sat on them and reached the surface of the glacier in a shorter time than it takes to write this sentence. It was just like being shot out of a cannon, and—— But, by the way, talking of shooting —it reminds me that this article is sup- posed to be on sporting topics. That's unfortunate, for I have only one sheet of paper left. But meantime, if you will take my word for it, that you can shoot anything from a squirrel to a caribou, from a chipmunk to a grizzly, and from a snipe to a goose, that you can catch anything from a wee brook trout to a thirty-pound charr, and with- in very few miles of Nelson, and have the most magnificent scenery in the world to boot. I-will write you again shortly and show that it is all Gospel truth. 130 Rod and Gun RUDGE AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. . a, Eran | ia it Association have resolved upon holding a show early in the spring of next year. The date is not yet definitely settied, but it is presumed that it will be fixed so as to fall in with those of the eastern circuit. It is also proposed to hold a general meeting of the Association about the middleof Jan- when a number of collies will be exhibited by members of the Canadian Collie Club and a short ‘‘talk’”’ on the points, char- acteristics and rearing of this favorite breed will be given by an expert for the benefit of those present. Should this talk be patronized by _ the members as it ought to be others will be given at intervals, until at least the better known domestic and sport- ing dogs have been illustrated. The 6 ee directors of the Montreal Canine Association is open to any lover of a dog and the secretary, Mr. F. C. Saun- ders, Imperial Building, Montreal, will be pleased to receive applications from those desirous of joining and to give all necessary information as to the aim and object of the Association. ok * * The past few weeks have been prolific of dog shows on ‘the other side, the most important of which were Philadel- phia, (November 22 to 25); and New York Pet Dog Club’s, (November 29 to December 1). At the latter, over $4,- 000 were offered in cash prizes, besides numerous valuable specials. These in- ducements, of course, brought out 4 large entry, reaching away above one thousand, and in consequence, competi- tion in nearly all classes was exceed- ingly keen. Although the number of entries from Canada was limited, we are glad to note that those who did exhibit were very successful. In the front, at Philadelphia, came Norfolk Kennels, Toronto, with four firsts in fox terriers, besides carrying off the special for the best bitch representa- tive of any breed in the show, with Champion Norfolk Handicraft; also American Fox Terrier Club cup for best smooth in novice class, with Nor- folk Ruby; special for kennel of best four smooths; special for best in limit, with Norfolk Clorita; home-bred pup- py stakes, Norfolk Tartar. It was somewhat singular that in both the dog and bitch classes in this competition the honors should have gone to fox terriers, Mr. G. M. Carnochan’s celebrated champion, Go Bang, ‘securing the award for dogs as well as special for best ter- rier in show, although, in the latter case, it must be said that many of the fox terrier men held that this honor should have gone to Mr. Gooderham’'s bitch from the fine form in which she was shown. In cocker spaniels Mr. George Douglass, of Woodstock, Ont., had two seconds, three thirds, and a reserve, while Terra Cotta Kennels, East Toronto, had two v.h.c.’s. In Russian wolf hounds, Terra Cotta Ken- nels scored in the limit class with Koa- dan. a co «a We notice with pleasure the discin- guished success of a local lady exhibi- tor, Mrs. J. A. Pitt, of Westmount, at the New York show with her hand- some Blenheim spaniel, Little Swell. He was placed first in novice, ist in open and ist in winners’ classes, be- sides carrying off the Waldorf-Astoria silver trophy, value $150, as the best Blenheim exhibited. Mrs. Pitt na- turally feels elated over the success of her little favorite against the best that New York could produce, and is more in love ‘with him {than ‘ever. Little Swell was sired by the celebrated Eng- lish champion Lord Tennyson, and well deserved the premier position, as he is an almost perfect speci- men of the breed. Another local exhibitor, Mr. Joseph Reid. of Logan's Farm, was also very successful, getting four prizes and a v.h.c. out of five en- tries. Other Canadians made a good showing, amongist them being Terra Cotta Kennels, with first and second in greyhounds; Norfolk Kennels’ Handi- craft got first place, thus confirming the judgment passed upon her at Philadel- phia; the same owner being also award- ed several first and specials for others of the string. Bay View Kennels, Tren- ton; Mr. Charlesworth, Toronto, and C. Y. Ford, Otterburn, Kingston, in cocker spaniels; Mrs. Ford in pugs. The show was held in the Metropoli- tan Opera House, the swellest place in New York City, and was made quite a society event. Everything was on the most lavish scale, and it is said the Show Committee were responsible for in Canada ‘ an expenditure of something like $15. 000 in prizes, rent and other etcs. Ov $5,000 were received for entries and patronage of the public was on a sca 1 that will leave the club onion pocket. ae * = The modern beagle, with the exce tion of the head, ears and _ thro should have all the points of the f hound. The head is larger, proporti ) ately, in width and height, there more throatiness, and the ears are ars and pendulous, set low on the hea falling below the neck. Chest de and capacious, with ribs well sprun The back and loin (latter slightly are ed) should be strong and muscula Forelegs should be straight and stro: in bone, and the feet round and ca like. Color and coat are not regard as very important, so long as the for er is a “hound color” and the coat dei . and hard in texture. The tail is y fringed with hair and carried ga: There are generally two standard si that is the height from the gro the shoulder, but the most serviceal range from 14 to 15 inches, small — comparison with the foxhound large enough for the purposes to they are used. Speaking of the Bradford S. Turpin, in the South Fancier, says: “The great pop a. which the beagle has won for ft in recent years is well deserved. pet he is handsome, affectionate intelligent, and as a hunting dog € active and strong, with the ke on nose and the sweetest voice of any the hound family. His patience : perseverance in seeking his game tireless, and his energy and co pursuit of it unbounded. At home afield he is always a gentleman and agreeable companion. The beagle is p ticularly adapted to the sport whi is to be found in the more thickiy-s tled portions of the country. — se , quiet, well-behaved, and rarely quar some. He lives at peace with his mat and the pack, be it large or small, ¢ be kept together in the kennel 3 without danger of disturbance. His minutive size makes it possible to st a half dozen of the little fellows ay under the seat of the hunting wage It costs but little to feed him, and game is at home in every thicket swamp. The fascination of hun with beagles is unending. One can ti his pack afield every day from the ginning to the close of the hunting | son and not tire of the sport. He 1 become weary of shooting and willi ly leave his gun at home, but will he tire of watching the work he hounds and never will he hear veeter music than that of the driving 9? ise =. * ood, simple, inexpensive form of r kennel, which has been proved xperience to be admirably adapted e varieties which are of hardy tion, fs thus descr.bed by a nown breeder: ‘he kennel may rected against a garden or any ‘wall, and consists of a series of nents which close’y resemble of a stable, and possessing a wooden or iron railings. I can r the many good qualities of i of kennel, having erected sh or the accommodation of my k; and the dogs always seemed ll in them. The size I built all in my kennel was ten feet y eight feet wide, and the dogs habited them were bulldogs terriers, of from 35 to 50 pounds I mention this, as it is desir- explain to inexperienced readers y as possible what arrange- ere made so as to enable them » for themselves of what size their kennels; as, of course, nds upon the variety of dogs ose keeping as well as upon d ommodation at hand. The yald be covered in by a lean-to at least three-quarters of their om the wall, as wet ground is he worst things possible for a and on for long; and a portable bench must be provided. There } occasion for this bench to be rais- from the ground, for in the instance the dog is not expected Blenheim Spaniel—Champion Little Swell (Owner—Mrs. J. A. Pitt, Westmount.) rof thr e first prizes and Waldorf Astoria Trophy, value $150, at American 1 ¢t Dog Club’s Show, New York. Rod.and Gun in Canada to sleep on it, at all events in cold weather. Three pieces of board each a foot wide and one yard long firmly nailed crossways on a couple of pieces of three-inch quartering forms an ad- mirable bench of this description. The roof should be of weather boarding, covered over with the best felt, well tarred and sprinkled with coarse sand or gravel. Corrugated iron roofing is most objectionable, for in summer the extent to which it attracts the sun ren- ders the life of the unfortunate creature underneath it simply intolerable. Lime- washing is essential, if the dog’s health and general comfort are to be cons:d- ered; when properly done, it not only 131 her by express, after banking hours. She was a widow, lived alone, and was afraid to keep the money over night. Shortly afterwards her milkman came around on his evening trip, and having been acquainted with him for some eleven years, and knowing him ito bear an excellent reputation, she confided to him and asked his advice as to what she ought to do. The milkman readily agreed to help her, stating that he would bring his watch dog, and assured her that she and the money would be perfectly safe. An hour later the milk- man returned with the dog, a white English bullterrier, and tod the lady to keep the dog in her own room over NWS VHF wiles watt BRT renders the Kennel clean and tidy in appearance, but has the effect of de- stroying the innumerable insects which are sure to infest the abode of every sort of dog, unless very stringent meas- ures are taken for their extermination. * x * Among certain classes of people the impression prevails that the bullterrier ‘is not a good watchdog, that he is not a success in guarding property or pro- tecting life. This impression, however, is altogether erroneous. Give the bull- terrier the same training and the same opportunities as other animals chos2n ‘for this duty and the result will be that the bullterrier is not a disappointment. He will abundantly fulfill all cequire- ments. Here is an illustration proving that the bullterrier, as a faithful and sagacious dog, is worthy of the highest trust: In the borrough of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., a certain lady unexpectedly received a large sum of money—about $1,600—being delivered to CT en ee ee ee ee Japanese Spaniel—Little O Kiku This fine dog, which d’ed recently, won many prizes in his day. was aso tl e property of Mes. J. A. Pitt, Westmount. night. She was no lover of dogs at least at that time, yet she followed the milkman’s advice. She slept soundly that night, having implicit confidence in the milkman’s word that the dog would protect her and ‘the money. On the following morning when she awoke she was shocked to see lying on her bedroom floor the dead body of a man — —her milkman—with his face and throat frightfully torn by his own faith- ful watch dog. It was clearly evident that the milkman’s intention was rob- bery. Whether the dog recognized his master at the first leap, is of course not known, but he probably did not. The milkman gained an entrance through a window, immediately inside of which the body was lying, showing that the dog awaited his opportunity and then performed his work in a manner that was swift, sure and terrible, yet com- mendable.—F. W. Spang, in the Dog Fancier. 132 NOTES. A show of collies will be held in St. Louis, January ist, and indications are that there will be a good exhibit. Mr. Henry Jarret, of Chestnut Hill Kennels, Philadelphia, has lately im- ported the smooth collie bitch, Busy- vody, from England. The well-known Canadian fancier, Mr. R. McEwen, of Byron, Ont., has lately imported a son of that famous collie, Leek Chancellor, a grand, strong, finely marked sable and white. ‘The Norfolk Kennels, Toronto, are offering $50 for the best dog and $50 for the best bitch sired by any of their stud dogs during 1900, the prizes to be awarded at a fall show in 1901. One prominent society woman in New York made 27 entries of Pomeranians at the American Pet Dog Club’s show, importing three different color kennels at a cost of some thousands of dollars. Dr. A. E. Metzger, of Clyde, O., re- ports the arrival of what is more than likely a record litter, namely, seven- teen bloodhound puppies, all to appear- ance strong and healthy from his Queen Lil. Can any other breeder du- plicate this? The popular Winnipeg sportsman, Mr. Thomas Johnson, has been selected to judge the Pacific Coast Field Trials, which take place at Bakersfield, Cal., in January. Mr. Johnson is well and fa- vorably known among field trial pa- trons and his selection will no doubt give entire satisfaction. A New York evening paper publishes the picture of a hunting dog wearing a pair of eyeglasses. The story is that Simeon Hackett, of Oldtown, Me., was told that his favorite setter was near sighted. A pair of spectacles were made for the dog, which at first tried to get them off, but soon came to know their value. He now refuses to go hunting until his master has fas- tened them on him. The latest thing in company pro-~ moting comes from Paris, where a dogs’ cemetery company has been float- ed, with a capital of $70,000. The pro- moters of the concern are ladies, who are determined that their pets when they cross the bourne, shall have decent interment. Should the company be formed, and we have no doubt it will, one may expect to see a new field of enterprise opened to artists and de- signers in the decoration of the graves of the dear departed by emblematic headstones. _ The Rhode Island Kennel Club will hold a two-day show (January 10th and 11th) at Providence with the entry money at the popular figure of $2. Pre- mium lists are now out and can be Oob- tained of the secretary, Mr. J. A. Bou- telle. Entries close December 27. The following will judge the various classes: Mr. James Mortimer, Hempstead, N. Y.: Mr. German Hopkins Hempstead, N.Y.; Dr. J. E. Hair, Bridgeport, Conn.; Mr. W. C. Codman, Providence, and Mr. Thomas Shallcross, Providence. This will be the first show under the new point rule of the A.K.C. Rod and Gun in Canada An English contemporary, Our Dogs, says: “Mr. Norman Read has had a very tempting offer from America for Champion Wellesbourne Conqueror, but has declined it, and the dog will, there- fore, still remain at the service of Eng- lish breeders. A great factor in assist- ing Mr. Read to decide not to sell is that unless rumor is terribly wrong Mr. H. Ainscough has a young dog by Con- queror ex Parbold Pinafore, who, when he makes his appearance on the show bench, is expected to create something of a sensation.” The Southern Fancier, published by Mr. F. J. Skinner, Baltimore, Md., is an excellent paper for the dog fancier. The December number just received is full of good things and plentifully besprinkled with half-tone cuts of notable dogs of different breeds, which gives to the paper a very attractive appearance. A very 1n- teresting series of articles on the collie by Mr. James Watson, the well-known sec- retary of the American Collie Club, is at present running in the Fancier and should be read by every admirer ot this breed. The little beagle has also been treated of exhaustively in previous numbers by Mr. Bradford 8. Turpin, and so much appre- ciated that publication i in book form has been decided upon. Another important feature of the paper is the department on cats and catteries and other pet stock. The largest sum ever paid for a dog collar was 4550, which large sum was in 1806 paid by a wealthy nobleman for a gold band to encircle the neck of a valuable dog. upon which he is said to have spent altogether between £3,000 and £4,000. A dog-collar of silver, with four small diamonds, was in 1832 sold in London to Lady Mackin for £21u, and was placed round the neck of her pet pug dog. Some people spend smal] for- tunes on their dog pets. Mrs. Gilliz (daughter of Mr. Croker, the great rail- way magnate), for instance, has taree pet dogs, known as the Bat-eared Ba- bies, and valued at £7,500, who have a special maid to watch over them, and a special footman to exercise them on the terrace and in ithe grounds of the owner’s palatial residence. They are provided with four suits of clothes a year at a cost of £100, and each dinner they get costs about 5s. The dogs’ footman gets £100 a year and his uni- form, and the dogs’ maid’s salary is £75. Mrs. Gillig had a miniature of the three dogs’ heads painted by the fa- mous animal artist, Mrs. J. C. Chandler, and set round with diamonds. and nearls. INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIALS The annual meeting of the Interna- tional Field Trials Association was held at the Hotel Rankin, Chatham, Ont., on the evening of November 18th, the vice- president, Dr. Totten, in the chair. After routine business the annual elec- tion of officers wals proceeded with, and resulted as follows: President, Mon- tague Smith, Forest; first vice-presi- dent, T. C. Stegman, Ridgetown; sec- ond vice-president, J. B. Dale, Pretro- lea; secretary-treasurer, W. B. Wells, Chatham; executive committee, A. C. McKay, Thomas Guttridge, I. L. Nich- olls, W. D. Tristem, A. Wells, Georg lkkime, Chatham; L. H. Smith, Stra roy; Dr. Totten, Forest; A. 3 Smit! De.roit; H. M. Graydon, London. T1 trials were to have taken place the fo lowing day on the Club’s preserve ne the village of Mitchell’s Bay, but © heavy downpour of rain prevented being commenced until Wednesdé The finish itook place on Thursday, a following were the results: BS In the Derby there were 23 entri: It resulted as follows: 1, Bella Point Hal Pointer—Belle of Hessen, owne Marcon & Morton, Windsor; 2, Selk Milo, Selkirk Dan—Selkirk Tana, 7 B. Wells, Chatham; 8, Coquette, Roy London—Fanny, H. Marshall Graydo London; 4, Dan Thiers, Thiers~--D III., J. B. Dale, Petrolea. : In the all- -aged stake there were nil entries: Noble Chieftain, by Dash A tonio, by Rose Rapid II., owner, G. 1 Davis, New York, won first; Cleopatr by ‘Mingo II., by Cambrinna, own W. B. Wells, Chatham, was second, a Joseph M. owned by Dr. McClintoc Detroit, and handled by Mr. Hodeu of Pontiac, won third money. ‘Th makes the third win for Noble Chiefs ; in the all-aged stake. MY DOG AND I. When Autumn’s glories tint the tre S With golden ‘brown and red, 4 And ‘neath the frost’s first wint’ry tou ‘Lhe summer flowers are dead; a At sunrise, over hill and dale, D With eager steps, we hie, q To hunt within the green woods’ sk My good dog Stub and I. : Stub, watchful, there, With many a joyous bark; 4 Investigates each shady grove, And every cavern dark. a So on we go, ithrough thick and thin, And swift the hours fly, i Till noontide; then we share our i My good dog Stub and I. darts now here, ni The grassy river banks we seek, Where, on its waters still, The wary duck glides to and fro, Nor fears the hunter’s skill. My rifle echoes o’er the fields, The wild fowl rise on high, . We bag our bird, then on we stray, My good dog Stub and I. ‘Then ’neath the birch tree’s shade search The partridges’ retreat, With ear intent and cautious step, As every bush we beat. And now, perchance, a rabbit starts We give him chase, fullery; He disappears and *wildered leaves My good dog Stub and I. The sun is sinking in the west, Homeward we wend our way With hopes of future times when Vv May hunt another day. Away from city life and cares, Beneath the clear blue sky, Together may we often roam, My good dog Stub and I. ; CHAS McINTYRE St. John, N.B. \ . Ss see ne 2 £35 Sorte LER E ERS @, oes 2 n . Cer frets ve you seen, or been to,’’ some ular place mentioned by the nd with whom one isat the time. wer is in the negative, you are Id that you have missed agreat uct, the prettiest spot there en; and that you have lived tely everyone has some tree, or stone, which they nts the ideal of beauty. on will now be, “Have you t Portage and the Seine ‘hoping to have an oppor- aliating. with no preconceived ideas, to enjoy whatever came in However, I was more than aming, Parry Sound and id Islands well together, a dash of Constantinople le of Wight, and the result rtage! and blissfully breathed the cris tumn air. Close to Rat Portage Devil's Gap is to be seen on one § of which a rock with a most hide face painted on it, bears the name the Devil’s Rock—by no means fl ing to his majesty. A short time ¢ some school children who were on passing the spot rather startled t1 elders by shouting, ‘“‘Three ve Portage had quite an air of import as we steamed towards the pier, a realized with sorrow that the char trip was just over. Now, looking I see before me a vision of bea season of mists and yellow fr ness,” genial companionship, heads and gold quartz, and, not least, the old squaw busy re the barge. Rather a queer mixture, still a very pleasant recollection. © fact that the train was ready t me eastwards away from ee : brought me to my senses, but not the beautiful shores of Lake S: keep me from remembering as ple a fortnight as I have ever spent. anyone who meditates this trip, e give a word of advice: rememb or little back water on the Rainy | near Koochiching; I can recomr it. A canoe is better than a be at the latter will do. ‘ IDE & e FE FOX HUNTING By C. Jno. Alloway circumstances led us to state in our st number that fox-hunting in and yut Montreal had been brought to a r sudden termination owing to the and snow which made its appear-~ in the early part of November. t now gives us pleasure to state, only temporary, as almost imme- the snow disappeared and hunt- ent on as merrily as ever, and continued without abatement up urday, the second of the month. the Montreal and Canadian Hunt hunted their regular days with- y interruption into December, a stance which has not been chro- on the island of Montreal for a ever since the glorious sport, times a week, up to within a few ago. The sport has been re- bly igood in the case of both abs, as on the whole the ground was excellent condition, the weather fay- ble, fields large and the game most iful. Of casualities there. were a few, but fortunately none of were of a very serious character. that the season is over, those suf- from having come into too em- contact with the ground, will imple time to comfort themselves he compensations of the pleasant ies of many excellent days’ sport the exceptionally fine season of t autumn afforded ‘them, and to pate the zest with which, on return of spring, they will once ain follow as hard and fast as if Ik n bones and bruises were not ain among the possibilities. ’ the out-door fealtures of e club must be suspended during winter, yet its social character will -uninterrupted, as the Club House Cote des Neiges will be the scene round of functions, more or less ( , but which promise to be both y and enjoyable. [The Canadian Hunt Club, whose adquarters are on the south side of e river in the vicinity of St. Lam: rt, has had an exceptionally suc essful season. The country ove yhich they have hunted is less inter ed with barb wire than on the is i Alth ougiIn Rod and Gun in Canada land proper, and this, together with the fact that the section had not been hun- ted over for a great many years, made the task of the finding of plenty of game a comparatively easy matter. It was not an infrequent occurrence to find one, two and sometimes three foxes in the same covert, and this is what may almost be described as ‘“‘too much of a good thing.” The hunting during the season with this club was from its inception, one continued series of pleasure and enjoyment. If hard riding, plenty of game, good horses, stout hearts and unbounded enthusi- asm can in any way contribute to the furnishing of good sport, then the Can- adian Hunt Club has unlimited success in store for them in the future. We are pleased to note that Mr. Co- - lin Campbell has sufficiently recovered from his recent accident on Kingston in the “Hunt Cup,” to be around among his friends once more. SMOKELESS POWDERS. To the Editor Rod and Gun. Permit me to submit a brief sketch and a few hints relative to the merits of a true Nitro smokeless powder. As a sports- man, and as all true sportsmen should do when they have found a good article, I wish to make it known to my brethren. My experience, since the advent of Nitras, commenced some fifteen yearsago. The main point is a Nitro that gives the most advantages; in this is combined economy, the total absence of smoke, the greatest penetration with the least recoil, uniformity of pattern with the lowest breech pressure, and the absence of changes owing to atmospheric effects. At the close of the nineteenth century sports- men, as a rule, are seeking a powder with the above advantages, and black powder, the old kicking mule, is almost a thing of the past with the up-to-date sports- man. The failure of Dittmar powder to accom- plish these much desired results, caused all new candidates for sportsmen’s favor to be looked upon with suspicion, and wrecked guns, torn hands, and other accidents were numerous. All powder manufacturers were anxious to be first in the field with their goods. Admitting those good qualities their powders possessed, exacting sportsmen soon discovered the apparent difficulties, and they became generally known. Only those who were familiar with the subject were favored with successful results. A Nitro with soft grain will not give satisfactory results. The reasons are ob- vious. The inexperienced loader will 135 giye too little or too much pressure. If too little, not enough penetration will be obtained; if too much, excessive recoil, sufficient to injure a cheap made gun. A soft grain nitro is susceptible to damp- ness, to heat and to cold. A perfect smokeless powder should, first of all, have a hard grain, be very quick, should be loaded as easily as black, give but little recoil with great penetration, with always a regular pattern, leave no residue in the barrel, and contain no acid which will corrode or cause rust, and which will give the highest results with ordinary wadding. Knowing the requirements, Messrs. E. I. Dupont, De Nemours & Co. spent years of time experimenting and investigating, with every convenience and apparatus that science cou'd produce at their com- mand, biding the time when they could put a smokeless powder before the sports- men of America that would withstand the severest tests in the field and at the traps, or in any climate, and not be affect- ed by atmospheric changes. When the time came for the development of smoke- less powders, the same painstaking at- tention to details was carried into the early experiments as is now used in its production on a gigantic scale. That the old house of E. I. Dupont, De Nemours & Co. has not been behind in entering the field is shown by the fact that the eldest son of Elenthere Irene Dupont, as early as 1845, exhausted the subject of gun cotton, asthen known. His experiments on the new explosive were carried as far as could be at that time and the subject of smokeless powders was never lost sight of by his descendants. As each of the modern explosives was brought for- ward it was examined and its defects noted,— Schultze, among the first in Europe; next the powder of Reid and Johnston, in England; and in France the - ‘‘poudre’’ B of Viele, and the ballestite of Noble. The powder made by Carl Dittmar, the first smokeless made in the United States, lacked uniformity and became dangerous by keeping and stor- ing. The Duponts were the first to make a powder of pure gun cotton, the safest and best basis for a reliable smokeless powder, and to-day claim to have pro- duced a powder as near perfection as can be produced. The factory of E. I. Du- pont, De Nemours & Co. is in Salem Co., New Jersey, on the banks of the Delaware River at Carney Point, adjacent to Wil- mington, Delaware. Here may be found one of the most extensive and best equipped powder manufactories in the world. The powder burned on the argent battle ships of the great fighting nations 136 is Dupont. A powder bought for a nation’s use in war is subject to the most severe tests. These tests are frequently repeated; the powder must not only be the best, but itmust remain so. Every Am- erican battle ship burns Dupont. Among them is the ‘‘ Indiana,’’ one of the most formidable American war ships,: the weight of one gun being 136,000 lbs. ; 39 feet 9} inches long; the full charge of powder is 560 lbs. ; weight of projectile, 1,100 Ibs., which will penetrate 23 inches of solid steel at three-quarters of a mile. It costs to fire this gun $700.00, and a shot can be delivered every six minutes. The ‘Indiana,’ with full armament, is capable of consuming 160,000 lbs. of pow- der in one hour, at a cost of $40,000, The same house that makes the powder for the nation’s use makes smokeless powder for all purposes of shooters. It is not necessary to argue witha genuine sportsman about the advantages of using smokeless powder. A good formula for targets is from 2}-to 3 drs. Dupont smokeless in either U. M. C. smokeless, W.R.A. or imported Ely shells; 1 grease proof card wad, 1 j-inch black edge and 2common $ thick 12 ga. wads. and 1} 0z. No. 7 chilled shot with } in. crimp. Above load for a 12 ga. gun using 23 inch cases. For a 23 in. shell,3 drs, powder, 1 card wadend 2 black edges, with same loali shot andcrimp, will be found to give most excellent results from Ely shells with moderate firm pressure, from 30to 40 lbs. For quail, same load as above with 1 oz. No. 8 chilled shot. For partridge or grouse use No. 7 shot; - one oz. shot will give a much quicker load than 1$ 0z., and increased velocity in choke 12 bore guns, one and one-eighth oz. in cylinder and half chokes. A good load for live pigeons, 3} to 3} drs. Dupont smokeless in 2f in. cases, 1 trap or field wad, 1 %in. white felt, 1 black or pink edge wad, 14 oz. No. 7 chilled shot, about 325 pellets to the oz., with thin card wad over shot and } in. crimp. A three dram load is 36} grains. Any good paper shell with a No. 3 primer will give good results. F. H. Conover. Leamington, Ont. > Every Sportsman is interested in anything that will prevent rust on guns. The ‘‘3in one”’ Oil manufactured by the Geo. Cole Company, of New York, is a foremost claimant for popular favor of sportsmen. A sample bottle sent by the manufacturer to anyone enclosing a 2c. stamp. Rod and Gun in Canada ON LOADING NITROS. N the days of black.powder and muzzle | loaders, when a gun performed equally well whether the wadding consisted of a page of the Sunday Times or the Police Gazette, and was sometimes called upon to do the work, without the formality of placing any wadding, between the powder and shot, the two being thrown in to- sether, a carelessness in the manner ef loading was plays one false in the present day of breech loaders and smokeless powder. I: suppose almost every sportsman who has passed from black to smoke. less powder, has, on the start if he has done his own ‘oading, as most of us ao, been met with disappointing re- sults. If he has not, at once, become disgusted and gone back to his first love, declaring that black powder was good enough for him, he has succeed- ed in getting satisfactory results only after a more or less extended period of blind experiment, forgetting that after all it is better, if possible, to learn from the experience of others end that many serious accidents to individuals and guns would be avoided if less experimenting, on one’s owi account, were indulged in. Three essentials for a good nitro load are a strong primer, a good stiff erimp, and half an inch, at least, of snug fitting felt wadding. By a strong primer I mean one equal in strength to the U.M.C. No, 8, used in their “smokeless” and ‘trap’ shells. In my own shooting I have got the best results with this primer and shell and for a cheaper load, good results with Ely’s shell. With other shells and primers, such as U.M.C. nitro, with No. 5 primer, U.M.C. Primrose, W. R.A. Repeater and No. 6 primer, W. R. A. Blue Rival and No. 3 W. primer, ete., I got a distinctly ‘‘slower”’ load than with such powders as Schultze, Dupont, and other bulk nitros, and that this was not imagination on my part was shown by the tests of Armin Tenner, Superintendent American Testing In- stitution. With 3 drams, Dupont powder, in the different shells named, he found that the times elapsing be- encouraged which ease, and it would be safer to w tween the moment of pulling the t ger, and the moment the shot olu quit the muzzle, as measured by — chronograph, were as follows, the 1 ures representing fractions of a ; ond: Climax shell, .0768; Leader she .0754; Nitro club shell, .0720; Rapid s' .0675; Ely shell, .0660; Smokeless, .060! The weakness of the primer suades the shooter to load up h in order to get the desired force, ing him sometimes on to a dan length. I have seen § 1-4 dra a popular. nitro, in a nitro club recommended as a good load for gets, and for ducks 4 drams, a cut of all reason. And this for gauge gun. The evidence of al experts is against such loads—2 drams being an ordinary charge 1-4 drams the maximum under dinary circumstances, if not un ( circumstances. Nitro powder, th cuicker of combustion iis slower 0 tion than black, and with a mo primer the ignition is still delayed. The consequence is that | bursting force of the explosive is erted in a greater degree, at a pt farther from the bre2ch than w erdinary conditions, and consequer at a point in the barrel less ca: resisting any extraordinary pr Another fact with regard ‘to should be remembered and that according to the quantities entirely different results are =| as between it and black powd a 12-gauge gun, nitro and black ders are said to cross at about 2 drams, that is, this load of either give about the same penetratio should this load be decrease nitro load becomes comparati weaker until you reach a point w a load of black powder that w make a good pattern at 40 y would scarcely drive the shot ou the barrel with nitro.’ On the 0 hand, as you increase the load a the crossing point, the reverse is drams of black powder than 4 ar of nitro. This is a fact, it is we keep in mind, when inclined to * up heavy” with a nitro powder, P a P stance and compression, (synony- is with firmly pressed, snug fitting . and a stiff crimp) are absolutely Sa to develop the force of a It is possible, with poor igni- by a weak primer and powder ly loaded, to burn the powder in without disturbing the shot to any extent, so that the ne- for the rapid, powerful attack ong primer upon the closely powder is apparent. Guns black powder; era were bored id many of these require wads rger than the bore to give ults, but a gun bored for thas the bore reduced, and handle wads of the same gauge ly. I have found -11 1-2 nm a 12 gauge satisfactory, and muld probably suit most guns. ds to be used within a rea- -a good wadding is a cou- inch black edge wads firmly th a pressure of 20 to 49 or if not for immediate use, nitro card, one 1-4 inch pink one black edge wad in or- over the powder, the nitro cting the powder from the grease in the felt wad. “Field” or “Trap” wads ecard increases the quality ding and is especially desir- m mum jioads. wadded shells are, I believe, to any machine loaded the market, provided the load- 2 by someone who has made ant study of the business. one’s own toading, one can load readily to the kind of he expects and he soon ac- confidence in his loads that haveiin the ready made ar- sides, what is also impor- adian can load his own i ee ea , Thomas Tournament, mas Donley’s tournament at ymas, Ont., was held December h, 7th and 8th. The weather and the attendance, though ge, included several of the pro- crack shots of the States. being open to all, it is not that the Canadian amateur t present in very iarge numbers, ently, mot being eager to run st men whose business it is records and win medals, and lly, cash. Those Canadians take part gave a good ac- themselves, the international ship ‘trophy, the big plum hole tournament, being won , Bates, of vn, Ont., who is to be heart- atulated on his good shooting. following is the score in the prin- THE SCORE t No. 1.—Five live birds, two s, $88.75 guaranteed, class shoot: pp 5, Donley 5, Budd 5, Kirk- 5;. Hallowell 5, Young 5. Bates 5, , George 5, Marlatt 5, Norton 5, m 5, Gilbert 4, Sconce 4, Werk 4, Rod and Gun in ’Canada Helkes 4, Fanning 4, Emslie 4, Price 4, McCarter 4, Event No. 2.—Seven live birds, two moneys, $100 guaranteed—Tripp 7, Gil- bert 7, Werk 7, Budd 7, Kirkover 4 Heikes 7, Young 7, Dart 7, Wheller 7, Sconce 6, Donley 6, Hallowell 6, Fann- ing 6, Bates 6, Norton #, Emslie 6. Event No. 3.—Ten live birds, $200 guaranteed, three moneys—Tripp 10, Donley 10, Werk 10, roung 10, Tyro 10, Wheller 10, Gilbert 9, Sconce 9, Fanning 9, Parker 9, Emslie 9, Bates 9, George 9, Norton 9, Fletcher 9, Budd 8, Kirkover 8, Heikes 8, Price §, Extra, $3, miss and out— CHIBENt ee tT ek 8 Werk.. .. Kirkover. Heikes.. Fanning... Hallowell Donley... Young.. Norton. . McCarter. Parker.. Tripp.. Wheller.. Sconice.. Emslie... > Extra No. 2.—Five live birds, $3 en- trance, i guns-—~ Tripp.. Fi as nig Gilbert... Sconce.. NE CINC SS Ss ass Hallowell... ... Fanning... Kirkover.. EIS (0) Os eine Miche my tet DEORE 5.0 LG Donley.. Parker.. Bates. . 4th event, He SES: $20 giavhintoms: four moneys—Blake, 10; Young, 10, Sconce, 9; Tripp, 8; Marks, 8; Graham 6; McCarthy, 6. 5th event, 15 targets, $30 guaranteed, five moneys—Blake, 14; Kirkover, 14: Young, 14; Tyro, 14; Sconce, 13; Tripp, 13; Marks, 12; Price, 11; McCarthy, 11. Dart, 10. 6th event, 20 targets, $50 guaranteed five moneys—Sconce, 19; Tripp, 17: Young, 17; Wood, 17; Dart, 17; Blak-, 16: Kirkover, 16; McCarthy, 15; Price, 14. 7th event, 10 targets, $20 guaran- teed, four moneys—Kirkover, 10; Tripp, 9; Emslie, 9; Sconce, 8; Black, 3; Young, $8; Marks, 7; Wood, 7; Dart, 7. Sth event, 15 targets, $30 guaranteed five moneys—Tripp, 15; Young, 14; Dart, 14; Black, 13; Kirkover, 13; Mo- Carthy, 13; Sconce, 12; eens 12; Ems- lie, 12; Wood, 10. 9th event, 20 targets, $50 guaranteed five moneys—Kirkover, 19; Sconce, 18, Tripp, 17; Blake, 17; Young, 16; Dar~ 16; Fletcher, 16; Marks, 15. 410th event, 10 targets, $20 guaran teed, four moneys—Kirkover, 10, Seonce, 9; Tripp, 9; Young, 9; Tyro, 8, Blake, 7; Marks, 7. en Ce ae Oe Cee PrP NPonNnnNHHbh bv 1 Z 2 NRE NY END HENNY YH HD ONN NHN NNHE NNN HNY NH HON IH SCHHOHRNHHH NED et oR lee PO 137 llth event, 15 targets, $30 guaranteed five moneys—Tripp, 14; Sconce, 138; Biake, 12; Young, 12; McCarthy, 12; Kirkover, 10; Price, 9. Exira, No. 1, 10 birds (live), entranc: $10, three moneys—Fanning, 10; Kirk- over, 10; Gilbert, 9; Budd, 9; Heikes, 9; Marks, 9; Parker, 9; Hallowell, 9; Donley, 8; Tripp, 8; Wood, §&. Extra No. 2, 10 live birds, entrance $10, three moneys—Gilbert, 10; Heikes, 9; Budd, 9; Hallowell, 9; Wood, 9, Brady, 9; Kirkover, 9; Werk, 8; Fann- ing, 8; Donley, 8; Young, 8; Marks, 8. Extra, No. 3, 10 live birds, entrance $10; three moneys—Heikes, 10; Gil- bert, 10; Fanning, 9; Hallowell, 9; Kirkover, 9; Tripp, 9; Budd, 8; Donley, 8; Brady, 8; McCarthy 8. THE TROPHY CONTEST—$700. Bates, 25; Tripp, 24; Sconce, 24; Whee- ler, 24; Budd, 23; Young, 23; Hallowell, 23; Graham, 23; Marks, 23; Wood, 25, Tyro, 23; Gilbert, 22; Blake, 22; Kirk- over, 21; Fanning, 21; Parker, 21. Extra No. 1, private match, 10 live birds—Sconce, 10; Tripp, 9 Extra No 2, private, 10 birds—Sconce 9; Tripp, 7 “ Extra No. 3, $5 entrance, 10 live birds, high guns—Emslie, 9; Marks, 9. s * * xe WStray Shots. The Grand Canadian Handicap an? 0th annual tournament of the Ham- ilton, (Ont.), Gun Club, will be held at that city on January 16, 17, 18 anJ 19, next. The principal event will be ‘the grand Live Bird Handicap on tie first day, at 20 live birds, entrance, $15 including birds, surplus added, divid- ed: Ist, $125; second, $85; third, $65; fourth, $55; fifth, $45; sixth, $35; sev- enth, $35; eighth, $35; ninth, $25; tenth, $25; eleventh, $25; twelfth, $15; thir- teenth, $15; fourteenth, $15. Second day, this event wili be continued followed by a live bird handicap, and on the third day a 10 live bird handicap, $100 guaranteed. On each of the first three days there will be 5 20-target events, $2 entrance, with $50 guaranteed m two of these events on the ist and 2nd days. ‘The last day will be de-' voted to an open handicap at 25 live birds, $20 entrance, divided, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent, surplus added to high guns. All events except as above will be class shooting. Manu- facturers agents and paid experts are excluded from the money in all events except the open handicap. The Ham- ilton tournament has for years been leoked upon as the principal Canadian trap shooting event and it will no doubt sustain its reputation this time. | * * a I have just received a neat gun catalogue recently issued by Mr. Wm. Cashmore, Birmingham, England. Mr. Cashmore’s guns, like most English made guns with a reputation to sus- tain, are built ‘fon honor’ and besides being well made are good shooters, and comparatively cheap. Great Premiun -Ofie HESE goods are new and will beshippéddirect from the factory. Prices named are those at which manufacturers and deal- ers usually sell. All these goods are f.o.b. at the factory. Here _is anexcellent opportunity to get A Gun = A Camera A Fishing Rod A Reel or} Rifle —— PREE OF COST ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO. 603 Craig Street, =. = MONTREAL LIBERAL REWARDS FOR LIGHT WORK. HERE is not a man or boy who cannot secure om rer i some subscribers to Rop AND GUN IN CaNaDA, : > UBSCRIPTIONS need not all be sent at once. ' They may be sent in instalments as taken and credit will be given on account. When the required number is obtained the premium earned will be shipped. TOs ANY PERSON SENDING US. ‘TWO yearly subscriptions to Rop AND. Guy IN Can,’ a am k Sb at $1.00 each, we will send 1 doz. Trout: Flies as- ba sorted, listed at 75c. or 3 lbs. Hamilton Powder | a Co’s FF powder listed at 90e. of bs Ohi 4 THREE subscriptions at $1.00 each, a No. 41 Stevens Pistol, listed at $2.50, or 1 doz. bass flies, assorted, . listed at $1.00, or a three bladed sportsman’s knife, bone handle, with plate for name, worth $1 50. SEVEN subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Stevens Dia- mond Model Pistol, listed at $5:00, or a boy’s - Nickel Watch, listed at $3.50. “ TEN ‘subs serif ions ab. $1. 00 each, a Steel Fishing Rod, ~ ]isbad at ‘at ‘$6.00. or less, or a Yawman & Erbe Auto-- matic Reel, listed at $6.00. | FIFTEEN subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Stevens Ideal: Rifle No: 44, listed at $10.00. TWENTY- FIVE ‘subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Premo Camera, 4x'5, listed at $15.00, or a Winchester Repeating Rifle, model 1890, listed at $16.00. THIRTY-FIVE subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Win- chester Repeating Rifle, 30 calibre, model 1895, listed at $25.00, or a Winchester Repeating Rifle, 30 calibre, model 1894, listed at $23.00. Both these rifles use smokeless cartridges and are the most modern big game guns. FORTY subscriptions at $1.09 each, a Winchester Take-Down Repeating Shot-gun, model 1897, 12 gauge, listed at $27.00. FIFTY subscriptions at $1.00 each, a No. 2 grade Syracuse Hammerless Double Barrel Shot-gun, 10 or 12 gauge, listed at $40.00. - ONE HUNDRED subscriptions at $1.00 each, can ‘Ithaca Hammerless Double Barrel Shot- gun, quality No. 8, 10, 12 or 16 gauge, listed at $80.00. 2 yarn requir- ing Guides, Canoes r m Finest Canoe Trip In the World “wy papsticnatc, kz.ming and Temagaming should write to P. A. COBBOLD, Haileybury, Ont. (successor to C, C Farr & Cobbold.) : Montauk Zameras 1 STARK, Agent, ACTON, ONT. Are Standard Instru- ments in point of Technical Accuracy and Artistic Execu- tion. Renowned for Quality. WriTE FoR CaTALocuF’ Mop AD: 161 COMPANY HAS HAD OVER 229 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING FOR HUNTERS. EVERY THING NECESSARY CAN BE SUPPLIED. 3% w% ws CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED ON ALL THE COMPANY’S INLAND POSTS. eeeaeeeenee FURTHER PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, WINNIPEG. .,, THE HUDSON'S BAY SF nt enon | CANADIAN PACIFIC \ RAILWAY MOOSE > CARIBOU DEER BIG HORN BEAR DUCK PARTRIDGE QUAIL _ GEESE $ TROUT = BLACK BASS $ SALMON P There is more Sport to the Square Mile in Canada along the line of the Canadian acific Railway than in any other part of the North : American Continent 4 4% 4 2 * Send for copy of our Game Map, our Fishing and Shooting and other sporting publications, to General Passenger Department, Montreal, P. Q. 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This imposing structure o pies the site of an old fort, and is bu in the quaint style of the French R naissance, partaking of the type of t old chateaux found on the bani In. the heating, lighting and san Sy tire building, which is modern in =) respect, is as absolutely fire-pre human ingenuity can devise. ; The Place Viger Hotel is adve ously situated for those reach city by train or boat, being a short tance from the principal steamer 4 doc and combined in its erection in” Place Viger Station of the Car Pacific Railway (from which leave for and arrive from Quebe although located amidst quiet an street car system. 7 There is accommodation guests. : The rates are from $3, 00 to day, with special longed stay. ‘ Tor further particulars ad ager, Place Viger Hotel, — The Chateau Frontenac, a magnifi- cent new fire-proof hotel, erected by a number of capitalists of Montreal, stands at the eastern end of a splendid esplanade known as the Dufferin Ter- race, just below the King’s Bastion of the Citadel, commanding delightful views of the St. Lawrence as far as the eye can reach—down past the Ile dOr- leans, across to Levis and beyond, up stream to Sillery, and, to the left, the country along the beautiful valley of the St. Charles River. The grandeur of the scenery is indescribable; it is matchless in diversity and charming in No grander site for such a effect. structure could be found on the con- . tinent and it would not be easy to com- ’ bine the advantages it possesses in any place the world over. This elegant ho- tel, on which nearly $1,000,000 has been judiciously expended, and which has been enlarged to meet the increased demands of travel, is erected on an his- toric spot of more than ordinary inter- est—the site of the old Chateau St. Louis, so famous in Canadian history and once the vice-regal residence of the Governors of Canada, both before and after the conquest. CHATEAU FRONTENA QUEBEC. ane The rates are from $3.50 upwards per day, with special arrangements for large parties or those making a pro- Quebec. 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MCKEE, PROPRIET ROD AND GUN IN CANADA .x¢ 38st ot DEVOTED TO THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF CANADA. ASST MONTREAL, JANUARY, 1900. Single Copies Ten Cents. ONE DOLLAR. a Firty CENTS. LLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. unt of 15 per cent. on annual tions on all topics pertaining to ooting oeing, the kennel a Ae be welcomed and - All communications the name of the writer, or publication, however. cations should be addressed to: _ ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., ~ 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. fereon Sportsman’ s Show will be besides athletic exhibitions ‘ ib a floor. Parks of Elk, Moose, ribou and Deer will vie with a live iy Bear and the numerous Wolves, ountain Lions, etc., in claiming s attention. There will be rarities the Gila Monster, Tarantula, s, ete. jto see, besides whole flocks Wild Ducks of varieties, live Wild Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Quail | other live Birds. Fish will be a nt ine 1e1 nt exhibit. Features of special est to Canadians will. be the stage ies the canoeing and other features s from Quebec, Ontario and I orth West. The Province of Quebec pices of the Hon. S. N. Parent, whose € administration has done so much ® Province’s fish and game _ in- ests. Several Canadian Railways and eH udson’s Bay Company will have cf hit bits. Judging by the successful show Aan. the energy with which the ston gentlemen, headed by Mr. C. W. ¢] Dre aenersl Manager, are making their arrangements, 1900 will witness almost as large a step in advance in this connection as the 1898 show was over its predecessors in the United States. © ¢o° 9 The ‘suggestion has been made by several persons “that it would pay the Canadian Provinces to cancel the license fees imposed on non-resident sportsmen in view of the increased numbers of U.S. hunters who would ¢ome to Canada in consequence, and the resulting money spent here.’’ ‘The scheme is plausible, but does not bear dissection : Ist. Game in the U.S. is decreasing rapidly, so says the League of American Sportsmen. 2nd. There are so many hunters in the few wild lands of certain states readily reached, where deer may be had, that the hunters jostle one another and the list of casualties. is lamentably large. 3rd. Those whose pocket-books can stand an extra $25.00 are not only quite willing but anxious to hunt where the danger of getting killed is minimised to the utmost by the fact of the existence of immense areas of wild lands, where the sportsmen can go for days without meeting others. 4th. The wild lands in Canada cover hundreds of thousands of square miles; large sec- tions are easily reached, others more difficult of access, all are full of big game. Because of all these reasons it is worth $25.00 additional to shoot in Canada, and the best. big game sportsmen in the U.S. are realizing it. oo ' Several of the officers of the second Canadian Contingent for South Africa, in addition to carrying the regulation Colt revolver, have armed themselves by private purchase with the Mauser magazine combined pistol and carbine, the arm which has been adopted by the United States, Cavalry. This class of Mauser is 30 caliber, uses smokeless ammunition and is sighted up to 500 yards. It holds 10 cartridges in the magazine, is light, strongly made. simple in action, not likely to get out of order and altogether a remarkably efficient weapon. The ease with which the wooden case can be fitted to the handle of the pistol so as to form a carbine is one of its excellent features. It is not, however, a handsome piece of machinery, and looks clumsier than it is. We hope one of the U.S. Arms Co’s will bring out an American Edition which will retain its serviceable features and markedly improve its appearance. © oOo The dispatching of two Canadian Con- tingents to South Africa and the express- ed desire for good marksmen as volun- teers point clearly to the desirability of the formation of clubs throughout Canada for rifle and revolver practice. In the United States there are many such clubs which meet regularly for practice, and at intervals hold competitions at which remarkably good scoresare made. While it isa truism that the best target shots are not always the best quick shots in the field, no one will deny that a course of target practice at varying ranges will improve the aim besides enabling the shooter to judge distances with at least an approach to accuracy. The annual rifle practice and competitions of the volunteer force are excellent, but they are not enough. We need to have prac- tice and competitions outside the military. © ¢°¢ Canada leads all other countries in the extent of her forests, one and one-quarter million square miles, or to speak precisely 799,280,000 acres in extent. As the area is immense in proportion to population and unforested land, and as big game exists practically undisturbed, what an eubicing ‘field for the sportsman. oo 9% It is understood that the Province of Quebec Exhibit at the Boston Sports- man’s Show, commencing February 22, 1900, will consist largely of live specimens of Moose, Caribou, Deer, Bear, Beaver, Otter, etc. 144 “Reasons for shooting were recently given by a target shot as follows, viz :-— **I shoot for experiment, study, pas- ‘* time and pleasure, exercise and health, ** to demonstrate the capabilities of the ‘* weapon and the possibilities of the *“ammunition—I shoot hoping to find ‘“something novel in the manner or ‘*method of loading, handling or sight- ‘‘ing, last but principally because I ‘want to,’ and he might have added in view of the present unpleasantness in South’ Africa, that it is a very desirable thing in the present state of civilization to be able to shoot quickly and straight, for no one knows when the nation may have'need of his marksmanship. ' oo o A are bag with a waterproof canvas cover and long end flap in our estimation has ceased to be a luxury, and has become a necessity to those who wish to enjoy camping thoroughly dur- | The ing the fall and early winter. realities of warmth, dryness and comfort in wet or cold weather that are possible by using it, have to be felt to be. appreciated. °° © Commissioner Carleton ‘of Maine be-. lieves that every man who hunts big game should pay a license fee for the privilege, the proceeds to be devoted solely to the protection of game. We are glad to note expert testimony to the wisdom of our Canadian provincial laws. © Oo © At this winter’s legislative session, it is hoped that Quebec will make the open season for Moose in Pontiac (Kippewa and Temiskaming Districts) and Ottawa Counties commence September 15 instead of October 1, as the latter date has been found to be too late. ©o Oo 1900 will see an open season for Moose and Caribou in Ontario, the long closed season ending this year. It is hoped that the Province will make the open season from October Ist to 31st inclusive, those dates being probably the most desirable. © Oo Oo - Our arfticle on destruction of bird life in December number has received much favorable comment, and we hope will lead to some tangible results in Canada. ‘The ‘Winchester Repeating Arms Co.’s calendar for 1900 is quite attractive and will appeal strongly to sportsmen. The first illustration shows two hunters in the mountains after Rocky Mountain sheep. The hunters are crouched be- hind a ledge of rocks watching for a -. shot at an old ram some distance away. An accompanying picture shows an au- tumn scene, with a sportsman quail shooting over two setters. Rod and Gun N Alberta is to be seen an unusually in- teresting tribe of Indians—the Stony —which inhabits the reservation at Morley. Abvut the lst of Sept. these Indians are allowed to hunt, and they divide themselves into smal] bands for different game sections. They are a vigorous, hearty, active, and energetic people, not of the ordinary Indian type, but differ somewhat in features, and more particularly in complexion, which is more that of the light mulatto than the redskin. Their surnames are invariably Bib- lical, from either the Old or New Testa- Mountain Goat ment, and their features are of a Jew- ish cast, while their standard of mor- ality is high—for the Indian—and tteir religious sentiment so well developed as to often preclude ‘the idea of hunting or even breaking camp on Sunday. There is nothing inert or lazy in the composition of the Stony. In summer he is employed in useful occupations on the reservation, even tilling small patches of tthe soil; in the fall he hunts and disposes of the heads and skins of game at a good price, smoking the meat for winter’s consumption, while in win- ter he manufactures various articles for the taxidermists and the ¢ rio stores of the neighboring towns. He is a remarkable hunter in his keenness of vision, his rapidity of movements, his stealthiness in ap- proaching the denizens of the forest, and his knowledge of their habits and peculiarities, and is wonderfully grace- ful and picturesque, whether on horse- back, herding his outfit in the early morning, or on foot, rifle in hand, mak- ing a difficult ascent. He absolutely dis- dains to wear the hobnailed boot, but in Canada —> ASS THE STONY INDIANS not as expert a shot as the white m a By A. Minis BIE VE OOP adheres to the moccasin, by which he insures silence in his movements as approaches his prey. The pliability of the moccasin permits the Indian — ro grasp the rocks with his feet nearly a we do with our hands, and his slipping or making a misstep is nearly an un- heard-of occurrence. All personal prop- erty is transferred from the reserva tion to the hunting grounds, presenting. in remote mountain fastnesses, an teresting and rather comical sight. is no uncommon thing to see the hunte: riding over narrow trails, through fale and burnt timber, or on the edge of precipitous cliffs, followed by his cay: use, or ponies, bearing his outfit, tl young colts often trotting along witl the mares of the pack; his squaw, w n always goes with him, riding astride it the rear to keep the ponies on tht move, strapped to her back a papoos¢ while ilittle boys of from five to te years of age.close the procession. As soon as a suitable site, near th water, is reached, before dusk, the for the tepee, or tent, is selectea, while the “buck” is unpacking th horses the squaw is engaged in th heavy work of cutting tepee poles, z or more, of about 15 feet in lengtt which she arranges upright in a ¢i cli converging at the top in a cone-shape frame, and about this structure ; stretches the canvas, leaving a hole | the top as an outlet for the smoke froi the fire, which is made in the middle « the tented space. Be Having completed the shelter for t night, she cuts a sufficient supply firewood for the prepartion of dinne for the night’s warmth and for the co ing of breakfast, and then proceeds” furnish the evening’s meal, always di playing alacrity and an interest in h duties which would delight a’ ‘thr housewife. The squaws are not a comely their laborious life having s« amp p their countenances with the seal of age while still young; a woman of often appearing 20 years older. 1 Stony, like most woodsmen, notw standing the belief to the contrary, who has been trained in the use of t rifle at both butts and animate objec ‘the former is not as good a judge of distances, he does not make proper al- lowances for the force of the wind in diverting the course of a bullet and he overlooks the importance of estimating the elevation of his rifie sights with due regard to atmospheric effects, but he uses a light carbine, 44 calibre, car- rying about 13 cartridges, and does not Wait to see the success of his first s ot, _ but continues. firing rapidly till he has exhausted the capacity of his weapon, and by this method generally meets with success. ie at seems strange that there prevails umiversally amongst these Indians a custom which was at one time, and still is in some sections, an indispensable ‘part of good breeding, but which has become to a great degree a distinguish- ing mark of a gentleman of the old school, for the Stony will never shake ands with an ungloved person without | uncovering his own hand. How sand when they acquired this politeness, which they persistently practice, is an interesting problem for the ethnologist .to solve. | Indians generally have colossal ego- tism and conceit, and those of the Northwest entertain a deeply-founded -jontempt for the white hunter, whether amateur or professional, which they do not conceal, their favorite expression being, “White man no good,” and whe- ther their poor opinion of us is the rea- fon for the deception they practice, or whether it is due to innate moral weak- ness, the fact remains that the sports- man can place little dependence on their Statements or reHance in their contin- ued assistance. ‘It is quite curious to compare the great respect inspired by the grizzly bear in the Indians of the Rockies, Cas- cades, and Alaska, with the experience of one of the greatest grizzly hunters of North America, residing in British Co- lumbia, who persistently maintains that this animal is a coward, and that he will not charge when wounded. “This guide is William G. Campbell Manson, an exceptional man and hunt- er, for whom I entertain a genuine ad- Miration and have formed a sincere at- tachment. He is the ideal hunter, having been endowed with a fine physique, great strength, and unusual activity; he has rounded off his physical gifts with an amiable disposition, temperate habits, igh moral tone and tireless energy, Which, combined with great knowledge of game, intelligence,and a conscienti- ‘us determination to advance the ‘nter- ests of the sportsman whom he carries Rod. and Gun in Canada out, make him the superior of any guide I have ever had. I do not mean to account for, or re- concile, such conflicting views. I have heard too many reliable stories of the ferocity of the grizzly, his wonderful vitality, the havoc he has played with the attacking ‘hunter, and seen too many men badly scarred and maimed from his claws, to accept unquestion- 145 ground of a bear and two cubs. But, alas for the prediction of man! As we rode over the crest of a hill we sudden- ly came into the august presence of a sow and her noisy little family, who were voraciously ploughing up the ground for the tender roots of herbs. And this recalls the assertion of an Indian, with the utmost show of wis- dom, when he was looking at a distant W. G. Campbell Manson’s lucky day ingly the theory of his cowardice, and yet the assertion of his never charging in the ‘Cascade Mountains I must also accept as reliable, coming from the source it does. Indians are no more anxious to at- tack, single handed, the grizzly than are the experienced and courageous hunt- ers of Montana and Wyoming, who will tell you, “I ain’t lost no grizzly and ain’t ‘huntin’ for none.” I saw a grizzly skin, brought into camp by Indians, which was perforated with about two dozen bullet holes from several rifles. Laughable incidents often relieve the exhausting efforts and the disappoint- ments of camp life. Once I was travelling with my guide, a splendid fellow, whose instinct as to game was wonderfully correct, in search of rams, when our attention was attracted by the frequent uprooting of the soil, which offered strong (though, as we later discovered, not conclusive) evidence of the work of bears. My guide, of great grizzly fame, inspected the ground carefully, and then an- nounced that this had been done three months befor., und w:s the feeding goat through my field glass. “Goat six year,’ announced the Delphic Oracle, but when ZI had killed the Billy and brought in his toothless head, which his nimble legs had carried over the rocks for at least 15 years, Charlie ad- mitted, in his laconic style, his error by conceding one more year, “No, seven year.” The self-laudation of the Indian at the expense of the white man, and his conceit, to which I have alluded, was illustrated by this Charlie, who said, “I shoot bang, goat dead; white man shoot bang, bang, bang.’’ Whether he believ- ed that he had a truer aim for vulner- able parts, or whether it was, that a rifle in his hands acyuired an additional death-dealing power, I never ascertain- ed, as his limited English vocabulary permitted no explanation of lis often ambiguous speeches. A Satisfied Cusiomer. One of the best-known Canadian firms dealing in sportsmen’s outfits writes to Rod and Gun expressing sat- isfaction with the returns received from their advertisement, and renewing the contract. Rod and Gun in Canada New. vs. Old. “ O, the New is but the Old - With the sun a little brighter, And this Canada’s but Scotland With the skies a trifle lighter.” “The Laurentians are the Highlands, .. With their peaks a little barer, teurs. have it in their power to make better known is a little projection on the northern coast of Lambton County, known as Kettle Point. . Now, Kettle Point is composed of bi- tuminous shales, which overlie the Ham- Yiton formation, and which are here The Canadian maid’s a Scotch lass the highest member of the Benonian Form and face a wee bit. fairer.” ¢-Claude Puer. * oe A few days ago one of the best- known literary men in Canada told me that, much agvhe appreciated the beau- ties of our. ‘own country, he could not help envying the amateurs of the Brit- ish Isles, who—as he said—have before them a country with athistory, a coun- try that abounds in. pa from court to pretty pastoral.§ -énes. Well, that’s all true enough; but while he spoke of the attractio1 ‘of Great Brit- ain he forgot. ‘that Bed all® ‘Probability the amateurs of the Mother Country would give their eye teeth to get over here and snap Niagara Falls, or La- chine Rapids, or the old fortifications at Quebéc, Montreal, Kingston, or, bet- ter still, to canoe the great lakes and “ “series. Strewn along the shore, wash- ed from the shales, are a large number of perfect halls of solid rock, called by the Indians ‘‘kettles’’—hence the name of the points. Such a formation is found in only one other place in the world— Russia, I believe. The point is prob- ably one of the prettiest pieces of nat- ural scenery around the foot of Lake Huron. But, why go farther to men- g@tion pretty things, every amateur has then strike westward and cover their . plates and films with Rocky Mountains and buffalo and Indians and miners, or a hundred-and one otherthings. A cele- brated artist spoke a great truth when ~ he said, own door, you'll never find it.” Many and many are the tramps I have had through scrubby little pieces of bush of - no size or consequence, and around dirty little mud holes, two-thirds full of water, and seldom indeed do I fail '“Tf you can’t find art at your ° ‘to get some little thing which, mounted - or framed in its own peculiar way, does not form a pretty picture. Remember, I am not saying I would ~ not like to go to the Old Country, for ‘I think that the worldover it is the am- - bition of amateurs to go to England and photograph the historic spots that — are so plentiful there. ing to tell you is that there is prob- What I am try- " ably no country so well favored with - magnificent natural scenery, such grand mountains, such verdant valleys, im- mense lakes and deep blue rivers and wonderful falls and rapids as‘our Can- ~ ada. Truly it is God’s country. Among other pretty spots which a na- “sthem at his own door. Stray Snap Shots. There are two kinds of amateurs, One ‘kind takes pleasure in studying his work from start to finish and in find- ing out just how much one result de- pends on another in photography, as in anything else. He is the right kind, and is always the one who makes things | Then there — is the ‘“‘ You-push-the-button-we-do-the- — ‘hum around a club room. rest” kind. He is only a very small fish and thardly worth considering as an amateur at all. But no matter what their other qualifications are, both mus: learn. how to push the button properly, ' for though slight: errors of exposure cun be rectified by skilful manipulation in the development, radical errors in this direction can never be corrected—hence the importance of making the right ex- posure always. All ordinary photozraphy employs re- flected light in some form or another. Now, this’ light comes trom the sun, and the amount of light which reaches the subject to be photographed depends on: 1. The position of the sun. 2. The amount of light cut off by at- mospheric conditions.’ 3. The quantity of light re“ected from the subject. 4. The actinic quality of this light as determined by the- subject to be photo- graphed. 5. The size of the diaphragm. 6. The speed of the plate or film used small stop in preference to the le Of course, the altitude of the sun va ries in different latitudes, seasons, et¢ Subjects that would lie in the shado in full sunlight are often better light when the sky is overcast with lig 2 fleecy clouds. Dread under-exposure, and rather in the opposite direction, for the ac i of the developer can. be restrain enough to get a good negative in cai where, if the plate were under-expo se nothing would ever bring it up to 1 mark. a In making the exposure, always us se sizes. Your definition will be bette There are two methods of marking di phragms. The first by expressing t ratio which the diameter of the ope ing bears to the focal length of the le —as F-16, which means that the dian eter of the opening is 1-16 of the fo length. The second method eee uniform system numbers, which the same ratio to each other as the a of the diaphragms wiich they des gna f DIAPHRAGMS OR STOPS. — Size propor- Uniform tional to focus. tem numb And when you are making expd ir remember it is quality of pictures y want—not quantity. Don’t be afraid study a view on the ground glass fe quarter of an hour before you snap That’s the way you get good pict r A small piece of mirror held at ris angles to the bottom of your grot glass will turn your view right side and will be of immense assistance you. Of course, I am taking it~ granted you are an amateu “you-push-the-button” fiend—else | won’t interest you a little bit. Ot In blue prints, & ohadine blue | black images, the print should be pl: in water acidulated by nitric acid, t passed in a bath of water 100 p carbonate of soda 5 parts. The im turns to an orange color. It is mersed in a bath composed of wat parts, and finally is washed in w acidulated by hydrochloric acid. * ~» *s ae Every sunset will not make a | picture. Dark, vigorous clouds, : : ing long streaks of yellow light iz tween, are necessary. The sha contrast the better. Clouds red between will not answer. would be a plain black sky. Select the right day, use a plate of ium speed, large opening for your nd take a snapshot—not too fast. you put the plate in the developer sun will at once appear, and as the fe comes up halation will spread all ‘the surface of your plate. Do not parts with alcohol until thev papictentiy reduced. This same m ent will also apply to windows in r views. y printing your sunsets very dark 1 can obtain good moonlights. It wht just be added that a sunset i 2 ee > a ae et er a Chautauqua plate, as wel as goods in the photographic vidently their success is no lon- Loom ECS ERE, — ee ee t of goods to China, and recent- mt their representatives to the re jan colonies. Their goods are class in every respect, and as the Canadian manufacturers in ther are entitled to the support of yyal Canadian brethren. the way, the flash powder pro- 1 by the Canadian Camera Com- ‘is put up in the best form and is xception the best flash powder an opportunity of using. — Bs a * * * te recently I have had an oppor- ity of trying the Chautauqua brand lates, manufactured by the Cana- jan Camera Company, and find them par with the best manufactured United States, and away absvea at many makers. As a test, I took r and loaded one side with a wutauqua plate and the other with brand I have been using, and which cost more than those of the Cana- | igh ‘Both were exposed un- ' the same conditions, on the same et, and on developing I found that ‘the Chautauqua plate did not 0 ‘ ce quite so intense a negative, it atly surpassed the other in br-.lliancy ‘detail; so that though from both I _ very good negatives, the one pro- ed by the Chautauqua plate was atly better and a much quicker r. Rod and Gun in Canada ake Wessoneau, Province of Quebec. Steamboat Rock on 148 Rod and Gun AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. o, ii TH HE Montreal Canine Association held its first members’ night in the rooms of the Natural History Society on the evening of Thurs- day, 11th inst. Mr. W. Ormiston Roy, who had the honor of reading the first paper, was met with a good audience, despite the stormy nature of the weather, and he treated his subject—the collie—to the pleasure and satisfaction of all present. Mr. Rid, the president of the association, was in the chair, and in introducing Mr. Roy, stat- ed that he hoped this was only the be- ginning of a long series of talks on dogs, as the object of the association was to diffuse knowledge of the various breeds amongst the members, and to increase their sympathies, if possible, in behalf of man’s best friend and com- panion. Mr. Roy prefaced his remarks by apologizing for the incompleteness of ~ his paper on the subject, owing to the somewhat short time he had had for preparation. In part, he said: The fol- lowing remarks on the rough-coated Scotch collie are offered, mot with the intention of enlightening collie men, who are more familiar with the subject than I am, but with the object of bringing up some of the characteristics of the breed; and perhaps interesting a few who are not yet familiar with the many good points of a collie. The origin of the Scotch collie as a breed, it seems, is not known. He appears to be the re- sult of careful selection of the most useful and sagacious dogs, owned and bred in the pastoral districts of Scot- land for several hundred years. At all events, he is peculiarly Scotch, and is acknowledged by all to be a dog of wenderful intelligence. Few breeds have attained such popularity as the Scotch collie, and from hig attributes this is little to be wondered at. He has been constantly growing in favor with lovers of good dogs in every country, ~ and this, no doubt, is the cause of our seeing him so often out of his latitude. Indeed, it is a much debated question whether the prize collie, as he stands to-day, would be of much use as a sheep-dog at all, so long has he been bred for showing purposes alone, and unaccustomed to his former occupation. He is still full of intelligence, lithe, graceful and handsome, but it is feared that his great popularity for the last decade, and the consequent breeding and inbreeding for beauty, has had a tendency to overlook the useful side of his career, and has been the means of dwarfing his sheep-folding instincts. I have met with few Scottish shepherds who would be willing to undertake their former arduous duties with what they call the narrow-brained dogs of the show-ring. Nevertheless, there are col- lies which are still the shepherd’s most useful helpers, and to witness the mar- vellous efficiency of these dogs, in the Scottish Highlands, or on the great ' sheep ranges of Colorado, no one would think they had lost any of their inher- ited instincts and almost human skill. They have even adapted themselves to the stockyards of the West, and when the avenues of those yards are alive with countless flocks of sheep, the vigil- ant: collie may be seen guiding every movement of his flock, and ever on the alert, directing them straight to their destination without losing track of a single lamb, nor allowing a strange one to mix with those he has in charge. No doubt these practical, every-day, work- ing collies are still selected and bred for the special requirements of their country and the work they are called upon to perform, and are not discarded ° nor thought the less of because they do not resemble the collie of the show- bench, or because their ears may not be shaped and carried in the latest style. In the Highlands of Scotland the collie is the shepherd’s constant companion, sharing with his master every meal, and treated as a member of the household, and even in some of the remoter districts, with the family attending divine worship. Of this fea- ture of the collie’s life and creed Dean Ramsay, in his ‘‘Reminiscences of Scot- tish Life and Character,” tells the fol- lowing story: “Scottish congregations in some parts of the country contain an element in their composition quite unknown | in English churches. In pastoral parts of the country it was an established prac- tice for each shepherd” to bring: his faithful collie dog, at least it was so in Canada one half of dogs, each human m e - claimed to have the best coll -complish more in gathering « ‘> a some years ago. In a district of § erland, where the population is — scanty, the congregations are mag having his canine companion. 1 dogs sit out the Gaelic servic commendable patience, till tow end of the last psalm, when th or universal stretch and vane a are prepared to scamper out, a most exciting manner wie XV blessing is commenced. The cons tion of one of these churches - mined that the service should ck a more decorOus manner, and were taken to attain this ob cordingly, when a stranger clerg was officiating, he found the peor sitting when he was about to pr the blessing. He hesitated, and e: ing them to rise, till an old shep looking up to the pulpit, said: awa’, sir; we're a’ sittin’ to chea dowegs.’ ” a The Ettrick shepherd, in Scotland, and he has’ records tales many marvellous feats by this own and other dogs. utility of the Scotch collie, he single shepherd and his deo sheep from a Highland far: shepherds could do without | it is a fact that, without this animal, the pastoral life woul mere blank. Without the sk dog the whole of the mountai in Scotland would not be wot pence. It would require more ha: manage a flock of sheep, gather from the hills, force them into and folds, and drive them to r than the profits of the whole would be capable of mainta may the shepherd feel an in his dog; the it is indeed that family’s bread, of which he content with the smallest me ways grateful, and always ert his utmost abilities in his interest. Neither hunger, fa the worst of treatment will 4 from his side; he will follo through fire and water, as the § is, and through every hardship out murmur or repining, till he falls down at his feet. If one is obliged to change masters, it is times long before he will ackno} the new one, or condescend to w him with the same intelligence did for his former lord; but if h acknowledge him he continues at to him till death.” 2 a Sheep stealing, when offende Or A ae TaRY SEED. — thought to ascertain what it was, in es his dog came up with ‘keep pace with his mas- ne man was now exceed- ght so far from home, he re would be a pursuit, and s clear of them, he cor- dog in great wrath, left the e more, and, taking his dog rode off a second time. He _ The Clear Waters of the Northern Lakes. Rod and Gun in Canada had not ridden above a mile till he perceived that his dog had again given him the slip; and, suspecting for what purpose, he was terribly alarmed as well as chagrined, for the daylight ap- proached and he durst not make a noise calling on his dog for fear of alarming the neighborhood in a place where both he and his dog were kcown. He resolved, therefore, to abandon the animal to himself and take a road across the country, which he was sure his dog did not know and could not fol- low. He at length came to a gate, which he closed behind him, and went about half a mile further by a ziz-zag course, to a farm house, where both his sister and sweetheart lived; and at that place he remained till after breakfast time. The people of thig house were all examined on the trial, and no one had either seen sheep or heard them mentioned, save one man, who came up to the young man as he was standing at the stable door and told him that his dog had the sheep safe enough at the “crookit yett,” and he need not hurry himself. After this discovery it was impossible for the poor fellow to get quit of them; so he went down and took possession of the stolen property once more, carried them on and dis- posed of them, and finally was hanged. The dog, for the last four or five miles he had brought the sheep, could have no other guide to the road his master had gone but the smell of his pony’s feet.” Another of the Ettrick Shepherd's narratives on sheep-stealers says: ‘It is also well known that there was a notorious sheep-stealer in the County 149 of Mid-Lothian, who, had it not been for the skins and sheep’s heads, would never have been condemned, as he would, with the greatest ease, have proved an alibi every time on which there were suspicions cherished against him. We always went by one road, calling on’ his acquaintances, and tak- ing care to appear to everybody by whom he was Known, while his dog went by another with the stolen sheep; and then on the two felons meeting again, they had nothing more ado tian turn the sheep into an associate’s in- closure. "his was a female, a jet black one, with a deep coat of soft hair, but smooth headed and very strong and handsome in her make. On’ the disap- pearance of her master, she lay about the hills and places he had frequented, Rapids of the Kippewa. but never attempted to steal a drove by herself—nor yet anything for her own hand.” Perhaps tales of this nature, embel- lished by such writers as the Ettrick Shepherd, who, no doubt, could coun- tenance a good collie dog yarn with a clear conscience, have had a good deal to do with making the collie so popu- lar. Certain it is that the collie is very highly esteemed and by many be- lieved to have a very large proportion of the brains of the canine race. In describing the collie, even of to-day, few writers but acknowledge that Burns’ description of his own dog “Luath,”’ in the “Twa Dogs,” is an ad- mirable and poetic picture of a Scotch collie, and it would be difficult to por- tray in eight lines a more life-like and accurate portrait of a modern collie, 150 although written over a hundred years azo: “ He was a gash and faithfu’ tyke, As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. His honest, sonsie, baws’nt face Ay gat him friends in ilka place; His breast was white, his tousie back Weel clad wi’ coat o’ glossy black; His gawsie tail, wi’ upward .curl, Hung owre his hhurdies wi’ a swirl.” In form, color, marking and general. appearance the collie is a handsome dog. His build is lithe, graceful and elegant. He has a very abundant coat of a peculiar texture, which enables him to withstand the hardest weather ‘and also adds greatly to his beauty. He is very sagacious, quick and agile, and can act and.think for himself. He has a peculiarly wise and cunning expres- sion, and is very engaging and full of fun. His friendship is lasting. A good collie presents nearly everything desir- able in a dog. The following is the standard of the rough-coated Scotch collie, as adopted by the Scottish Collie Club. This stand- ard is also adhered to in the Canadian Collie Club: Head moderately long in proportion to the dog’s size, covered with short soft hair. Skull flat, moderately wide between the ears, and gradually taper- ing to the eyes. There should be a very slight elevation of the eyebrows, and very little stop. Muzzle of fair length, tapering to the nose, which, whatever the color of the dog, should be black. The teeth, which are white and of good size, should not be over nor undershot. Both are faults, the latter the greater of the two. Eyes of fair size, but not prominent, are placed rather close together, and set obliquely in the head, which gives that cunning foxy expression So char- acteristic of the breed. Color, any shade of brown, the darker the better, yellow eyes being a great fault. Dogs of a mirled color should have a mirled or china eye, and sometimes both eyes are of this color. Ears small, placed rather close to- gether at the top of the head, covered with short soft hair, and carried semi- erect when at attention; at other times thrown back, and buried in the frill. Neck long, arched, and muscular. Body rather long than short, ribs well rounded, chest deep and narrow in front, but of fair breadth behind the shoulders, which should be oblique. Loin rather long, and slightly arched, show- ing power. Legs.—Forelegs straight and muscu- lar, with a fair amount of flat bone, the forearm moderately fleshy, the hind- Rod and Gun in Canada legs less fleshy, very sinewy, and hocks well bent, pasterns long, and light in bone. Feet oval in shape, the soles well padded, and the toes well arched and close. Tail moderately long, carried low when the dog is quiet, gaily when ex- cited, and almost straight out when running. Coat.—This is a very important point, The coat, except on the head and legs, should be abundant, the outer coat harsh to the touch, the inner coat soft and furry, and very close, so close that it is difficult on parting the hair to see the skin. The hair very abundant around the neck and chest; this is termed the frill. The mask is smooth, the fore-legs slightly feathered, the hind-legs below the hocks smooth. Hair on the tail very profuse, and on the hips long and bushy. Color.—Any color. Size.—Dogss 21 to 24 inches at shoulder, bitches 2 inches less. Weight.—Dogs 45 to 60 Ibs., bitches 40 to 50 Ibs. General Appearance.—A lithe, active dog, with no useless timber about him, his deep chest showing strength, his sloping shoulders and well-bent hocks speed, and his “bawsint” face high in- telligence. The face should bear a sharp, doubtful expression. As a whole, he should present an elegant and pleas- ing outline, quite distinct from any of our other domesticated breeds, and show great strength and activity. Faults.—Domed skull, high peaked 0c- cipital bone, heavy pendulous ears, full soft eyes, heavy feathered legs, short tail. One result of the great popularity of the collie has been to create a market, where enormous sums are paid for the best specimens. ; Champion Ormskirk Emerald, the present champion of Great Britain, and in Colliedom that means the world, was sold for the sum of £1,200 sterling, and a £500 dog to boot; or over $8,000. A few remarks on some of the most noted collies of the last 12 or 15 years may be interesting. Champion Charlemange, born in 1879, was perhaps one of the first collies to create a sensation on the bench. Such a magnificent stamp of dog was he that when 13 years of age he won a cham- pionship. He was a sable with broad white collar. He had an abundance of coat seldom met with nowadays. Champion Metchley ‘Wonder, born in 1886, won everything in his line until defeated by this own offspring. There is hardly a collie of any importance on the bench to-day whose pedigree do not trace back to Metchley Wonder. I was sable and white and was the fil collie to sell for £530, this price bei considered folly at the time. ; Champion Christopher, bred by Hans F. Hamilton, in 1887, and | for £1,000 sterling, was Metche Wonder’s most noted son. He small dog, beautifully marked, an a tremendous amount of winnin; was imported to America. : Champion Sefton Hero, bred in deen, in 1890, was another dog wh a time, vanquished all comers and finally imported to America for sterling. He was described in h as the finest specimen of a ec that ever graced the show-ring. | Amongst the most noted a. Champion Christopher are Edgbas' the bench owing to slight defects each being the sire of TORRE not eyo a for 1,000. guineas; Gold Dust, £500; Portington Bar None, who: ed Perfection, and Southport P all crack winners, and sons of ] ton Marvel, who, through fav carriage was never very succe the ring. Champion Rufford Ormonde, Champion Ormskirk Chriss, ported to America for £700. Exorbitant and fictitious though prices seem, nevertheless, at the important dog shows in Great E such as Liverpool, where the b wins, irrespective of whether the quish the cracks at such a show, to claim an enormous figure. Mr. (Motherwell, from Ayrshire, § land, who happens to be in the ec present, was called upon to criticism of the specimens e which he very kindly did. Mr. M well is a noted breeder of th with a hankering after the coated variety, and his remarks that he had a keen appreciation merits and demerits of both b What he said, however, gave mu sure to those present. Votes of Messrs. Roy, Motherwe:l and the man brought a very interesting structive meeting to a close. ts a « The directors of the Canine Asso tion have decided on holding a ge bench show in April and have ¢ 108 small sub-committee to go on with ry arrangements. Anyone in- can learn all particulars by to the secretary, Mr. F. C. Imperial Building. Berra oc s * Canadian Collie Club held a , show (confined to members) in tore, McGill Street, on Satur- inst. Mr. Reid, president of was entrusted with the de- id gave every satisfaction. aan ing the semi-private nature of welcome, foremost to de- s heart is still his mas- fights, lives, breathes for ee OP , the quality exhibited and Mr. Reid had no y with Class IV., which the honors going, and so, to Mr. Nairn Smith’s n a Sweet little bitch ice head and ears, good body t, her only noticeable defect ey to wideness in front, \doubtedly make a splen- carriage, but otherwise > place he occupied. > is a list of the success- ~ao =a y dogs under six months 2's Cock o’ the North, 2 yminion Hero. puppy bitches under six Cumming’s Scotch Lassie fo other award in this class. ——1 Mr. J. Cumming’s Craik- in, 2 Mr. J. A. Brosseau’s J. Lee’s Fox. . Mr. Nairn Smith’s Klon- n, 2'Mr. J. Stewart’s Domin- i Mr. Walter Ainslie’s Meg, Lewis’ Strathcona Queen, V. J. A. Brosseau’s Rhea. - SPECIALS. mming’s Craikstone Chief- dog pup over six months. Smith’s Klondike Queen, sch pup ever six months. Kellie’s Cock o’ the North. p under six months ‘umming’s Craikstone Scotch 2 °. Rod and Gun in Canada Lassie Jean, for best bitch pup under six months: Mr. J. Cumming’s Craikstone Chief- tain, silver medal for best collie in show. Mr. R.S. Kellie, secretary of the ec ub, acted as steward, and had all the en- tries up on time, while otherwise con- tributing to the success of the show. Mr. D. Taylor, of Rod and Gun, was the superintendent. We understand that Mr. Roy pur- chased Mr. N. Smith’s Klondike Queen al a very satisfactory figure, Fashionable "New Yorkers are exer- cised over a story told in connection with the late Pet Dog show held in the Metropolitan Opera House. The house, it is said, has since been infested with fleas, which, of course, is all buncombe; nevertheless, the gossip agoing has given the smart paragraphist and the ubiquitous poet an opportunity to air their wit. Says “The Saunterer,” in a New York paper: ‘Apparently the ex- hibitors of coddled purps of aristo- cratic lineage were not extensive pat- rons of the numerous flea killers that are always advertised so prodigally at dog shows, or else their fine strain can- ines must have been more than ordin- arily afflicted with the tiny but asser- tive pulices irritantes. These latter seem to have developed a fondness for their unaccustomed surroundings dur- ing their week of habitat at the Metro- politan, and when their hairy and woolly intimates withdrew, after the contest of beauty and points, the fleas chose to remain behind. In the hangings of the boxes, in the tapestry of the chairs, in the cosy nap of the thick carpets, the pestiferous atomies arranged them- selves for a luxurious and sybaritish winter. The managers of the Metro- politan should not lose one minute in scattering such powders and liquids as are foes to the elusive vermin through- out the house. Otherwise their decol- lete patrons will have to equip them- selves with back-scratchers and even air-tight lingerie, in order to put in a comfortable evening. At-the ‘Nozze de Figaro’ performance, on Friday, one grande dame confided to the women in her box, after they had compared con- fidential notes on the subject, ‘that fans are all right for flies, but these things stick to you like a poor relation.’ ” And the poet joins in with this jingle on the same subject: The wily old musical flea, That was quite as obese as a bug, Once went to the Met From the hands of the vet. On the back of a Japanese pug. 151 The Show was as fair as can be, And all of the Gothamy best ‘Went there to display In what:manner or way It were easy to be overdressed. The pug wasn’t even H. C., And the flea left the caninal locks, So he gave a high skip, And alit on the tip Of the rim of an opera box. Mavbe he wasn’t anxious to see Madame Sembrich, perchance Emma Eames, But whatever his need He had nothing to plead That were unsatisfying to his dreams. Now he feasts with the utmost of glee On the finest and best of the land; Never heeding the song, (But goes trekking along, So blue-blooded he scarce’y can stand. Notes. Mr. C. Y. Ford, of Otterburn, Kings- ton, Ont., was the judge at the St. Louis collie show, held January 1. Among the judges at the Westminster Kennel Club’s show, which will be held in New York next month, is Mr. Astley, the well-known English authority. Mr. W. P. Fraser, Toronto, recently purchased from Mr. Gooderham his terrier, Norfolk Story (Ch. Norfolk Veracity-Norfolk Charm), which did exceedingly well in the show ring last fall. He is to be kept at stud, and we have no doubt will sustain the reputa- tion of his ancestors, Mr. Robert McEwen, of Byron, Ont., has just made a valuable addition to hig already well-stocked kennel, having imported a handsome sable and white collie, son of Leek Chancellor, out of Leek Beauty, from Mr. A. H. Megson’s kennel, Manchester, Eng. Leek Beauty was the winner of firsts at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and WHdin- burgh. Here is a story, vouched for by the owner of the dog, regarding the sagac- ity of the collie, which Mr. Roy might add to his repertory. The narrator had occasion to drown a diseased puppy, which he did by putting it an old bag, weighted with a stone, and throwing it in the river. The whole proceeding was watched by the collie with evident in- terest, and when, some days after, an- other of the litter was taken with the same disease and his owner was con- sidering the advisability of consigning him to a similar fate, the intelligent collie ran off, very shortly returning with an old bag, which he proudly laid at his master’s feet! A novel feature of the West End (London, Eng.) dog show, which closed 152 December 16, was a parade of the “Dog’s Brigade.’ The band played and forward marched the cavalry division, consisting of English greyhounds, Scot- tish deer hounds, Irish wolf hounds and Borzois. To the strains of artillery, and the artillery or heavy weights, made up of mastiffs, bloodhounds, St. Bernards, great Danes and Newfound- lands. A lively quickstep brought forth the head column of infantry, consist- ing of eight companies respectively known as “British bulldogs,’ or the English company; the ‘‘Die Hards,” or Scottish company; the “Daredevils,” or Irish company; the ‘‘Loyal Dutchmen,” the “Ladies’ Own,” recruited from toy spaniels, Pomeranians, toy terriers; the “Sportsmen’s Own,’ British watch dogs, consisting of sheep dogs, collies, house guard dogs of any breed, and lastly the ‘‘Friendly Foreigne:s.”’ When all the dogs had marched around the court the band played the music used when a general officer arrived to in- spect troops, and Rover, a fine sheep dog, owned by Lord Wolseley, who holds the proud title of “Field Marshal of the Dogs’ Brigade,” trotted forward and reviewed his four-footed followers. The dogs’ collecting brigade, organ- ized by Mrs. Stennard Robinson, made a grand finale at the show. The fund collected in this unique manner turned out to be nearly $10,000. There were 500 collecting dogs in the brigade, each owner guaranteeing that his or her dog should collect $5, the average sum col- lected, however, has been four times that amount. Hon. Ethel Cadogan’s Japanese spaniel, Yona, collected $420, and Mrs. Murray Guthrie’s fox terrier gathered in $405. ® * * Old Lady (at a Dog Fancier’s)—‘‘I - want a nice dog for a companion.” Fancier—‘‘Yes, ma’m. What breed would you prefer? Scotch terrier, fox terrier, some of the toy dogs, or——?” Old Lady—‘‘Well, I don’t know. I think I would like an ocean greyhound; I hear them much spoken about, so they must be getting very fashionable.” David Hanbury, an explorer of som? note, has returned to Winnipeg from a trip to the barren lands in the vicinity of Hudson Bay. He reports that the district abounds in fur-keiring animals. Rod and Gun acknowledges hand- some calendars from the Dupont Pow- der Company and John Labatt, Lon- don, Ont. Rod and Gun in Canada e e ‘ Lake Nepigon By D. Cy Scott +] ww Wherever and whenever big trout are mentioned you hear of the River Nepigon, but the lake from which the river flows is not so celebrated in song and story. The parent is worthy of the child, however, and no one who has evier ascended ithe forty miles of splen- did water which connects Lake Supe- rior with its fellow, three hundred feet higher in the hills, can ever forget the lake with its wonderful extent, its beautiful islands and shores, its many deep bays surrounded and guarded by mountains. If he be lucky enough to feel his line taut, with a thirty pound trout flourishing at the other end seek- ing the very deepest pool in the lakes with a charge like a young steer, he ~ will have livelier recollections than any, even the most beautiful, scenery can give him. Lake Nepigon is guarded only by its remoteness from being a popular summer resort and the day may not be far distant when its islands will be dotted with the huts of sports- men and the homes of seekers for rest and health. Its deep bays form lakes in themselves and the many islands, tradition says over six hundred, break up the main sheet of water into many stretches and traverses. It is not counted one of the “great” lakes, but it is nearly one hundred miles long and can lash itself into as dangerous waves in as short a space of time as any skill- ful sailor could wish to encounter. Guides may be found on the Nepigon River who know ithe lake well and others who do not know it at all. I happened to be lucky enough to get Charley Laronde to go with my party, a guide who is conversant with every point on both river and lake, who is cautious enough to be trusted amid the dangers of the latter, and who knows just the spot in which to drop your lines. The only decent sailboat, and that is a small one, is owned by the- Hudson’s Bay Company and, as that is not always available for the sports- man, canoes may have to be resorted to. Skirting the shore in rough wea- ther and making quick rushes across the long “‘travierses” in smooth, the canoe is a safe and speedy vessel for even such a large body of water as Lake Nepigon. - On an afternoon in mid-July, we lefit showed five pounds by the scale. our camp of the night before in Three Mountain Bay and began to skirt th rocky shore, crowded with spruces am tamaracs. It had been blowing har all morning but ithe wind had gon down and the sea had collapsed into a easy swell. The sky was full of snow clouds that moved slowly over to tt south. Our guide looking at the we ther with a critical eye said we have more wind before long. But ¥ were bound for Cariboo Island and i the meantime we would fish; so as th ground was good’ we dropped ou spoons alongside a shore broken vi square malsses of rock, scored i weather-stains and lichen. Here, | we passed slowly along, we had a Nepigon House. _ hour of as exciting fishing as one cou wish. The first visitor to come aboa was a beautiful speckled trout ic followed a gray or lake trout, a pounds heavier. But we soon lc count of the pickerel, speckled — a lake trout which succeeded each otk as rapidly as we could pay out lg lines, until a twenty pound lake | ( that fought for his life like a hero, § a full stop to proceedings. It was f generally that fishing so except on should be treated with unusual court and should not be overhauled in 4 spirit of greed or selfishness. We lit our fire for supper on St. Island and wént off an hour sunset. A cloud passed over, ping a thin rain, and showed a dou rainbow arched over the ruggednes Gros Cap. At seven a little wind ] up dut of the morth that made guide whistle, and when we wer 7 Cariboo Island we were pounding waves that threw spray and broke the rock-bound shore with a shi ing noise. It was an exciting with the wind down the coast, the 4 mass of the island looming above, only light came from ithe stars and meme ny en ee Se nln snings ah sheering off again as ed false friends. At last we 1 as a mill-pond; a Sankar that pon itself until it ig land-lock- e we had to lie for twenty- until the gale wore itself pleasant - afternoon upon ed at the Hudsons Bay n House,” as it is called. ipon the high shore of of great natural beau- ithe mountainous Jack- 1d to the south there is of lake, with the strik- La Roche Frappee. The northern end of the . These huge dome- rise sheer from the e Riciies torgive the dis- measured, between the ouse to Flat Rock. 43 -“ Popular Lodge. 41 ss “Bay View. 57 , _ Negodina. 23 Red Rock. 74 » Dry Beaver Islands ie of the big trout for se is famous. Tradition 1e dried meat of the beaver. - stormstaid for two days fternoon trolling in the the north of one of the our record fish. As fore ; weights, ranging from n pounds. But there was ; either his size or his tem- Rod and Gun in Canada the water was sufficiently interesting, but when he broke away and went boring into the bottom of the lake, dis- appearing into the shadow as if he would never come up again his beha- vior was intensely exciting. It took twenty minutes of careful work to land him in the canoe, and when he was tested ashore he pulled the scale down to thirty-two pounds and held it there. Trout of this size are by no means un- common, and, as Lake Nepigon has not been largely fished, good sport may be found almost anywhere within its waters. Unscientific Facts about the Animals that Live in the Bush—The Otter. Continued. Of all the furs that this northern country produces, to my taste the Otter is the most beautiful. Of course, there is a great difference in the quality, the blackest, and glossiest being held in most esteem. ‘As a rule, the largest skins are not the best, a big male otter often having a brownish tinge which impairs its quality. The fur becomes “prime” about the end of October, and remains so until about the middle of May, though by ‘that time, and fully a month before, it assumes a shabby tinge, caused by the whitening or bleaching of the extreme ends of the coarse hair, which have al- most the appearance of having been singed. The condition of the fur can usually at once be determined by the .appear- ance of the skin, especially of the tail. If an otter has been killed a trifle early in the season, the skin of the tail is black, and though the fur on the rest of the body is in good, marketable con- dition, the fur on the tail is short and lacks its full gloss. If the otter has been killed in the summer and is abso- lutely useless, the skin of the tail is yellowish black, and the main skin a sickly, blotched yellow. But a winter- killed otter is unmistakable. The whole skin, tail and all, is white, tinged with red, which, to the experienced eye, is an infallible indication of its perfect condition. The Indian name for the otter is “nik-eek.’’ It, like the beaver, figures in the Indian’s mythology, though, as a matter of fact, the Indians of the valley of the Upper Ottawa seem to be singu- larly deficient in the quality that clothes the common objects of -their lives with legendary lore. The Indians of the coasts of Hudson’s Bay ‘are much more imaginative in this respect, and I verily believe that most 153 of the legends that are current amongst these inlanders have been brought from their more imaginative brethren of the sea coast. The only legend that I know associated with the otter relates to the peculiar shape of its head, which, as most people probably know, is exceed- ingly flat. It is said that the animals were once gathered together with the object of choosing a chief or king, The aspirants for the honor were numerous and exceedingly eager in setting forth their claims, especially the otter, which would push itself forward to such an extent that the great spirit who was presiding over the meeting set his foot right down on him, literally and meta- phorically, to such good purpose that the otter came forth from the press with a flattened head, a mark which he still retains. The flesh of the otter is not a highly esteemed delicacy, even amongst Indians, though they do occa- sionally make use of it when meat is scarce. I remember once, many years ago, coming back at night, after a long walk to my little log hut, built upon an is- land on Winiwayah Lake, which served me as a temporary trading post, I found an Indian mak‘ng use of my fire- place and cooking utensils. He was cooking something which, to my hungry senses, sent forth a most appetizing aroma. On investigation it proved to be an otter, which he invited me to share with ‘him. Nothing loth, I accepted the invitation, and between us we managed to polish off nearly the whole of it. Next morning, being mindful of my previous evening meal, I thought to make my breakfast off the cold remains. Whe- ther the heat or the hunger had ob- scured the real flavor of the beast on the previous evening I know not, but this I know: that of all the fishy abom- inations in the shape of flesh that I ever ate, that otter headed the list. It tasted like meat boiled in a pot ex- clusively used for fish and rarely wash- ed. Perhaps I am not fair to the otter, but I have eschewed the flesh of otter ever since and would advise oe to do the same. The otter is a -very playful ‘animal and makes an excellent pet. The Indi- ans tame.them with great suczess. They even train them to catch fish for them, like the cormorants of the China Seas. The favorite dwelling places of the ot- ter are old abandoned beaver houses. Here the Indians set their traps for them in the winter and at the holes in the ice through which they come on shore to eat their fish. Tt is a strange thing that the otter 154 has regular spots for coming ashore when on his travels up or down the streams. It does not land promiscuous- ly. It selects a spot, and every time it passes this particular spot it goes ashore and rolls about and plays. The Indians watch for these places and set their traps there, sometimes even lying in ambush for the chance of a shot. Unlike the beaver, however, they are nomadic tin their habits, and though an otter may take up its residence on a certain stream for a season, next sea- son it may be miles away. Hence, an Indian does not feel that he has the same vested right in the otters upon his lands that he has in the beaver. During the first few winter months the otter does little travelling, for it ‘an make but poor progress through the soft, deep snow, but when the March sun has made a crust upon the snow it makes long journeys and trav- els with great ease and swiftness. I remember once, while walking up Kip- pewa’ Lake, seeing an otter in the act of crossing the lake within a few hun- dred yards of me. Both I, and the In- dian who was accompanying me, threw down our packs and gave ‘chase. At first we rapidly gained on it, and I be- gan to wonder how much its skin would fetch. But the otter was apparently playing with us. As soon as ever it saw that we really meant business, it changed its gait, which had been a very modest canter, into something like a hop, step and a jump. It took three jumps, then a slide of about’ ten feet. a living toboggan on legs, automatic and self-propelling: It reminded me of the undulating motion of a porpoise, but the pace it travelled instilled me with respect, and as we wearily resumed our bundles, and could see the hills hbe- yond in which our destination lay; look- ing still blue in the distance, I envied the gait of that otter and nes: that I apiece do likewise. ea; FARR _ Front POINT BLANK GUNSIGHTS. The invention of Frank ae. Warker: ‘Dan De Feo) of Florence, Colorado. Rod and Gun IN Alea in Canada THE GUN. Conducted by “ Bob White.” A TRAP SHOOTING RETROSPECT N its issue of December 30th, The American Field gives a synopsis of the leading trap shooting events in the United States during the past year, and in doing so makes remarks thereon which cannot fail to interest Can- adian readers. We take the liberty of quoting from The Field article : Trap shooting events of 1899 are now matters of record, and after to-morrow they will be referred to as the records of a trap-shooting season, the like of which has not been seen since this gen- tlemanly sport became a factor tin the pleasures of American sportsmen. That the season of 1899 has been a memorable one, and one in which a number of important records have been established, no one who is sufficiently interested in the sport to keep himself posted will, for a moment, deny, for during this year some of the largest tournaments ever known to American spor:smen have been held, and all, wit: - out exception, have been more success- ful than their promoters had antici- pated.- The Grand American Ha jdicap, he'd at. Elkwood Park, N.J., 1st April, was of itself a record breaker so far as the number of entries is concerned and also as to the size of the purse that was competed’ for. The state tourna- ments, this year, have also, all, with perhaps one or two exceptions, been more liberally patronized and more successful from a financial standpoint, than in years past, while league events and club tournaments have more than met the Docohi la aa of their promot- ers. , "Bhat the pa is Se in favor, and growing’ with great rapidity not only in this country, but: also in nearly every country on the face of the globe, there is not the:slightest question. And why.?. Simply -because it is a clean, gentlemanly sport that has, by its sup- porters, been placed upon.a plane which excludes that class of men. who demor- alize and corrupt Sree: with which they..are associated. j Twenty-five. or thirty years ago the number of trap: shooting tournaments held in:a single state, ina season; ‘could be counted upon the “fingers of one hand, while to-day that many are held on the right side of the cash accor in nearly every county of a single sia No association, club or promoter th thought of guaranteeing a thousa dollars in a single. event, or of add any money to the purses, while no is not an unusual thing for a club any pretentions to add from $250 $1,000 to the purses when giving a ou nament, and the patronage is usux so good that the association, leagu club which does this generally com out at the finish with a good bala after paying all expences, a fact of self that proves beyond all quest! that the sport of trap shooting, as e: ducted in this country, is growing ra idly in popularity and is being patr ized by the better element in branches of business and profess In the palmy days of Bog Brewer, Carver, Payne and other wing shots, inanimate targets were | known to the shooters of America, indeed, they were to the people of ¢ other nation, and the then compa tively few people who enjoyed t shooting had to confine themselve live birds, a target which to-day more popular than any of the mates, but which then, as now, — too expensive to permit the man moderate means to indulge his love trap shooting to any great degree, : therefore the number who followed sport as a pastime or for pleasu few as compared with the th who to-day find trap shooting a h giving and pleasant recreation, and dulge in it because, we repeat, — t clean, gentlemanly sport. < The growth in trap shooting has’ phenomenal and of incalculable ber to many business interests of the cc try, as the. gun manufacturers, powder, shot and she’1 makers, target and trap manufacture! been obliged to enlarge their ple employ more workmen to meet mands for their products, all of Vv have been of immense benefit mechanics and unskilled labor country. Twenty years ago glass balla trap for throwing them, first int by the veteran, Captain A. H. B dus, were the only substitutes for : pirds, and the then cumbersome and unwieldy rope-pull trap, while to-day twe Have the expert target trap, electric We , the popular Magautrap, which is Hopetatea much the same as a bicycle lig fidden, and the automatic, under- lgr'ound pull live-bird trap, all of which aie inventions that do very much to |pypularize the sport and make it at- |tractive and interesting, both to par- ticipants and spectators. And the im- ‘ovement i in guns, powders, shells and wads has been quite as great as that of traps and targets, for now we have the thammerless ejector and the repeat- ling shotgun, smokeless nitro powder and shells and wads of the highest grade, instead of the non-ejector /breech-loader, with hammers, the muz- |le-loader, black powder, and shells and |wads of comparatively inferior quality; lana these improvements have all re- sulted from the demands made by trap . ters for better firearms, powders, {shel , traps, etc. | e the advent of nitro powders ae improved guns for trap shooting, |the man who attended a tournament Nasting two or three days usually re- |turned fhhome “all used up” from the al. most constant roar of the black pow- jdér and with his shoulder looking as /if'it had been hammered with a mal- llet; but to-day, with improved ammu- nition and gun, a man can shoot a week if he wishes and feel none the |worse for it. E “The great increase of shooters and jthe demands made by them upon shoot- jing park managers have also caused better parks to be established and the lerection of more commodious club |houses, with lockers, gun racks, dining thalls, ete., and now a sportsman can \go. out for an afternoon’s sport at the |traps and find everything at the club len nearly as comfortable as if he |were to remain at home or at his place lof business. Thus it will be seen that the growth of trap shooting has been something jphénomenal during the last twelve or \fifteen years. He, s & ” ae At Toronto Traps. Toronto is a city of several gun clubs and many first-class shots. I have often wondered why the many enthusiastic sportsmen there have not got together land given the Canadian shooters a our nament on a large enough sca'e to ring together the best talent among them. As an old Toronto boy, I would like to see it,and am sure it would be patronized. The Stanley Gun Club of that city Rod and Gun in Canada held a shoot, on Christmas Day. on their grounds, corner of Booth and Eastern Avenues, which was. well at- tended, when the following scores were made: Event No. 1, ten artificials—R. 8, H. Herbert 7, J. Wilson 7, C. 6, S. Apted 6, W. Kingdon 5. Event No. 2, five sparrows—H. Her- bert 4, J. Wells 4, A. Mathews 3, W. Kingdon 3, Christie 3. Event No. 3, five sparrows—A. Hulme 5, Wilton 4, G. Platt 4, Kingdon 3; Page 3. Event No. 4, five sparrows—E. Kerr 5, A. Hulme 4, G. Platt 4, R. Buck 4, W. Hulme 8, Devaney 8. Event No. 5, five sparrows—A. Hulme 5, R. Green 5, R. Buck 4, Kerr 4, W. Hulme 4. Event No. 6, five sparrows—R. Buck 5, A. Hulme 4, R. Green 3, W. Hulme 3 Kerr 3, Platt 3, Curtis 3. c Event No. 7, ten artificials—S. Mc- Buck Wilson , 195 Clure 10, Lucas 9, O'Leary 8, Green 8, Herbert, 8, Buck 8, A. Hulme 7. Event No. 8, ten artificials—Mcrshead 10, O'Leary 10, J. Townson 10, Lucas 9, A. Hulme 9, Green 8, see 6, Mc- Clure 6, Simpson 6, Moore 6, S. Pearsall 5, T. Louden 5. Event No. 9, five sparrows—H. Her- bert 5, A. Hulme 5, J. Wells 4, Green 4, J. Townson 4, O’Leary 4, Curtis 3, Gooch 3, Wilton 3, Forman 3, Mason 3. Fvent No. 10, ten artificials—Mors- head 9, O'Leary 8, Mollon 7, Moore 7, Forman 7, Thompson 6. Event No. 11, ten artificials—J, Town- son 9, O'Leary 8, Gooch 7, Martin 7, Wilton 6, McClure 6. Event No. 12, ten artificials—O’Leary 8, Mason 7, Pearsall 7, Green 7, don 6, Curtis 6, Dixon 6. On ‘the following Saturday they held another shoot, when the scores made were as follows: Event No. 1, ten sparrows—Green 8, King- A A cae Canadian hot. Mr. Forest. H. Conover, whose photograph we re- produce on this page, is a foremost exponent of trad shooting in Canada (Western Ontario) besides being not- ably successful with. -the ducks. Mr. Conover wasamong the first in Canada to use nitro pow- ders,and since their advent has ac- quainted himself thoroughly with them by practice and numerous ex- periments, and now by preference uses Dupont’s smoke- less, loaded in Ely and U.M.C. shells, in the L. C. Smith Ejector Gun with which he has won the trophies of which he is justly proud, Mr. Conover has contributed to the columns of Rod and Gun in the past, and readers will look forward with interest to future articles. 156 McCarney 8, O'Leary 8, Edwards 7, A. Hulme 7. . Event No. 2, five sparrows—Buck 5, W. Hulme 5, Green 4, Herbert 4, Mc- Carney 3, A. Hulme 3. Event No. 3, five sparrows—McCar- ney 5,Buck 4, Edwards 4, W. Hulme 4, Herbert 4, A. Hulme 3, O’Leary 3, Green 3, Ellis 3. Event No. 4, ten artificials—Lucas 9, Green 8, A. Hulme 8, McCarney 7, . O'Leary 7, Buck 6, Ellis 6. Event No.5, 10 artificials—McCarn»y 9, O*Leary 8, Ellis 8, Lucas 8, A. Hulme 7, McDuff 7, Green 7, Herbert 6. Event No. 6, five sparrows—A. Hulme 4, Edwards 4, Green 3, McCarney 3, W. Hulme 3, O’Leary 3, McDuff 3. Event No. 7, ten artificials—O’Leary 10, McCarney 8, McDuff 8, Lucas 8, Thompson 7, Green 7, Ellis 6. Event No. 8, fifteen artificials — A. Hulme 13, O'Leary 12, McDuff 10, Mc- Carney 10, Green 10. ® me * Toronto Junction Gun Club, on New Year’s Day, held an interesting shoot at D. Blea’s grounds, Humber Bay, be- tween teams chosen by the president and vice-president. The day being fine a large number of members took part. There was also a good gathering pres- ent from the other clubs, including Mr. O’Leary, the president of the Bison Gun Club of Buffalo, N.Y., who, be- sides being a good shot, is a jolly good fellow. After the team shoot a num- ber of matches were shot at pigeons and sparrows, and some good scores were made. At the conclusion of the day’s shoot the members and guests repaired to Mr. Blea’s hotel and par- took of the good things provided by Host Blea, after which the evening was spent in speech and song, and this ended one of the most enjoyable shoots ever held by this enterprising club. The following are the scores: President. V ce-P) exulont. MOGI sees 2 Wakefield........ 9 BuUrweses. resis 8 Wie Blac: he es 8 DP; Ble riecivc ees Oi Stalls acini 7 pty (c= Coe sgh ae a ae 7 APEOCT cr eiaaana ws a SRA. 3b. cot ee 6 Townseni....... 9 NV TOOT in er acosars Ae sDEGyee Seoehiee ex. 6 WY BAEORE: oC belek s 4 Richardson...... 2 Sprowle ues ee. 4 OAR ATY 6a ues 9 SiON utah. vs ee 3 eEarays ss se 3 POLY OS re kitsch 47 Tota scans sce seo Majority for Vice-President’s team, 13 birds. Townsend 6, Wakefield 5, Brown 5, B. .r- Sweep at seven pigeons—O’Leary 6, gess 4, Briggs 4, Vint 3, Green 3, Mc- Gill ret. Sweep at five pigeons—Wakefield 4, Townsend 4, Burgess 4, O’Leary 3, Vint 3, D. ‘Blea 3, Briggs ret. Sweep at fifteen sparrows—Burgess 15, Wakefield 14, W. Blea 14, D. Blea 14, A. Stell 14, Briggs 13, Townsend 13,. Green 12, W. Hulme 12, O'Leary 11, A. Hulme 10. Sweep at ten sparrows, one barrel only—A. Stell 10, Wakefield 9, W. Blea 8, Burgess 8, D. Blea 8, Green 4, Briggs 4, Townson ret. Rod and Gun in Canada Gin as a rifle stimulant is a novelty. One rifleman believes in taking no chances with rust, hence when he has finished shooting for the day he cleans the rifle barrel with gin, and oils it carefully. Next day he can push a bit of clean flannel through the barrel without collecting any substance that will stain the flannel. He claims no other method of cleaning will give lik results. The new 1900 model of the Suaneke repeating shotgun is now ready for the market. It is a take-down, the parts of the best forged steel, with fine twist Damascus barrel. The stock is of close grained American walnut, has a pistol grip, and is oil finished. It has a case- hardened frame and mechanism, in- creasing the wear and giving the gun that beautiful mottled color seen on all first-class work. The slide lever has the roll-bearing cam, making it easy of manipulation. The new features of the model 1900 gun are, first: the double extractors, which grip the cartridge on each side, making it almost impossible for nitro powder to expand the shell in the chamber of the gun enough to prevent the double extractors bringing it out and flipping it clear of the gun to one side. The second feature is the newly.arranged magazine. The maga- azine on the model 1890 caused some in- ecnvenience in taking the repeater apart, owing to the spring and follower being detached. In the new model they are fixed permanently in the mag- azine. Another feature is that the take-down, which consists of two thumb latches, one on the magazine screw, the other on the screw that holds the barrel in place. It is only neces- sary to turn these two latches in order to take out the magazine and unscrew the barrel. All grades of Spencer guns are now take-down and the prices re- main the same as heretofore. One of the well-known British mak- ers of express rifles, in its experiments to ascertain the best calibre to adopt in its latest model express rifle, settled upon .350 calibre. The shell is bottle- necked, and in addition tapers from the shoulder to the head. The bullet weighs 310 grains and is made with full jacket or soft point. A muzzle ve- locity of 2050 feet per second was ob- tained. Loaded with Cordite its strik- ing energy was 2908 foot-pounds, as arainst 1928 for the .303, 1776 for the .450, and 1784 for the .500 express, the two latter loaded with Curtis & Har- vey No. 6 black powder. The maker’s aim has been to supersede the ordin- ‘ary type of express and big game rifles by a new series, in which the acknow- ledged advantages of the small calibre sporting rifle shall be extended to wea- pons combining equal or higher velocity with ‘heavier dec uae of greater di- ameter. English manufacturers have recently brought out some new rifles for the use of both black and smokeless powder. These are of the express type, double barrel generally, and of 40 or 45 calibre. The English’ big “game hunter wants a big bore rifle that” will shoot smoke- less powder, : “Which is mainly for close range jungle shooting; such: as tiger shooting, where the value of smokeless powder is apparent. But he wants that ‘to ‘before Theodore Roosevelt, 1 rifle made so in case smokeless pow is unobtainable, black powder ean used in the arm. ia Marin County, California; has an dinance prohibiting the use of re ing shotguns. ‘The ordinance ig - tested in the courts. On a Sunday morning at inspectio New York each policeman was req to produce his revolver, and : was found that some carried the r lation Colt new police revolver, ot carried pawn tickets instead, a fe) \ revolvers of other reputable ma and some had their favorite 99 _ weapons. The fault they found the ‘Colt revolver was it was so h and iit cost so much more tha cheap things they became accus Police Commissioner, insisted that policeman should carry and know to use a good revolver. a Michael Dorrler, the veteran rifle and expert offhand rifle shot, in- competition in the 100-shot cham ship match at Greenville Schue Park, 200 yards offhand, recently sc 2246 points on the German ring ta which is the best known 100-shot § on record to date. Such a score - wonderful proficiency in offhand shooting and is far beyond what persons can expect to attain. . “I have often seen the Canadian derness. [ have worked my canoe and portage in warm we: I have journeyed by snowshoe in w and dragged my toboggan; and my firm belief, Caspar Whitney Frederic Remington to the con notwithstanding, that there is o 1 climate in the world more enjo than the Canadian summer, and the \Canadian winter. The discon of that wilderness are mostly im ary. You can put on a pair of ; shoes and travel all day in them very first time you try, and nearly as tired at night as you be after a ten-mile walk on the ments of a city. You feel the « great deal more on Broadway. of ‘Manhattan, than you do int woods of ‘Northern New Br Frederic Irland, in Scribner’s Mag January, 1900. It was Mr. Irland whe wre excellent article, “Why Don’t Y. which appeared in October numbe and Gun in Canada,—B4. Moose ‘hunting is not so succes sport in Nova Scotia nowadays used to be. Albout the best gr: the Province is the back coun Annapolis and Digby a ee ] total number captured there © season is scarcely worth me In Nova Scotia there seems te been too much sport. The mo noblest game we have, and it is a sand pities that he should be 1 too ruthlessly. The experiment i ing the woods with deer in some of the Province has been onl é successful. The game society's” tions are too often violated. ¢ Z ENGLISH SPARROW d friend, Mr. L. H. Smith, of Ont., has certainly made a defence of the house spar- zh I cannot say it is a very ‘This is not his fault, however, that of the sparrow. He ha e much of a bad case, and atulated upon the intere t¢- _in which he has presented ntiment of his article will e charming to the unen- t unfortunately, in this age arian, sentiment alone is t is facts, and facts only, y. ul perusal of Mr. Smith’s to see that he has given tisfactory rea-ons for de- yarrow. He has replied, ly, to only one of the t against it, and has only one good trait in onsequently, it appears s stand merely on ac- timental attachment, ” etc., and again he ut for the sparrow and innate love I have for -of-doors might never kened in me,” etc. These sons for throwing down the behalf of passer domesti- t are pardonable, we they are justifiab) , we these matter-of-fact ything is submitted to lity. ; ith was one of the first to » sparrow into Canada, he Is in its behalf. From essay one would hardly tial presentation of the se, and it is, therefore, no at surprise to find that one the extremely er- pression that the English z most desirable, insectiv- with a charming song. In nd his pet Mr. Smith has mass of indisputable, con- vidence in regard to the 'S economic relations,wh' ch imulated by a host of ob- parts of the continent. "e, consider it is in the in- justice, and only fair to the of “Rod and Gun,” that the unfavorable, aspect of the of the presence of a ntry depends chiefly upon to agriculture. It is not so sstion of the bird’s utility as n-injurious tendencies. It is its rather than its positive char- Cs that determine its status. If does no harm, or if its evil counterbalanced by its good, y let it flourish. | troductory paragraph Mr. ss that the English sparrow iced to this country to per- ‘ Which our native birds did incumbent upon him to- with Mr. Smith for many years. Rod and Gun in Canada ‘not appear to do—the destruction of the larvae of the measure-worm, that so often infest the trees in our streets an parks.” That this was the honest, but mistaken, intention of Mr. Smith and the other misguided gentlemen, who so zealously brought the bird to this coun- try, we do believe, but that the sp 'rrow has accomplished the object of its intro- _ duction we regret that we cannot as- sert. It is now a well-known fact that the sparrow, like most of our birds, will not eat hairy caterpillars, and that, ac- cording to the report of the Biological Survey of the United States, fully two- thirds of its diet consists of vegetable matter, chiefly in the form of grain, seeds and buds. If the introducers of the sparrow had studied our native birds more carefully, they would have found that a foreign importation was unnecessary, for we already possessed certain species, the cuckoos, that con- sider hairy caterpillars most delectable morsels and destroy them in great num- bers. As already noted, Mr. Smith attempt to refute only one of the charges agains’ the sparrow, to wit: that it drives away our native birds. At first glance his ar- guments and illustrations seem most sound and plausible, but on closer in- spection we find the former fallacious and the latter not to the point. In the first place, he asks how it is that the sparrow in England has not driven away some of the other species. In reply we would ask Mr. Smith how he knows that it has not done so. As he himself‘admits, the sparrow has been striving with the other birds in Great Britain for, centuries. Consequently, there is no doubt that the present rela- tionships of the feathered bipeds of that country are the result of the inevitable law of ‘‘the survival of the fittest.’”? The weaker birds yielded ages ago to the pugnacious sparrow, iand now we find living in its proximity only those birds which are well able to defend them- selves against its ravages. Mr. Smith cites the case of the house martin, which has flourished in spite of the persecution of the sparrow, but this does not prove that our Canadian b rds shall be able to prosper likewise. The — martin is quite competent to cope with the sparrow, for, if it were not, it would have been compelled long ago to seek its nesting-place beneath the brow of some remote cliff, rather than under the eaves of the dwelling of man. It would have been as much to the point if he had cited the case of the rook. Mr. Smith claims that the sparrow did not drive the native birds away from his own premises, but, by anyone ac- quainted with the facts, this cannot be accepted as an argument. It was my privilege to live in the came rural town If my memory serves me truly, he not only provided boxes for the sparrows, as he states, but for other birds as well, and further, he protected the wrens from the depredations of the foreign usurp- ers ‘by making the entrances to their nests too small to admit them. Besides this he provided food for the birds, and the sparrows, waxed fat and indolent under his beneficent care. (To be continued.) 157 SMOKELESS POWDERS. To the Editor of Rod and Gun. I read with a great deal of interest Mr. Conover’s article in your December issue, in which he speaks very highly of the well-known American smoke- less powder—Dupont. Without in any way detracting from what he Says in laudation of his favorit powder, I think he has, in his communication, made a remark regarding two well-know mod- ern explosives which, no doubt unin- tentionally on his part, might be read to their injury. The remark I take ex- ception to in his article is his reference to Schultze and Noble’s Ballistite, where the says: “As each of the mod- ern explosives was brought forward it was examined and its defects noted— Schultze, among the first in Europe; next the powder of ‘Reid & J. ohnston, in England; and in France the poudre B of Viele, and the ballistite of Noble.” Now, whatever may have been the defects of Schultze powder when it was in- its experimental stage, when all Smokeless powders were an experim ont, there can be no doubt that now it is one of the best propellants in the world. I have used both Dupont and Schultze with satisfactory results, but if I had to choose between them I would select Schultze. The action of the two powders I found to be very similar, the recoil from each the same, but I have always thought Schultze a_ stronger powder than Dupont. Regarding Ballistite, I know nothing from actual experience, never having shot any of it, or even seen it. This I do know, however: that it s one of the most popular powders among the trap shooters in England. For instanc , take the scores at live pigeons, at the Gun Club, Notting Hill, and the Na- tional Gun Club, Hendon, the other day. In a three pound handicap sweep- stakes at the Gun Club there were 17 subscribers and six used Ballistite, in- cluding the winners of the money, who divided 71 pounds. In the next event there were 16 subscribers, six of whom shot Ballistite, including the two who divided the purse. Of the others, eight used Curtis & Harvey’s Amberite. At Hendon, in a race for the Mem- bers’ Challenge Cup, value 25 guineas added to half sovereign handicap sweepstakes, there were 12 sub:*cribers. Of these, four used Ballistite, five Schultze, including the winner, who shot at 33 yards, and the others Am- berite and E.C. So much for these various nitros, in which I have no further interest than any sportsman who wants the search- light thrown on all matters affecting his favorite sport. But one serious defect all these pow- ders have, or rather their manufactur- ers have, and that is that none of them seem to have the good sense to prop- erly advertise their wares in Canada. And the same remark applies to other ‘articles, such as guns, shells, wads, shot, etc., pertaining to the want of Canadian sportsmen. How these gun and ammunition makers expect to rea the thousands of Canadian shooters without doing so is more than T can understand. BLUE BIULL. Great Premium Offers eT HESE goods are. new and will beshipped direct from the factory. Prices named are those at which manufacturers and deal- All these goods are f.o.b. at the factory. Here ers usually sell. is an excellent opportunity to get A.Gun = A Camera A Fishing Rod A Reel or Rifle PR OF COST ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO. 603 Craig Street, = = MONTREAL LIBERAL REWARDS FOR LIGHT WORK. | HERE is not a man or boy who cannot secure some subscribers to RoD AND GUN IN CANADA, and that, too, with very little labor. UBSCRIPTIONS need not all be sent at once. They may be sent in instalments as taken and credit will be given on account. When the required number is obtained the premium earned will be shipped. TO ANY PERSON SENDING US TWO yearly subscriptions to RoD AND GUN IN CaN. at $1.00 each, we will send 1 doz. Trout Flies as- sorted, listed at 75c. or 3 lbs. Hamilton Powder Co’s FF powder listed at 90c. THREE subscriptions at $1.00 each, a No. 41 Stevens: Pistol, listed at $2.50, or 1 doz. bass flies, assorted, listed at $1.00, or a three bladed sportsman’s knife, bone handle, with plate for name, worth $1.50. SEVEN subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Stevens Dia- mond Model Pistol, listed at $5.00, or a boy’s Nickel Watch, listed at $3.50. TEN subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Steel Fishing Rod, listed at $6.00 or less, or a Yawman & Erbe Auto- matic Reel, listed at $6.00. - FIFTEEN subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Stevens Ideal Rifle No. 44, listed at $10.00. TWENTY-FIVE subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Premo Camera, 4 x 5, listed at $15.00, or a Winchester Repeating Rifle, model 1890, listed at $16.00. THIRTY-FIVE subscriptions at $1.00 each, a Win- chester Repeating Rifle, 30 calibre, model 1895, listed at $25.00, or a Winchester Repeating Rifle, 30 calibre, model 1894, listed at $23.00. Both — these rifles use smokeless cartridges and are the © most modern big game guns. FORTY subscriptions at $1.09 each, a Winchester — Take-Down Repeating Shot-gun, model 1897, 12 — gauge, listed at $27.00. | FIFTY subscriptions at $1.00 each, a No. 2 grade igh Beira ities ty Se ee ee Le eee ee i hee ihe ag ‘ ae — er tae en 4 Ce ee a ee ae a eee ee i a. a ea Syracuse Hammerless Double Barrel Shot-gun, 10 _ or 12 gauge, listed at $40.00. ONE HUNDRED subscriptions at $1.00 each, an Bs Double Barrel Shot-gun, | quality No. 3, 10, 12 or 16 gauge, listed at $80.00, Ithaca Hammerless e Viger Hotel, - Pacific Rail- VIGER HOTEL — MONTREAL. its chain of magnificent hotels which extends from Quebec to Vancouver, and includes, amongst others, those charm- ing resorts in-the mountains of British Columbia—Banff, Field and the Great Glacier. This imposing structure occu pies the site of an old fort, and is~built in the quaint style of the French Re- naissance, partaking of the type of the old chateaux found the banks of the Loire. on In the heating, lighting and sanitary» arrangements, which were specially de- signed for this hotel, the acme of per-. fection has been secured, and the en- tire building, which is modern in’ every respect, is as absolutely fire-proof as human ingenuity can devise. The Place Viger Hotel is advantage- ously situated for those reaching the, city by train or boat, being a short dis- tance from the principal steamer docks, and combined in its erection is the Place Viger Station of the Canadian- Pacific Railway (from which trains leave for and arrive from Quebec), and although located amidst quiet and rest- ful surroundings, is only a few min- utes’ walk from the business portion of the city, and convenient to the city’s street car system. There is mae da sre guests. The rates are from $3. 00 to $5. 00 per day, with special arrangements for large parties or those making a pro-, longed stay. ht \ Tor further particulars. address Man-~. ager, Place Viger Hotel, Montreal. . for 350 Occ a a ‘of ax qualia to the ‘left, the ira valley of The grandeur 4 “res ai opm of the it is’ CHATEAU FRONTENAC QUEBEC. remy The rates are from $3.50 upwards per. day, with special arrangements for large parties or those makinz a pro- For further particulars Chateau Frontena>, longed stay. address Manager, ’ Quebec. The Cj anes mn ~_——e , Sportsmen requir- ' ing Guides, Canoes and Supplies, etc., ¥ for Lakes Temis- kaming and Temagaming should write to P. A. COBBOLD, Haileybury, Ont. (successor to C. C: Farr & Cobbold.) . ‘ Are Standard Instru- ments in point of Technical Accuracy and Artistic Execu- : . tion. Renowned for W. STARK, Agent, ACTON, ONT. Quality. WriTE FoR CATALOGUE EVERY THING NECESSARY CAN BE ‘sue TED. 33 LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED-ON ALL THE. POSTS, sensnensees FURTHER PARTICU ARS ON APPL BOOSH OOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOODOHS \CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY MOOSE CARIBOU DEER BIG HORN: BEAR DUCK PARTRIDGE QUAIL GEESE TROUT BLACK BASS SALMON $ 044400 ___0_ 4 4 _0_0__ 4 # 4 _ 0 #4 © _ © _ © _ © 6 6 © © © © © 509OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO6O000004 $64000000004 lume I. re February, 1900 Number 9. $4 i X7TEDNIIT TION MOTINITAIN. NEAR BANFF, CANADIAN ROCKIES ash: HRS 4 sd Bigiis VINO ) Md h be — NAME Mh I] Modet 1894. 30 W. weight 6 1-2 pounds. H Model 1894, NGHESTER » ote Repeating Rifles For All Kinds of Shooting. uw All Desirable Calibers and Weights A FEW FAVORITES FOR HUNTING. i Model 1895. 30 Army caliber, weight 8 1+ pounds. C. F. caliber, “ Extra Light,” 30 W. C. F. caliber, ** Take Down,” weight 7 3-4 pounds, Model 1892. 44 and 38 caliber, *‘ Take Down,” weight , 7 poun 74 Model 1886. "45-70 caliber, “‘ Extra Light,” weight o The report for 1899, just completed, of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game for the State of Maine, is full of interesting facts. We read that the total number of registered guides is 1780; total days these guides so employed, 75,600; residents employing guides, 6012; non-residents employing guides, 9300; moose killed, 216; deer killed, 7579; bears killed, 55; sporting camp licenses, 132; guests at such camps, 12,012; pounds of fish caught, 141,412; licensed hunters and trappers, 52; licensed dealers in deer skins, 20, who purchased 1340 skins at an average of 3lc. each; licensed retail deal- ers in deer, 43, who sold 121 carcasses. Twenty dogs killed which were kept or used for dogging deer. The foregoing array of figures shows the result of careful systematizing and wise laws. Maine has for some years made a business of attracting sportsmen with the set purpose of reaping the harvest of dollars that results from their influx. Those 9300 visitors mean at least $2,000,000. spent in the state, much of it disbursed in the wilder and poorer sec- tions where it is most needed; the 75,60 days’ employment furnished to guides means, approximately, $225,000 to 1780 guides, or $125 per man for an average of about 45 days each. Apply these results to one of our provinces and imagine how rich one of our Indians would feel with $120 in his pocket to keep his family in luxury (for him), and surely there is nuthing absurd in the prospect of an application of the same methods by which Maine has won this resnilt. The same business sagacity, the application and rigid enforcement with- out favor, political or otherwise, of suit- able laws will do as much or more for each of our larger Canadian provinces. We have one and one-quarter million square miles of forest, precisely 799,280,000 acres. Our game and fish resources are incalcul- able, our climate superb, our lakes and streams innumerable, our canoe routes the finest in the world, our scenery un- surpassed. Repetitions of these facts and writings on this theme may grow tiresome to our regular subscribers. This we regret, but feel impelled by its importance to ring the changes on this subject unceasingly until we see the looked-for result. Any- thing worth having is worth working for, and Canada must have a goodly share of the doliars which our neighbors are glad to spend here if we do what we should to attract them. © oOo © In Governor Roosevelt’s annual mes- sage, in speaking of the Fisheries, Forest 164 and Game Commission’s purpose and work, he states : ‘*The people of the forest regions are themselves growing more and more to realize the necessity of preserving both the treesand the game. discussed has been drafted, and be submitted to your considera- Of course you can add to it as ‘as you think proper. ‘ou will be asked to express your s on the harmonizing of the fish d game laws of different States and rovinces, to devise better and more icient methods of collecting fees, to t better means of enforcing the > laws, especially along the fron- of this Province and the different tes and provinces bordering on ours. frontiers are clearly enough ined, but the moose, cariboo and which have not had the advantage curing diplomas as land surveyo:s, ver them very easily, and are too ways too glad to chase them. “You will also be asked to discuss uestion of the necessity of interest- ng the press, both weekly and daily, 1d through them of impressing upon e people the belief that the game and ish are valuable assets, and that more oney can accrue to the people at large y ; the ‘strict observance of the fish 4 a followed by poachers, who are - Rod and Gun in Canada and game laws than by poaching. “Protecting laws are very good, but I am sincerely of opinion that the best means of applying them is moral sua- sion and the education of the people. “Universal gun licenses. “License guide system. “Limit of quantity of game to be kill- ed. “Limit and size of the number of fish to be caught. “Licensed coupons system. “Hunting of deer with dogs. “Distributing fish from Government hatcheries. “Shooting of deer in the water. “Licensing market men and game dealers. “Cold storage. - “Spring shooting. “Fish culture. — “Leasing of Bungee and fishing ter- ritory. . “Encouraging the formation of fish and game protection clubs, and many other matters will be submitted to you for discussion. - “On all these Pik gkses we will be hap- py to have your views. And we-are the more anxious to get them, because we know that all those who compose this meeting are specialists who have de- voted much of their time to the study of the better means of protecting and multiplying the game and the. fish. “T now leave you, gentlemen, to the organization of your regular meetings and to the election of your officers, and I am quite confident that much good will result for this Province and for the Provinces and States which you represent, from your deliberations on _ the different questions which will be submitted to your consideration.” It was decided to appoint a president and one vice-president from each of the Provinces and States represented. The following officers were then chosen:-— ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Chairman—Hoon. S. N. Parent. First vice-president—G. W. Titcomb, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Commissioner of Fisheries, Vermont. Second vice-president—S. T. “Bastedo, Toronto, Deputy Commissioner of Fish- eries, Ontario. Third vice-president—John Fottler, jr., Boston, Mass. Fourth vice-president—Hon. A. T. Dunn, St. John, N.B., Surveyor-Gene- ral, New Brunswick. Fifth vice-president—Charles E. Oak, Caribou, Me., Fish and Game Commis- sioner, Maine. Sixth -vice-president—C. H. Wilson, . Glens Falls, N.Y. 167 Joint Secretaries—L. Z. Joncas, and Rene Dupont, Quebec, and D. J. Smith, Fishery Commissioner for New Bruns- wick, Chatham, N.B. It was then resolved: HARMONIZING OF LAWS. “That it is the sense of this meeting that in the general interests of fish and game protection it is desirable to as far as practical harmonize the game and fish laws of the Province and States represented at this meeting.” Resolved: “That to give effect to the foregoing resolution the Chairman be requested to appoint a committee consisting of two delegates from each State and Pro- vince, with power ‘to add to their num- ber, to meet after this day’s session a1- journs to consider this subject and re- port to general meeting to-morrow morning,” A committee was appointed to report at the next meeting. PERMANENT ASSOCIATION FORM- D It was then resolved that the asso- ciation be permanently established, as the “North American Fish and Game Protection Association.” The mover thought the members should try to get members from all the Provinces and — all the States in the Union. Feathered game migrated to the South for the winter and on their protection there depended the sport in this country, as well so did protection here help sport in the South. METHODS OF ENFORCING GAME LAWS. It was the general opinion that poli- tical interference to prevent punish- ment of offenders paralyzed the work of Fish and Game Protection and the Convention then unanimously resolved: “That this meeting believes that the best results in enforcing game laws cannot be gained unless their enforcement is altogether divorced from politics. “That we believe a prosecution for infraction of fish laws should be push- ed to a conclusion as soon as possible in every case. “That we strongly object to the per- nicious practice of remission or pay- ment by Provincial or State Govern- ments, or their officers, of fines impos vince, it is therefore moved b; Brisson, seconded by L. O. Arm “That it would be desirable on sale’ by the Department of and Fisheries, lots from one-he acres at ordinary commitions: : land clearing.” The mover explained that at p to own property in this Province. necessary to settle upon it, clear tain number of acres, and keep a cile there six months in the year there were lands which were on the borders of rivers and lal of these lands were rocky and cultivation. These could be parties who could erect a sum dence thereupon, and have a their own. This would not m had the exculsive use of the v the lakes on whose borders th established. “Resolved, That the sense meeting is that the best in those States and Provinces whic leeses to clubs would not be leasing their entire wild land: a considerable portion of such tert should be left open for shootil fishing under proper restrictions. It was pointed out that the of Quebec has such reserv tories. The Laurentides Nat and the Trembling Mountain Pat preserves containing thousan¢ acres. Tt was proposed to @ other parks in the Metaped ‘i the Temiscouata and Kippewa _ By paying a license parties be allowed to go in and kill a amount of game or take a cer- ntity of fish. AGING FISH AND GAME TION ASSOCIATIONS. t question up for considera- ne encouragement of Fish Protection Clubs. , moved and unanimously re- hat we believe the formation Game Protective Associa- ry desirable feature in the ; of fish and game laws and recommend to the Goy- our respective States and that every reasonable en- it be given to the formation ‘tions.”’ te was paid to the Fish rendered great assist- ernment in the enforce- e game laws. The law of > allowed such an organi- cal considerations did d offenders were punished their political leanings. done to the Anglers’ As- tario, which was a ter- and the efficiency of , Association, which was ie press of the State, and d guides was expressed g resolution: meeting approve of the icensed guides system, and vince.” NSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. of the song birds and the birds beneficial to agri- vas strongly championed and ance of these birds for. the pleasure of all pointed out. unanimously ved, That this association is of the absolute protection at ons of song birds and insecti- rds, beneficial to agriculture, Rod and Gun cute offenders, and with in Canada LIMITING THE DAY’S CATCH. The question of limiting the number of birds that may be killed in a day and the number and size of fish taken, caused much comment. A resolution was passed recommend- ing that the proper authorities take steps to prevent the wholesale slaughter of young fish. FISH CULTURE. Fish culture was also considered and the possibilities along artificial lines in fish culture. The study was yet in its infancy. As in many other things, to gain a public sympathy the people must be educated. The lantern slides and lecturer were the agencies by which the desired object might be attained. H. O. Stanley, Maine, probably the oldest living authority in America on fish cul- ture, regaled his auditors with an in- teresting relation of his many years’ experience in this field. The cultivation of land-locked salmon, as perfected by the speaker, was successful beyond question. In over one hundred and fifty lakes in the State of Maine, where ten years previous, a catch was unknown, splendid robust salmon could now be got to run to fly, four to twelve pounds in weight. He explained in detail the system that had resulted so successful- ly. A member exampled the Hudson River shad fisheries to show the bene- ficial effect of well timed fishery regu- lation and expert handling. In i897, something over $7,000 represented the revenue from this source, while in 1895 fully 4,000,000 pounds of shad had been taken from the Hudson fisheries. BOUNTIES FOR WOLF SCALPS, The association approved of bounties for the killing of wolves and passed a resolution to that effect. The discussion showed that New Brunswick had no wolves. LICENSE COUPON SYSTEM. The license coupon system, which provides for the issue of licenses with only sufficient tags attached to cover the number of deer which may be legal- ly killed in a season, one of the tags to be attached to the carcase or portion thereof shipped, was commended, and a resolution passed recommending its adoption generally. DOGGING DEER. There was a spirited discussion re- garding dogs chasing deer and shooting in the water. Those in favor of these’ practices were hopelessly in the minor- ity, and had scarcely anything to ad- vance in support of their preference A resolution was -passed with great ap- 169 plause, disapproving of dogging deer and shooting in the water. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The association solicited the help of the transportation companies and re- solved: “That the association request trans- portation companies to instruct their agents to render any asistance to the enforcement of the law in regard to shipments of game and fish.’ It was stated that an agent zealous for the prevention of shipments of ile- gally killed game or fish, can be of material help by reporting suspicious cases promptly by wire to- headquar- ters and by investigating quietly and carefully without in any sense consti- tuting himself a police officer or making himself obnoxious to the public. The essence of illegal killing for market is ability to sell and to trans- port and where obstacles are in the way of transportation one avenue of the poacher is closed. There is no doubt the transportation compani¢s will co-operate heartily with the association, for their passenger traffic officers present at this meeting are alive to the importance of game and fish protection and stated their intention of helping the good work. The subject of better methods of col- lection of Provincial license fees was not dealt with. After further discussion the question of close seasons for fish came up and it was moved and carried that: “As many waters have not-at present the right dates for close season for angling, that it is the opinion of this convention that the authorities that have the naming of said dates should make more efforts to find out proper times for close seasons.’’ It was decided, in view of the extent of territory to be covered, and the mag- nitude of the work to be done: “That this Association form itself into a committee of the whole to pro- mote membership and report to the joint secretaries whenever a member signifies his intention of joining.” TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws for the new association. After passage of.a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman for the able manner in which he had presided and the hospitality and courtesy with which he had treated all present, tne treeting adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. On the evening of February 2, all the delegates were entertained at dinner by the chairman, Hon. S. N. Parent. — Rod and Gun in Canada Sd ocak’ chan Ces beady ote te tee’ * s ee eles are PRESERVE THE FISHING ACH year increases the already large number of sportsmen who find health and enjoyment in the forests of Quebec, for they are sure of two things : plenty of good trout, salmon and bass fishing, and a delightful climate during the summer months. The Province of Quebec contains six times the area of the State of Maine, and many of the lakes and streams have never yet been visited by sports- men. It may be stated that the streams and lakes literally abound in speckled trout, from one end to the other, ex- cepting, of course, in waters where pike and muskellonge are found. The same is true of the Province of Ontario, The common speckled trout of the East, Salvelinus Fontainalis, needs no description, as it is familiar to the eye of every American fisherman. Its qualities as a game and food fish are of the first rank, and it has been from the very beginning of fish culture on this continent the pet of fish culturists, and fhow many fishermen are there to- day who will tell you that there is but one fish which they care for and that is the brook trout. The brook trout seems to grow in the Provinces of Quebec and Ortario to perfection. The reason for this is: the climate is such that it never suffers from long periods of heat or drought. The trout, like fruit, grain and poultry can ‘be improved by culture in its natural state by introducing the best forms of natural food; and it must be borne in mind that Nature’s fish supply in these great Provinces is not absolutely inexhaustible, while practi- cally so. As the number of sportsmen increases each year those waters eas- iest of access will be fished to the point of exhaustion. The fact that the largest trout are taken in the month of September, just before, or during the period of spawn- ing, constantly diminishes Nature’s supply—which simply can only be sup- plemented by artificial propagation. I think it would be for the interest of the railroads and hotels to co-oper- ate with the Dominion and Provincial Governments in establishing a perman- ent Department of Fish Culture and Fish Protection before the waters are By R. E. Follett depleted, following” the stitch in time saves nine.”’ If it had not been for the efficient work of the Maine Fish Commission during the last ten years, the fishing in that State would have ceased by this time. Their work has consisted of in- creasing the supply of trout by arti- ficial propagation and furnishing them their natural food, viz.: fresh water adage, “A on a work yielding such enormous re- turns, it is far better than nothing a all. As I have already stated, the condi tions in Quebec and Ontario are prob: ably as perfect as can be found an y where in the world for the brook tro and for this reason the possibilities of its improvement by culture are great est. By the introduction of the best form of natural food (of which there is <% scarcity in the northern waters) sug as smelt, the smaller varieties of whi fish, and certain crustaceans, the trou and salmon would in a very short ti become much improved. q Quoting from a letter from the Hon H. O. Stanley, who had been a fis Kippewa River Falls—An Autumn View. smelt. A‘so in increasing the supply of salmon in the lakes where they are naturally found. Also introducing them into something like a hundred new lekes. I am informed that up to the present time nothing has been done by the Pro- vince of Quebec in practical fish cul- ture, yet thousands of dollars are re- ceived annually by the Department of Fisheries, for rod and line fishing alone. The Dominion Government has done no- thing beyond putting out small fry of different species, while $25,000 per an- num is the appropriation voted by the Legislature of Maine, and while that amount is far too small for carrying commissioner of Maine for twenty-< years: “T consider it very necessary to stock lakes with fresh water smelt wher you wish to introduce salmon. It it their natural food, and to bring them to perfection they must have smelt f01 food. I have within the last six yeal 7 stocked two large lakes with smelt. 1 has made a great improvement in # condition of the salmon and also trout, producing larger and fatter fi than formerly. I stocked these lake with smelt in one year; after four year they appeared in large numbers. — think they come to maturity in years. The trout and salmon in these lakes have improved very materi- ) ally in size and fatness since the smelt | became plentiful.” : ‘What is true of the brook trout is |ttue of other varieties—that is, the golden trout or American Saibling (Sal- yelinus Alpinus Aureolus), the lake trout (Cristovomer Namycush), and ie fresh water salmon or (Ouananche) tee Salar. THE ENGLISH SPARROW _ (Continued from last month. ) te it any wonder, then, that with snug homes and ample provender, they did not care to undergo the unnecessary exertion of waging: war with ‘their: nieghbors ? Even the most inveterate villain, under such circumstances, Would give up his course of crime. yenerable defender of the sparrow ‘ es he “does not notice that within corporation limits (of Strathroy) Our native birds are any less nu- , but I'am afraid this is on ac- of his defective observation. He the robins, martins, chipping spar- least flycatchers, warbling vireos, , Swifts and blackbirds (surely a ag es Modsecased of common sense, ever the sparrow of driving away ageous and able-bodied robin, werful crow blackbird, which its puny adversary by one its beak? Who ever even that the sparrow could force al swift, which all day long 3 th matchless speed through the er air, to desert its nesting-place in ty recesses of the chimney? Of ther six species mentioned, three kewise larger and stronger than ex parrow and capable of repelling its attacks, while the remaining three—the “h ping Sparrow, least flycatcher and bling vireo—are birds whose man- of life does not bring them into di- competition with the sparrow in Sgle for existence. Thus we see tha all, or nearly all, the birds stated are birds which, under the opera- of the “law of the survival of the st,” are likely to flourish for ages list? These we find are the birds “ich are suffering most from the in- uction of the sparrow. The Euro- \interloper is steadily driving them from the haunts of man, and un- Some measure of protection is af- Rod and Gun in Canada forded, it will not be long before these most desirable birds will be found only in remote districts, where they can raise their young without molestation. The sparrow possesses many of the qualities of a typical Englishman, but, unfortunately, it is these very qualities that rhake him so obnoxious. He is bold, persevering, stubborn and inde- fatigable, and is blessed with that truly British trait of never knowing when he is beaten. He isan invader, a conquer- or and a most energetic settler, and hag never been known to retreat from any 171 The wren can whip Mr. Cock Spar- row tin an open fight, for it is a little fury when angry, but it cannot endure his persistent persecution. It will bravely defend its nest for a few days, but in the end always yields to the in- vader. Happily it is much smaller than the sparrow and can be easily protect- ed by making the aperture to its nest too small to admit the usurper. Unfortunately the bluebird, being about the same size as the sparrow, cannot /be afforded similar protection. The sparrows would certainly have Where the Balsam thrives. country which he has once entered. He cheerfully adapts himself to any cir- cumstances and makes the most of his environment. Accordingly, he always takes possession of any snug hole or natural cavity in which to build his nest. Usually when the sparrow first appears upon the scene, all such nest- ing places are already occupied by wrens and bluebirds, but this makes no difference to him. With brazen au- dacity he ejects the rightful tenants and takes possession. driven the wrens from our own orcha-d, if I had not taken peremptory measures to prevent them. In fact, one spring while I was away they dispossessed two different pains of their nests in the de- cayed, hollow branches of the apple trees, but by a judicious use of the shot- gun on my return, I soon restored the balance of power. These pugnacious immigrants long ago drove the swallows from the boxes erected for them throughout the coun- try, and now are even foreing them 172 from. their retreats in the gloomy depths of the barns. Several times I have seen them take possession of the swallows’ nests on the beams beneath the roof. The swallows’ domicile is always warm- ly lined with feathers, and it is only necessary for passer domesticus to erect a superstructure of straw, to make it a fit dwelling according to sparrow can- ons. That Mr. Smith is sincere in his pro- fessed love for the sparrows we do not doubt, for it is a curious feature of human nature that affection does not depend upon reason. That “love is blind” has become proverbial. One of the reasons he gives for his love for the bird is its cheerful notes. True, the sparrow’s notes are cheerful, but to most people no more so than the noisy clatter of quarrelsome street ur- chins or the din of children beating tin pots and pans. But, de gustibus non disputandum. The Oriental savage 1ev- els in the brassy clanging of tomtoms and the shrill screeching of reed pipes, while there are some members of the higher Anglo-Saxon race who delight in the braying of a forlorn ass, some who discern the elements of a grand orchestral symphony in the nocturnal caterwaulings of a barnyard cat, and others who consider the dismal groan- ings of the hand-organ of the itinerant beggar the divinest melody.» It is amusing to note the many in- consistencies into which Mr. Smith fale in his ardor to say as much good as possible of this “‘little feathered country- man.” In one place the says of the- “T love him for his independ-. sparrow, ence and ¢elf-reliance,” and in the very next sentence declares, “He asks for food at my back door.” Surely nobody would call @ mendicant, begging at the back door, ant!” The only practical thing Mr. Smith has said in defence of the sparrow is that he has seen it destroy certain in- sects and the seeds of weeds. He says he thas watched it by the hour. carry ing grasshoppers to its nestlings, but if you please, Mr. Smith, this was in the :month of August, when grasshop- pers are to be found in the greatest numbers. During this month, as Prof. Beal, ornithologist of the U.S. Biological Survey, tells us, grasshoppers are so numerous that most of our birds to a large extent subsist upon-them. You may rest assured the sparrow is too wise (or indolent) to go hunting lively grasshoppers at any other season, when other food is more easily obtained. -That the sparrow is ‘ian unmitigated little rascal” nobody, who has ever “independent and self-reli- Rod and Gun in Canada studied its habits, can with truthful- ness assert. In fact, far more could be said in its favor than what Mr. Smith has, but, though it does a_ limited amount of good, there is no doubt that it does a much greater amount of harm. A few years ago the Department of Agriculture at Washington appointed a commission to investigate the life,habits and character of the sparrow, and the various charges preferred against it. Reports were rece:ved from independent observers:in all parts of the country. Hundreds of sparrows were killed at different seasons and the contents of their stomachs carefully examined by experts. The result was a most exhavus- tive report, showing that the sparrow did an immense amount of harm to ag- riculture by destroying grain, the buds of grapevines and fruit trees, etc. As secondary causes for condemning the bird, it was shown that it drove away our native species and was offensive to the aesthetic taste on account of litter- ing public monuments and buildings with filth. Dr. T. S. Palmer, on ‘‘The Danger of Introducing Noxious Animals and Birds,” says, in reference to the English sparrow: “The damage which it does in destroying fruit and grain, in disfiguring buildings in cities and towns and in driving away other birds, makes it one of the worst of fea- thered -pests,” and that “in Australia it is considered second only to the rab- bit as a pest.” This is the practical side of the ques- tion, but for a moment let us turn again to the sentimental. The late Frank Bolles, in his ‘“‘From Blomidon to Smoky,” has this to say: “The English sparrow stands to me as the feathered embodiment of those instincts and passions which belong to the lowest class of foreign immigrants. The Chicago anarchist, the New York reugh, the Boston pubilist can all be identified in his turbulent and dirty so- ciety. He is a bird of the city, rich in city vices, expedients and miseries. The farmer’s son who takes to drink and the East End makes a hard char- acter. The sparrow, who has taken to a similar form of existence, is equally despicable.” In “The Birds About Us’’ we find that Dr. Abbott, in referring to the presence of the swallows formerly in the towns, declares, ‘“‘The imported sparrows have changed all that, and where we once had music, grace and direct benefits conferred, we now have wrangling, ob- scenity and injuries inflicted. The town sparrow and modern municipal politici- in a recent report . -The club is in a most prosperous — ans are much alike, and the world w: be bettered when both are extermin. ated.” That the sparrow question is a seri ous one to the agriculturist can n longer be denied. Already it has re ed the attention of the legislators o many of the States in the Union, an in some States stringent measures ha’ been taken to have the sparrows re duced in number and their propagatio prevented. The question, however, hg not yet been definitely settled, and | still a subject of much discussion. B I think anyone who carefully and im partially considers the evidence vanced on both sides, will agree Mr. Fletcher Osgood, manager of American Society of Bird Restore who recently declared that “the we ; of common sense, of real humanity an of economics, as well: as of science. i overwhelming measure, is wholly wi those who would reduce the sparrow.” Ricwarp k, Nicno. FOX HUNTING—BET WEEN SEASONS. | ; “The annual meeting of the Ca Hunt Club was held in the aca Di a of January, in Montreal, the retiriz master, Mr. Geo. Simard, in the ec The reports of the master and tary were read, discussed and accep dition, both financially and nume ic ly. The good feeling and harmony e isting between the members and t proprietors of the land over which t former hunt was alluded to, and hope was expressed that this de state of affairs would continue 4d future seasons. The remarks of the teak m coupled with the gratifying repo the secretary, were strong evide what energy, perseverance and thusiastic love of the sport could | complish in so short a time, as t club is only now in its third season. | Gauthier was unanimously C master for the coming year, and choice of this gentleman to this im ant position by the members - club augurs well for excellent | during 1900. Mr. J. B. Lamarche 1 v re-elected secretary, an ample pre ; the confidence of his friends. The k membership of the club, numberin; present considerably over a hui and the enthusiasm evinced, pr well for sport of a high order n tumn. At the close of the meeting the ter-elect, Dr. Gauthier, invited ~ members present to a supper A Ras 5 SITE OS RM NR EE INR ctgE Ye) ne | residence, which was thoroughly enjoy- i. Although midwinter, and many a th to intervene before the sound of 1e huntsman’ s horn, the ery of “Hark ry mae or the mellow “giving ngue” of the pack could be heard, yet sures of retrospection were in- Fi, and many a “run” of the ason lived over again. see * * * he annual meeting of the Montreal rt was held in Montreal towards the 1@ past month. The reports cens of the club were present- ind in every way satisfactory. cial statement showed that a of money had been expended nent improvements, which “a club on a basis second to aa Mr. Frank Meighen hon. This club was established in i now for the first time owns nd and buildings, and is per- more flourishing condition than it has ever been since . Everything in connection club points to a prosperous Ithough the autumn months ly ones when hunting is pos- country, still the beautiful is a favorite resort through twelve. All through the gay son, when the city is given enjoyment of social life, the, ely functions in the town agreeably varied with many mality held at the Kennels. , beginning of the year there held fortnightly so-called ngs,” a name suggestive of musical afternoons, as well as htful diversions. It is whis- that a considerable sum of to be expended in adding to city of the building, which will its accommodation for still msive social entertainment. Calendars. rrington & Richardson Arms ’s 1900 edition shows a small picture of a sportsman and dog below a picture of two dogs d gracefully. e Marlin Firearms Company’s is- 1900 is small and neat and the > scene tasteful. New England Sportsman is now 1 as the National Sportsman, the e under its new name appear- in January. Rod and Gun in Canada AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. Ut! Pm) ltt the Canine Association listened to a discourse on the fox terrier by Mr. James Lindsay, in the Natura History Society’s hall, on Thursday eve., ith inst. The lecture was very inter- esting, from the fact that several very nice specimens were on exhibition, and their points fully exemplified. Mr. Lindsay stated that for forty years back the popularity of the fox terrier, especially in England, had ,been con-. tantly on the increase, and it was hard to find an Englishman settled in any country in the world without being ac- companied by one of the breed. He was proud of the fact that Canada pos- sessed in Champion Norfolk Veracity one of the best dogs living, and the sire of champion dogs, both in this country and England. He was much in favor of the dog that could hold its own with anything it ran up against, and although opposed to all forms of cruelty, he pinned his faith in thle one that did: not turn tail to a badger as the best companion to have. Amongst the best. known breeders of the fox terrier in Canada to-day were Messrs. G. H. Gooderham, A. A. Macdonald, W. P. Fraser, George Bell, R. Gibson (probably the oldest), and others. The most prominent fox terriers in the world to-day were: In England—Chs. D’Orsay, Valuator, True; in the United States—Chs. Claude Duval, Go Bang. Claudion, Vibo: in Canada—Chs, Nor- folk Veracity, Norfolk Victorious, Bnd- cliffe Banker, and others. Mr. Lindsay described the “character” of the fox terrier as follows: The skull should be flat and moderately narrow, gradually decreasing in width to the eyes; not much “stop” should be apparent, but there should be more dip in the profile between the forehead and the top jaw than is seen in the greyhound; cheeks not full. The ears should be V-shaped and small, of moderate thickness, and dropping forward close to the cheek. The jaw (upper and under) should be strong and muscular and of fair pun- ishing length; not much falling away below the eyes, but moderately chis- elled out so as not to go down in a straight line like a wedge. The nose, towards which the muzzle must gradu- LARGE number of the members of ally taper, should be black; the eyes dark in color, small and rather deep set, full of fire, life and intelligence, as nearly as possible circular in shape; the teeth should be level, the upper on outside of the lower. Neck and shoul- ders should be clean and sloping, fine at the points; chest deep and _ not broad; back short, straight and strong. Legs must be straight and strong with no appearance of angle in front; feet round and compact, toes arched, soles hard and tough. Coat should be straight, flat, smooth, hard, dense and abundant. Color—White should pre- dominate; brindle, red or liver mark- ings are objectionable. A dog should scale from 18 to 20 pounds. Messrs. J. A. Pitt and A. Smith also spoke on the subject, and several ques- tions were asked and satisfactorily an- swered, after which the meeting ad- journed with votes of thanks to Mr. Lindsay and the chairman. The next meeting will be held about the same date in March and the mem- bers are invited to bring their friends along with them. * * .® The Montreal Canine Association has finally decided to hold its first bench show the se¢ond week of May, the dates selected being 9th, 10th and 11th. The Arena has. been secured on very favorable terms, and we are certain that the committee, the majority of whom have had previous experience, . will devote all their energies to mak- ing the exhibition worthy of Montreal and an attraction to all lovers of the canine race. .The officials are now in communication with several gentlemen relative to judging the various classes, and they expect very shortly to be able to give the names of three experts who will command alike the confidence of dog fanciers and give ‘assurance to the public that merit along will count. Mr. Alex. Smith (‘Auchcairnie’’) has been named as supérintendent, a position to which his past experience and well- known knowledge of the dog justly en- titles him, and which he will fill, we have no hesitation in saying, to’ the entire satisfaction of all concerned. In securing the Arena for the coming show the committee have wisely considered 174 the comfort of the spectators as well as of the exhibitors. There is ample room in the building for a much larger ex- hibit than the committee expect for their first venture, and the benching will be so arranged that a very large crowd can be accommodated without inconvenience. It is intended, we un- derstand, after paying expenses, to de- vote a large portion of the receipts to some charitable object or to the local patriotic fund, either of which should, apart from the attraction of the exhibi- tion itself, enlist the sympathies of the public. oa ok s Mr. C. B. McAllister, of the Laurel Collie Kennels, Peterborouvh, has made two purchases in the Old Country worthy of note. The rough collie bitch, Highborn Lady, arrived at the Laurel Collie Kennels on January 19. very heavy in whelp to Champ. W=!l'esbourn® Conqueror. Lady is a very excellent bitch, sired by Champ. Barw ell Master- piece, dam Portington Beatrice, by Champ. Portington Bar None, ex Port- ington Beauty, by Champ. Metchley Wonder. Mr. McAllister purchased her from Mr. J.. Harry Legg, of Cirences- ter, England. His other purchase was a beautiful gold sable and white bitch, Lulu, from Mr. H. Herbert Jones, of Wellesbourne. She jis sired by Edgbas- ton Criterion, dam Warstock Bess. She is a litter sister of Billesley Beau Ideal, and the dam of Barwell Brilliant, an excellent pup, sold for 200 pounds re- cently in England. She is coming to this country in whelp to Champ. More- ton Coroner. She left London by steam- ship Manitou, on Thursday, January 11, * * * / The conductor of this department has an enquiry from a gentleman for a well-bred cocker spaniel. Those hav- ing such to dispose of please commu- nicate, or, better still, let the public know by advertising in the columns of Rod and Gun. . = Under the caption of “Notes to Nov- ices,” Our Dogs (Manchester, Eng.), gives some sound advice ta amateur breeders, from which we give the fol- lowing extracts: “very fancier of the larger breeds of dogs knows how important it is that the limbs should grow strong, especially in the case of the St. Bernard, which is a heavy-bodied dog, and stands upon fairly long legs, which in consequence have considerable strain upon them. Young dogs often develop a body so rapidly that their bodily weight exceeds the power of their legs to carry it, and hence we see dogs with mis-shapen Rod and Gun in Canada limbs. The only thing that can be done to prevent this is to see that puppies are carefully dieted upon bone-forming food, and no harm whatever can be done by giving occasional doses of cod liver oil, with hypophosphites, because the lime and phosphorus which. that contains will go at once toward the necessary deposit of solid bone. The bones of a young puppy of course are merely gristle; gradually this sets into something more solid, but the process is gradual, and so a growing puppy needs to have bone-forming food in small quantities regularly, so that the system can always assimilate just as much us it requires for Nature’s purposes. When once a puppy’s legs begin to bend in either direction, unless prompt meas- ures are taken the curvature will be- come permanent, since every day means a little more solidity in the bones: There are instances, we think, in which the limbs can be kept straight by some such support as a splint would give. The objection to this is, of course, that it will impede the movements of the animal; but it will be found in exveri- ence probably that it is only necessary for that to be worn for short intervals at a time, the idea being to prevent the bone from becoming set in a wrong position. Another good thing for grow- ing bone in puppies is Parrish’s Chem- ical Food, which contains phosphates of ‘iron, soda, lime, etc., all of whic’ are necessary for building up the frame. Another very important thing is to see that the animals have plenty of exer- cise. It is a mistake to keep puppies too closely confined—in fact, confine- ment is one of the causes through which the body grows large and fat and outstrips the growth of the limbs. Let young dogs, therefore, have all the : exercise possible, and if any of them show signs of leg weakness, treat them as we have suggested, by giving plenty of bones to gnaw and by administering, at least once a day, either a little chem- ical food or a capsule of cod liver oil emulsion with hypophosphites. = = = “Many cases of distemper which come under our notice are complicated. and present several different symptoms, all of which, taken individually, would appear to need separate treatment. By way of example, we may instance the case of a dog which during distemper had a bad cough, an eruption-of the skin and diarrhoea, and igs known at the same time to be suffering from worms. Now, if you take any one of these four ailments you will recognize that there are special lines of treat- ment for it if it occurs alone. He then, will it be possible to deal four different ailments, the sympto of which are present in one subje The medicines necessary for the ¢ pulsion of worms would probably gravate diarrhoea; and the syrup u ally prescribed for a cough woulé anything, still more excite and f the blood which is already trying get rid of its troubles through — skin. All this is very true, but if come to look closely into it we s see that whenever a collection ments appears there is more connection between them. In the under consideration, the safest 1 would be to treat for the worms, trt ing that their removal would allay intestinal irritation from which 4 rhoea takes its origin; and to this by a course of tonic treatme the blood, which would probably rectly relieve the cough. * * = Ee “A great. many fanciers, possibl; majority of them, seem quite un: realize that the best method of a skin complaint, such as ecze blotch, consists in giving an in medicine. They try all sorts of « ments and lotions to check the e tion, but they fail to see that an ir nal medicine, which possibly for intensifies the eruption, is reall, mcre beneficial in proportion, as pels from tthe blood the impuri which lit has become laden. the greatest of blood tonics, < be given either in the form of or as carbonate, or as sulphate. carbonate be given we should mend that form of it known as rated,’ which is reputed to bh active in its effects. Anyway, the right thing to give, and as a lotion or an ointment, these : well if used to supplement a tonic they cannot ‘take its place entire unless some such tonic is gi tendency of external application stop the eruption, thus frustra efforts of Nature to throw off ill from the system. eee SS ei f “Many dogs suffer from ec: such an extent as to render the a permanent cure almost a [¢ hope. Such cases, as may be exp! are mostly of an hereditary ma and it really is difficult to know to do with some of them, for afte ing to all appearances cured, and remaining so for some time, they | out ‘afresh as bad as ever. Whe have a dog of this kind to deal ; always regard the probability of a " urrence as a matter of certainty, ani | our treatment accordingly. The should - have, whenever neces- a dose of aperient medicine, than nothing is better than ordinary Salt—a most useful and far too appreciated kennel remedy. He uld be protected as far as possible sudden changes of temperature, ‘Should be dieted as carefully is well as when he is ill. Some 1€S recommend a raw meat diet troubled with skin complaint. ur Own part we are more inclined mend a brown bread diet, F certainly far less heating to m than the majority of the s of commerce, and we have es found it to be a most excel- d for keeping dogs in good con- Coming Dog Shows. owing judges have been se- the Westminster Kennel (lub enty-fourth annual dog show, d in Madison Square Garden, ) February 20, 21, 22 and 23: BH: Whitney, Lancaster, Bernards and Newfound- ames A. Lawrence, Columbus, at Danes; R. Forsythe Little, York, Russian wolfhounds unds; Major J. M. Taylor, _N.J., foxhounds, pointers, d Chesapeake Bay ‘dogs; Jas. Woodstock, Ont., Irish water peanmber, field ‘and cocker arles D. Bernheimer, New oa Buckley Wells, Boston, <, French bulldogs; A. J. _ Watertown, Conn., beagles; Astley, Southport, England, bloodhounds, deerhounds, re- gone old English sheepdogs, ans, all terriers except Boston unds, pugs, Pomeran- Spaniels and miscellaneous. premium list shows cash prizes ting to nearly $8,000, and _ thie specialty clubs have also do- | valuable special pricss. The cash S are $20, $10 and $5 in the open $15, $10 and $5 in novice and classes, and $10, $5 and medal in ippy classes, for St. Bernards, other breeds the prizes are very . the setter and pointer classes es are practically the same as Bernards, except that the novice es are $10, $ and medal. A class is provided in pointers ‘setters, the regular prizes be- imer is the superintendent. Mascoutah Kennel Club’s tenth show will be held in Chicago 7 to 10, inclusive. Entries close y 21. Among the judges is the nglish dog authority, Mr. Theo. les, editor of that bright doggy r, Our Dogs. Rod and Gun in Canada I eames 175 ae AMATEUR puoTooRAPHY | ‘ Conducted by Eusibus Jaxson II Tat SOME FLASHsLIGHT WORK. TANDING one day at the door of a S blacksmith shop, I was struck by the light and shade effects produced by the glow of the forge over the men and their surroundings, and had an idea that I might get a very good photo- gram with Rembrandt lighting. The finst negatives were not a suc- cess, either as negatives or pictures. I used a fairly speedy lens, large open- ing and Cramer crown plates. I exposed for twenty-five seconds and then flashed a small charge of magnesium directly over my camera to obtain more detail in the foreground. The result was certainly surprising— plenty of detail in front and none be- hind, where I most wanted it. Then I tried another scheme. I placed my camera so that the brick chimney of the forge fell directly be- tween the flame and my lens, and so that the glow would still light up the faces of the men at the anvils and bel- lows. I used the same lens and oven- ing, but instead of the Cramer crown plate as before I tried Cramer’s me- dium speed othocromatic plate, backed with lampblack, and used a charge of flash powder just twice the size re- commended for an ordinary room. ‘After posing the figures (I had a friend, who was with me, manipulate the instrument) I went round behind the chimney, so as not to appear in the picture, and threw my charge of powder, wrapped in paper, into the blaze, hoping to get the same effect as the light streaming from the forge would give. In the dark room I used a pyro-metal developer, as follows: I. 57 oz. pure water. 2 1-2 oz. sulphite soda crystals. 1 oz. metal. II. 57 oz. pure water. 2 1-2 oz. sulphite soda crystals. 1-4 oz. pyrogallic acid. iy: 57 oz. pure water. 21-2 oz. carbonate potassium. To develop take: 3 oz. pure water. 1 oz. No. I. 1 oz. No. 11. 1 oz. No. III. Y, This developer, I find, to be admir- able for snapshots and short exposure work, though I would always advise that in preference to trying it, a work- er should keep to Something to which he is accustomed, and the chances are that though it may not be quite so well suited to this particular kind of work, his knowledge of it will obtain for him far better results. But the negative produced by its use is little shert of ideal, and in this case was really excellent. The foreground, while greatly in the shadow, abounded in de- tail, such as old hammers, irons, etc., and the lighting of the men’s faces was excellent, but left ‘plenty of detail in the side of them away. from the blaze. * * * CANADIAN COPYRIGHT. BERTWYN HETHEREL I have made many equiries among professional photographers, and found that as a general rule the first step in proceeding to obtain registration of coryright, has been a formal applica- tion to the officers at Ottawa. These officers send by mail an extract of the Copyright Act with a written intima- tion thereon “For Application, see Form X, (page 30); Fee, $1.50, including certificate.’’ This is, to say the least of it, mis- leading to most men, who naturally enough deem it incumbent on them to send this $1.50 together with their ap- plication and two copies of their pho- togram. This is not $0; all that is really nec- essary is to send two prints, together with a money order for $1.00, and a written application, as follows, address- ed to “The Minister of Agriculture, Copyright Department, Cttawa.”’ I, domiciled in Canada, in the COW OL 53 icc P Province of hereby declare that I am the proprie- tor of the photogram called and that the said photogram has been published in Canada by ........ , in the town of Province of and hereby request the registration of the same, and for that purpose here- with forward the fee required by ‘‘The Copyright Act,” together with two cop- ies of the photogram. In _ testimony 176 thereof I have signed in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses at the place and date hereunder men- tioned. ‘(Place and date) Signature of Prop........... Signature of two Wit. | Teele ate eked es The application must be written on one side of a sheet of foolscap paper and enclosed in a sealed envelope. It is unnecessary to pay postage on such communication. The Minister sends a formal receipt for the money, and a notice to the effect that the photogram has been duly registered together with the number of the page and book in- which the entry is recorded. The registration of copyright will be no protection unless notice be inserted upon each copy of the photogram to this effect: ‘“‘Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year SR CA f at the Depart- ment of Agriculture.” ‘By following these simple instruc- ticns photographers may secure regis- tration of copyright at a cost of $1.00 instead of $1.50; but even $1.00 is an exorbitant charge and one that should be speedily reduced to that of 25 cents, as charged in England.—Canadian Pho- tographic Journal. Though the above article on Canadian copyright came out several years ago the ‘instructions contained in it are still suitable for any photographer desiring to copyright his work. The part of it to which I particularly wish to draw attention is *the paragraph beginning “The registration—,’’ which deals with the point that on each photogram have . to be printed twenty-one words, or, in other words, every work of art that is to be copyrighted must first be defaced. Now, I think, and every right-mind- ed photographer must agree with me, that this is a burning injustice. In the case of a painting, the signature of the artist is deemed sufficient to establish his sole right to reproduce for sale to the public, yet on a photogram —generally many times smaller—must be printed twenty-one words. Surely something might be done whereby the photographer’s name would have the same effect. Regard- ing the cost of copyrighting, we, no doubt, all agree with Mr..Hetherel that 25 cents is enough for any photogram. * * * It will be noticed that in Bertwyn Hetherel’s article he constantly uses the word photogram instead of photo- Rod and Gun graph, for the same reason that one says telegram and telegraph—one the noun, the other the verb. This has been strongly advocated for a num- ber of years by some of the leading photographers, although they have been hotly roasted by their contem- poraries. In January, °94, when Mr. Snowden Ward started his new maga- zine in England he made a very strong stand on this platform by naming it the ‘photogram.’’ Henceforth we in- tend to use the word. Within the last Ward, year Mr. in partnership with in Canada A MODERN CAMERA. | There ‘will probably always,-re with the sportsman photographer a sire to photograph his game in its n tive lair—if he is an angler, to pro his lies afterward—and of all the hu dred and one hand cameras recent placed on the market, the best for t purpose is probably the one that ge under the name of the “Twin Leh though why that name should apply it any more than to a stereoscopic strument, I fail to understand. It is practically ‘a double ca @] Mr. Tennant, of New York, has started another magazine called The Photo- Miniture, each number of which deals exclusively with one particular branch of the art. It bids fair to become a great favorite with the professionals. ae * * The photographers of Great Britain have formed a copyright union for the protection of their works from the wholesale piracy that has been going on for many past years. Members of the union agree to accept a minimum fee of half a guinea for the minimum reproduction and size of their photo- grams used by newspapers. Users of the copyright picture will have to pay according to the size of the reproduc- tion, and the use of the block will be confined to the paper for illustrating purposes. Our Mid-day,Meal. PETERS ESS TSS IRE SIE FE SPT LP EE ARETE DTI TALI ET MP having a pair of matched lenses plat one above the other, the upper refle ing the image on a ground glass top of the camera, the exact size will appear in the finished picture. T lower lens, to which the shutter is | ed, makes the impression on the pl or film. The top of the camera is | ted with a side-closed, focussing ho which enables the operator to fot very sharply. It has rack and pin focussing device; the front may ~ racked out quite a distance in to use long-focus lenses. When not us? the front racks in, making a 1 ecmpact camera. oa The manufacturers have greatly duced the cost, by matching a chea focussing lense exactly to the h grade lens, which brings “twin | cameras within reach of all. f The outside dimensions of a # when closed, are 7 5-8x81-2x6 e cameras are made by several com- an ries, among whom are the Folmer & ng Manufacturing Company, of Broadway, New York, and the Mon- k Camera Company. The adver- ment of Mr. Stark, agent for Mon- k cameras, will be found in the ad- ng columns of Rod and Gun. .s ® ® x e is the way to make magic pho- S: Make a print on albumen in the usual way, fix and wash y, without toning; immerse in a saturated solution of 2 of mercury until the image ; wash and dry. the invisible image appear, => picture in contact with a piece of blotting paper, pre- ced in a saturated solution da, when the image will re- all its pristine NIBP, as if oe it. oe process of printing is yaper) is coated with the lium ferric chloride, 6 2 ‘1-2 oz. Dry the paper 2 deeper shadows of the To develop, immerse ‘one and a half per cent. itrate of silver, slightly nitric acid. The picture brilliantly and full of de- solution of oxalic acid. ‘cently an eae of a neat entitled “New Pointers,’ } E. Mellen, “expert,” “Chicago. The book not full instructions for be- veral pages ruled for Ss, but also has a long ptive of Panoramic Pho- th an ordinary 4x5 cam- for more advanced mem- craft. At 15 cents, it should tremendous sale. of pyrogallic acid will =. dog. Label it poison. _ Correspondence. pondence should be addressed 651, Sarnia, Ont. : os are photograms to You have probably fogged es by neglecting to draw out 2 of your plateholder perfectly or by putting it in, one corner , Ont.—Thank you for your f success. Metal will allow a exposure than any other de- . Any dealer can supply you. ‘C.—While the single toner tured for aristo platino paper 1 aoent, I think you will get more n white draperies by the use of eparate baths. Yes, aristo single ds permanent. Z.—The print you enclose is very You could not have got much detail in your shadows. You dust your negatives better. © Rod and Gun in Canada iX 177 RULE THE GUN. Conducted by “ Bob White.” al ft GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP. The 10th annual tournament and grand Canadian handicap of the Hamilton Gun Club was held on the club grounds, Ham. ilton, Ont., on January 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th, ‘and as usual proved to be a grand success. ‘The Hamilton shoot has for years been the most important trap shooting event in Canada, in fact, I am sorry to have to say it is, and has been the only tournament of national importance we have had in Can- ada. The sportsmen of other prominent cities in Canada may be‘dead or only sleep- ing, ‘but certain it is none of them have © so far been able to give us anything equa] in importance to the Hamilton shoot. I am glad to note, therefore, that this year the efforts of the Hamilton Gun Club have been even more successful than for- merly. ‘The club did a wise thing in bar- ring manufacturers agents and paid experts from participation in any of the _ prize money except one minor live-bird event. The effect was the most desirable one, of drawing out Canadian amateur talent and these gave a good account of themselves as shown by the scores of two Canadians, J. Stroud, Hamilton, and J. E.- Cantelon, Clinton, who tied with C. A. Young, Spring- field, Ohio, one of the ‘best shots in Ameri- ea, with a straight score in the big handi- cap events. I believe if the elub = con- tinnes its present policy that another year it will see the largest gathering of ama- teurs that it has ever had on its grounds. Among the shooters present were C. A. Young, Springfield, Ohio; J. Stroud, Ham- ilton; J. EH. Cantelon, Clinton, Ont.; W. Stroud,~M. Reardon, H. Graham, Hamil- ton: G. W. Price, St. Thomas; W. J. Sully, Buffalo; J. E. Wilson, Hamilton; M. E. Fletcher, Hamilton; A. Peart, Bur- lington; F. Diltry, Dunnville; S. D. Fair- bairn, Minnedosa; D. Girard, Windsor; Geo. Harwood, Woodstock; H. Kirkover, jr., Fre- donia, N.Y.; W.-Wheeler, Buffalo; Geo. Reid, Dunnville; A. King, Hamilton, D. Miller, Woodstock; H. D. Bates, Ridge- town; J. Cline, Hamilton; Thos. Donly, St. Thomas; C. Crew, Toronto; R. D. Emslie, St. Thomas; L. Norris, Buffalo. In the big event the straight scores won $91.65 each, the six ties at 19 pigeons each winning $38.35 each. THE SCORE. Grand Canadian handicap, $600 teed, 20 pigeons— guaran- Yards. Score, 20 ee Vung os ee, ie ee a SAA OPED oc) (fa Ridtoceite 6 6) Reeth sO 20 J. KB. Cantelon. pi Dien eG PONE < 20 W. Stroud. OE he lle g eee enh 5 19 M. Reardon,.. Sah Oat teak ASS, ioc ae 19 ‘“Tyro’” St. Thomas... .. .. 28 19 Fic Grahame, 23 See eae 28 19 GOW? Prices. oes Rae 6 528 19 eo IG... osu, psa aia ete oe wroned 19 TOL eWileon.. 5 sees” 2 28 18 MOR. Pletcherasieeriss. .6.66.-)/ 20 18 PRoxip,”’ Bula. . and plenty of moose, caribou and bear; black, silver and red fox, otter, © an d H un t I nh g martin, lynx, mink, fisher are also abundant. FEATHERED GAME. 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Communication—Ontario Game Laws .. Sportsman’s Show at Boston.......... At the Kennels, conducted DYER CEVA ce eae Formation oftCanadian Forestry Association The Horse and His Uses—by C. Jno. Alloway, V.S. 20. 1... eee eee eee The English Sparrow The Gun, conducted by ‘‘ Bob White ’’ Bass Fishing—by Samson Agonistes... oe 8 ee Oe 6 ee 8 0 8 08 os sem eee ee oe ee a ee @ eae) 8 Oc el © Slee bane 6 set Simian eae PAGE. “183-184 3 184-185 186-187 187-188 188 189-191 LABATTS*. IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. ae ce ee The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Toniste and Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &c. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. ‘BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL WINDSOR, ONT, LEADING HOTEL IN THE CITY. EA SPECIAL RATES FOR TOURIST: T. W. MCKEE, PROPRIETOR. DEVOTED TOs THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF CANADA. Per Annum. MONTREAL, MARCH, 1900. Single Copies Ten ‘Cents. | PUBLISHED MONTHLY. ONE DOLLAR. ee = Firty CENTs. AYABLE IN ADVANCE. S PER INCH PER ISSUE. of 15 per cent. on annual s on all topics pertaining to , eanoeing, the kennel and hy, will be welcomed and ry. ll communications nied oe the name of the writer, r publication, however. tions should be addressed to: AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. ispiece this month gives an presentation of a member of ted Northwest Mounted Police which a leading New York daily : f body of mounted police in . Inthe performance of their ; duties as guardians of law in the great Canadian West, constantly policing the entire and the law breaker, be it of 3 or any other laws, has scant toescape. While we do not call me wardens, their action and pre- $a strong deterring influence on hunter, and operates to pre- game of our western country. © &e RVATION OF THE FORESTS envi Joly de Lotbiniere, and the en associated with him in calling 1eeting which took place at Ottawa, 8th, for the purpose of forming a 1 association for Canada, are de- zof great credit in bringing to a essful co:imencement the movement erving Canada’s 800,000,000 acres Ss, and, irrespectiye of any other ant consideration which appeals to ses alike, deserve the thanks of ry sportsman. Wise game laws, well enforced, are far reaching in their effects, but forestry is the very foundation on which the game superstructure has to be reared. Forest fires are a direct menace to a large portion of the game supply, so is an indiscriminate destruction of forest by the axe. A report of the proceedings is given in our columns. © ¢ 9 At the first meeting of The Canadian Forestry Association, Rop anp Gun IN CANADA was designated as the official organ of the association, and will here- after have a department devoted to for- estry. We consider this a position of honor, irrespective of its mere business aspect.. Forestry is not a fad—it is one of the most impertant sciences ; its im- portance to Canada cannot be estimated ; it is concerned with the basis of many of our most important industries. The in- fluence of the forest on the rainfall, cli- mate and crops is enormous. Forestry seeks not only to preserve those forests we have, but to cause forests to grow where none are now, and ameliorate some undesirable conditions to the lasting benefit of our country. The Canadian Forestry Association, under the direction of the intelligent and earnest. workers who have launched it, will do most excel- lent work which we shall be glad to chronicle from month to month. © 9 % In these days of military fervor and patriotism, when Canadians experience a _ thrill of pride as they read of the doings of our brave Canadian contingents in Africa, it is not amiss to call attention to. the country which breeds these men, and to reproduce from our October number part of the opinion of Frederick Irland, of Washington, D.C., a most enthusiastic lover of Canada. He says :— “‘To my mind there is only one real ‘* camping country, and that is the great ‘¢ wilderness of the North. Wherever I ‘‘go 1 carry in my valise a big map of ‘¢ Canada, and when my mind is disturbed ‘TI spread out the map of that earthly ‘* paradise and my heart flies away, like ‘‘a wild duck in the spring, leaving every ‘trouble behind. Land of the sunshine ‘“‘and the snow, how big and. splendid “and sweet you are, my sweetheart ! ‘* Surely the God of all the earth never ** made any other country like you. After *‘one has seen Canada, it’s like having ‘‘ kissed the prettiest girl you ever saw. ‘She spoils everybody else for you ” ‘Devote ten years to the wilderness ‘from Labrador to Lake Superior, and ‘* you will never care much for any other ** place on earth. You will only wish you ‘“*had a thousand years to live,:so you “could really see the rest of that country. _ “ Nobody can tell you about it. °You must ‘“see it for yourself.” oO In a recent publication by Leroy T. Carleton, Chairman of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of Maine, en- titled ‘*Carleton’s Pathfinder and Gazet- teer of the Hunting and Fishing Resorts of the State of Maine,” he makes the statement on page 9 that the lands of Maine in the wilderness state are 22,800 square miles. This area is about as large as the single county of Pontiac in the Province of Quebec. All the lands of Pontiac county, excepting possibly 500 square miles, are wild lands. In the southern one-third red deer are plentiful; in two-thirds of that county moose are abundant; in the northern one-third caribou are found in herds; and yet the county of Pontiac is only a small portion of Quebec’s area of 229,000 square miles. © o9 ARE MOOSE DECREASING IN MAINE? There were 9,300 non-residents and 6,000 residents employing licensed guides in Maine during 1899, a considerable in- crease over 1898, but the total moose shipped decreased from 218 in 1898 to 177 in 1899 (216 in all were killed in 1899). It will be noticed that 216 moose to 15,300 bunters is not quite enough to go once around, but the chance of being 184 one of the lucky 216 is sufticient to in- duce the 14,784 hunters to go to Maine to shoot, besides being a good quantity for the wilderness lands (22,800 square miles) to produce, and it is little wonder therefore chat the prospect of an entirely closed season for moose is looming up in that State, and it is looked upon as a fair sized disaster to 2,000 guides and sport- ing camp proprietors, besides many hotels, dealers, ete. The February issue of the Phillips (Me.) ‘‘ Phonograph” contains many letters pro and con on the subject, among them one dated Feb. 1st from the Chairman of the Fish and Game Commission, Hon. L. T. Carleton, from which we give the following extracts, viz. : ‘Are moose really increasing ? The guides and camp owners will say * yes” by a good majority. Now, I have been moose hunting a good many years, and I have not even seen one ; have expended hundreds of dollars, travelled thousands of miles, hunted in what is claimed to be the best hunting grounds and employed the best guides. Last year I was in the vicinity of Spider Lake, four of us. I had three expert guides, at a time when there was six inches of new, light snow. We travelled a big territory and failed to see even a track of a bull moose. and calves were seen by the guides, and I personally saw many tracks of cows and calves. I have failed, after the most assiduous efforts, with expert guides, to locate the ‘increase’ we have heard so much about.. Look at the record. There has been each year, for four years at least, a steady falling off in the number of moose legally killed, while the record shows that there has been a steady in- crease in the number of pparrawen hunt- ing them.” Maine has done so well in attracting sportsmen, and deserves so much credit for the business ability displayed in that respect, that we shall be sorry if the diminution of moose should result dis- astrously. Still, it is a trite saying that it is an ill wind that blows no good to anybody, and we have many hundred thousand square miles of wild lands in Canada and many, many moose, which can be hunted without any danger of the ~ hunters jostling one another for want of room. ©¢° @ A We regret exceedingly having to an- nounce the death of a valued contributor, Mr. Frank H. Risteen, who died in California during February. Mr. Risteen lived his life in New Brunswick, and did more probably by his writings to attract sportsmen to that province than any other agency. He was a remarkably good shot in a country where every one is a born rifleman, and his game and tar- get records were always phenomenal. Cows’ Rod and Gun in Canada Personally, he was of a most engaging disposition, very companionable, and with a remarkable fund of humor, that bubbled forth irresistably, sometimes when least expected. We had the plea- sure of his personal acquaintance, and as we write have before us a photograph of his fine, bright face. May we meet him again in the hunting grounds beyond. ©o°O The Sportsmen’s Show in Boston in 1898, wherein the first genuine effort was made to rid such exhibitions of their overwhelming trade features, marked the dawn of a new era. Thenceforth the Sportsmen’s Show, instead of being an exhibit solely of guns, rifles and other paraphernalia, took its place as a means of education. The city man, and woman too, are brought face to face with living denizens of the forest and the’ stream; the innate love of outdoors, and most of us have it more or less, is fanned into a gentle glow; the allurements of a trip into the woods with rod and gun are placed before us attractively, and the result—we go to the woods once, and our ten days or two weeks’ holiday there gives us such a health irapetus, that we are charmed and foreswear any other mode thereafter of spending our brief annual leisure. Not alone to health is there a benefit, the close contact with nature is a moral stimulative, and it must be indeed -a sodden, hard nature that is not softened and improved by the influ- ence of the woods and streams. © ¢ © The premiums offered by Rop anp Gun for subscriptions are still open, and lists will be sent on application to any person desirous of getting up a club. Unscientific Facts about Animals that Live in the Bush— The Lynx *#*¥%%* Of all the wild beasts whose prowess and ferocity has been exaggerated by popular ignorance, the lynx heads the list. To the childish mind the name is associated with everything that is fierce and treacherous. It used to be a per- .fect nightmare to me in my nursery days, and even yet the expression “Take care or the lynx will get you” brings the reflection of exploded ter- rors. Nursemaids either are very deficient in a proper knowledge of the fauna of the world, or, from their cussedness, > take a fiendish delight in torturing. thei: charges ‘with the horrible. This igno ance is not confined altogether to nurse maids, for I remember, when I was con templating emigration to Canada, b ing cautioned by men who should hav known better, to beware of the lynx ¢ a dangerous animal, indeed so r did I take the advice to heart that went through a course of rifle practi by way of preparing myself for the ¢ slaughts of this ferocious beast of t northern wilds of Canada. Poor lyn: a well-fed, obstinate Thomas cat, dri en to bay, has more terrors for me | day than yon poor, much maligr creature. ne - Even. after my, arrival in C this lynx ‘scare haunted me, — vaguely wandering around in the ea seventies in search of a fortune. O night found me at the foot of called Mary Lake. In those ¢ ay was a little log hut at that. it was the only sign of civiliz the actuality of man. It was . and was kept by a shattered V humanity, who passed his time plaining of the ‘ardness of life. ; ly and playing the concertina, the concertina wailing as I and to a lonely boy, benight strange land, the sound was and sweet. I begged for the night, but the wreck saying that his “ boss” would with him if he harbored s his store. There must have bee ly $300 worth of goods on the : and nearly a dollar of cash in T, in my innocence, accepted the as valid and prepared to sleep © After I had made by bed of | brush, to the best of my ability, 2 started a good fire, the wreck ¢a out and unbent so far as to smo. “pipe and warm ‘himself at my Finally he turned in, with the cco nf ; ing assurance that I need fear no k except a lynx. Oh horror! my old emy! The villain still pursu However, I was tired and must | and I Jay some time © courting © . drowsy god, and just when I had vt succeeded, a noise, wild and we awoke the echoes of the bush. now that it was nothing more t hi common night owl ; but I did not c it then. My heart seemed as if it w burst. I jumped up and rushed little log hut. ie. “Do you hear Brown ?” I cried. “ Yes,” came the answer, “ v a « ‘What is it seat : toa that noise, \“ Lynx ; there ‘are lots of them round here.” Let me in.” ‘*Can’t do it; the boss: would be mad. All you have got to do is to keep up a good fire.” So I went back and cut wood, like a fool, until I had a fire big enough to roast an ox. I kept it up nearly all night, and in the small hours of the orning, from sheer weariness, I dosed Rod and Gun in Canada of following the snare trail, attracted thereto by the easy walking on the snowshoe track and the possibility of getting a rabbit without the trouble of catching it. When it is ascertained that a lynx has been doing this, a snare is set across the trail, an exaggerated rabbit snare, of heavy twine. No spring pole is used, only a bit of brush is attached to the snare. This the lynx will drag 185 the felinidce, they are treacherous. There was one in an Indian’s house on Lake Amenippising a short time ago, but T think they had to kill it. It be- came too uncertain in its temper, but then the children were constantly teas- ing it; grown-up children also. They would poke it up with ‘a broom to see it strike the broom out of their hands with its paws. The flesh of the lynx is much esteem- al ba —— i Bib Bie. wie eae! a a RM ae a A HUNTERS: GAP WHITE FISH ON *” Camp Scene, White Fish Lake, Northern Ontario. ff into an uneasy sleep to wake up Ind find, oh ! the relief of it, the east- sky brightening with the coming n. I jumped up and commenced boking my breakfast, which consisted ‘Paneakes, the principal ingredient hich was soda. The wreck crawled and congratulated me on my escape om the lynxes, and to show that he lore no malice, he shared my pan- es with me. This has been to me a )purce of great satisfaction, for he ate }ts of them, and if they had the same ect on him that they had on me, in ortion to our constitutions, then )¢ are quits, for the fright of the lynx Yhly lasted a few hours, whereas the ef- t of those pancakes lasted for days. The Indian name for lynx is “ pee- ~ 9? .’ The women usually hunt them. a some distance. Finally it becomes caught in the bushes and thus the lynx is strangled. Sometimes the Indians run them down on the soft snow, fol- lowing the trail as a weasel does that of a rabbit ; when they catch up to it they tramp it down into the deep snow with their snowshoes and despatch it with an axe. Sometimes it takes to a high tree. I myself have shot them when thus treed, though a dog in that case did the tracking and treeing. It takes a good dog to face a lynx, but the dog that I speak of was a good dog, nearly thoroughbred mastiff. It feared nothing on four legs, and had little re- spect for anything on two. The fur of the lynx, when prime, is very pretty, and I see by the quotations of prices that it is becoming deservedly popular. The Indians tame them and they become very much attached to their owners, only, like all members of ed by the Indians. Indeed, I like it very much myself. It is white and tender, though, after all, it is straight cat. The mcst striking peculiarity about the look of the lynx is the length of its legs and the shortness of its tail. Indians are quick to notice a lack of proportion and laugh at it. This peculiarity of the lynx has not escaped them, and they account for it as follows: When the Gretchie Manitou started to make the lynx, ‘he determined to make something pretty good, something on a large scale. He started well; he gave it a fierce head and long legs; he was a little skimp about the body, but when he came to the tail his material was about all used up ; he only had a very small piece left, and this he stuck on just for a makeshift of a tail, intending to get some more material and finish his job, but the lynx got hungry and went off to hunt rabbits, so the Gretchie Manitou got mad, and left the tail just as it was; so the lynx still hunts rab- bits with that ridiculous tail. C. ©: FARR 186 Rod and Gun in Canada WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY ALONG THE BEACHES, URING July and August, while sum- |) mer hotels are in full swing, is prob- ably the season when most amateur photograms are made along the beaches. Occasionally one runs across an amateur living within reasonable distance of the water who takes plea- sure in workizg along its banks in mid- winter, but in the great majority of cases when Jack Frost puts out his head «and his icy breath has a clean sweep down the unprotected sands, Mr. Photographer prefers to spend his time on indoor portraiture or some other branch of the art, where he can keep his fingers warm, The abundance of ice and snow ef+ fects, full of picturesque beauty, af- fords a splendid diversity of opportuni- ties- in winter photography. Spots which in summer are richly verdant, take on with their white blanket an entirely new aspect and are filled with a different and weird charm. Every oak stripped of its mass of brown leaves, every gnarled and knotted vine now showing all its twists and picturesque deformities, even every wayside fence with its dazzling white background, presents a different appearance. Strange, isn’t it, that those who tak: pleasure in photographing the lake, top. ped by a mass of dark clouds that slow- ly unroll as though filled with a great gust of wind that bellies them out like the sails of a ship, and below all inky biack, except for the white caps on the tops of the great breakers, strange that those see no beauty in that same lake when Johnny Frost makes it a desert of ice, broken here and there by a blue oasis of water and bounded by frozen banks, where some fierce storm has piled the ice up breast high, and some- times higher. Many photographers mistakenly be- lieve that a snow scene is necessarily monotonous in a photogram. Winter pictures demand more thought and study than a summer view of the same scene, but in the properly finished pho- togram the result is a pictorial tri- umph. Among the snow and ice photograms that one sees, the feeling is vaguely they lack varieties of present that depth and drifts, and though it may not be guessed by the uninitiated, the real cause of this is that the photo- grapher, in a probable attempt to se- cure some relief for the unvarying whiteness of the landscape, has chosen a bright, sunny day, hoping to secure this effect from the contrasts of the shadows on the snow. ‘The result is that instead of the looked-for contrasts, he gets a snow, pale grey compared with the nearly white sky, or else the whole scene is so over-exposed that the near snow and that in ithe distance appear equally white, and the re- sulting photogram is flat. Had the sky been overcast with grey clouds, thie snow would have seemed more spot- lessly white and dazzling, and each rift and hollow more conspicuously marked, while, at the same time, the feeling of wintry gloom would be more forcibly conveyed to the mind of the observer. No matter how successful a photo- grapher may be in the technical side of his work, he fails entirely in his mission if he does not impress those who look at his pictures with that sen- timent and feeling which is present in every scene in nature, and if he can do this, no matter how badly he finishes his photograms, ‘he can honestly claim the title of artist. In winter photography it will be found that a small bit, such as the skeleton of a grand old oak, stripped bare, or the gnarled deformities of a twining vine, will make a far better study than an attempt to embrace a larger scene, like a stretch of beach or a broad field of ice. And, then, for marvellously beautiful foreground effects, we have such things as weeds and rushes, or a fallen but once mighty giant of the shore woods, half buried in the snow and covered with its white roof, put on in the most picturesque manner, just as it fell, flake by flake. At every turn and bend in the shore are to be seen fresh and novel subjects for an artist’s camera. The misty at- mosphere produced by a small snow- storm blends the stretch of shore, with its fish shanties, upturned boats and wave-washed logs, into a deep, soften- ing background, from which the fore- ground, full of detail, stands out | strong and so bold, yet without glaring harshness of outline. 2 What a wealth of beauty it all for r and foolish indeed is the photograpl professional or amateur, who does” take advantage of it if he can. __ * * * The Hand Camera. One of the most fascinating ph: into which the photographic art is vided is that very extensvé and pr ably best known and most p ret! branch familiar as hand-camera wo It is safely said best known and practised, because fully 90 per ¢ amateurs start work with a hand era, and again, more than two-t of these, with a fixed focus instru under the mistaken idea that it : f simplest form in which they can at the making of photograms. It sible that hand-camera work simplest form of photography understood properly—but it is a able fact that the best workers branch are those who have served t apprenticeship to photography w field instrument securely mount tripod. Many start in as “ yo the-button-we-do-the-rest” fien though it is mot the right way, « the best amateurs are recrui their ranks. It seems to be the mon idea, outside the fratern to have to stop before making ¢ \ posure and put one’s head ur black cloth to focus, that to carry a set of legs along and a little boxes that only hold two apiece, is a serious objection to camera, when, for the same and less money, one can purchase > _ those little leather-covered boxes © earry film enough for a hund tures (?) and one only has to [| button each time to get it. The hand-camera of ten yea and ‘the hand camera of to-day different as two bicycles of those dé poth in appearance and construc Not only are the speed and d qualities of the fixed focus “universal’’ focus, there is ne thing) much improved, but quite re ly cameras have been introduce ' will carry twelve plates, each of 1 is put in place automatically turning of a small handle in the the instrument. This is much to the film camera, where there rule, great difficulty experienc veloping and printing. The camera described in our last would also be a very valuable acd an amateur attempting this work. -camera work no size under d be used, and, if it is con- an even larger size might be cess! ully operated with, in or- w the worker sufficient lati- 1 photographing a rapidly- jd be almost impossible to men- fferent kinds of work that 1 by beginners, nothing ‘be attempted, from the aits tothe photograph- specimens. One en- 2ateur recently did me the wing me to look through In it was a collection of prominent citizens fly.” Here was the fat y waddling along, here goods merchant shak- a customer at his own x-foot policeman walk- suggestive manner, and n the book. It really was required some quickness, d a little planning when e raised, but the result orth any small trouble in- very interesting back wed up well and were ple. this is often saleable to ‘ting out souvenir num- in that way become a t as well as enjoyment r styles of photograms may sd, and, after all, a hand- ly a very desirable ad- photographer’s outfit. * * % j Sodging. g of landscape negatives compared with that of por- > must be satisfied with stop- judiciously the under-devel- s by applying to the back tive some coloring matter. purpose a collodion containing cent. of cotton is colored with _fuchsine: are live bear, chained. *k are bull and cow elk, can bison, black bear, xhibit of interest to Cana- at of the Canadian Pacific occupies considerable particularly attractive. ound of the space is made nic representation of one Islands in Lake Huron. island and lake. In the an Indian tepee and camp. » scenery are two Indian represent the Ojibway and tribes. . There is found very interesting Indian -grandson of the old In- who gave the legends of Schoolcraft and Longfel- e from the district of Al- 0. These Indians had r the hero of the legend, the other Hiawatha. fine examples of wood work ce, caribou and beaver in Rod and Gun in Canada A THE Conducted by D. Taylor. 189 Yo, KENNELS Association are making favorable progress with the arrangements for the coming show on May 9th, 10th and 11th and the prospects point to a grand success. The following well-known gentlemen have kindly consented to become patrons of the as- sociation: R. Prefontaine, Esq., Q.C., Mayor of Montreal; Hon. Sir Alexan- der Lacoste, Hon. Judge Taschereau, Hon. Judge Dorion, F. Wolferstan Thomas, Esq., H. Vincent Meredith, Esq., George R. Hooper, Esq., M.F.H. ; Angus W. Hooper, Esq., Hon. L. J. For- get, R. Wilson-Smith, Esq., James Cooper, Esq., Colin Campbell, Esq., R. McK. Paterson, Esq. F. Z. Wanklyn, Kisq., Charles Meredith, Esq., F. D. Monk, Esq., James B. Allan, Esq., R. A. Mainwaring, Esq. The honorary presi- dent is George H. Gooderham, Esgq., of Toronto, and G. M. Carnochan, Esq., of New York, is the honorary vice- president. ) | \HE committee of the Montreal Canine a * * _ The premium list is well under way and will be ready for distribution about the 1st of April. The entry fee has been placed at the nominal sum of 50 cents in each class, a figure which should in- duce a large number of entries from the amateur class or from those who own a-dog never before exhibited, and who, without knowing it, might pos- sess something of. value. The show will be thoroughly disinfected, and as each entry is subjected to a careful veterinary inspection before being ad- mitted, intending exhibitors need have no fear of their dogs contracting any infectious disease. * * * In order to make the show more in- teresting to the general public, and es- pecially to children, the committee are negotiating with the proprietor of one of the best trowpes of performing dogs on the continent to give two perform- ances daily. As this enta‘ls a very large expense, it is hoped the public will ex- tend a liberal patronage to the show, as, part from the many fine dogs to be on exhibition, this novel feature of it- self will be worth a day’s journey to gee. The show committee comprises : Messrs. John A. Pitt, chairman; Jos. tf A. Laurin, treasurer ; Jos. Reid, H. B. Hungerford, Alex. Smith, Alex. Robert- son, A. H. Hersey, Jos. Quinn, J. Cum- mings, D. Taylor, D. Crawford, W. Henry, A. H. Sims, R. S. Kellie, W. Ormiston Roy and J. Roche. Mr. E. C. Short, 147 St. James Street, is the sec- retary, who will be pleased to give all necessary information to intending ex- hibitors and others. * a a There are no end of rumors afloat in Montreal dog fancier circles concern- ing the importation during the coming season of some superlatively fine stock, especially in the collie line. How much is gospel truth and how much fiction we are not as yet in a position to say, because the parties interested prefer to keep their intentions to them- selves for the present, although ad- mitting they have something in view in the Mother Country that will discount anything on this side the Atlantic in collies. Canadian breeders, generally, hail with pleasure the advent of new stock, but at the same time they hold tu the opinion that there are dogs in Canada just now that can hold their own against anything. At the coming show in May, under a _ competent judge, all parties interested will have an opportunity of having their indivi- duai opinions analyzed. So % a Mr. Chas. Thomson, St. Catherine street, has recently added a fine Scotch terrier to his kennel, which the know- ing ones predict will be heard of at the forthcoming show here. ws a * Newmarket Kennels, Montreal (Brit- cher & Buckingham) won second puppy and second limit over 30 lbs. in the bull terrier class at the Chicago show. ; % % ae ‘We have much pleasure in noting the success of Laurel Laddie, the hand- some collie imported last fall by Messrs. MeoAllister & Hungerford (Mountaineer Collie Kennels), Peterboro and Belle- ville, at the Chicago show held March 7 to 10, inclusive. Before such a capa- ble judge as Mr. Theo. Marples, of Man- chester, England, he carried everything in the rough collie classes, namely, first 190 novice, first limit, first open and first winners. * Do 7B Thomas Robinson, of Mercer County, Ky., is the owner of a dog 27 years old. The old saying, “ Thrice the age of a dog the age of a horse, and thrice the age of a horse the age of a man,’’ does not apply in this case. * id * One of the dailies is authority for the statement that the foxhound hag been known to demolish space at the rate of four miles in seven minutes, and run ten hours continuously before ki.ling its prey. Divide 600 minutes by seven and multiply by four, and you have a total of about 340 mies! BS * ™ The entries at the New York show numbered 2,108, the langest class being Cocker spaniels—162. Fox terriens were a close second with 156. Boston ter- riers, St. Bernards, English setters, bull terriers, toy spaniels, collies and point- ers were all above the century mark, with bulldogs, beagles, great Danes and Irish terriers well up. os * bo A Chesterfield (Maas.) man has a bird dog that shares his kennel every night with four small pigs, leaving the mo- ther possession of but one of her fam- ily, the smallest pig in the lot. The dog seems to approve of the arrange- ment, and will not settle down to a contented night’s rest until his porcine changes have found comfortable lodg- ings among the straw. * * “ ' Charles G. Hopton, Roseville, N. J., has received from England his prize- winning bulldog L’Ambassador, valued at $10,000. His bench winnings since August are as follows: London, two firsts and a. special ; Gloucester, first and cup; Cambridge, first and cup ; Ealing, three firsts and cup; Essex, first and cup ;. Karl’s Court, first and cup; South London, first and medal. L’Ambassador is an American dog bred by his owner. * * * Enquirer.—We should say that your bitch is a bad mother ; the probability is that the puppies get starved for want of nourishment and cold for want of parental care. From what you say, we would infer they are all dead by this time. It is advisable for owners to see that puppies suck first thing. Her whelping a day or two before her time would not affect puppies ; it frequently oceurs. Collies are,- generally, . full grown at about one year... You will find the average age of dogs discussed in an article, which we reprint from Rod and Gun the Sportsman’s Review for your bene- fit and for others who feel interested in the subject. in Canada ak * a Dr. C. A. Lougest, the well-known Boston breeder and importer of mas- tiffs and English bloodhounds, has lately made an important addition to his kennel. He has during the past month received from England two im- ported bloodhounds, General Gordon and Lord Curzon. General Gordon is one of the most muscular hounds Dr. Lougest ever yet imported, and is a son of the famous champ. Alchemist, which the English Bloodhound Club of America saw fit to choose as their em- blem. Like his sire, he is the winner of numerous prizes in.England. Lord Curzon is but a youngster. He has, however, been successful on the Eng- lish show bench, having secured sev- eral first prizes. * * ok The Chicago Show. Among the exhibitors and prize- Winners at the Mascoutah Kennel Club’s Show in Chicago, March 7 to 10, inclusive, were the following Cana- dians: Bangham, James, Windsor, Ont.; Bangham, R., do.; Bayview Kennels, Trenton; Bell, George, Toronto; Dale, J. B., Petrolea, Ont.; Douglas, George, Woodstock, Ont.; Dunn, George, Wood- stock, Ont. ; Gibbs, J., Guelph, Ont. ; Kerr, Robert, Woodstock; Mack, Ed., Toronto; Marcon & Morton, Windsor; Mead, C. T., Toronto; Mountaineer Col- lis Kennels, Peterboro; Newmarket Kennels, Montreal; Norfolk Kennels, Toronto; Pickering, V. H. G. G., Minne- dosa, Man.; Prudhomme, W. & Co., Windsor; Shaw, Fred. W., Forest, Ont.; Taylor, Harry, Toronto; Terra Cotta Kennels, Toronto; Wells, W. B., Chat- ham, Ont. * * s Canadian Winners at the New York Show. The following are the Canadian win- ners at the Westminster Kennel Club’s show, held in New York the other week : Russian Wolfhounds (Borzois)—Ky- ula, 1st in limit, lst in open, winners and National Greyhound Club’s medal for the best Russian wolfhound bitch. Owner, Terra Cotta Kennels, Toronto. - Deerhounds—Scamp, 3rd in ‘open dogs. J. R. G. G. Pickering, Minnedosa, Man, Foxhounds (American)—Hank’s Gim- crack, 2nd open dogs. Harry. Taylor, Toronto. Legal, v.h.c. (res.), J. Gibbs, Guelph. Open bitches—2nd, Veracity, J. Gibbs; 3rd, Hank’s Merry Girl, Hai r Taylor. English Setters—Novice bitches Lady Jane Gray, Prudhomme & C Windsor, Ont.; reserve, Selkirk Bret W. B. Wells, Chatham, Ont. Noy dogs—v.h.c., Selkirk Milo, W. B. We limit, Ist open and winners’ class, v. Wells. Bitches — Selkirk » rredaa limit, lst open and winner’s class, Wells. This exhibitor also gathe the team prize. Revelation, v.h.c. novice and limit, Richard Banghe Windsor, Ont. > Irish Setters—Hurricane Jack, ec. ‘limit dogs, M. K. Cowan, Windsor, | Irish Water Spaniels—Dan McCar 1st in open dogs and bitches, T. A, GC: son, Kingston, Ont. . Clumber Spaniels—Royal Swell, open dogs and bitches, H. G. Chi worth, Toronto. Field Spaniels—Lady Dagmar, 1 puppies, C. T. Mead, Toronto. and limit dogs—ist, Napoleon, | Mead. Open dogs (black)—2nd, YV ton Baron ; do. (any other color Woolton Wonder, C. T. Mead. bitches (any other color)—1st and ners, T. '‘C. Mead’s Woolton D Mr. Mead also won team prize. __ Cocker Spaniels—Puppies (dogs)— Roy, H. G. Charlesworth ; v-h. Flag, George Dunn, Woodstock, v.h.c., Raven Joe, Raven Hamilton, Ont. Novice dogs (blé 5 2nd, Maxim II., George Douglas, We stock, Ont. ; 3nd, Young Black H. G. Charlesworth. Novice dog: other color)—lst, Tommy A: Bell, Toronto; 2nd, Duplex, Douglas ; h.c., Park Red, Victor i Kennels ; c., Raven Bow, Raven I nels. Limit dogs—2nd, H. G. worth ; 3rd, George Douglas ; ¢ G. Dunn. Limit dogs (any so other than black)—1st, Red Will George Douglas ; v.h.c. (res.), P Rupert, H. G. Charlesworth. dogs (parti-colored)—3rd, Duple: c., Payne's Mixture, George Open dogs (black)—2nd, Havoc, Douglas; 3rd, Black Knight of stock, George Dunn. Open dog other color)—v.h.c., Rubal, Geo glas. Bitches (puppies) — Ist, S\ heart, H. G. Charlesworth ; Sra; 4 II., G. Bell; v-h.c. (res.), Raven | Raven Kennels; v.h.c., Maple a George Dunn; c., Ruby Hill, G Douglas. Novice (black)—2nd, Ra II., George Douglas ; v.h.c. (res.), T II. Novice (any other color)—tst, | verley Queen, George Dunn; ~ (res.), Carlotta, George Douglas 5 it ‘Bay View Blush, Bay View Ken- el ‘Prenton, Ont. Limit (black)—8rd, ine, George Douglas ; v.h.c., I Say e: iac., Meteor, G. Dunn. Limit (any id color other than black)—v.h.c., ay View Blush and Raven Trilby II., é v n Kennels ; h.c., Carlotta, George as. Limit (parti-colored)—v. h.c. =) Mottle, G. Douglas. Open (black) and winner's (bitches), Topsy Fink, 2 Douglas. : s (puppy dogs)—res., Mountain- -athfinder, Mountaineer Collie Ken- 3, -Peterboro, Ont . Terriers—Puppies (dogs) — 2nd, iew Brigadier, Bay View Ken- Puppies (bitches)—res., Mountain Max O’Rourke, Hamilton, Ont. and in novice, Bay View Beryl, View Kennels. Limit (over 20 Ibs.) s., Mountain Maid. Limit (dogs and hes not exceeding 20 Ibs.)—1st, Bay aryl ; 2nd, Winifred ; 38rd, Teddy O’Rourke. Limit (over 20 and 30 Ibs.)—2nd, Bay View er, v-h.c., Wentworth Sterling, ke. Open (dogs and bitches = 30 lbs.)—v.h.c. Mountain Sees — 38rd, Wentworth OR ee te {ee eee Ge ay sees caer ~eding tes a ! = hunds — Sherwood Vixen, 2nd , 3rd limit, Sherwood Kennels, RE wy er Eee er s (smooth)—Puppy dogs— C Trueman; 38rd, Norfolk ft; wres., Norfolk Arbitrator, olk Kennels, Toronto; v.h.c., Bel- Beatel, W. Hammill, Toronto. ice— Trueman ; 2nd, Truecraft ; trator ; v-h.c., Apollo, G. Bell, . Limit—3rd, Trueman ; v.h.c., gecesi and Apollo. Open and winners—Norfolk Veracity, - Kennels ; y-h.c., Apollo and tor. Bitches (puppies)—ist, Al- ement, A. A. Macdonald, Deer t; 2nd, Norfolk Ruby, enka res., Carmencita, G. Bell ; aigrave Speedy, Ww. Hammill. _ 2nd, Norfolk Queen Dance, Kennels ; v.h.c., Carmencita. ; Norfolk Clorita ; v.h.c., Car- ; h.c., Cigarette, G. Bell. Open d winners, Norfolk Handicraft, Kennels ; v-h.c. and h.c., Bell’s ta and Cigarette. Norfolk els also won the team prize. : Terriers (wire-haired) — Puppy “2nd, Aldon Bristles, A. A. Mac- Novice—ist, Aldon Quotient. ss—lIst puppy, ist novice, Aldon ness, A. A. Macdonald ; 2nd nov- 2nd limit and 38rd open, Norfolk ast, Norfolk Kennels ; res. open, ‘Sequel, A. A. Macdonald. and Tan Terriers—Headlight, vice, 2nd limit and open, Ed. Eeesonto. Bitches—8rd open, Ju- E. 3. Mack. ror eee Ww — ST J by eS ee eo Sy oo. w@6~6~6hULmmSthh * * * Longevity of Dogs. eferring to the query how long do S or ? That is a hard question to oar. It might be said that every- depends upon the breed, or upon breeding, or upon the dog himself, 1] the manner in which he is d for—or any one of a dozen other ue circumstances or factors. of the most reliable of authorities, ing of this subject in 1840 (Blaine), | that the greater number of dogs eNCING Rod and Gun in Canada do not show any decisive marks of old age until they are seven or eignt years old, and ithat some do not under ten or eleven years. Hé also states that he had seen a French dog which its owner had assured him was twenty- four years old, while Blaine said that he had known a brace of spaniels, mo- ther and son, who lived to be over twenty, and tthat both hunted fairly well until within ‘a syear or two of their death. Naturalists tell us that the av- erage life of a dog, even under the most favorable circumstances and con- ditions of abstemious diet and plenty of exercise, ranges from eleven to four- teen -years. Cuvier considers a dog old at five years, and observes that dogs very sel- dom live more than itwenty. The ex- perience of most ‘persons who have kept dogs will not support the first part of this assertion, we are very confident. It will be held by possibly a majority that a dog is in his prime «at five years old, and that even at seven or nine, their vitality seems hardly to have waned. 3 No doubt the most important factor in this question is the sort of life the dog leads. ‘While ‘a petted lap dog may, in some hands, be so demoralized by the improper diet which mistaken fond- ness may permit,.ithat it will be per- manently old at five years, yet another of the same species will,remain as live- ly and vigorous at eight, as it was at three. The writer has seen daily a toy York- _ shire, weighing three pounds at four years and less than five pounds at six years of age, which looked and acted as bright at the latter age as when it was a puppy. In this case, the diet, exercise, rest and general care was never for a moment lost sight of. Its mistress was as solicitous for its health and comfort as of a baby’s, with the result that it has never experienced one single day of illness in its whole life. This is remarkable, when it is considered ‘that the dog is an exceeding- ly dainty eater, and has been reared a prime favorite in a household where it would ‘be most natural that it would sometimes be fed upon prohibited food. On the contrary, it is well authenti- eated that cattle and sheep dogs which have a zreat amount of hard work to perform, are exposed to all kinds of severe weather, wear out and at six or seven years old, are prematurely Montreal Canine Association 191 overtaken with the infirmities of old age and are of comparatively little use. An old experienced sportsman writes, in a letter dated 1860, that he owned a pointer, which at eleven years of age was tireless in the field and was more than a match for many setters two to five years his junior. The veteran, John Davidson, whose wide experience with hunting dogs and whose observation has covered many years’ study of the various breeds, said, in a recent inter- view with the writer : “The life of a dog varies with his conditions. One that has been allowed to walk around, at liberty, or that has been but slightly used, often lives to the age of twelve to fourteen years ; where dogs used for shooting purposes, such as pointers, setters and spaniels, have been regularly worked eacn sea- son, their usefulness is gone at twelve years, although in not a few cases they may live a year or two lonser than that. I think the maximum life, however, un- der the best conditions, is about four- teen years—of almost any breed of dogs. I once saw a bull terrier bitch when she was twenty-one years old, and at another time.a little water span- jel that lived to be over twenty. The greyhound is one of the longest lived breed of dogs, naturally, but their use- ' fulness, when used by coursers, is over by the age of six years.” ; I have also learned from another gentleman of experience that he had owned a Lilewellin setter seven years, worked him every season since his sec- ond year, and he was as good at the beginning of the eighth year as at the fourth. So we must conclude that we were correct at the outstart, that a good deal deperds on the dog, and near- ly, if not quite, as much on the way he is reared and handled.—Frank Hey-° wood, in. Sportsman’s Review. COLLIE KENNELS Logan’s Old Homestead MONTREAL, Can. Pure bred Sable and White Collie Pups, from prize winning stock, for sale. Address JOSEPH REID St. Jean Baptiste P.O., MONTREAL ENTRIES CLOSE MAY Ist INITIAL DOG SHOW Montreal May 9, 10, ARENA RINK FOR PREMIUM LIST AND ALL INFORMATION ADDRESS E. C. SHORT secretary 147 St. James St., MONTREAL. The meeting was held in the Railway Committee room of the House of Commons and was presided over by Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, Minister of Inland Revenue. Sir Henri stated that the Canadians be- longing to the American Fortstry Associa- tion, and others interested in matters af- fecting our timber resources, had come to the conclusion that it was time to form s Canadian Forestry Association, and a meet- ing had been held a short time ago to see what steps could be taken in that direction. At ithat meeting a committee was appoinr- ed to draft a constitution and by-laws, to be submitted at ithe convention which was now in session. The first object of such an association should be to advocate amd encourage ju- dicious methods in dealing with our for- ests. Those who had been connected with the American Association knew how mucar it ‘had been able to accomplish in calling attention to the necessity for a proper management of the timber resources of that country, and in Canada we are in a mucn better position to deal with the problem, as ‘the forests still-remain almost entirely in the hands of the Crown. A second subject: To awaken public interest to the dangers resulting from un- due destruction of the timber along une sources of rivers and streams. The import- ance of this work may be easily seen froin the reports of the American Associations, particularly those of Montana and Color- ado. We should encourage the exploration of our public domain to decide what the dif- ferent portions are best fitted for, with the object of having a portion of the unappro- priated land permamently reserved for the growth of timber. If there is anything of importance to be done, it tis surely to dis- cover what our own property is best fittea for and to use it for those purposes. It ts a mistake to permit settlers to go upon land which is utterly unfitted for agricul- ture and which they must ieave after they have destroyed the wood tnat may be up- on iit. _ Forest tree planting should be encouraged with a view to retaining moisture, ‘provid- ing shelter and heamtetyeng onr none high- ways and parks., An effort should ibe hae by this ’ associa- tion to collect and disseminate for the bene- fit of the -public information bearimmg on the forestry problem wiith respect both to the prairie and wooded districts of Can- ada, and to have instruction in regard to forestry given in the schools. Having explained tthe objects which we hope to accomplish by the formation of this association, the constitution and by- laws drafted by the committee appointed for that purpose will be submitted for your approval. A communication was read from Dr. R. Kk. Fernow, of Cornell University, formerly Rod and Gun in Canada chief forester of ithe United States, express- ing his regret at being unable to be present, and wishing the fation all si The constitution and by-laws were taen submitted ‘to the meeting, and, after the clauses had been considered seriiatim and amended in some particulars, were passed as ithe Constitution and By-Laws of the Association. : Att the afiternoon session a paper was read by Dr. Robert Bell, Assistant Director and Geologist of the Geological Survey, on “he Northern Timber Areas of Canada.” Dr. Bell illustrated by a map of Canada, which had been prepared by himself, and which showed the northern ranges of the principal Canadian trees, the great extent of the forest wealth of Canada, covering an area of thirty times that of Great Brit- ain, and one-thirtieth of which would be sufficient forall the needs of a population such as Canada has at present. ‘The range of timber is to latitude 57 to 59 Nortn at Hudson Bay, trending as far north as 68 in the Mackenzie Basin, or within the are- tic Cirele. Since the disappearance of the great glaciers the tree iimes nave been moving northward, but the tendency is again southward, though some trees have eos not yet reached thei nonthern On account of its importance to the pulp industry the rate of growth of the white spruce was particularly menrioned, the complete maturity of the tree being reach- ed in 150 years, while «ats most rapid growth was between eight and thirty years, at which age it assumed tree-ltke propor- tions. Sir Henri Joly stated that his experience in Quebec was that the rate of growith was about one inch in five or six years amd ne submitted some specimens of spruce bear- ing out, his statement. The discussion on this paper was taken part in by Dr. Saunders, Director of Ex- perimental Farms ; Hon. W. D. Perley, sir William Hingston, Mr. William Little and other's. Mr. Thomas Southworth, Clerk of Fores- try for 'the Province of Ontario, read a paper upon ‘The History of Economic Forestry in Ontario,’ in which he outlined the steps which had been ttaken by the early government of Canada for thé reser- vation of timber, and also the policy now being followed in regard to tne setting _ apart of timber. reserves, such as that at Lake Temagami, the forests on which would be dealt with in as scientific a man- ner as possible, although it was nardly probable that at present they could be or- ganized on such a complete system as those of Germany or; ‘the Continent. oes Prof. John Maloun, Assistant: Director and Botanist of the Geological Survey, brought before tthe association ithe ques- tion of “The Deforestation and Reforesta- tion of the Western Prairies.’’ He contend- _ the water in the spring and retain it. Wa ed that the great cause of the defores tion of ‘the prairies, which he considers to have been at one time welt wooded, w the prairie fires, as he had found in } early exploration in the West that e the timber was protected by stretches water or moist ground, the timber preserved. The sweeping away of the t ber had left the ground open to the de cating action of ithe wind and the resultg dryness of the atmosphere had resulted perpetuating ‘the condition. The true ‘ tion of the problem was to be found working from: the places where water coi be most easily obtained, the valleys of t rivers, and giadually spreading over t plain. The natural operations could assisted by the building of dams to cat the forest was once established the mo’ ure drawn up from deep wiithin the s by the action of the sun on tne would furnish sufficient moisture to mosphere and restore the natural ¢ tions existing previous to the laying of tthe country by fire. a Papers by Mir. William: Pearce, su) tendent of Mines for the Departme the Interior at Calgary, and Mr. Am Mitchell, formerly forester for Lord raven and the Earl of Rosebery in the 0 Country, now of Western Canada, “Tree Planting on the Prairies,” read. - On motion of Mr. Thomas Southwor was decided to accept the offer of and Gun in Canada,” made ‘through: manager, Mr, J. F. Mackay, to act as secretary was instructed to enter init. munication with Mia. Mackay and see > arrangements could be made for the members of the association with ies of that publication. ; The election of officers was then ed with, resulting as follows : president, Lord Minto; presid Henri Joly de Lotbiniere; viee-p Mr. William Little ; wate. Stewart, Inspector of Forestry, of the Interior, Ottawa ; Gawalicins, and treasurer, Mr. R. H. Campbell ors, Messrs. Hiram Robinson, EH. W. bun, C. Jackson Booth, Thomas §& worth, Hon. G. W. Allan, Dr. und Pwofessor Maicoun. “y At a subsequent meeting of the tive Committee the following C dents for the different Provinces were pointed : Assiniboia, Hon. W. D. Perk Alberta, Mr. William Pearce ; Ontario, | J. B. MeWilliams ; British Columbia, H. Bostock, M.P. ; New Bruswick, G. King; Quebec, Hon. S. N. Manitoba, Mr. Stewart Mulvey ; § wan, Mr. Thomas Peg 4 Prince SU pip epee ning thi this dtaa Sap Aenivinmis eens neriilirn tenant- Governor of Mr. Wilson ; Yukon, Mr. Wiilliam D: Hon. A. T. Dun Surveyor- of New Brunswick, advertises province’s official gazette the ¢ fishing rights (with the rod on vats streams, upset price f. to $250, according to the water. sale takes place in the Crown office, Fredericton, N. B., on 23rd. sit ae PELs tee fists: jearrgse : 7 q SRT i are in the age of automatic wer and locomotion. The ast words coined for the lan- d it is predicted that all covering space will in the be of this character. We ult to grow enthusiastic shicle with heavy-looking ed with solemn individuals, turning a crank to the asth- zing that accompanies cer- ; of the article. Does it been asserted, that in years the horse must go ? / generations will go to mu- e on his skeleton among mammalia of past geo- s ? All lovers of the horse y that the prophecy is Through the centuries of y man and the horse have sely identified, it might al- d, too intimately united in to have the bond severed by sunning arrangement of cogs that the ingenuity of man 2. Can we imagine a poet .machine in the impassion- which has stirred the blood lIboy in “The Arab to His well as men have become 2 very names of those rid- Alexander the Great and the Wellington have come down to alus’”’ and “Copenhagen” familiar as the names of their e modern regiments are with bicycles, on which they as military as a general and would appear reviewing the an automobile. No one can _@ well mounted regiment its impressiveness to the fact a@ mounted one. Take the of the martial past, paint ures without him, remove the an statues of the world’s heroes m its cities, and how much of is left? Most of the ro- d glamor which Scott’s tales round the reader is the part ailed knights on trained charg- in the tournament or foray of s times. sry name chevalier was derived me Rod and THE HORSE AND HIS USES Gun in Canada secce 4 FAD Re ers fetes Ce Pare LS By C. JNO. ALLOWAY, V.s. Cd er ae Cee ee ee awe te te eee from the French for horse. The loco- motive and its kindred machines, it is true, annihilate space, but which of them can give the magnetism which thrills the rider as he feels under him the sinewy undulations of his favorite horse, as the holds the lines or the al- most human sympathy he finds in the full, intelligent eye and whinny wel- coming his approach. The brave straining of every muscle when speed lis required and the sound of his hoofs as mile after mile is left behind, form a bond of sympathy and comradeship between horse and rider that no insen- tient apparatus can begin to approach. In the present war we have seen an illustration of the important part the horse takes in a military campaign, when the flower of the British service in the form of line regiments suffered the most disastrous defeats at the hands of mounted Boer infantry. It was only when a large number of mounted English regiments were placed at the disposal of Generals Roberts and Buller that the tide was turned. In a word, it -was practically illustrated that now,more than ever, modern war- fare demands the use of large bodies of horse to enable the various columns to act with the requisite mobility. The Strathcona Horse on its way to Scuth Africa is an evident proof that the English Government has awakened to the fact that the equine species is an indispensable auxiliary to a success- ful campaign, perhaps more so than ever before in the history of the Em- pire, and in the more peaceful walks of life the horse is as necessary as it ever was, bringing a higher average price to-day than it has been known to do during the past century. It is universally acknowledged that horseback exercise is surpassed by none in its beneficial results on the health and spirits, at the same time having none of the laborious characteristics which mark some other kinds of ath- letic development. Perhaps its most delightful feature is that it is emphati- cally an outdoor recreation, involving pure air and constant change, and whe- ther in the vernal days of budding spring, the glowing summer, or au- 193 tumn, and even in the snowy paths of winter, it is always delightful, exhilar- ating and health-giving. It is undoubtedly in the hunting field . that the horse has full scope for the display of his finest qualities. A meet among the hunting shires of England or the sporting counties of Ireland, is one of the most enjoyable scenes in the whole round of amusements. Its increasing popularity in Canada and the United States is an evidence of a growing taste along this line in America, In the autumn, especially, the “pink” of the hunter and “whim- per” of the hound have become familiar among the coverts from the St. Law- rence as far south as the Carolinas, the States of New York, New Jer- sey, Massachusetts, and Pennsyl- vania being, perhaps the most en- thusiastic in the sport. The city of Montreal is considered a great hunting centre, having a Hunt Club which dates back to 1826, being the oldest pack on the continent, as well as one of more recent date, the “Canadian,’’ both of which are in a flourishing condition. Hunting is here conducted on strict- ly sporting principles, the wild fox being invariably the quarry, and the sport genuine. The peculiar fascina- tions of fox-hunting have been well de- scribed in the words of the favorite author, Rolf Bolderwood, who says: “Bverything is in favor of the hunting field. The pleasant society, the regu- lated tone and manner, the perfection of the appointments, the training of the servants, the science of the sport itself, the sufficient admixture of danger and the high quality of the horses, all com- bine to produce a sport fit for kings.” THE ENGLISH SPARROW. In Rod and Gun for January and February my ornithological friend, Mr. Richard R. Nicholson, replies to my paper, ‘‘A Defence of the Sparrow.” He makes out a terrible bill of indict- ment against my little feathered bro- ther countryman, which, no doubt, is quite satisfactory to himself and all his sparrow-phobia friends. The little feathered wretch is still here. What does my friend Nicholson propose doing with him ? L. H. SMITH. one magnitude of the trade in an- glers’ supplies is shown by tht fact that a single Eastern dealer imported 45 tons of fishhooks of one manufacture— 13,098,384 hooks by actual count—during 1899. 194 Rod and Gun in Canada THE GUN. Conducted by “‘ Bob White.” ey, it LEARN TO SHOOT The great lesson of the South African war—a lesson that the Boer republics have written in letters of blood across the face of the Empire—is that every Briton must know how to shoot. How best to elevate the standard of the marksmanship of the British soldier is a question that is already engaging the attention of the War Office at London, where its supreme importance is re- cognized. On us, in Canada, who are so vitally concerned in all that affects the Empire at large, the lesson should not be lost, and we should see to it that every possible incentive and en- couragement is given to Canadians in acquiring the art of expert marksman- ship. Fortunately for us, we are 80 situated, with game of all kinds at our very doors, that it is a rare thing to find a Canadian youth who does not krow something about the shotgun or rifle. A superficial knowledge, how- ever, is not enough, and the problem that confronts us is how to popularize shooting so that every man who might under ordinary circumstances be called upon to fight for his country may know how to handle the rifle with the most deadly results. So far as I have seen, the suggestions made in different quarters, as to how this most desirable result may be accomplished, have all been along ithe line of promoting the practice of rifle shooting, as at present indulged in by our rifle associations, among the people generally. I believe the standard of marksman- ship necessary will never be accom- plished by this means. The danger area of modern smokeless rifles is so great that practice at the butts can only be indulged in with safety to the public in certain favored locations. In the next place, the expense and work of preparing a suitable range, and the high cost not only of a suitable rifle but of the ammunition required to be “used, is an insurmountable obstacle in the way, except where both are fur- nished by the Government. Lastly, I take the responsibility of saying that even given the necessary range, rifle and ammunition, the practice of shoot- ing at fixed targets at the butts is of fad ? t f ' very little value in actual warfare or in shooting game. And yet the preva- lent idea in many places seems to be that_a rifleman who can make a bull’s- eye at 800 yards has all the qualifica- tions of an all-round shot. I do not wish to disparage rifle shooting of any kind, knowing what a fascinating sport it is, but what I do wish to make plain is that shooting at a stationary target is good so far, as it goes, but that it does not go far enough. What seems to be entirely overlooked in discussing this question is that shot- gun shooting, either in the field or at the traps, is one of the best means of acquiring proficiency with rifle. A man who can stop the whirring grouse as it darts through the thickly wood- ed timber, or can centre the quartering target and snuff it out, will, in my opinion, have no difficulty in giving a good account of himself when a rifle is placed in his hands. One of the best rifle shots I know is a man who admits his skill in rifle shooting is owing to his years of shot-gun shooting in the field and at the traps. He seldom shoots a rifle, but when he does his bullet invariably finds its intended bil- let. He scorns to shoot such game as rabbits with a scatter gun, but instead uses a .22 Winchester repeater, a prac- tice, by the way, Canadian sportsmen might properly follow; and yet he is a man who never shot over a rifle range in his life, and would probably make a very inferior score at the butts. Tam convinced that there is no sim- pler or more effective way of making good rifle shots of the Canadian people than by giving them plenty of prac- tice with the shotgun, and especially at clay pigeons. The very skill neces- sary to enable the shooter to correctly and instantaneously judge velocity of poth target and projectile, angle of flight, amount of lead required, and to align and fire, is the same skill required of a rifleman in dropping a galloping horseman or a charging enemy. Then why not accomplish the object we have in view by the simplest and easi- est method. Clay bird shooting is comparatively cheap, and can and should be made cheaper; it can be in- butchers, grocers, or such five dulged in in a ten-acre field without danger to the whole country-side, and the practice of it should be encouraged in every way. In the United S be target shooting has made wonderfu strides, and there is hardly a city, ( even village, that has not its gun elt and its regular shoot at targets. T effect of this from a national and tary standpoint alone must be tre dous. In Canada we are progress! along the same lines, but not as fast as we should. One millstone around the neck rifle and target shooting in Ce the extremely high tariff of 30 per ¢ on gung and ammunition of ail cin The British’ preference is some re put still keeps the prices high er and act as serious brakes on all ing in this country. On pat i grounds alone the tariff on guns ammunition should be reduced, so our poorer citizens may indu shooting without a disastrous — upon their purses. We cannot — to be behind our neighbors in this ter, as we are apt to be with our I cap of expensive ammunition. as" = x = A New Gun Club. A new gun club under the na the ‘“‘Marcotte” Gun Club has be ganized. The officers are: hay Prefontaine (Mayor of Montreal), orary president; H. W. Lareau man), chairman; J. E. Barnabe, vice-president; T. Goulet, second president; Max. Groulx, treasul A. Chagnon, manager; F. Payett A. Renaud, conjoint secretaries. . A shooting contest, open to being organized, the date to- nounced later. The programme | No. 1—Continuous Flobert rifle test. No. 2—Grand shooting com: (individual) at artificial piged birds for each man. No. 3—Ladies’ shooting inate No.. 4—Competition between five shooters, 15 birds each man. No. 5—Shooting on live birds. CONDITIONS. The “National American” rules ern. The artificial pigeons will “Blue Rock,” 18 yards rise; sal tance for all guns. No. 4—Teams shall be formed belonging to the same club or of men of the same occupation, st coming from the same city or vi outside of Montreal. he shoot of the Mascotte Gun: Club 3 concluded on Saturday afternoon. club desires to thank the Montreal earney, of the Montreal Gun for lending traps, etc. The Do- _jand pmnovincial championships > shot on Montreal grounds on ee e Grand Prix du Casino. r: imternational pigeon 29th, and, as usual, drew to- ters from the different coun- continental Europe as well as from England, two from the States and one from Australia. alian representative did well, second money, £256, with sev- of twenty birds, the winner Count O’Brien, a Spaniard, of ent, with a score of eighteen. r Hans Marsch (Germany) and M. fiat (France), after shooting off a (Mr. W. Blake (England) and Benvenuti (Italy), divided third sh money, 434 pounds sterling. wing are the scores: Grand Prix du Monaco of 800 ; sterling and a piece of plate, to a sweepstakes of 8 pounds Second received 160 pounds and cent. of the entries; third, 80 and 25 per cent.; fourth, 40 and 15 per cent.; three pigeons netres, nine at 27 metres. Last ; winner to stand back two metres; her winner of the prize, one Rod and Gun in Canada metre; three misses to put out; 98 subs. 8S. Count O’Brien (Pur- dey), French Powder s. (first of £755 and a piece of plate)..... 11111111101111110111—18 A. Mr. Mackintosh (Greener), S. (sec- Saas 11101111111111110110—17 Larsch : (Bodson), Ao cctss 1011111111111110—14 F. M. Poizat (Purdey), F..1111111111011110—14 E. Mr. W. Blake (Greener), SEATS eae Gore coMopounan 1111111101111110—14 L. Signor Benvenuti (Green- OP Wis at Gesinen anes, 1111111101111110—14 MT Barker. 223.05% 101111111111110—13 Es IMME at cic. c Asers ea ees 1111111111100—11 MED TOROS nook ss ceere. 111111101110—10 PEE. FUMDOTLS! «2555. eae st Signor Lazzaro ............ MES WV ALSON 24605 ve oooh eacee M. de la Chapelle Signor Guidicini Signor Soldi . OR Li@OnING: . oi. eicescses Baron de Molembaix M. Charrier M. Hudellet DOR RELI. “access Sousa Signor Fiachetti ME SEIPOROM. 0) ouiis d ieccthaeeen Count L. Gayoli ...... ieee sts 011111110— 7 Mi Demonte boc fied seless ook 110111110— 7 Signor Quierolo ? eee eee eee eee erccceeece BY ag a ap at a a a a al a Counts “Voss sn. sks oiaciaescee: 011111110— 7 MAS) ERPAMBOU TD. 5550 a.c csc on noe eae 01111110— 6 SNER. SCODINSOD 927.5 eiviacocae cence es 11111010— 6 PIERO BTIASCO: Oy Sic eager aces 01111110— 6 SIRN OMS OPRO: a co ies cneeeonaaeee 11011110— 6 Wr: Vernon Barker ...........- 11111010— 6 Killed five birds: Signor Della Torres, Signor Antinovi, Count Lambert, Signor Asti Cesare, Count De‘fino, Mr. Hannay. Killed four birds: Signor Ghersi, Mr. “Liyddite,” Signor Borghi. Killed three birds: Mr. Horton, Mr. Laleham, M. Ribollet, Signor E. Villani, Signor Faravelli, Mr. Southby Hewitt, Signor R. Grandi, Signdr Puccinelli, M. Sibrick, M. R. Gourgaud, Signor ‘Lanfranchi, Mr. Wilder, Signor P. Lxvro. Killed two birds: Count de Robiano, Hon. F. Erskine, Viscomte d’Hauterive, M. 'Barny-Herrfeldt, Count d’Havrin- court,.Mr, Ker, Earl of Portarlington, M. Lonhienne, Signor J. Grasselli, Sig- nor Gregorini, M. Moncorge, M. Mau- rice Faure, Signor Catenacci, M. de Pape, Signor Cavaleri, Van den Bosch, Mr. Hodgson, Baron de Tavernost, Bar- on de Montpelier, Signor R. Gallardo, M. Doris, Mr. Hall, Signor Marconcini, Vicomte \E. de Poncins, Mr. Noel Fen- wick, M. Riols, Signor Sani, Signor G. Grasselli, M. d’Henripret, Signor Sor- mani, Signor Paganini, Count Minyady, Signir Zonda, Signor Fescari, Mr. O. Pennel. Killed one bird: M. Paccard, Baron L. dq Dorlodot, Count de Miontesquiou, Signor Torrigiani, Signor Miola, Count Delfino, Mr. Harrison. Missed three birds: Mr. L. Henry, Herr Langhendonck, Signor Anselmi, Signor Galetti. TIES FOR THIRD AND FOURTH PRIZES. Herr Hans Marsch (divided third and fourth of £484)...........0.. 11101111—7 M. Poizat (ditto)........ccseeceecees 11101111—7 195 sisig $9 ied Sibievie sive g8 0 cise 11101110—6 Bore ‘ov eeeeeeee ee LL101110—6 The previous winners of the Grand * Prix have been as under: 1872, Mr. G. L. Lorillard (U.S.) 1873. Mr. J. Jee, V.C., C.B. (England). 1874. Sir W. Call, Bart. (England). 1875. Capt. A. Patton (England). 1876. Capt. A. Patton (England). 1877. Mr. W. Arundel Yeo (England). 1878. ‘Mr. H. Cholmondeley Pennell(Eng- land). 1879. Mr. E. R. G. Hopwood (England). 1880. Count |M. Esterhazy (Austria). 1881. M. Godefroy Camauer (Belgium), 1882. Count de St. Quentin (France). 1883. ‘Mr. J. Roberts (England). 1884. Count di Caserta (Italy). 1885. M. L. de Dorlodot (Belgium). 1886. Signor Guidicini (Italy). 1887. Count Salina (Italy). 1888. Mr. Seaton (England). 1889. Mr. V. Dicks (England). 1890. Signor Guidicini (Italy). 1891. Count L. Gayoli (Italy). 1892. Count Trauttmansdorff (Austria). 1893. Signor Guidicini (Italy). 1894. Count C. Zichy (Austria). 1895. Signor Benvenuti (Italy). 1896. M. H. Journu (France). 1897. Signor G. Grasselli (Italy). 1898. Mr. Curling (England). 1899. 1M. R. Moncorge (France). 1900. Count O’Brien (Spain). It will be seen from the above table that the Grand Prix has been won ele- ven times by English, eight times by Italians, three each by French and Austrians, twice by Belgians, and once each by natives of the United States and Spain, and of the twenty-nine shooters whose names are engraved on the marble tablets at the Monte Carlo stand only one has gone over to the great majority, this being Mr. J. Jee, V.C., C.B. Of the previous winners, Mr. Roberts, M. de Dorlodot, Signor Guidicini (who alone can claim the dis- tinction of three victories), Count Gay- oli, Signor Benvenuti, M. Journu, Signor G. Grasselli and M. Moncorge were among the competitors this week, M. Journu, Signor Benvenuti, Mr. Roberts and Signor Guidicini making the best show. * * * Stray Shots. Fired Gilbert successfully defended the B. (Cc. championship trophy against J. A. R. Elliott on February 19th at Hot Springs, Ark., the scores being: Gilbert 133, Elliott 124. Both contestants used Winchester Leader shells, and Elliott used a Winchester pump gun. * * = The Grand American Handicap will 196 be shot at the new Interstate Park at Queens, Borough of Queens, New York city, April 2 to 6. The money will be divided on the same system as last year, and the winner will be given a handsome trophy to commemorate his victony. Regular entries close March 24th, and will be received at the New York office. Edward Banks, secretary- treasurer, 318 Broadway, New York. ae ‘* * * The United States Revolver Associa- tion was formed in New York early this month, with the intention of being na- tional in character as well as in name. Its sole object is to systematize the sport of revolver shooting, adopting uniform targéts and prescribed dis- tances, defining clearly what consti- tutes the different types of arm, regu- lating the trigger pulls of the different types ot revolvers, and formulating rules and regulations for conducting revolver shooting. It will not own a range. * * * Negotiations are on foot to bring about a revolver match between the expert shots of France and America, the results to be transmitted by cable between the competing teams. The Brooklyn Revolver Club is earnestly fostering the plan, and, if the contest is arranged, some of its members will probably find place on the American team. As the French marksmen have not generally adopted the use of the revolver, but instead rely upon the pistol in practice and competitive shooting, it is probable that there would be necessary a compromise in arrang- ing, conditions; half the match being shot under French rulings and half un- der the American, that the plan may be carried through to success. * * * Howe D. Bates, Ridgetown, Ont., and John Stroud, Hamilton, Ont., have been trying lately to settle between them- selves who is the better shot. Mr. Bates is the winner of the Gilman & Barnes international live bird cham- pionship trophy, recently shot for at St. Thomas, and ‘Mr. Stroud is one of the three shooters who won first place in the Grand ‘(Canadian Handicap at Ham- ilton, Ont., in January last. These two have recently shot two matches at 100 live pigeons, 30 yards rise, for $100 a side. ‘The first, at London, Ont., was won by Mr. Stroud with a score of 84 to 83. The second was shot at St. Thomas and was won by Mr. Bates, the score being: Bates 91, Stroud 78. Stroud shoots a 10 gauge 11 pound Greener It is to be hoped . Rod and Gun in’ Canada gun and Bates a 12 gauge Parker,weigh- ing 7 pounds 10 ounces. * bo * The shooting fraternity will be glad to learn that they can now get a low- priced nitro powder loaded shell, load- ed by such a reliable house as the Win- chester Repeating Arms Co. The Win- chester Repeater, the yellow-covered shell with the Winchester patent cor- rugated head and primed with the Winchester No. 6 primer—celebrated for its quickness, is the shell the Win- chester people now offer loaded, in ad- dition to their Leader, Metal Lined, and Pigeon shells. We are assured that the Repeater is cheap in price but not in quality. The Winchester people offer the Repeater in 10, 12, 16, and 20 gauges, loaded with any of the stand- ard brands of nitro powders; the maxi- mum loads for ‘this shell being: 10 gauge, 3 1-2 drachms powder, 1 1-4 ounces shot; 12 gauge, 3 drachms pow- der, 1 1-4 ounces shot; 16 gauge, 2 1-2 drachms powder, 1 ounce shot; 20 gauge, 2 drachms powder, 7-8 ounce shot. The Repeater will be loaded by the Winchester people with the same high quality of powder and shot, and with the same care, which has made their Leader, Metal Lined and Pigeon shells so universally popular. 5 * %* * The English War Office recently is- sued an army order stating the condi- tions under which volunteers will be accepted for} duty in South Africa. Among the requirements the volunteer must be a first-class shot under volun- teer rules. The Council of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain an- nounces that yeomanry and volunteers under orders for South Africa may use the Bisley rifle range gratis. The Coun- cil says: “The war in South Africa has proved the great value of an irregular force of skilled marksmen for purposes of national defence, and the Council considers it very important that the formation of rifle clubs should be pro- moted throughout the Kingdom, with the special object of making rifle prac- tice accessible to the general popula- tion. The Council will be glad to afford every assistance in the formation of such clubs, and will welcome any sug- gestions in furtherance of this object. No more opportune time than the pres-_ ent could be chosen by the National Rifle Association for endeavoring to interest the general public in rifle shooting, for recent events have shown the value of men who can use a rifle to advantage.” stripe, 60c to T5c. Senator McArthur, of Iowa, has in- troduced a hill into the Legislature o that State to require non- Tesi sportsmen to take out a siete cense before being allowed to hunt y a gun any bird or wild animal in t ; State. The license fee is fixed at § for each county, and the applicant required to file his application with | Secretary of State, stating name, and place of residence of the applica and the county in which he desires” hunt. ‘Besides the $10 fee, a fee of 5 cents must be paid to the Secretary State for issuing the license. The hold of such license may take from the not to exceed twenty-five birds of : kinds killed by himself, and his 0; vere tions must be confined to the legal son. This bill is said to be appré by a majority of Iowa sportsmen, RAW FURS. The market is steady, and fol prices are quoted: Beaver (prohibited). large, $4.50; small, $2.35. Bear—Black, No. 1 large, $15; medium, $10; ‘No. 1 small, $7.50. Fisher—No. 1 dark, $7.50; No. 1 brow! $6; No. 1 pale, $5. a ‘Fox—Red, large, No. 1, $3.75; me No. 1, $3.50; small No. 1, $3.25; cross No. 1 dark, $12; fair, $9; pale, $5; 8 No. 1 skin, as to color, when prime to $20. Lynx—No. 1 large, $4; No. 1 medi $3.00. Martin—No. 1, $5 to $3, acording color. Mink—Large dark No. 1, $3; med $2.50; small, $3. Muskrat--Medium winter, 10c; h winter, 13c. Otter—Eastern and. Labrador, large dark, $15} western, large $10.00. ae Raccoon—No. 1 large dark, $1.25; N 1 small, 60c. Skunk—No. 1 black, 90¢ to $1. 505 Strictly p Wolverine — Dark, $5; brown, $ Montreal Trade Review. The next public raw fur sales in Lo don will be as follows: Hudson's Bz Company, March 19 to 21; C. M. son & Co., March 19 to 30. Latest dai for forwarding shipments from N York to March sales were: For blue and cross fox, otter, beaver, lynx, wolverine, musk ox, dry fur § and sea otter, March 2; all other : ticles, March 9. t Seyi E BPURAGE SHOOTING MILITARY RIFLES. if ‘The following article, from an ex- ange, is so appropriate to Canada at T sient time that we take pleasure ‘reproducing it verbatim : t has often been said that Americans *e a mation of riflemen, and we like ‘speak of our proficiency with the _ So much of such talk has been pd of late we have found ourselves ndering if we were not rapidly drift- 0a state of supreme satisfaction nnot be founded upon facts; if ient law in England which com- ery boy at a stated age to pro- i keep in his house bow and _ changing the same from time as he advanced in age and -and he was obliged to prac- n the bow and arrows at speci- mes. At the time that law was | the bow and arrow was the weapon of England. present time we have in the States many riflemen who pos- mderful skill in rifle shooting, Ee comparatively little about ern national arm, though the one of our army and similar ve been long accessible. For reasons we have drifted away 2 main object of rifle practice, ch a8 familiarity and skill with the nas a national defence. The aim me jority of riflemen to-day is to ‘it 1 ‘marksmanship and many sacri- a e made to attain that end. many years ago rifles used by jans in target shooting could be the field for hunting or in bat- in fact, our game was greatly re- i in quantity, and our early bat- e fought with such rifies. As : shooting became a sport, rifles @ changed to secure the greatest . accuracy, which has resulted creation of different types of til now they are seemingly per- for the different styles of shooting, little or no use for any other pur- et ee a a a ee mot our purpose to decry these t types of rifles or speak dis- gly of the sport in which they d. ‘We would not want to see Special arms cast aside nor the of shooting they are used for indoned. They serve very useful pur- es. They are fine instruments, dem- ating the possibilities of firearms Rod and Gun in Canada and ammunition as well as the skill of experts, from which can be drawn and is drawn much information of value, which is introduced into arms and am- munition for hunting and warfare. The desire to excel in marksmanship with the rifle is not confined to civil- ians. ‘The volunteer militia of the United States is to-day armed with a rifle which, though once a good mili- tary arm, is now of little use but for target practice. At the present time no advanced nation would use such a rifle as the Springfield with black powder in warfare, and if we mistake not, the United States is the only first-class power which arms its militia with the old style rifle and ammunition. Our volunteers hold annual prize shooting competitions, shooting an arm which, from a military point of view, must be regarded as obsolete. In view of the foregoing .we can look upon military rifle practice in the United States among the volunteer militia as at a standstill. 'The time has come when military rifle shooting should be changed. This branch of shooting should now be done with modern military rifles that shoot the modern government cartridge. The use of such rifles and ammunition should not be restricted to the militia. The civilian should be encouraged to shoot with such arms and ammunition. There are in this country thousands of lovers of rifle shooting who would like to shoot a practical military rifle if they were encouraged to do so, but who care not for the militia service, useful though it may be. There are many more who are enrolled in the militia who do not care for rifle practice and do no more rifle shooting than they are obliged to. We cannot gauge the defensive power of our country outside of the regular army by our volunteer militia. If there were a law like the old archery law of England and it were enforced, and every male on arriving at “a stated age were compelled to own his modern military rifle and shoot modern military ammunition we might claim to be a nation of riflemen and regard our- selves as invincible. But such a law would be opposed and probably could not be enacted and en- forced. ‘There could, however, be much accomplished if most of the matches ’ now shot with the Springfield rifle and black powder cartridges were shot with modern small bore military rifles and the government cartridge. Aside from the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, any strictly - military rifle, such as the Winchester, 197 Remington-Lee, ‘and Remington, shoot- ing the U. S. government cartridge, should be permitted. This is specially urged in all prize meetings of an in- terstate character. All military matches, outside of state matches, should be opened to all-comers, whether members of military organizations or not. Every civilian rifle club should en-' courage shooting with such arms and ammunition, making such shooting a part of its programme. Every rifleman should practice to some extent with such arms and ammunition. Should the foregoing suggestiong be carried out it is safe to say this would follow : : 1. Knowledge would be gained of the capabilities of our modern national arm, about which we now know very little. 2. Skill would be acquired with a wea- pon with which the militiaman now is unfamiliar, ‘but whch he would use if called into active service. 4 3. The civilian would become familiar with a practical military arm. 4. Our national strength would be greatly increased and upon a practical basis. 5. It would make apparent merits or defects in our military arms and am- munition. 6. It would demonstrate the compara- tive merits of the different makes of arms for the same cartridge.—Shooting and Fishing. The war in the Transvaal is credit- ed with bringing threatened ruin upon the many English foxhound packs here- tofore kept up by popular subscription among the gentlefolk of the Shires. The hard-riding sons of the gentry and no- bility are now hunting game other than foxes, and, no matter how the war may eventually terminate, many of them will never again ride to the hounds over moorland and lea. Only after years of continual peace can England again re- assume her careless enjoyment of the sports and pleasures of life, and in the meantime the hunting stables and ken- nels must suffer ifrom neglect. The Andrew B. Hendryx Co., of Hart- ford, Conn., has adopted a means of indelibly impressing its name on us, and, 'we presume, others. Its edition de luxe catalogue of the Hendryx reels, which are specified to be of all kinds but of only one quality, the best, sets forth, in many pages, examples of their highly finished products, which would delight the heart of any angler. This firm manufactures also very large lines of bird cages, also squirrel cages. BASS FISHING By Samson Agonistes ‘“ Of all fool things,’ said Sammy Kelsey, ‘commend me to a porcupine. That fellow there,’ pointing to a dark object half way up the rocks, “ has been lying beside:that log all day, ana hasn't moved a foot = since we came by here early this morning. One time I was—’’ But Sammy’s stories ‘are apt to be long, especially: pee a few! se of Seagram, ‘““Can a fish climb a tree, Sammy ?”’ I said, just to turn the current of his thoughts. “ He ean -try,” said- Diiplare * Over there on the Bast sonia by ‘the Onion Bed—”’ : ‘Here was another story: coming. We had been all over the west shore of Charleston Lake on a lovely, golden October day, starting out from Cedar Park in a dense fog, which gradually lifted as the morning wore on. How Sammy knew ‘his way through all those islands was a mystery. But he did ; past old Israel Slack’s and the Cairn, and up to the Crack in the Rock, where we picked up-a salmon or two. Down Donaldson's Bay, with varying fortunes—here and there a lusty black bass and here and there a salmon, with many a Sneaking pike, which was no welcome visitor. We had drawn our boat on shore at the carry, and while Sammy was making the fire I strolled over and had a look at the Furness waters. A small salmon was fried and a chicken broiled, for Sammy is a prince of cooks ; we had thrown the bones into the river, and topped off the feast with a bottle of Bowie’s Bass, put water on the fire, smoked a digestive pipe, and were on our way homeward. The point coming out of Donaldson’s Bay had been rounded, Sammy had pointed out the house where little Caroline Larose lived, and the Blue Mountain, in the distance, over which she had wandered for three days with her baby sister, and we were drifting leisurely north- ward, close beside the towering rocks. Sammy was growing reminiscent. I had heard his stories before, and had asked the question-apropos of nothing. Just then a tug at the end of the hundred feet or so of line dragging be- hind, and a second or two after, a big commotion at the edge of the water, as if some one had thrown in a boulder. “ That’s your fish,” said Sammy, ‘‘ and Rod and Gun in Canada he was trying to climb up to catch that porcupine. Anyway, they always pull for the shore, like the sailor in the song, when they get hooked.” Another jump, about ten feet from shore, then another, and a, fight for ten minutes, as the net result of which a big Oswego bass, six pounds if an ounce, lay in the bottom of the boat. _ Off again, and soon another strong tug. No bass this time, and no jumping, but another kind of a critter that went down 50 or 60 feet, and seemed deter- mined to stay, for no persuasion or pressure could budge him till he got ready to move. ‘Big fellow that, Sammy ! ” ‘‘Mebbe ; a salmon, anyway.” _ ‘By and by he began to fight again, and. finally was landed. Not so big after all—six or seven pounds—but a beautiful fish. , i Just then Lev. Southworth came along, by himself, as he always was, and cursing this luck. ‘‘ Trolled all day and not a salmon ; could have filled a boat with ‘bass.”’ “There's another tree-climber,”’ said Sammy, as there was a big splash in the shallow water. Amother splash fur- ther out, then another, just beside our boat. It was Lev’s fish this time, and we could have netted it as it passed us. ‘“ Another d—d bass,” said Lev, “a mate for yours. I am going home,” and he pulled off for the hotel, where we found him after awhile and swap- ped fish and deer stories around the big stove. Sammy finished his short yarns, and sang his favorite ditty : Back and side go bare, go bare, Both feet and hands go cold ; But belly, God send thee ale enough, Let it be new or old. If you don’t believe this yarn, you can see the two bass, mounted by Cur- ‘rie and Pree: on the -wall, in my of- fice. = A Monster Bass. ‘Fish Commissioner Cohen, of Chi- cago, recently discovered a black bass . of extraordinany size in a shipment to one of the local commission companies from Portsmouth, Va. The fish, it is said, weighed nine and one-half pounds, and when first taken out of the water must have weighed ten pounds or more. The dimensions are 25 1-2 inches from mouth to tip of tail, 19 inches in girth, 6 1-2 inches in diameter, 5 1-2 inches high when resting on its belly. The open mouth measures 6 inches between the lips.. The gian “ bronze-backer ”’ is now in the hands of a taxidermist, and south-western mink, 25 p and when mounted will be sent to th Smithsonian Institution at Washingtor A. bill will soon be brought befor Congress providing for a commissia to treat with the Chippewa Indians f the privilege of including their old r servation in the proposed Norther Minnesota National Park. The tert tory lies at the head-waters of the 1] sissippi River and comprises 61,5 acres of land and 218,470 acres of wat —the Cass Lake, Chippewa, Leech Le and Lake Winnebago reservations, — From: the city whose location is liak to confuse the foreigner, Kansas Cit which is not in Kansas but in Missou comes the complete catalogues of t J. F. Schmeizer & Sons’ Arms Co., } plete with lists of guns and ammul tion, athletic and sporting goods a fishing tackle for sale. This ia been long in the business, and is many catalogues. Those received ¢ numbers 699B and 774. Raw Fur Sales, London, Eng. — Private cables contain the followi information regarding the course of | market up to date, compared with | March: * Alaska otter, 20 per cent. high southwestern otter, same as last Mar Labrador otter, 20 per cent. lower; f 75 per cent. higher; silver fox, 100° cent. ‘higher ; cross fox, 50 per ¢ higher; blue fox, 20 per cent. hig! white fox, 40 per cent. higher; rine, 15 per cent. ‘higher; bedeeng as last March; wild cat, 125 per ¢ higher; house cat, no name} min Z marten, no change; lynx, 100 per ¢ higher; dark beaver, same as last J American beaver, 20 per cent. hi than last June; wombat and wall 20 per cent. higher than last Octob Later cables report black bear s as last March; northern and wes raccoon, same as last March; western raccoon, 10 per cent, lynx, 100 per cent. up; mart Halifax and eastern mink, unc northern mink, 15 per cent. up; up; Russian sable, unchanged; er! 50 per cent. up; skunk, 20 per cent civit cat, 10 per cent. up. a It must be remembered that cases the advances mentioned peen fully anticipated by the Ju October sales, upon which local are already based, so that it do mean that prices now being pal be greatly altered—Trade Revie The Chateau Frontenac, a magnifi- CH op cent new fire-proof hotel, erected by a A EAU FRONTENAC number of capitalists of Montreal, | stands at the eastern end of a splendid QUEBEC. esplanade known as the Dufferin Ter- race, just below the King’s Bastion of : } the Citadel, commanding delightful _ views of the St. Lawrence as far as the eye can reach—down past the Ile d’Or- } leans, across to Levis and beyond, up } stream to Sillery, and, to the left, the country along the beautiful valley of the St. Charles River. The grandeur } of the scenery is indescribable; it is _ matchless in diversity and charming in effect. No grander site for such a } Structure could be found on the con- _ tinent and it would not be easy to com- _ bine the advantages it possesses in any _ place the world over. This elegant ho- 7 tel, on which nearly $1,000,000 has been - judiciously expended, and which has _ been enlarged to meet the increased - demands of travel, is erected on an his- toric spot of more than ordinary inter- est—the site of the old Chateau St. _ Louis, so famous in Canadian history ' and once the vice-regal residence of the Governors of Canada, both before and after the conquest. The rates are from $3.50 upwards per longed stay. -For further particulars day, with special arrangements for address Manager, Chateau Frontena> large parties or those making a pro- Quebec. | Wenig There is more Sport to the Square ot Mile in Canada along the line of the e & ie MOOSE CARIBOU ; | _ DEER [ ge “ _ BIG HORN { _ BEAR | a DUCK : a than in any other part of the North "GEESE Af American Continent 4 4 4 4 8 pe 8 _ TROUT b BLACK BASS Send for copy of our Game Map, our Fishing and Shooting and other | SALMON sporting publications, to General Passenger Department, Montreal, P. Q. The Ej i Saeeemaell — Sportsmen requir- ing Guides, Canoes and Supplies, etc., 7 for Lakes. Temis- kaming and Temagaming should write to P. A. COBBOLD, Haileybury, Ont. (successor to C. C. Farr & Cobbold.) Are Standard Instru- ments in point of Technical Accuracy and Artistic Execu- tion. Renowned for Quality. WRITE FoR ameras 2 W. STARK, Agent, ACTON, ONT. 8% omy, THE HUDSON'S BAY : COMPANY HAS HAD OVER 229 YEARS qo EXPERIENCE IN FROYRINE FOR HUNTERS e+e i EVERYTHING NECESSARY CAN BE SUPPLIED. 9% 9 CIRCULAR } LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED ON.ALL THE COMPANY’S INLAND ' POSTS, seeaeeeneee FURTHER PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO & HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, WINNIPEG. 3 SFLCOE™T ©OOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOHOHOOHGOOGOOOHOGOHOOOOHOOOOOHOHOOOOOOHOHOOOOORE Province of Quebec —— POS ODO PO De The Sportsman's Paradise GAME FISH... TO LET Rivers, Lakes and Hunting Territories Hunting permits, fee : $25.00. Fishing permits, fee: $10.00. Hunting Territories Can be leased by applying to These rivers and lakes are all well stocked with salmon and trout, from four to eight pounds, and with various other kinds of fish. . MOOSE, CARIBOU AND RED DEER. 4% Splendid shootiog almost everywhere throughout the territury of 9 the Province of Quebec, especially in the Ottawa and’ Pontiac Districts, in @ © Gaspesia and Beauce, the Matapedia Valley, the Temiscamingue Region, ‘ ; the Eastern Tow nships, the North of Montreal and the Kippewa. x Game abounds in the Forests and on the Beaches. Hunting territories from 10 to 400 square miles, at $1. 00 per square! mile and upwards, can be leased, on which the lessee has the exclusive right of hunting. THE LAURENTIDES NATIONAL PARK Alone contains hundreds of the most picturesque lakes, teeming with fish, and plenty: of moose, caribou and bear; black, silver and red fox, otter, < martin, lynx, mink, fisher are also shundnick: — | FEATHERED GAME. Canadian goose, duck, woodcock, snipe, partridge, plover, etc., are in in great > | number in almost every part of the province. Q HUNTING AND FISHING PERMITS ~ Can be obtained from the Department of Lands, Forests and Fisheries and from the Game-wardens all over the province. THE COMMISSIONER OF $8 LANDS, FORESTS AND. FISHERIES, QUEBEC | | q Ta pi A Ga RCE TRO CTR OSL aeRO ES 7 Rh PEC TCCCC TO J THE HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT, MONTREAL, P.Q, Mp llth A> << a a a a a a a a ww VY VN V WV VV OV ee —— (Ny \Ws Ny 2 Ma Wy ay HOR ie) wt THE NATURAL PILLARS IN THE CANADIAN NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA INGHESTER » Repeating Rifles i For All Kinds of Shooting. aaaawd All Desirable Calibers and Weights eI A FEW FAVORITES FOR HUNTING. IMMA Niodel 1895. 30 Army caliber, weight 8 1-4 pounds. i a ee 13»,- ELA AAS: Model 1894. 30 W. C. F. caliber, “ Extra Light,” weight 6 1-2 pounds. Model 1894. 30 W. C. F. caliber, ** Take Down,” weight 7 3-4 pounds. 4 Model 1892. 44 and 38 caliber, “ Take Down,” weight } 7 poun A Model 1886. "45-70 caliber, “Extra Light,” weight 7 pounds. | Shoot Winchester Aamadition. Made for all Kinds of Guns. FREE. 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AMERICANS SAY The finer Engiish or American Powder and Cana- dian ‘‘ Caribou,” I am quite familiar ‘with. They give so little recoil that one may shoot all dav without bruised shoulder or headache —Forest and Stream. j CANADIANS ABROAD SAY Can you send over some Trap? I don’t mean to flatter but it is ahead of anything we get here.-— A W. W., Batavia, N.Y. Lakeeeceece Cemiskaming Bellevue Hote SEASON 1800 FOR RATES ADDRESS CECIL HOTEL, JOHN McCOMBIE," OTTAWA N, PROPRIETOR In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most luxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two minz= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, Toronto, Ont. Proprietors. CONTENTS. Frontispiece—T he Natural Pillars in the Editorial Our Ducking Trip—by F. H. Conover.... The Canadian Forestry Association .. Amateur Photography, ¢ At the Kennels; conducted by D. Taylor. 2... ..2. 500 cia Se Mattawa Fish and Game Club........ The Gun, conducted by ‘ Wanderer’s Corner....... .-. 02. -eeeee conducted by H. McBean Johnstone.......... Canadian National Park, Alberta, + weve Glee slew cone ae 200-201 202-204 204-208 208-212 212 213-214 215-217 193 ALE LABAIT TS IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. a The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Tourists and Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. veniences. tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &e. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. Fitted with all modern con- | Very central, being within easy dis- | BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL WINDSOR, ONT, LEADING HOTEL IN THE CITY. SPECIAL RATES FOR TOU T. W. MCKEE, PROPRIETOR. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA .% 38.3 38.98 DEVOTED TO THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF .CANADA. | | One Dollar Per Annum. MONTREAL, APRIL, 1900. Single Copies Ten Cents. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. BSCRIPTION RATES: {ONE YEAR, - ONE DOLLAR. “BIX MOoNTHs, Firty CENTS. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ERTISING RATES: Two DOLLARS -PER INCH PER ISSUE. ; A discount of 15 per cent. on annual contracts, § Communications on all topics pertaining to i the kennel and i Btaiiniratinns should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. “We are pleased to notice continued re- ce in sportsmen’s papers to the bene- re results likely to follow the formation of the North American Fish and Game rotection Association, which occurred e. bruary 2nd. The fact that this organ- ation has the Commissioner of Lands, Morests and Fisheries of Quebec as its resident, the Surveyor-General of New Brunswick among its Vice-Presidents, esides a liberal percentage of other gov- ernment officials of the fish and game in- erests in Canada and contiguous states, ‘as officers and members, gives it a more an ordinarily solid character, and sisted as they will be by other earnest og there i is a great future before it. es oo © on A sportsmen in Canada should be in gy mpathy with and encourage by every iy neans they possess our United States ‘cousins in making laws prohibiting the ‘sale of game and game fish. Not only does 8 1 h legislation protect the States resour- _ ces, but it closes effectually a wide open aa Ror for disposing of the illegally killed /Canadian bird, beast or fish, which are “shipped from Canada under various aliases. Many a pound of Canadian speckled trout has been disposed of in I ew York or Boston. F © o> © - The Province of Quebec Game and Pro- es Club enjoys new and earned : at 3 Soom dignity under its recently changed name. It has done much good work in the past, and as “The Fish and Game Protection Association for the Province of Quebec,”’ its future will be as useful. The Super- intendent of Fisheries and Game of Quebec, Mr. L, Z. Joncas, in his last annual report, says of its work : ‘‘ It rend- ers great service to the province. Its members are very active and zealous ; the men they employ are well chosen and displayed much activity and energy. It would be very desirable to have similar clubs in the districts of Quebec and Three Rivers,’”’ and we may add, throughout Canada. oOo Quebec has recently appointed three new wardens for special game protection service in Ottawa and Pontiac counties. There is ample room without any danger of them becoming tired walking over the same ground too often. Those counties are many thousand square miles in extent. © o> oO Ontario will have a*new game law shortly, into which are presumed to be all the old enactments. At time of writing it is before the House in its initial stages. One important change is an open season for moose and caribou, which the bill states is to be from November Ist to 15th inclusive, once every three years. © oo The Dominion Government is stocking the National Park at Banff and Commis- sioner McCreary has secured five elk which he purchased from Valentine Winkler, of Morden, Man. There are three bulls of 10, 5 and 3 years and one cow of 7 years and female calf of 9 months. It is expected that two more females will be added this year. The bucks when shipped had very fine antlers. ooo An English paper states that the Boers are utilizing field glasses generally to assist in shooting accurately. One man watches with a glass where his fellows’ shots strike and acts as coach, thereby aiding them in correcting their aim at distances too long to see clearly at with unaided eyes. oo Hereafter, our amateur photographic department will be conducted by Mr. H. McBean Johnstone in his own name, instead of under the nom de plume of Eusibus Jaxson II. © Oo O Those of our readers who follow the gentle and useful art of Amateur Photo- graphy and who intend to visit the Paris Exposition will not be pleased with the regulations under which photograms may be taken. Forexample: Exhibits may not be photographed without permission: of the owners. A hand camera may be used at all hours, but the fee is 25 francs, ($5.00). The unfortunate who attempts to use a tripod must pay 1000 franes, ($200), can only photograph before 1 p.m., and the user must have in his possession a card bearing his own photograph. Whether this card is to be used to indentify himself with in case he gets lost, or is a passport to show that he is the person entitled to use that particular instrument, we are not able to say at present. ooo The cases wherein utility, in the shape of pulp mills, is to absolutely override every other consideration are begining to to occur. It is a moot point apparently with the legislators whether anglers should be considered at all where pulp mill concessionaires are concerned. No reasonable man objects to as many pulp mills as there ought to be, but there are cases where the super-excellence of the fishing waters as a means of attracting numbers of non-residents should not be lost sight of, and there are several cases on record where the visiting angler, in- duced to come by the exceilent fishing, has made investments in Canada amount- ing now into the millions. Fortunately there are many thousand streams and lakes where the pulp mill cannot come with profit. - - * o POSER CCPL cs ay Rod and Gun in Canada ens secede é. Rirreperes EEE are “es OUR DUCKING TRIP The “Erie Eau,’ Kent Co., Ont., is known far and wide and has bec m? famous for its duck shooting, boa ing and fishing, and natural advantages to’ those seeking a few days or weeks -ul- ing. The summer months can b2 sgent in cottages or beneath tents ajacent to the borders of its waters, where a sra- vely beach gives room and comfort to beaters and bathers, during the weeks of the summer months. Its waters are dotted with numerous row-boats and graced with the wide-spreading wings of speedy yachts and sailboats. In the distance, on either side of the lake, gradually widening, are the marsh lands stretching back to the timber with numerous ponds, channels and flat, nearly the entire length of the Eau, — and woe to the belated sportsman who is so unfortunate as to become lost at nightfall in its vast expanse. At the end or as commonly called the foot, tis the Provincial Park, where is the fine com- modious dwelling of the Park Ranger The Park enclosure contains about three or four acres, with an eight foot wire fence surrounding it. The enclov sure contains moose, deer, wild turkeys English and Mongolian pheasants. The land about the Park and dwellings, and for many miles to the south, is of a sandy nature, connecting with loam soil, as it mears the marsh. The timber is chiefly pine, scrubby oak, and occasion-~ ally ia few ash with swamp willow. The formation of the land at this point is remarkable, having the appearance of gradings or as if large trenches had been made for breast works and the hand of Time had somewhat levelled it. The north side of the Eau joins the mainland, a rich iand fertile farm- ing country, the homes of many weal- thy farmers and retired gentry. The entrance to this veritable Paradise is at the south, where it flows and ebbs in- tothe treacherous Lake Erie, having an entrance of three ‘shundred (300) feet wide, on the east side is the historic “Pond Eau” lighthouse and its keeper's dwelling, so strongly fortified by the massive crib work on the sides of the channel. The Jiht is red and white flash, to distinguish it from the other lighthouses, and its popular and well lkzown keeper, Mr. W. R. Fellows, is By F. H. CONOVER. always on hand to weleome visitors and friends. Across from the lighthouse is the terminus of the Lake Erie and De- troit River Railway, where is construct- ed an immense dock and slip entrance for receiving the Lake ferry car coal boat “Shenango.” ’ It was at this terminus we landed on the 18th October, after we had first bid adieu to the flourishing town of Leamington, the Gas City of the Garden of Ontario. Our merry party of duck shooters who were to make world’s records on this event were as follows: Bert G. Westcott, John Con- over, Louis D. Johnstone, the ‘‘Chef” and the writer, not omitting his dis- tinguished ‘and well trained pointer dog, “Budd, Lansdowne.” Our outfit was a _ paraphernalia of perfection pertaining to a ducking outfit, two large heavy weather tents under which our comf>rts of the outing were to be stored. The boats were already at the grounds 2s well as the decoys ind other articles that were not perishable goods. The r-n occupied something over one hour. about 50 miles, and soon we were in sight of the spot that wiould ‘afford us many days’ sport and pleasure. Well, you pes- ky duck shooters, you had better get a move on, came from the good natured baggageman, and after greasing up, we fell to and soon had our traps piled off and ready for ferrying across to the prospective point of camping. We were fortunate in obtaining a large flat boat for transportation, in which we packed our valuables, keeping the perishable goods always handy for manipulating in case of wet feet, which is not un- common iamong duckshooters. We were soon under way and with a favorable run, made our landing. All hands jumped out, and gave the old familiar spot a warm greeung. After the tents had been s*t and well staked and the inside a. .1ged to accommodate the outfit, the “‘Chef,’ Jim, began his end of the campaign and in a few moments the odor of steak, (not moose) foretold that a three o’clock dinner would soon be awaiting ‘us. Our thouse is made of canvas and staked well to the ground. The “Chef” announces dinner, Oh! what a welcome sound, for steak, potatoes, peas and . through the first pond occasional coots 3 -panions were lying low, which indicatec cern Is on the billof fare. After the © cravings of the inner biped had. been | satisfied we enjoyed the fragrance of | cigars. After finishing the storing of 7 the boxes and chests, it was suggested — a trip be made to the ponds for pros 7 pecting. The marsh boaits, especially designed for that class of shooting, were got ready and in which were stored ia good amount of wild grass and high rice stalks for screening the boa 8, if needed, from the sight of any sus- picious birds. 'The channel connecting the head of the chain of ponds lay close at hand and easy of ‘access, where o boats lay and soon we were off to 01 prospective grounds. J. C., the wrt and L.G., in order named, pushed o while B. G. W. madie a shore trip down the Eau, and across to the ponds b A low. John \allowed as the weather was somewhat mild that our prospects would not be very inviting for a fv 1 bag that evening. As we pus would offer long shots, which were de- ferred on account of the chances. f jumping rice ducks. As we rounded th e first point a teal on cross flight came a little too close to John and his pum: answered with one to its credit. E one pushed on to their choice of loca- tion, securing as good a cover as could be obtained, and pitching out ia few n lard decoys we were soon ready for comers. In the meantime ‘Burt’ reached ‘his destination, a pass betw two large ponds that formerly had yi ed profitable returns to his game boat. Glancing about I saw that my cor n= birds in sight. In the distance were ¢ pair of mallards working toward locality and well up, and would about cross Bert’s position. Suddenly the quickly ascend, two shots broke thé stillness, and the two ducks collapses to grace the interior of the shoot hunting coat. A small flock of gadw came near giving mea shot; they v ed away and passed close to Lewis, parently, he securing one with his § ond shot. a drake. We had no mor shooting until about sundown. I wai thinking over the past labors of tl day and musing on the enjoyment tha the future two weeks would afford us when I was suddenly disturbed by tt swish and rustle of wings; above and too high for a shot, was a flock 0 black mallards making a general su vey of the feeding grounds, quic working eastward. Soon they cil and retrace the track made, each cuit lower and lower; now they seen my decoys and with a sharp swi n _ make another stretch and with eyes alert for danger, carefully surveying their surroundings, are making straight for my blind of rice. Suddenly the grea- _ ter portion of the flock turn off to the _ left while two come on cutting across | the outside portion of the decoys. In an instant my Smith hammerless spoke ‘out, and at the crack, crack, of the “nitro, the two birds were gracing the air with the antics that indicated a ‘clean score. Ais the darkness was fast g, and upon the agreed sig- nh als being given to pull up we returned ig air to camp, having bagged six ducks and several coots, a sufficient guaranvee ) the larder for the next day. Upon nding we agreed to wait for w»urt, , by the way, had made a tine kill a mallard who came a little too c oze upproachi uring the night the weather had ged and the morning came with a cloudy sky and heavy winds, making favorable prospects, and with mets well filled with shells, a trip again made to the marshes. By ‘time it was light enough to see nly and several flocks of birds could seen hovering and circling over the sand sloughs. Here and there were e birds dropping down, and others = out. The wind steadily fresiening o almost a gale, made it somewhat un- leasant in handling the boats. Once oss the ponds and into the grass. we d walk from slough to slough. Here and there an occasional duck was jump- ed and paid tribute to our presence. Af- er we had crossed we divided, and John taking one course, Louis and the writer another. I will not re- cord the severai kills made and as many n es also during the day which, how- ever, did not lessen our enjoyment. About twelve o’clock the flight fell off anc we made our way back to camp. fohn and Burt were already there with ‘a good showing for the morning, and fter a count up we found that twenty- seven ducks had been bagged, chiefly grey and black mallards and pintails. The unusually mild season and the ab- sence of frost was against good butter ball shooting (ruddy duck) and not very large numbers were killed. One afternoon was pleasantly and success- fully spent by John and. Burt in the bay by bagging numerous ruddy ducks a nd one canvas back. Day after day ‘Was spent with more or less success, and with the pleasant visits of neigh- boring sportsmen the time passed by quickly and we realized that the time was drawing near for our return home. ‘On Saturday, Nov. 4th, the pack- Rod and Gun in Canada ing and moving commenced, which was no small task, and by eleven o’clock the outfit was landed for transportation at the station. We bid farewell to the re- maining sportsmen and when the “‘all aboard” signal was given by the co..- ductor, our party standing on the plat- form of the rear car waved a farewell to the spot in which we had spent many days so pleasantly. P.S.—I omitted to mention the use of ‘Dupont Smokeless’’ in all our loads, which were pre- pared and loaded by Mr. Wm. Nichol, Chatham, Ont., in Ely and U.M. C. smokeless cases, that gave perfect results. Guns used, L. C., Smith and Winchester Repeaters. a han hen OF The annual banquet of the St. Mau- rice Fish and Game Club took plaice at the ‘Windsor Hotel, Montreal, March 30th, and was largely attended. The club was organized nearly “ten years ago through the efforts of Dr. Drummond, Mr. W. H. Parker and others, and its territory, which em- braces over 100 lakes, and ground, em- bracing many square miles, is situated up the St. Maurice River, about 100 miles from Three Rivers. The member- ship of the club is approximately 100. Two new steamers will ply on the waters this year, and they will have cabin and berth accommodation for members and their families and guests. A farm is cultivated and guides em- ployed, while the tract is under the guardianship of John Allan, a Montreal sportsman, who now makes his home there. The banquet brought out, among other things, the fact that the Province of Quebec to-day stands as the pre- mier sporting district of the continent, and that such was now recognized in Canada, as well as in the United States and abroad. Mention of the great benefits resulting from the efforts of fish and game clubs’ to protect the Province from reckless hunters and fishermen who prey, in and out of sea- son, upon fish and animal life, was made by a number of the members and guests. Not the least important was the somewhat extended reference to the able manner in which Quebec had been advertised, and immuch applause went around the banquet board when the ‘work accomplished tin this direction was referred to by one of the speakers. It was recalled that hundreds of thousands of able and truthfully writ- ten and beautifully engraved pamphlets had been sent all over the continent. 201 These were all descriptive of the scenic, sporting and industrial advantages of the Province. Thus it was, said one of the members, that so many rich Americans were at- tracted to Quebec, and as a direct re- sult he pointed to ‘the pulp industry, which has t:prung up, wealthy men hav- ing joined game and gun clubs, and, finding an outlet for capital, brought it here for development. THE FUR SALES The Hudson Bay Company's fur sales commenced on Monday and will con- clude on Thursday. An important fur- ther advance has taken place in prices, but in some cases ‘this was partly due to a reduced supply. Silver fox advanced 131 per cent. on a rise last year of 85 per cent. Cross fox advanced 56 per cent. on a Tise last year of 30 per cent. Blue fox fell 19 per cent. on a rise last year of 65 per cent. Otter advanced 20 per cent., but last year was without change. Fisher fell 3 per cent. on a fall last year of 10 per cent. Marten advanced 21 per cent. on a rise of 60 per cent. last year. Red fox advanced 92 per cent. on a vise last year of 65 per cent. White fox advanced 53 per cent. on a rise last year of 75 per cent. Kitt fox advanced 30 per cent.--Lon- don Canadian Gazette,-March 22. THE LATEST TRIBUTE G. W. Cole and Co., New York: Altoona, Pa., March 16th, 1900. Gentlemen:— I wish to say I am an enthusiastic gunner, golfer and wheelman. I have used ‘3 in One” as the directions say and found this the best Lubricant I ever used. But I have found this oil to be the very greatest thing for shoes I have ever used or heard of. I have used everything ever made or heard of but after getting my gunning or walking shoes damp a few times they would get hard as ever. I gave my shoes a good oiling with “3 in One’ two weeks ago and have had them soaked in water, snow and mud every day since and find them as soft as a glove in the morning. I may say this also, it’s the only oil I ever used ‘that the leather would atsoro quickly. I write this in the hope that you may put this use on your bottles and thus help fellow sportsmen. : With best wishes, I am, Yours truly, (Signed) EDWARD BALL. Rod and Gun in Canada re pearire $05 se Ry ie sts “Rod and Gun”’ is the Official Organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. I. The name of the Association shall be The Canadian Forestry Association. II. Its primary objects shall be: (1) To ‘advocate and encourage ju- dicious methods in dealing with our forests and woodlands. (2) To awaken public interest to the sad results attending the wholesale de- struction of forests (as shown by the experience of older countries) in the deterioration of the climate, diminution of fertility, drying up of rivers and streams, etc., etc. (3) To consider and recommend the exploration as far as practicable of our public domain and its division into agricultural, timber and mineral lands, with a view of directing immigration and the pursuits of our pioneers into channels best suited to advance their interests and tthe public welfare. With this accomplished a portion of the un- appropriated lands of the country weuld jbe permanently reserved for the growth of timber. (4) 'To encourage iafforestation where- ever advisable, and to promote forest tree planting, especially in the treeless areas of our Northwestern prairies, upon farm lands where the proportion of woodland is too luw, and upon h’gh- ways and in the parks of our villages, towns and cities. (5) To collect and, Minaagniiiats. for the benefit of the public, reports and information bearing on the forestry problem in general, and especially wi:h respect both to the wooded and prairie districts of Canada, and to teach the rising generation the value of the for- est with the view of enlisting their efforts in its preservation. MEMBERSHIP. III. Its membership shall include all who pay an annual fee of $1.00, or a life membership fee of $10.00. : OFFICERS. IV. ‘The officers shall inc:ude an hon- orary president, a president, a_ vice- president, a secretary, an assistant gec- retary, a treasurer and seven direc- tors. V. These officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the Association, and shall serve one year or until their successors are elected. Vacancies occurring during the year may be filled by the executive com- mittee. VI. The officers shall constitute an executive committee, and five. of the same shall be a quorum, and they will appoint a vice-president for each Pro- vince and each provisional district of the Northwest Territories, and also for Keewatin. VII. The annual meeting of the As- sociation shall be on the first Thurs- day in March, at the city of Ottawa, or at such other place and time as the previous annual meeting shall de- cide, a notice of one month of which shiall be given to each member by the secretary. VIII. Special meetings shall be held at such time and places as the executive may decide, a sufficient no- tice of which shall be sent to each member ‘by the secretary. IX. Amendments of the Constitution can only be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present and en- titled to vote, and at the annual meet- ing of the Association, and a notice of such intended amendment shall be given with the notice calling ti2 meet- ing. BY-LAWS PRESIDENT. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association. VICE-PRESIDENT. II. In the absence of the President a Vice-President shall preside at all the meetings of the Association; and in the absence of all of them a Presi- dent pro tem shail be elected by the meeting. SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SEC- RETARY. Ili. The secretary shall keep a re- cord of the proceedings of the Associa- tion and of the Executive Committee, and shall be custodian of all docu- ments, ‘books and collections ordered to be preserved. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Association, and shall keep a list of members, with their residences, and shall notify members of the time and place of meeting of the Associa- tion, and in his absence his duties will be discharged by the assistant secre- tary. TREASURER. IV. The ‘Treasurer shall have custody of all moneys received, < ud shill deposit or invest the same in s LC manner as the Executive Committee shall direct, and shall not expend ny money except under direction or p- proval of the Executive Committee. The financial year of the Association shall close on December 31st of eact year. 4 ORDER OF BUSINESS. Vv. At the regular meeting of Association the order of business shall be that proposed by the Executive Commitee and announced by the pre- siding officer. In the absence of such prepared order of business the follow: ing shall be observed:— (1) Calling to order. (2) Reading of minutes. . . (3) Reading and ‘referring or dispos: ing of letters, accounts, etc. (4) Reports of committees. 4 (5) Enquiries and notices of motion (6) President’s address. 4 (7) Papers, addresses and discussiot by members and others invited by Gm meeting. ou (8) Nomination and election of off cers. : (9) Unfinished and miscellaneou business. : (10) Adjournment. Adopted as ia whole. * THE WEALTH OF THE FOREST.; ver | Instructive Address by the Governo : General -stivall conamaaaall a Interesting Meeting at Ottawa, March 2: 2 His Excellency the Governor-Geners who takes a keen interest in fores' occupied the chair, and on the platf with him were: Sir Henry Joly de Lo biniere, Senator Macdonald, of Britis Columbia; Senator Allan and Mr. Stewart, Chief Forest Inspector of t Dominion. Among those in the au ence were Senator Perley, Dr. Saunder Dr. Bell and a number of ladies a1 gentlemen, interested in the aims of t association. :. The meeting was opened with an nouncement iby Sir Henry Joly to effect that (His Excellency had kir consented to accept the presidency the association. Being asked by 4 Henry to address the meeting, a cellency said: Ladies and Gentlemen,—It gives § reat pleasure to be here to-night at th first meeting of the Canadian For- : estry Association. I was asked to come t o the meeting by Sir Henry Joly, and, t hough he has not said it himself, we all know that the association owes its | existence to the great interest he takes jn forestry as a practical forestry man. he idea of the association is a most cellent one, for I cannot help think- that you in Canada have an enor- yus mine of wealth in the possession of the huge forests that extend over le country, and I must say that I am fraid the tendency so far has been hat the gold mine you have in those a vou think is impossible to get saping the iproducts of it forever. 2 study of forestry, as far as J yw, is rather in its infancy. It oight watched for many years; but, it happens I have taken considerable in the subject myself, and I ve found a marked diversity of opin- m amongst even the best known ex- as well as in standard books on y. As a result, it is almost im- ole to get a sound idea upon the means or the best manner of man- ing either local woods or the forest of y large country. I therefore think more than ordinary importance or you in Canada to recognize the alue of a perfect knowledge of the ce of forestry, not only with a view uping las much as you can from the ucts of existing forests, but with a ew of encouraging a second growth f the virgin forest and perpetuating e timber which is of such value to e country. n Canada, as I have already said, the ests are enormous, and while no , the earlier sections in the country arded them as their enemy rather an their friend, it cannot be disputed yw that they are an immense resource wh as deserves the keen consideration itatesmen and others who take an ten est in their country’s welfare. The cleaned his property and his toagea but he probably forgot that at deal of his existence depended ‘what he reaped from the forest d. He built this house and had fuel without any thought of a dimin- d supply so far as timber was con- red, and I am inclined to think at the same idea handed down by m exists to a great extent to-day. The upression certainly exists that you can into the woods and hew and hack away without any regard for future supply, as long as you get what you ag 7 (1€1 Rod and Gun in Canada want for the time being to satisfy your needs. So in ta country like this you should realize that this wealthy re- source may come to an end, and it is very important that the people should find out the best way of reproducing the forest, which must otherwise even- tually succumb to the axe in the very near future Of course my own experience does not extend through huge tracts of country, but instead through old wooded places where one gets very much attached to every tree. But the treatment of wood- ed places I speak of and of unlimited forests such as you have ia this couniry have been very different. There has been a great difference of opinion in the matter of forestry and I understand the object of the association is to encourage the science of attending to that one of nature’s gifts and to en- courage the public to take an interest in the subject with a view of improving the possibility in this direction in Can- ada. It cannot be ignored that the enor- mous tracts of timber and wood we possess in Canada must some day come to an end, and one of the great prob- lems of the association will be how best to arrange for the following crop, and What trees follow each other best; and also the great question of what trees are best for agricultural purposes. The subject is an exceedingly interesting one, and there are experts present wiho can explain matters upon it better than [ can. But, as I understand our object is to encourage forestry, as I have al- ready said, and to make a scientific study of it for the benefit of future generation. It is not only for the preservation of the immense tracts of forests, but also to encourage orna- mental forestry, as we might call it, such as might embellish our highways and also to instil an appreciation of ‘local forest trees. There is nothing so awful as ito ruin the forest growth which ought to be the pride of any country, and I assure you my experi- ence here, the few times I have been up in the distant parts of the bush is to see the magnificent specimens of trees become scarcer and scarcer every day, and I really think it will be a great benefit if many of those magnificent specimens of trees are allowed to exist. Cam quite sure that Sir Henri Joly will do his utmost in this direction. ‘And then there is the pruning and planting, and the preparation of land for forest purposes, all of which are of intense interest. These are points which the association intends to take up, and with that object in view I can- 203 not help expressing the opinion that the association will be of immense val-e to the nation. I will not Say any more as my expenience is limited, and there are several ientlemen ready to express their views upon the subject before the meeting. PROF. MACOUN. Prof. Macoun gave a most instructive address dealing chiefly with the possi- bility of reforesting ithe great prairies of the Northwest. In days long gone by those immense territories were cov- ered with trees, and the day would s00n come with the application of pro- per methods, when thay would be cloth- ed again in the same way. It was said that trees would not grow there becuse of the climate, and the soil being un- favorable, ‘but that wasamyth. Th-y had nothing to do in the matter of the gnowth of forests. The chief thing was moisture. If settlers would make ponds on the prairies with bottoms im- pervious to water, amoisture would be caused in the immediate ne:ghborhood, and it would not be long before willows and shrubs would be sean sprouting up around the edges. They would create a shade and thus retain the moisture of the ground and give rise’ to the . growth of other trees, until it would not be long before the growth would extend amazingly. All that was want- ed was for the settlers to start the ball rolling and nature would do the rest. He had experimented with success in this way.. THE VALUE OF FOREST PRODUCTS. Mr. Butler, of the Rathbun Company, followed with an excellent essay on the importance of forestry to the country. The annual value of the products of the forests of Canada was $80,000,000, the amount exported being $28,000,000. The aggregate consumption of the country was two billion feet board measure, which if spread out, would be more than sufficient ito house in Ottawa and Hull and many of the suburbs. Allud- ing to the means of conservation of the forests, Mr. Butler stated that experi- ence had proved thalt in mamy cases where the pine was cut from a limit, a fire going through it proved beneficial as there would be a new growth of pine sooner than otherwise. The fire burned the branches and twigs which prevented ‘the seed of pine reaching the ground and taking root, and conse- quently with \these out of the way there was a better chance for a new growth of wine. EXPERIMENTS AT THE FARMS. Dr. Saunders then gave some valuable 204 information on ‘the result of the experi- ments in forestry carried on at the Ex- perimental farms. They carried out the theory advanced by Prof. Macoun, that moisture was an essential to the growth of trees. In twelve years they had twenty thousand trees on the farm, with observations noted on their growth and the existing conditions. Most valu- able ‘information thad been obtained, and such an association as that just formed would no doubt encourage peo- ple to make use of this information to the best advantage. Dr. Bell spoke at some length on the spruce resources of the country and was followed by Mr. Elias Stewart, Forest Inspector, who read a careful- ly prepared paper on forestry, point- ing out that the time had come for practical steps to be taken towards the preservation of the forests. An interesting discussion followed in which His Excellency took a prominent part, after which the meeting closed. THE FOREST TREES. By Ella Walton. Spread o’er the vast and lovely earth There lives a band, With firm feet planted in the soil, The product of their ceaseless toil, Their mother nature gives them birth, All o’er the land. And noiseless, working as they grow So tall and grand, They silent watch the flowing tide Of man’s unrest, his sins and pride, While rich blood through their hearts will flow, At God’s command. They clothe the plains, they crown the hills, From strand to strand, In whispers low they breathe of life, In wailing sobs they tell of strife, By rivers broad, and tiny rills, Look how they stand ! They regal rule where tropic heat Glows on the sand, Their singing leaves to soul a calm, Their tinted green to eyes a balm ; ’Mid winter’s snow they crack and beat— A hardy band. With relics of a by-gone race Who once did stand, Where generations toil and rest ; In flinty rocks all firmly pressed, The shadowy imprint we trace Of Mighty Hand. Rod and Gun in Canada pol Lai psy AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY v BABY PHOTOGRAPHY -\INCE the beginning of art, the nude S or semi-clothed figure of a child has been for wielders of the brush a sub- ject of admiration, so much so in fact, that the portraying of childhood has be- come a study in itself. For centuries baby figures, such as cherubs and nude cu- pids, have played a prominent part in both painting and sculpture, as well as in the artistic architecture taat controls half the public buildings of the worid. But apparently ail this bears no prac- tical relation to paotography. It cer- tainly is a long jump from tne cherubs and cupids of celebnated artists to litiue naked roly-poly babies in bath tubs or cicthes baskets by photographers of aoubtful skill, but that same subject properly treated, cannot fail to bring wonderful resuits in the way of stud.es. One sees hosts of child photograms. For instance, in the advertising col- umns of our magazines there are pro- bably a couple of dozen that are so well known as to be at once recognized, as Pears’ Soap Babies or Wool Soap, or some Other kind of babies. And then you commence to wonder who takes them or where they all come from, and in connection with this the query suggests itself ‘‘what will those babies think of it at twenty years from now if they are living?’ In half the Christmas numbers and supplements of papers and magazines that are published, the idea seems to be to fill up every vacant space with half tones of five and six-year-old ‘‘dailings’ in ‘huge armchairs, and dressed in Sun- day best pinions that starch has put in a position to stand alone, and in their arms gilassy-eyed dolls, or big fluffy wool lambs held in the most strained and unnatural positions, while they screw their faces up with a camera smile. (There is such a thing ag a camera smile, you know, same as 4a bicycle face.) Such effects should be carefully guarded against. Shun woolly lambs and flaxen-haired dolls or anything that tends to give a “photograph look’’ and rather try for the simplest positions possible. How much better the child looks sit- ting on the floor or ground, with as few A ‘photographers in this respect. clothes on as possible and solemnly p “a ting on a huge hat or shoe, and its eye wide open in childish wonder. ‘There is a proper age for taking p tograms of children, and while the - it is not very sharply denned, thre years will, on the average, pe fo n tar ahead of three monuns. 4 At three monuns vhere is too great ¢ lack of torm aad too uwuch suggescion of a feather peu vr a tine pork sausag* and thouga at that age the purity am dalicajcy ot the pink ‘tiated skin us far more in eviaence thaw it us a coup { of yeaus later, it is beyond the power vu the camera, even with ‘the assistan of othocromatic plates and color se : to reproduce it properiy aud che es pian is to give way to circumstance until about the age when baby com mences ito creep. Then betove ciothin has had a chance to get in its deadl; work and cause deformities, the d 24 cately graded shadows on the arms an legs can be made to suggest that fre ‘ ness of color that the camera is waab to portray. Ka Some artists prefer to photogra 2] baby against a rich dark backgro while others believe that the de bas-relief effect obtained by the use ¢ lighter colors is preferable. Prope rh speaking the background may be cla ed among the unnecessary for in seventy-five out of a h ndrs cases the best results are from phot grams taken when the child is sitth on the grass or a rug engaged in sor habitual oceupation.. The law does not allow the exhibiti 3 or indeed the photographing, of nw figures and to those of us accustome to move in the broad minded society - art and literature, this no doubt appea to be narrowness of idea cn the pa of Puritan fanatics, to whom nudity able to suggest impurity instead of a Painters are allowed more license ‘ 1g But th is and always has been a much debat subject and it is not proposed enter into a discussion on the and wrongs of the case. Undoub this law is broken every day and 1 doubtedly photographers will contit to break it while it is pemitted uh main in force, for though unwill ag exhibit their photograms and run t . wUCCesS OTLE chance of being sued there are members of the fraternity who take pleasure in such work as a means of studying ar- tistic effect. As before stated, child photography forms a study in itself. The use of the young moose for New Zealand shipped from Mani- toba, and of which a picture appears in this issue, a Manitoba correspon- dent writes of them as fol’ows: “During my visit to photograph them they showed not the slightest fear, al- though I wes a stranger. It ‘s rumor- Charles Stewart, of Havelock, Queen’s County, New Brunswick, com- ing out of the woods April 10th, saw a bull moose with a full set of horns. As the moose in New Brunswick usual- ly shed their horns about February Ist, this case is worthy of note. The mocse was seen at Alwardbrook, about four -hours’ rail from St. John, N.B. Fishing Season. The finest days in all tthe year With strange perversity appear Just when we have, and cannot shirk, Some hideous job of undone work. —Detroit Free Press. 232 Rod and Gun Ly p> yy wun AT THE KENNELS Conducted: by D. Taylor. | it THE DOG SHOW. Montreal Canine Associati_n’s The bench show is now a thing of the past. It had been looked forward to by local fanciers for weeks previous with some- what mixed feelings, as hitherto the general public have not always taken the warmest‘interest in matters affect- ing our four-footed friends—the dog. But the committee entered upon their preparations with the determination to deserve success if ‘they could not at- tain it, and the result was eminently satisfactory to themselves as well as to those who patronized it. The show, alike in regard to the merit of the dogs and the number exhibited, was away ahead of anything seen in Montreal be- fore, and we unde.scand also that fiian- cially, while not probably the success which its merits entitled it to, it was such as not to discourage the promot- ers. For three days the Arena presented a very animated scene, especially in the afternoons and evenings when vis- itors poured in freely, and the din from the barking and yelping of the dogs excited by the presence of so much humanity was at times simply deafen- ing. All varieties were represented, from the tiniest toy Spaniel to the massive “dogue de Bordeaux,” a breed seen for the first time on exhibition in this country. The animal is indigen- ous to the south of France, and has only recently become known on _ the English show bench, from where they were imported by Mr. McLellan, of St. John, N.B., who is a great admirer eof the breed. They are certainly fine- ‘looking animals, and being a novelty, tthey attracted a great deal of atten- tion. There were about three hundred dogs benched, the most numerous breeds be- ing collies and St. Bernards, all the classes in which were well filled. At the same time there was ‘a good sprink- ling in all others, and what was lack- ing in numbers made up in quality, especially in cocker spaniels, fox ter- riers (both smooth and wire-haired) and English bull terriers, while Scotch and Irish terriers were also a good show. The principal exhibitors from a dis- tance were Norfolk Kennels, Toronto; Bayview Kennels (W. Miller), Trenton, Ont.; C. B. McAllister, Peterboro, Ont.; W. H. Williams, Pembroke, Oni.; H. Parker Thomas, Belleville, Ont.; H. R. McLellan, St. John, N.B.; Reeve and Jeffery, Tcron.o, On..; Terra Cctta Ken- nels (John G. Kent), Toronto; CC. T. Mead, Toronto; George Bell, Toronto; John W. Benson, Midlands, Ont.; F. A. James, Ottawa, ete. Among loval exhibitors the following were well represented: Airedale Ken- nels, Auchcalrne Kennels, Mrs. A. Be- lasco, J. A. Brosseau, J. E. Brunette, George Caverhill, Coila Kennels, Har- old T. Cooke, Wm. Cox, John Cumming, Dr. Drummond, Cscar Dufresne, G. W. Eadie, Miss Eadie, Arthur F. Gault, Miss Lilian Gault, Ernest Hogue, S. P. Airedaile Terrier. Howard, James Lally, J. R. Lewis, Capt. Lonergan, Montreal Hunt, P. F. Mathias, Newmarket Kennels, Mrs. Stuart Nichol, Mrs. J. A. Pitt, Princi- pal Peterson, Joseph Reid, Alex. Ross, Miss Clara Ruthven, Allison H; Sims, James H. Smith, Mrs. A. Smith, Josh. Stanford, F. and A. Stuart, Mrs. Tallis, Chas. Thomson, W. George Throsby, G. H. Webber, ete. To give the prize list in detail would occupy more space than can be spared this issue, but we may be allowed to par.icularize a few. Ia th2 collie cas:- es there were half a dozen as good as can be found almost anywhere, and included such well-known cracks as Laurel Laddie, Knight Errant IL, Woodmansterne Conrad and Heather in Canada Irish and representative specimen of any breed ‘ain for some time past, a fact which ‘is shown by the mumber of entrie ‘of roughing it on his native heath hav-— ‘of already. Jhigh-class cockers. -recently ihe made a trip to, the Wes Blossom. The finst and last-named were placed first respectively in open dogs and bitches, and on coming to- -gether for the final, as the best collie ‘in’ the show; Heather’ Blossom receiveé the blue ribbon. In’ St. Bernards Messrs. F. and Stuart’s Rosy O’Grady was placed fi in all her classes, and also first in th final. In cocker spaniels there were such grand dogs as Bell’s Standard and M.ss Fascination, Miller’s Bayview Bandit and Bayview Brigadier, Miss Gault’s Willard Jr., Sims’ Black Patti and Red Cloud, Webber’s Colonel and Red Coat, S. P. Howard’s Lady Francis, as well as others of more or less noite. q Airedale terriers, if we mistake not, was exhibited here for the first time. 7 As said before, there were several good fox terriers, amongst the latter being a local dog, Lonzface, own= ed by a lady, Mrs. ‘W. H. Tallis, which won two specials for the best loca! terrier of any breed in the show. The president's medal for the most in the show was awarded to M-. Kent's wolfhound, nado ; * The ‘Scottish “terrier is working hi: way to the front again in the States as he has been doing in Great Brit- at St. Louis, Boston and New York In the two first mentioned cities th entries were treble over that of the 1899 shows, while New York was dou ble. And why shouldn’t the “di hards” be popular? He is true and game, great on vermin, and about th hardest terrier alive, long generation ing hardened his constitution. x * * Mr. G. H. Webber, proprietor of Longueuil Cocker Kennels, has recent-_ ly ‘been making extensive alteration to his kennels and adding to his sto Quit and returned with four, purchas2d fro1 the well-known breeder, Mr. Ged. Dou las, of Woodstock. He has now fine a collection as is to be found this province, and having a gré fancy for the bree@, he knows just h - to select and care or them. At t show held the other day Mr. Webb also purchased two fox terriers from Mr. H. Parker Thomas, of Bellevill * * * : ; Mr. C. B. McAllister, of Peterbo Ont., has purchased from Mr. Reid, a: Logan’s Farm, two pups from the I a sic * : as ‘ter thrown last month by the latter’s ‘Apple Blossom, the sire of which is ‘Mr. McAllister’s well-known dog Lau- ‘rel Laddie. They were an exception- ally fine lot of pups, and coming from breeding are certain to be heard of at future bench shows. AMEE Be * WC: At a meeting of breeders and fan- s of foxhounds held at Toronto ately, a Canadian foxhound club was rmed, with the following officers: ary president, J. Edward Potts, president, Dr. J. Robinson, vice-president, C. T. Mead, ; ; executive, Walter Patterson, Barrie; W. H.. Williams, Pem- ‘broke; Jack Gibbs, Guelph; Fred Ho- Henry Saunders and Alf. Rus- Toronto; J. Hasdale, Ottawa; sec- y-treasurer, H. Taylor, Toronto. twenty-five members have al- dy been enrolled. * * * G. H. Gooderham, of Tor_nto, tly sold Norfolk Trueman (Ve- tly with a good attendance of bers, when the election of officers ut.-Governor Patterson, of Mani- aL; president, John Wooton; first e-president, William C. Lee; sec- vice-president, Thomas McCaffry; y and treasurer, Eric Hamber; ‘ing committee, W. F. Ellis, W. flacara and Joseph Lemon; audi- G. B. Borradaile. very favorable report of the re- 3 secretary-treasurer was read and ted. It was decided to hold the s on Tuesday, September 11, the kes to consist of a Derby, all-age, free-for-all, the Derby entries se July 1, and the all-age and for-all August 1. The prospects a large attendance is very prom- , as several well-known handlers kennels have expressed. their in- ion of being present, and as birds very plentiful this spring the out- is good in every respect. ving to business obligations, Mr. W. Lee has been obligcd to rezign the etary-treasurership. His loss will keenly felt, as it is largely owing © his efforts the club ho!ds its pres- strong standing. Rod and Gun in Canada An International Dog Exchange. Recently, there was established up -town in a side street, in New York, .&@ dog exchange, where dogs o:¢ all breeds are bartered, and where the prices quoted upon the rag-tag native of Ireland and the low rambling af- fair from Germany fluctuate as wide- ly as those of an active “industrial.” This is taken to emphasize the fact that the dog of to-day has become a staple article of commerce. Around and ajbout this city there are men and women in widely separ- ated walks of life who have turned to the dog—not for company or con- solation as in the old days-—but for revenue only. As \he industry has dog-boarders. 233 nature has made her calling possible and profitable. . i She has’ ‘in her emplo ‘‘@ Man who collects the dogs on appointed days, and who assists her in singeing their hair in winter and clipping it in sum- mer. She has for sale dog-soap, dog- biscuits and dog. literature, and she keeps the latest fancies in collars and . blankets and leadens. Another woman, rather the other side of Harlem, who, when adversity came to her and she realized that the time had come when she must take in board- ers, made up her mind she would take She finds her customers chiefly among “‘summer-hotel people”— city families who go to resorts where dogs are not welcomed. Her home, A Snap-Shot at Newmarket Kennels. grown, and competition increased, new departments, in which the poodle and the pug are made to yield a monetary return, have naturally suggested them- selves. Up near Harlem there is a young. woman who has cep ned what might almost be styled a canine laun- dry; she takes in washing—dog wash- ing—and she says she prefers it either to typewriting or any of the other pursuits to which in nec:ssity she must have turned had it not been for the inspiration of the dog laundry. In ‘re- ality her place is more than a laun- dry—it is a cleaning, pressing and dye- ing establishment, with Turkish bath facilites. She crimps the straight locks of the Russian poodle and straightens the curling coat of the cocker spaniel. Fashion in its perverse opposition to with its yard and its stable, which she has converted into a kennel, of- fers a comfortable retreat for the town ‘dog. He is likely to get more country life during the summer than his mas- ter and mistress. From May until October her treat is full, and in winter, when peo- ple go south, she has enough boarders to more than pay running expenses. Over in Brooklyn there is a veterinary surgeon, a graduate of an institution in Germany, and for a number of years an inspector of horses in the Emperor’s cavalry, who since coming to this country has relinquished the equine branch of his profession en- ‘tirely ard devotes his time to the treat- ment of dog ailments. Some time ago this doctor performed a difficult op*ra- re~ 234 tion upon a St. Bernard—an operation that would have given him celebrity in the man-world: From the day he saved the St. Bernard he has had a practice that, reckoned in dollars and cents, might easily be termed fashion- able. He has been the atteniing sur- geon at most of the big dog shows, and his practice embraces a territory almost as large as that of widely known consulting physicians. For a visit in New York he receives a fee of $3, for calls in his own town §2. For saving #he life of a fashionable terrier, whos®-summer place is on the Hudson, the doctor once received $250. A woman owned the terrier. Thérée is a young man in Westches- ter County, a graduate of Harvard, with an income of $40,000, who clears $1,000 a year on his kennel of Irish and takes more pride in it He has terriers, than drawing his income. Rod and Gun you couldn’t get a played-out cat for him. Just so with the coach-dog. A ‘few years ago he didn’t have no price; now I would give most a bushel of any ordinary dog for a good one.” k him. The dogs that sell to-day are cocker span- in Canada A Typical Black Cocker Spaniel. one dog :alone that in prizes and stud fees brings him in $300 a year. ‘This kennel is conducted purely on b-s'nes3s principles,.-and .no one of his f.iends has ever received a dog frcm him as a gift. Once he made an exception to this rule and gave a butcher, who had caught a man tryirg ‘o s‘eal ore of his dogs, a terrier. The butcher en- tered the gift dog at the next bench show and beat every terrier the young man exhibited. The new exchange, already spoken of, has been opened, its proprietor says, with a view to meet the increas- ing trading tendencies. In such a business some sort of accepted stand- ard of values is indisp:nsable, and thrs must be governed by the market fluc- tuations. “For instance,’ explained »the proprietor, “if you wes to have brung in a pug or a spitz four years or sO ago, you might a got hre2 coach- dogs or four bull-terriers. Now, if you was to bring in a spitz or a pug, iels; prices range all the way from $40 to $100 for pups, Boston bull-ter- riers selling when six weeks old for $75 to $150, and Irish and bull-terriers ranging according to quality from $50 to $200.” ‘Collies, St. Bernar’s, paodles and set- ters are staple, inactive stocks; they bring the same prices the vear round. An Illustration in Inbreeding. The generally accepted conclusion that inbreeding necessarily causes de- terioration physically and mentally oc- casionally receives some severe shocks. It is to be presumed that this conclu- sion is restrict:d to tre human fam- ily, and animals kept more or less in confinement, because, under natural conditions, there must be no end of inbreeding. Here, however, we have the survival of the fittest, and the death of the weaklings and diseased animals, so that the breeding animals ‘greatest of collies. are sound to a much greater degree than can be the case under domesti- cation, where they are reared through sickness, which leave their effects, and are fed and kept alive when, by their own unaided efforts, they would om likely starve. In due course of iim these animals breed, and it ‘s from the results of such mating that fail- ures emanate and cause the outer against inbreeding. Some years Punch had an illustration showing : L landed proprietor looking at a bull, grand in his proportions, and soliloquiz. ing: “Ah, my fine fellow, I wish as much care had been taken ‘n the se- lection of my forefathers as in yours.” When it comes to breeding for show purposes, in which type is the consid- eration, it is essential to fix the type in one’s own kennel, otherwise the re- sult will be a medley. I remember, a good many years ago, hearing pointer breeder say of one of his bitches that she was by Champion y and her dam by Champion B, and that in the next generaiion were Champion C, D and E, and now he was going to breed her to Champion F, and shi ought to have some great puppies. I opposition to him I had mot many year before got my ideas from an autho ity on Irish terrier breeding, Mr. Wm Graham, of Belfast, who laid down hi plan as follows: “You should knoy sire and dam, and their sires and dams} know all their faults and all their goat points. You must go on picking then out yourself, dropping the ones witl any return of the bad points and keep. ing to the right kind, and in a gen- eration or two you will be able to tel just about what you may expect i a litter.” The pointer man referre to dropped out of the fancy with hi various champions, while ‘‘Billy” Cm ham has gone on from ithe days ¢ Erin to ‘those of Breda Muddler, wit a continued succession of success as which overthrow all the theories conclusions regarding the evil effect of inbreeding. 3 ; The greatest race horse among id ners the world has yet seen is F Fox, recently sold in England for $96, 900. It is interesting to note that, a illustrating successful inbreeding, he i bred exactly on the same lines as th He is out es ‘a daughter of the old Derby winrer Galo pin, and was sired by a son of a sa of Galopin, the ioutcrosses being to r lated ‘blood. Bred exactly like th are the following kings of the world: Christopher, Heaither (sire of Ormskirk Emerald), Edg as ton Fox (sire of Wellesbourre Charl' Old Hail Blucher (sire of Balgreg Hope, considered [by many the be collie in England), Wellesbourne Ca queror (sire of Ravenstone Bea t Southport Perfection, Southport The Squire and many others. Rod and Gun in Canada 6 RL THE GUN. Conducted by “Bob White.” S, itt _ The International Revolver Match. The long-looked-for challenge to Am- revolver experts was received April 24, and has been accepted. Th: hallenge is as follows: “To Monsieur, the President of the mited States Revolver Association w York: Monsieur the President,—On behalt association of French shots, | the honor of proposing to the lat ne of sixty shots with revolvers, of half shall be fired at a distance teen metres (about fifty-two (eet) t the French target, and the other f at fifty yards at the standard Am- un target. e conditions shall be those sug- l by M. Gastinne-Renette to-Mon- r the Secretary of the United Staites volver Association in his letter of 4th inst. Ve should be most happy to see American shots accept our friend- challenge, and so bring about a proof of the cordial sympathy h unites our two countries. waiting your reply, I am, ete., “COMTE JUSTINIEN CLARY. Paris, April 12, 1900.” Barger sight for shotguns is a otdepyh recent aspirant for the an’s favor. :Anyone interested n obtain a descriptive circular by iting Gray and Barger, 309 Broad- Ny y, New York City, and mentioning eamae Gun in Canada. ere are some examples for Cana- 1 In England some schools and es encourage target practice, and isley each year some matches are oung men from college. Switzer- and other European countries en- ge the youth to shoot, France ite earnest in her efforts to make ‘rifle shots of her boys. At e's great festival this summer oolboys will participate. Even the schools will send teams to ete. Among the contestants there e lads of eight years of age. It n proposed in France to reduce d ‘States Revolver Association a _ the ‘term of compulsory military service from three years to one for those who made special records in rifle shooting matches. All this is worthy of consideration by Canada. A nation of good rifle shots is a strong nation. Not only let the boys handle rifles, but urge them and offer facilities for doing so. Most lads take to firearms naturally. This is being urged in the United States, and it is worthy of adoption here. * * & In regard to the poor sighting of the English military trifles a writer says: “One man, for example, made a fair score shooting at 500 yards, but on a ‘target to the left of the one he fired at and with his rifle Sighted for 650 yards instead of 500. Other men of the squadron, less inventive or less expert in detecting margins of error, could do nothing with the weapons, and had it not been for a well known Bisley shot who came to the rescue with a correctly sighted rifle to lend, in all reasonable probability the whole squadron would have been sent home ~ for failure to pass the shooting test. With this correctly sighted weapon, however, ‘the men succeeded in making scores which qualified them, one man making 66 out of a pos:ible 84 with the accurate rifle, whereas he had fail- ed to get on the target at all with the one he brought with him.” Clie * It is understood that a board of U. S. army officers is now convening at Frankfort arsenal with the object of adopting a new rifle for the U. S. army. It is said that the board will Suggest a number of improvements in the present .30 calibre army rifle. The ‘Certus is the latest medium ca'i- bre high-power rifle put on the Eng- lish market. It is a trim magazine sporting rifle of a peculiar bolt type, made with pistol grip and checked stocks. Its calibre is 400. The cart- ridges are loaded with 60 grains of Cordite and a bullet of 400 grains, made in four different styles: (1) Full nick- el-jacketed; (2) nickel-jacketed with 235 soft point; (3) mickel-jacketed -with only the point exposed, called by the maker a nickel express, and (4) nickel- jacketed with flat point, the jacket be- ing split on four sides. The com- plete cartridge resembles one. of our .40 calibre cartridges, but while it is bottled, the body of the shell is smaller than that of our black powder cart- ridges of the same style and calibre. In testing the rifle and cartridge the editor of Land and Water found that the soft point bullet would mushroom completely in soft clay, and with it he fired a group that averaged about three inches at 100 yards. The observed mean velocity, the found, was about 2,000 feet per second. The rear sight is peculiar to arms of this type in that it is fitted to the rearmost end of the breechbolt, and consists of a standard having an aperture. This may be re- placed by another standard which has a natch. cs = s Dr. Ashley A. Webber, the well- known all-round shot, is ambitious to hold the 100-shot record at 100 yards with revolver. He will probably shoot 100 shots at ithe above named distance soon. ; * 2 s ‘lhe Ideal Manufacturi1_ Com an, of New Haven, Conn., has just brought out a new bullet lubricator and sizer for which it predicts the satisfaction and praise of the most critical. e = € A new rifle, which is known as the Ross repeating straight-pull rifle, in- vented by Sir Charles Ross, is being placed on the English market. The breech mechanism is actuated by two motions: the forward one to load and clase the breech, backward to jwpen the breech and eject the shell. It is- one pound llighter than ‘the English service rifle. It is claimed that the rifles mechanism is so simple it can be fired, taken apart and reassembled in the dark. * *% * Montreal Traps. The silver spoon handicap on Satur- day afternoon, April 28, was won by Mr. H. H. Wootten, with Mr. L. M Hagar second, Mr. W. Galbraith has added another win to his already large list, defeating Mr. W. J. Cleghorn -by five points for the challenge vase. The n€xt match, which takes place between Mr. W. Galbraith and Mr. J. K. Ken- nedy, promises to be very exciting, as Mr Kennedy will have a considerab'e handicap to pull down before defeating him. 236 Colt Automatic Pistol. Every expert in firearms has prob- ably recognized that ere long the auto- matic firearm will largely supplant those now in general use. of firearm, when first introduced, was receives with considerab:e d.siavor, but its peculiar advantages under certain conditions have forced its recognition, and gradually it has grown in popu- larity. A number of styles of pistols of this type have been introduced, but they have been mreceived with more favor in Europe than in America. This is easily explained. The American re- volver has long been recognized as the foremost of its type, consequently any arm ‘to supplant the revolver must have distinct and recognized merit. American inventive genius has been employed in creating the automatic firearm. One which is about to be in- troduced is known as the Browning patent, the American right of which to manufacture was some time ago acquired by the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mifg. Co, of Hartford, Conn., the manufacturers of the famous Colt revolver. Some time ago the Colt company made preparations to manufacture this arm, not because it recognized that the Colt revolver had been superseded, but because the company wished to keep abreast of the times and make arms of the types demanded by the military authorities of the world. D:- lay after delay occurred because of the great demand for tthe still popular Colt revolvers, the Colt automatic guns, and other firearms produced by this com- pany. Ever since the first sample of the Colt automatic pistol was shown there has been a steady call for the arm. So great has been the demand that the Colt company recently decid- ed to begin its manufacture. ‘This arm will soon tbe ready for the market. We have been favored with No. 1 of these pistols, which the company has placed at our disposal that we may de- scribe it, test it, and publish the re- sults for the benefit of our readers. The Colt automatic pistol is made at the present time in .38 caliber only. Its weight is 36 ounces. When first inspected its difference in appearance from the revolvers causes one to view it with curiosity. On handling it for a brief time one is impressed with its extreme compactness, and a little later the oddness of the arm is forgotten. Tio operate the pistol proceed as fol- lows: Placing the pistol in the left hand, the magazine catch at bottom The type | barrel to recoil together. Rod and Gun in Canada of the stock is pressed with the thumb of the right hand, releasing the maga- zine, which is drawn from the stock. The magazine is charged with seven cartridges and returned to the stock. The pistol is then returned to the right hand; the thumb and forefinger of the left hand then grusp the slide at the point where the corrugated places are shown, and by a quick pull backward the arm is cocked, this motion also carrying the top cartridge in the maga- zine forward into the chamber. If the operator desires ito fire the arm, the safety—called the firin2-pin lock, which is also the rear sight—is raised, aim taken and the arm discharged. This firing-pin lock may be raised before charging the magazine if preferred and left raised; the arm cannot be fired when the firing-pin lock is down, even if a cartridge be in the chamber, though the hammer miay be cocked and shapped. Wiith a cartridge in the chambe, the pistol cocked and uhe safety rais- ° ed, the trigger is pressed and the arm is discharged. The force of the pow- der gases driving the ibullet from the baurel is rearwardly exerted against the bolt, and overcoming the inertia of the slide and the tension of the re- tractor-spring causes the slide and the After mov- ing rearward together for a distance, enough to insure the bullet having pass- ed tlrom the barrel, the downward swinging movement of the barrel re- -leases the latter from the slide and stops the barrel in its rearmost posi- tion. The momentum of the slide causes ithe latter to continue its rear- ward movement, thereby again cock- ing the hammer and compressing the retractor-spring until, as the slide ar- rives at its rearmost position, the emp- ty shell is ejected from the side of the pistol and another cartridge is rais- ed in front vf the bolt. During the return or torward movement of the slide, caused by the retractor-spring, the cartridge is driven into the cham- _ber, anda the slide and the barrel are interlocked, and the arm is ready for another shut. These operarions may be continued so long as there are cart- ridges in the magazine. ‘The pistol is provided with a safety device, which inakes it impossible to release the hammer ‘unless the slide and barrel are in their forward position and safe- ly initerlocked; this safety device also serves to control the firing and to pre- vent more than one shot being fired for each pressure of the trigger. This ‘leads us to remark that the term au- tomatic pistol does not seem to be the proper term to use in connection with the arm; semi-automatic seems to be correct. . . The ammunition used in this pistol is charged ‘with smokeless powder, the bullet being jacketed. This ammuni- tion could not be fired in safety in a revolver. ‘The muzzle velocity of a .88 caliber army revolver, shooting a | cartridge charged with black powder, — is about 750 feet;* with this pistol the ordinary charge, such as will be se- cured in the commercial cartridges, is about 1,260 feet, and the velocity has been run up to 1,350 feet. A black powder cartridge of the ordinary type would probably not operate the arm, as the lowest velocity with which the arm can be operated is about 850 feet. The penetration with the 1,260 feet ve- locity is 11 inches of pine. . A uatural enquiry is in relerence to the accuracy of the pistol. The as-_ sumption is likely to be ihat ‘with © such: great velocity satisfactory accu-— racy is not likely to be 1ealized, but © this is an error; the arm possesses re- — markable accuracy, shooting with no- — ticeable regularity into uhe regulation — bullseye at 20 yards when fired by a good and steady pistol shot. It 1s ve- neved that when our expert gees - revolver shots become familiar with this pistol, far-greater accurate range © will be realized than with uhe :evoiver — with service charge. ae ‘The rapidity with which this arm may be fired is all that one could wisn. ‘ithe original moael of the pis- — tol was hammeless and purely auto- 4 matic, tiring all of tae snovus wita what — We consider useless rapiaity. it was — cnanged, adding a hammer and mak-— ing it semi-automatic. 4n this condi~ von uhe pistol has peen fired seven shots in 1 2-5 seconds. it can be fired — as rapidly as the trigger can be press- q ed wich almost no disturbance of the aim by the recoil, which is moderate; there is also no confusion by having” to cock ‘the pistol by raising the ham-~ mer with the thumb, or by using a dou- ble action ito cock and fire che piece. In other words, almost no time is lost” in recovering the aim after the prev-— ious shot. An expert can deiiver shots” as rapidly as with a double-barre] gun, and at the same rate of speed fire all the cartridges in the magazine with great accuracy, or he can fire a por- tion of the cartridges with great ra- pidity and the remainder with delibera- tion. If it is not desired to fire all the cartridges, the hammer can be lowered and left at half-cock, the safe- Ley left raised or lowered, as desired. i It is believed that most of those who use this pistol will, when they cease firing, remove the cartridge from the chamber, replace it in the magazine, eaving the chamber empty. They will make it a habit, when ready to fire arm, to cock the piece by draw- the slide ito the rear with the left 1d, this operation being done quicker n one can cock the hammer with the mb. Several magazines may be car- , all interchanging without a hitch, bling one to fire a great many shots, regulating the speed as desired. In one of the tests this pist. was two misfires. When these two Ss were opened it was found had imperfect priming. e expert in firearms may ask if mechanism will not become clog- this pistol had passed through government rust test it was found ' » ‘be clogged with rust The barrel ol the pistol protrudes slightly beyond arrel slide. The end of the barrel s Filaced on a support and pressure d to the stock, when the clogging away and the arm worked as well e pistol is readily cleaned. . One to do this is to remove the maga- cleaning the barrel from the muz- g out through the magazine re- in the stock. But there is lit- ‘debris in the barrel. After firing = series of shots an inspection of ‘barrel showed it as angie and as a mirror. order to take the pistol apart the mmer is cocked and the slide is wn to the rear until the slide lock passed above a small hole in the m of the receiver leading into ‘the etor-spring seat. By inserting a in this hole and moving the slide are prevented, by the inserted from following the lock forward, the latter thus freed from the fol- ‘will readily racs from the left The stock thus removed, may be drawn rearward entire- from the receiver. is only necessary to drive out the k-pins which hold the barrel-links to frame. This also releases the =, which may then be removed from seat, when the retractor-spring, the lover and the recoil-spring may be one 'thousand times rapidly. ‘There © , particularly the barrel and slide. all debris being brushed back and ard the retractor-spring and fol-. of its seat in the receiver and: the: © remove the barrel from the frame | Rod and Gun in Canada readily removed from their seat in the receiver. After removing the scales from the handle, by turning out the screws ho'd- ing them to ithe receiver, all the parts of the firing mechanism may be read- ily removed by taking cut the screws and pins holding them in receiver. To assemble the pistol proceed in the reverse order. It will be inteiesting to watch the introduction and reception of this pis- tol. We think its introduction marks a@ new era in military pistols. The revolver, we believe, ‘will hiold its popu- larity for some years to come, especial- ly among target shooter: and thos> wha want less expensive ammunition and reduced loads forindoor s*ooting Bout there are features in the magazine and automatic or semi-automatic pistol that cannot be ignored, and are not contained in the revolver, which will make such arms particularly valuable for military work. Several years agio we though‘ we fore- saw that a magazine pistol would some day supplant the revolver. Since we have made a lengthy examination of the Colt automatic pistol we do nat ‘hesitate to go on record as stating tha* ‘arms of this type will supersede the revolver. —Shooting and Fishing, New York. x * Westmount Gun Club. The 24th of May is now recognized as the field day of the Westmount Gun Club, and once more they have the pleasure of extending to the trap shoo‘- ers of the Dominion and the neighbor- ing States a cordial invitation to their annual tournament. The success of these shoots in the past w>rrants them, we feel sure, in promising all a most enjoyable day’s sport. The grounds are easily accessible from the various railway stations; in- tending visitors should take the St. Catherine or Windsor ‘street lines and get off at the foot of Arlington avenue. In the Merchandise event they are offering a larger and better lot of ‘ rizes than have ever been, a list of thich will be issu7d shortly. The ladies of Westmount have ega‘n kindly consented to provide Inch, which will be free to participants. The shoot is for amateurs only, but manufacturers agents will be allowed to shoot in any of the events by en- tering for targets only. The purses will be divided according to the Rose system. which is by far . the most equitable to the average shot; 237 and the club is happy to say that, this year, its finances are in such a prosperous state that extra moneys will be added to almost every event. PROGRAMME. MORNING. . Event No. 1— 10 targets, unknown traps. One man up, gun below ‘armpit .un- til target is released; three moneys, $5.00 added. Entry....$1 0) Event No. 2— 15 targets, unknown angies, quick firing system; four mon- eys, $10.00 added. Bntrance.... 1 50 vent No. 3— “Individual Championship, 50 targets, 20 known, 20 unknown, 5 doubles. Entrance ......... 5 00 If five entries one money, from 5 to ‘0 entries two moneys, more than ten tries three moneys. High. guns. Mvent No. 4— 10 targets, unknown angles, Magautrap; three money~, $5.00 added. Entnance ............... 1 0€ APTERNOON. Event No. 5— ; 20 targets, unknown amegles, Magautrap, high guns, 7 moneys. SAMUEL ATICE Ysa kee ecaeuteta aia dls os $2 00 Event No. 6— : © 15 targets, known angles; four moneys, $10.00 add-d. Entrance Event No. 7— 20 targets, unknown angles, Magiautrap; five moneys, $10.(0 added. Entrance Event No. 8— Team race, open to teams of 5 men from any organized club; two moneys, $10.00 ad2ed, En- trance per team Event No. 9— 5 pair doubles; three moneys, $5.00 added. Emtrance ......... 1.00 Extra events if time allows. 5 00 eee eee wee ernee NOTES. Shooting will begin at 9 a.m. sharp. Division according to Rose system. Targets 2 cents each, to be deducted before dividing. Shooters may enter for price of targets only. The management reserves the right to make such changes as may be deem- ed advisable. Guns and ammunition address2d to F. J. Elliott, 385 Lansdowne ‘avenue, W:st- roun‘, will be del'vered on tre groun|s, Kynoch’s ammunition for sale on the grounds. Event No. 3 is open to any qualified member of any organized gun club ia the Province of Quebec. 238 It is for the purpose of re-opening the Individual Championship series for the Trophy, but each contestant, ir consideration of the present holde) waiving his right to shoot a single challenger, shall be required to sign the following agreement when making his entry: 1st. The winner of this competition must accept a challenge from the pres- ent holder should such challenge be issued within ten days. 2nd. Any other parties wishing to challenge must drajw lots immediately after the competition for place on the list. 8rd. Subsequent to this competition all challenges ‘must follow the cup and not the man, and must be made to the secretary of the Sherbrooke Gun Club. 4th. The winner of this competition is to be scored a win and not a de- fence. The officials of the Westmount Gun Club are tas follows: President, Mir. W. Galbraith; vice-president; Mr. J. K. Kennedy; captain, Mr. R. B. Eutchi- son; secretary-treasurer, Mr. F. J. El- liot. Committee—Messrs. R. Lewis, J. F. Hanson, C. Strangman, W. J. Cleg- horn and L. iM. Hagar. Echoes of the Grand American Handicap. At ithe end of the preliminary round of twenty-five birds there were but eight straight scores out of the 211 competitors. These were J. L. Smith, H. D. Bates, “Arno,” “Dr. Casey,” T. A. Marshall, J. R. Malone, A. G. Courtney and Phil Daly, jr. Of these. on the shoot-off, “Arno” lost his <>c- ond bird, Smith and Marshall their third, Courtney and “Dr. Casey’’ their fourth, and Phil Daly, jr., his seventh. Malone, whose home is Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Canadian boy ran neck and neck until they had killed thirty-three birds in the tie or 58 birds in all. Then Malone failed to stop his thirty- fourth within bounds, while Bates kill- ed his easily, and the coveted trophy was his. Mr. Bates used a Parker, hammer- less, weighing 7 Ibs. 13 oz., loaded with 3 1-2 drachms Dupont and 1 1-4 oz. No. 7 shot. Of the eight straight scores three used Dupont, three Schultze, one E. C., and one Laflin and Rand. Of ithe 211 shootens about 25 per cent, used either a Parker or Smith gun. The favorite load was 3 1-2 drachms Dupont or Schultze with 1 1-4 oz. No. 7 shot in a U.M.C, trap shell. Rod and Gun The winners of the Grand American Handicap from its inauguration up t* date have been as follows: In 1898 Mr. R. A. Welch, of Philadelphia; ir. 1894, Mr. Thos. ‘W. Morley, of Lynd- hurst, N.J.; in 1895, Mr. John G. Mess- ner, of Pittsburg, Pa.; in 1896, Mr. C R. Dickey, of Boston, Mass.; in 1897, Mr. Thomas A. Marshall, of Keiths- burg, Ill.; in 1898, Mr. E. D. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y.; in 1899, Mr. Thomas A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, Ill.; in 1900, Mr. H. D. Bates, of Ridgetown, Ont. Champion Bates was given a grand reception on his return to his home in Ridgetown, Ont. Hundreds of his friends met him at the station with the Citizens’ Band and accompanied him to the Arlington Hotel, where a public reception was accorded him and congratulations received. Mr. Bates is one of a family of four sons who suc- in Canada a Island Camp, Desbarats, Northern Ontario. cessfully manage and control a fishing privilege at the Rond, Eau Point. His father, Captain Bates, although some- what advanced in yeans, was but a few years ago classed among the star pig- eon shots of Ontario, and to-day can take his gun and punt and bring to bag as large a number of ducks as many a duck hunter two-score years his junior. e s Correspondence. Editor of Rod and Gun in Canada:; Will some ~f your readers who have tried the Barger shotgun sight tell me what is their opin’on cf it? J. B. FANSHAW. ' efforts except at a ruinous cost. ' . | . To the Editor of Rod and Gun in Can-! ada: It may sound heretical, but it is questionable if, from a purely govern- mental standpoint, legislators should. look upon game as existing chiefly for the benefit and pleasure of the resi- dent sportsmen, that they ought te value it as an asset to be made ta produce revenue to the treasury and to the inhabitants by disbursements of money from outside. 7. Where a province charges its own residents a license fee to hunt, it is evident that the theory of the game being made to produce revenue has been reduced to practice, and with this in view, in the case of a province pos- sessing a very large area of wild land, in which it is difficult, if not practically impossible, to enforce game laws to an appreciable extent, I would question strongly the wisdom of a close season, 3 oe, penn ; continuing several years, for big ga mi Game laws are useful if enforced, bt worse than useless where no attem is made to enforce them, and whe the nature and extent of the er tory to be policed precludes effecti such vast areas the killing by the cor paratively few residents goes on t same as if game laws did mot exi but no benefit results from the mon of :the non-resident sportsmen ‘who 4 debarred from visiting the counu although the game is not protect from the depredators living in the Pp vince. 4 It may be a most desirable thing preserve the game to be shot solely | a ae a the resident, but it is not good business policy. For example, 1,000 Ontario re- sidents hunting in Ontario simply ransfer some dollars from their pockets to other Ontario pockets; the province is no richer by their sport; buat 1000 10n-resident hunters in Ontario first Duy a $25 license fee each, $25,000 in all ind in addition disburse at least $100 uch, say $100,000, practically all in the ,orer and wilder districts where it oes the most good. It is an addi- to the provincial wealth, not a re- ibution of part of it. If every yn-resident hunter of the 1,000 is so rtunate as to secure a deer or moose |hunter’s luck does not usually run )d anywhere in the United States nada—one to every two hunters be a fairer average), the pro- wwe and its people have received $125 every animal killed, and irresp2c- sport and looking at it merely 1 the aspect of bargain and sale, at is the most expensive meat to e buyer that can be bought in Can- It well repays any province $125 and upwards each, and, ®, it should be the effo.t of n-resident hunter easy—open sea- each year commencing on rea- le dates and to be for a sufficient so as not to condense too many into a short time. To do ‘wise is simply to shui the doors ofit from the outside. ustration of a province which ntly does not cater for the out- ’ dollars is shown by the recent tion of Ontario, which provides sn season for moose and caribou every three years, and this open lasts from November ist to 16th. Northern Ontario is not a iy land at that time of year; on trary, the ardent sportsman is to find his retreat cut off, and » means of egress closed by ice November 7th, and as canoeing only method of reaching a con- ble ‘part of Northern Ontario, the tion to the non-resident sports- not irresistible, and he will ly continue to go to Quebec and Brunswick, which provinces seem value the outsiders at least to the ent of providing an open season ery year during suitable weather. ould like to know how many On- Same wardens were ever ten miles rth of the railway track from Mat- va to the Manitoba boundary. My ormation is—none, and yet they as- me to have a close season. JASPER SMITH. Rod and Gun in Canada ree fete sgh ee < An Address delivered by E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Timber and Forestry, at Ottawa. Though the Canadian pioneer’s ac- quaintance with the forest dates back to the first settlement of the country, yet, like many other familiar things Ww? meet with in nature’s kingdom, it is perhaps the least understood, and certainly has never received at his hands that attention that its import- ance deserves. Why is it that forestry, as a st-dy, as a science, is so neglected by the Cana- dian people, and I might say the peo- ple of the neighboring Republic as ~well? We hear and see reports of discus- sions, essays and debaites in hundreds and thousands of societies all over the land on all varieties of subjects, on ab- stract economic questions, on social questions, on historic and prehistoric subjects, but I will venture to say that, perhaps excepting a very few, such as your own Historic anid Scientific Soci- ety, you will have to search long and diligently to find that one of our great- est natural, if not our very greatest natural heritage, and its conditions in this, its transition stage, has ever ap- pealed to the members as of sufficient linterest ito engage their attention if only for a single evening. Why, sir, the very name of forestry ‘is almost unknown as applied in its primary sense. I have fre,uently hal to explain that in my official position. \I was not connected with either the Ancient, the Independent or any other of the fraternal societies which seem in general estimation entitled to the first right to the name. It is only a few days ago when a gentleman in- formed me that he thought our For- estry Association, a very ood institution, but that in his estimation we would have difficuitices in rivalling the other one under such an able manager as Dr. Ohronyteka, and even suggested that we would have shown wisdom if we had chosen some other name. If the association that we have re- cently founded does nothing else but awaken an interest in this subject—a subject that really demands the serious recently organized, | attention of our people—it will have done a great work. When ‘the early colonists landed on the western shores of the Atlantic they were confronted by the forest every- where, and it was necessary to sub- due it in order to appropriate the land on which it grew to agricultural pur- poses, and they naturally looked upon it as one of their greatest enemies. They waged a long and laborious war, but in the end were too successful, for had they allowed a fair proportion of the trees to remain, the country’ to- day would not only be much more at- tractive in appearance but more pro- ductive as well. I am old enough to remember hear- ing an old settler of Western Ontario - tell of his experience in the beginning of this century in clearing the land of the valuable timber that grew in such abundance on his homestead, such as the oak, the hickory, maple, beech, whitewood, butternut and black wal- nut. Att that time the timber was not saleable, and after felling the trees they were cut into logging lengths and then drawn into large heaps and burnt, and he said that the black walnut was the most difficult of any to burn. No doubt these pioneers were work- ing along lines that were necessary un- der the circumstances, but how much more beautiful would that favoved dis- trict be to-day if they had left, along the roadsides, and a few acres here and there on their farms, some of the choicest of the younger trees; but as a rule they cut them all down, either to be burnt up or to sell jthe ‘timber for a mere trifle; then after a few years they started to plant out young trees along their lanes and noads, which it will take fifty or one hundred years to equal in beauty those which they destroyed. I think the words of the poet are exceedingly applicable to our case in this respect in Canada: “God gave us mother earth full blest With robes of green in healthful fold; We tore the green robes from her breast, We sold our mother’s robes for gold. 240 “We sold her garments fair, and she Lies shamed and bleeding at our f-et; In penitence we plant a tree— We plant a tree and count it meet.” But I wish this evening to speak more particularly of the present conditions of our forests, and also a few words on the possibilities of successful tree culture on {the plains and prairie lands of the Northwest. The forests of the older provinces of Canada thave afforded for many years employment to a large class of our peo- ple, and ‘the revenue derived from for- est. products is to-day in several of these provinces larger than that de- rived from any other single source, and I need not say to an Ottawa audience that those who have been fortunate enough to acquire in previous years a portion of ithis heritage, and have shown ordinary business shrewdness in its management, are in most cases our wealthiest citizens. I know it would quite become the devotee of strict scientific forestry methods to condemn in scathing terms this so-called appropriation of the na- tion’s heritage as a crime against the State and the community. But we should pause and consider whe-.her the State or the lumbenman deserves the greater blame for the present condi- tion of our forests. The lumbermenin early years might perhaps with profit to themselves and benefit to the State have conducted their operations on mre rati-mal meth- ods. But these things sink into insigniii- cance in comparison with the destruc- tion that has been caused by fire, and which the present system of fire guari- ing proves might very larzely have been averted if the State had done its part in the past. Mr. W. C. Edwards, M.P., of this in a recent communication says: “Imperfect though the system of fire protection now in vogue in the Pro- vinces of Ontario and Quebec may be, at the same time the result has been the saving of millions of dollars worth of timber to these provinces.”’ Previous to the employment of the fire rangers in the Province of Quebec annual serious fires took place in the Ottawa region, destroying enormous quantilties of timber. Since the adop- tion of the fire ranger system there has not been, so far as I am aware, one very serious fire.” Let anyone visit almost any portion of our northern country and see the appalling devastation that has been caused by forest fires. The lumber- city, Rod and Gun in Canada man removes tthe large pine trees and leaves the younger ones standing as well as the other timber. By his re- moval of the larger timber he lets in the light and gives room for the more rapid growth of the younger trees, but when a fire sweeps over the district in a dry ‘time it destroys every living twig and even the seeds that may be living in the ground. Mr. Edwards estimates that for one pine tree cut in the Ottawa Valley, ten have been destroyed by fire, and I believe he is quite within the mark, and this comparison takes no account of the wholesale destruction of the young pine saplings as well as the other timber destroyed and the slate in which the country is left. Now these fires are occurring every year in all that vast wilderness region belonging both ito the Dom.niin and the provinces, and ex.enalng from ti-e coast of Labrador to Alaska, and fro.n the prairie regions of the ‘west north till we meet the dreary tuncr. o. the Arc.ic regions. This is whe ‘home ot the spruce, and it Seems mow, with the rapid disappearance of the pine, that our next great industry, viz., Lhe manu- facture of pulp, will take its place, and ithe spruce is the wood best aaapt- ed for that purpose. The Province iof British Columbia de- serves to be ranked with the most ta- vored forest producing regions of the globe. This is the home of the magnificent Douglas fir, which increases in size as we approach the Pacific Coast; of the Western Cedar, the Menz‘es Spruce and the Western Hemlock. Here, too, an enormous amount of this valuable timber has met the same enemy and been destroyed by it, and every dry season millions upon mil- lions of feet are still being consumed. In iffact, so great and so universal is the destruction of our forests from this agency that im nearly every re- portw here the forests ‘are referred to, their irapid destructiion from this cause is also commented on and urgent re- commendations made for adopting means for their protection. There can be no question that the monetary loss that Canada has sus- tained through forest fires would be sufficient to pay our national debt many times over. But this actual monetary loss, en- ormous as it is, is only one phase of the linjury that the country sustains through its being denuded cf its tim- ber. The effect on the climate must be taken into account, and perhaps most of all the change in the distribution — of moisture and in the flow of the riv- ers and streams. One writer, in dealing with this phase of ithe subject, jsays: “The forests with which the hills and moun.vains ar covered act as resarvoirs to hold, re- tain and economize the waters which rainy seasons showens upon them. a soil in the forest is loose and spongy The roots and rootlets are so many pipes penetra.ing the earth, leading the water into deeper soil. The heaps o t leaves, the layers of brambies, the beds of moss, all combine to ‘hold and re tain the waters, while the shade ats forded by the foliage protects ne ground from the pa:ching rays of the sun and prevents too sudden evapora- tion. 4 “The waiters thus retained percola: We slowly through the ground to feed the tt numberless springs, creeks ‘and rive which thus supplied will flow on even- ly iand continuously. a “Remove the iorcsts, and what w n happen? The plants that throve and flourished ‘neath their grateful shade all die, the moss withers, the parched J leaves are blown away by the winds Me Then comes the rainy season. Re falls in torrents and washes down he 7 sides of hills and mountains, prc ing off the rich mould, the deposit a ages, the life of the land, overflowil the valleys, obstructing river channe:s and often destroying life and prope ty in its resistless force.” ve Enough has been said regarding the loss that has been sustained, and tt question is, what can be dune to less the destruction that is now place?” Ke It must mot be forgotten that thou; the axeman and fire may do worst, they are unable to destroy laws of nature, and the element growth still remains, and the law | reproduction, if given oppurtunity, in time reclothe the denuded areas, up the gaps ‘where only pa:tiil des 7 tion has occurred, ana in time— perhaps jas measured by the life of th individual, but short an that of the na tion) the wounds will be healed an the first conditions restored. ie Whatever may be the excuses for 1 rational and unscientific methods i the past, the time has now arrive when this country should explore public domain in advance of ment, and set apart those parts z adapted for the growth of timber fe that purpose, and that for agri for the agriculturist, and the fo no less than the latter be so cro r s to allow the law of growth and de- velopment to yield its crops perennial- ~ Though the conditions obtaining here may not udmit of Euvopean methods, there is no reason why the prin- adopted already by our best lum- men of cutting only the large tim- and allowing the smaller a chance ot ean see no reason why the princi- which Sir Diedricht Brandis adopt- India with such marked success not be adopted, perhaps not in but in general, and there can » doubt that the results will be alike to the lumbermen and ntry. mow refer very briefly to that of our Northwest which is de- timber, usually known as our and plain district. there are certain parts of this’ where there are bluffs of tim- wing naturally, and which probably be sufficient for the ments of the _ settlers if the ‘timber were allowed to grow, ; still a very large area where nting will have to be resorted if this portion of the country is enjoy the many advantages : division of the vegetable alone can ifurnish. ® individual accustomed to the district that prevails in other this continent and in most of a sense of something lacking felt when he visits this region. of loneliness akin to melan- | irresistible as he surveys the ‘expanse, with nothing to break form stretch of the horizon on side; nuthing to arrest the al- constant wind or to furnish a from the heat of the sun in or protection from the blind- ms of winter. No echo ever the song of the laborer, but ound of the voice seems almost on the lips. The birds so plen- ‘tthe wooded regions, and which ' songs cheer the life of the obodsman and his family in. their n, are unknown here. et, a great want is felt which rees can supply, and the ques- that at once suggests itself is, ey be grown on these treeless ES nately this question in its gen- sense has a'ready been answered affirmative. results of the experimental farm’ anton and Indian Head, the grow, should not be the universal] » Rod and Gun in Canada healthy growth wf trees at Regina, Moosejaw and Medicine fat by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the success attending Mr. Pearce’s ex- periments at Calgary and various other instances, are so many object lessons, all indicating ‘that if the p:oper va- rieties are selected for the different districts, and proper methods of cul- ture adopted, success will follow. The people residing in this part of the country are alive to the import- ance of this subject, and it is expected ‘that their efforts may be assisted and encouraged by some line of action on the part of the Government which is now under consideration. Leaving the prairie and returning east to the wooded districts of North- ern Ontario, there is just one other point that I wish to refer to very brief- ly, and it is to call the attention of the summer tourist to a field that he has not explored. We often hear ref- erence made to the ignorance of the people of the British Isles with re- spect to Canada by the people of this country who really have very super- ficial knowledge of the geography of Canada themselves, exc:pt along the lines of travel fringing the southern border. In this respect we as a people resemble the farmer who is contented to cultivate a few acres in the front of his homestead, but has never taken the trouble to see what he possessed beyond his clearing. It has been my privilege for many years to visit much of this wilderness region in the summer season, and I am utterly unable even to begin to de- scribe the picturesque beauty every- where met with in those unfrequent- ed regions. There is, I admit, noth- ing of the awe-inspiring grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, but there is a quiet beauty in those sylvan solitudes where nature reigns supreme that has a charm peculiarly its own, and the individual 'that is not influenced by such surroundings must be very close- ly related to the one to whom the writer referred in the lines: ‘““A primrose on a river’s bank, A primrose was to him, and nothing more.” We look at a map of this northern district, and we naturally picture it as a dreary waste of rock and swamp, but once we penetrate it we are as- tonished at the panorama that opens to our view. We find lakes innum- erable of all sizes, with large bays and islands; rivers winding tortuously in 241 all directions, some wild and angry in their haste to meet their outlets and others flowing placidly in their course towards the sea. Make a journey down some of these in the month of August or early Sep- tember, when those pests of the-prev- ious months, the flies and mosquitoes, have disappeared, and when the foliage is still on the trees, and you will be- hold a sight worth a pilgrimage to see. Pitch your tent towards coming evening on one of those wooded is- lands, or on the shore of some pic- turesque bay, and watch the sun de- cline and cast his shadow over the di- versified landscape. Listen to the me.- ancholy cry of the loon over the dark waters, and as the long twilight dark- ens into night the hooting of the owl in the dark forest with the echoes it awakens in the neighboring hills, then up the northern skies with bewildering vividness. ; Surely here is a field for the painter and the poet which they have in great measure failed to exploit, and the Can- adian writer who catches the inspira- tion that these scenes afford and in- terprets them to our people will deserve the laurel wreath of the nation, and the appeal that I would make to the Canadian tourist is that he will forego at least one trip to the seaside to look at this wilderness land so near the beart of nature and yet almost at his own door. The Cutting of Evergreens. Among the echoes of the holiday sea- son that one hears is the complaint of the too liberal use of evergreen, ground pine and young trees. It would be all right if we had an inexhaustible sup- ply of the trees and the ground pine, but we have not. Steadily, year by year, the demand has outgrown the supply, until now there are more young Christmas trees taken from our forests than can be supplied again in a year’s time. One instance will suffice to show how serious this inroad is get- ting to be. A man, so it is stated, came to Colonel R. B. Ricketts and asked permission to cut “a few Christ- mas trees” off the North Mountain tract of forest, which is the property of Colonel Ricketts. The permission was granted, but the term ‘““a few” became susceptible of great enlarge- ment, for it was subsequently found that the man had cut not a dozen, but hardly less than a thousand young hemlock and pine trees. This supply was shipped in the main to Wilkes- 242 barre. There were dozens of other and smaller dealers who also brought Christmas trees in'o the local market. The area of our forest land is stead- ily diminishing, and the area of our population is constantly increasing. The young trees taken from the-forest for Christmas decoration are not be- ing replaced as they shoudl be, and a few years hence we are going ‘to wake up to the fact’ ‘that the supply is not to be had except with the greatest dif- ficulty and at the greatest expense. In a certain few sections we hear of the liberal planting every year of more young trees than are taken away each year. ‘Albert Lewis has in fact start- ed this scheme on his vast tracts of thousands of acres on the neighboring mountains. But many other large for- est landowners will have to imitate this example if the supply of forest trees of the evergreen sort are to be maintained and saved. The question is one of those serious features of the forestry argument that comes to our attention every few months. It ought to be brought home directly to the at-. tention of the people. In Philadelphia it is estimated that hardly less than twenty-five or thirty thousand young Christmas trees were sold. Does any- one imagine that ‘there have been means taken to plant as many treas as ‘have thus been cut away from theic woodland surroundings? And if the whole mumber of trees cut and used for this year’s holiday decoration throughout the country could be told, the figures would be startling and alarming. We respectfully refer this question to the great newspapers of the State. and of other States.—Wilkesbarre Daily News. ! For the protection of the Suez Canal from drifting sand considerable tree and shrub planting is being done, and the results so far obtained are en- couraging. This plantinz has ben go- ments with fascines, sand fences and similar devices were not successful. Reeds have been planted.a’on7 8.7 m les of the canal proper and along the whole length of the Sweetwater Canal, the reeds being protected by. fascines from bank eddies. On the slopes and top of -the banks of the Sweetwater Canal such shrubs. as the alfa and Atriplex lalimus have been. used, ‘and in 19 miles of this canal and on a part of the ship canal, plantations of trees . extending back 328 feet from the w iter- line have been made to keep back the : sind fom the desert. Among the Rod and Gun in Canada trees employed for this purpose are the eucalyptus and the cypress, and the plantations are irrigated by fresh water, which is brought from the Nile by ithe canals excavated when the ship canal was being built.—Forest Leaves. ) We are glad to notice in an adver- tising. pamphlet issued by one of the Canadian railway companies an exhor- tation to sportsmen to be careful about camp fires, and ‘giving in full the sug- gestions of the fire rangers, which we reprint on another page from an earlier number of Rod.and.Gun. ‘This is en- couraging. Constant agitation in all directions will do ‘much to minimize the danger. Third Annual Report of the Commis- sioners of Fisheries, Game and For- ests of the State of New York. Al- bany, N. Y. This beautiful volume of 454 pages, finely illustrated by many colored and other plates, has just ibeen issued by the Commissioners. It con!ains among other things the reports ofthe Chief Game Protector, Superintendent of Hatcheries, Superintendent of Forests, ete. The portion in which our read- ers will be specially interested is that relating to the forests. Superintendent Fox reported that the State of New York: owned 1,003,805 acres in the Adirondack Park, 155,504 acres in the Adirondack preserves, and 56,512 acres in the Catskills, a total of 1,215,821 acres. The Adirondack Park proper contains 3,004,855 <.cres, of which the State owns 1,003,805 acres, -he lum- ber and pulp companies 1,061,050 acres, and the private preserves 940,000 acres. About one-third af the Park is covered by primitive forests. The timber cut for the year in the great forests of Northern .New York was 450,995,416 feet board measure, of which over three-quarters -was spruce, about equally divided between the pulp and lumber mills. The pulp mills are stated to represent ian. investment. of $20,000,000, and employ 10,000: men. Su The ninety eight forest fires which 0:- curred in 1897 promptly extinguished, the total loss being but $26,941, 2 good showing. Sir Benjamin Baker, in his address to the British Institution of Civil Engi- neers, some time since made some in- teresting statements respecting the en- gineering problems suggested by the Vegetable Kingdom. “Every tree,’ he remarked, “is a vegetable pumping en- gine, but hydraulic engineers would be — (a ‘wet season) were - * Re! os nm Pe ae een ye ere ee sorely puzzled to explain how the large quantity of water required to supply the evaporation from the extend>d leaf surface is raised heights up to 400 fee and above. We know that ithe sour of energy must be the sun’s rays, and we know further that in the product 6 of starch the leaf stores up less thai one per cent. of the available e e : so ‘that plenty remains for raising wa ter. Experiments have shown th transpiration at the leaf establishes E draught: upon -the’ sap, and there t reason to believe that this pull is tra: 3 mitted to the root by tensile stress The idea of a rope of water sustainin; a pull of perhaps 150 pounds per squat inch may be repugnant to many engi- neers, ‘but ‘the tensile strength and ex: tensibility of water and other fluids have been proved experimentally by Prof. Osborne Reynolds, by Prof. Wor thington and others. A liquid, depriv ed of air, entirely filling a glass ves! when cooled, pulls on the vessel, axl at last lets go with a vio'ent clicl Water thas been so stretched nearly per cent. of its bulk, and the adhes: of the water to the sides of the v sel and the amount of the ‘tensi strength were found to be quite ¢ to that of good mortar. With alcohol the modulus of elasticity, in tension and compression, was cc stant up to the ultimate resistanc realized uf 255 pounds per £q iare ine > The magnitude of the fishing for ) fit interests of the Canadian: Northwe is seen in the following figures,” The fishing industry. on. Lake 7 nipegosis procnese 1 200,000 Abs., whitefish, in 1899. The number of f caught in the Great Slave Lake the Mackenzie River was given to t Edmonton Bulletin by W. E. Retd, w made an extended sojourn in the country. Fish, of course, the. diet of the north, and the yearly are surprising. figures represent the catch last at the points named: Fort Simpson ........-. Use see ee Providence, Catholic mission .. Providence, Hudson’s Bay Co...- Baptiste Boviere, ‘trader .... Hay River, mission ..... ee Resolution, Hislop and No see This catch, large as it is, d@ include those taken by the Iné ans half-breeds, who constitute 90 per ¢ of the inhabitants of the north whose diet is almost exclusively W! fish. : CANOE TRIPSee 1900eeee INesecece Northern Ontario and Quebeceeer of. ae ae Mattawabika Falls Near Lady Evelyn Lake, reached via Lake Temiskaming Write for full particulars GENERAL PASSENGER DEPARTMENT prom a Pacific Rail Finest Canoe Trips in North America Canadian Pacific Rai way including Temagaming, Desbarats, MONTREAL, QUE. Abittibi. BPORT I! + There is more Sport to the Square Mile in Canada along the line of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY MOOSE ‘ CARIBOU a BIG HORN rt i| Bean ACHTIC DUCK =. than in any other part of the North GEESE American Continent 3 4 4 3 pF oF TROUT BLACK BASS SALMON Send for copy of our Game Map, our Fishing and Shooting and other sporting publications, to General Passenger Department, Montreal, P. Q. DEER | as for Lakes Temi kaming and Temagaming should write to P. COMPANY FLY | lc HAS HAD OVER 229 YEARS | eo ei PF 90 EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING } RPORATED AD: FOR HUNTERS.... FISHING EVERYTHING NECESSARY CAN BE SUPPLIED. 3% 9% % CIRCULAR nt LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED ON ALL THE COMPANY’S INLAND ; We haye the finest assortment of Trout Tackle POSTS. seacenenang: ‘FURTHER PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO ever shown in this province. a Rods, BUCS, Casts, ete. ; nine Salmon Tackle. HUDSON’ S BAY COMPANY, WINNIPEG. The Wightman Sporting Goods Co., 403 ST. PAUL ST. «OBBOLD, Haileybury, Ont. He Ra to C. C. Farr & ‘Cabhold.) | The | i in Fin Cn a 08% np, THE HUDSON'S BAY] CPOELOHOHOHOHGHOHOHGHOOOOOHOOOOOOHCOHGSOOOOOOOOOHOOHOHHHOHOHOHOHOOHOGHHSOOOHGOOOHOHOOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOGM: 6 Province of Quebec The Sportsman's Paradise These rivers and lakes are all well Ateeked with salmon and trout, GA from four to eight pounds, and with various other kinds of fish. 4 ME MOOSE, CARIBOU AND RED DEER. ss $, AND Splendid shvotiag almost ev erywhere throughout the territory 0 f. the Province of Quebec, especially in the Ottawa and Pontiae Districts, im” FI Gaspesia and Beauce, the Matapedia Valley, the Temiscamingue Regi 0006 the Eastern Townships, the North of Montreal, the Kippewa and Lake St. John District. 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PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 3 RATES: DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. nt of 15 per cent. on annual ns on all topics pertaining to ig, canoeing, the kennel Sem y; alg be welcomed and All communications 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. Ic er OF CANADA. the United visitors from | exhibiting the provincial » hunt. Any person desiring ormation can obtain a copy of e rifle shooting, the intention confine such encouragement or, TY to practice with the military i other kind of rifle. There are é who do not wish {o join mili- i ations for various reasons, ¥ ities for target practice would vantage of thein —but the ranges q r some years. back is an n object the necessity of means of ready pecial railway trains to the well enough, but not always desirable, besides adding materially to the expense of practice. The present Boer war has shown the value of expert rifle shooting so clearly as to make argument really unnecessary. © Oo © ee : PROHIBIT THE COMMERCIAL EXz PORT OF SPECKLED TROUT. As announced in our May number, Ontario has passed a wise law prohibiting the export of speckled trout, black bass and maskinonge, excepting the lawful catch for two days of a summer visitor. This excellent lead should be followed at once by Quebez. There have been many tons of speckled trout exported from Quebee which have been sold on the Bos- ton, New York and other U. S. markets, that will eventually figure a loss to the province about as per following estimate _per 1,000 pounds : 1,000 lbs. at 10c. to the man who catches them........ 00.00 Protit to the Quebec middle- PR, BB a oss RG sos oe 0.00 Total outside money per 1,000 Ibs. disbursed in Canada....$ 200.00 20 non-resident anglers. catch- ing 50 Ibs. each and disburs- ing $50.00 each......... $1000.00 Estimated loss to the Province Wer 4,000 ADS os. 65 vse ie 0-9 $ 800.00 Of course these figures are an estimate merely, but the above stated loss is irre- spective of incidental advantages derived from attracting non-resident anglers, and the figures represent approximately what the hard facts will be if this drain is not stopped. We are not needless alarmists —we-are in possession of facts to sub- stantiate if need. be our statements that many tons of trout have been exported each year, and are being exported this month, and while there are many tons still in our many thousand lakes, we point out the danger now and urge action at once to stop further depletion. . OOM) Anglers who visit the northern shores. of the Georgian Bay this summer will find among the Desbarats islands for a short time, a-unique exposition of fishing. We understand that under the direction of skilled artists, the Indians will give a representation of Longfellow’s ‘‘ Hiawa- tha,” and in the drama will necessarily reproduce the catching of the sturgeon Nahma; Mishe-Nahma, King of Fishes, with probably the preliminary hauling in of Maskenozha the pike. If this is all well done it should prove interesting and lend a zest to a summer outing in that region. ooo It is understood there is to be a sports, men’s exhibition in Chicago in December, 1900, which will be under the manage- ment of Mr. R. E. Follett who had charge of a similar exhibition in St. Louis in September, 1899. If the past rivalry between these cities is a criterion, Chicago will endeavor to make the forthcoming show a great success. ©O9O Montgomery County, Maryland, has the rather unique distinction of legis- lation to protect fox hunting, a state law having been approved April 10th last making it a misdemeanor to ‘* Know- ingly shoot a fox whilst the same is being chased by hounds under the charge of fox hunters.” It is said that this law was passed with special reference to one man who delighted in shooting Brer Fox whenever possible ahead of the hounds. © Oo As an illustration of the fact that the world generally contains much-less big game now than it contained a few years ago may be cited the recently formed in- ternational conference on the protection of big game in Africa, which met in England for the first time in April. o % The American Fisheries Society will hold its annual meeting at the U.S. Fish Commission Station, Woods Holet Mass., on July 18, 19 and 20. The firs, Vice-President of the North American 248 _ Fish and Game Protection Association, Mr. John W. Titcomb of Vermont is President of the Fisheries Society. 1 Sig OO} At the recent session of the Ontario Legislature, the wolf scalp bounty was made $15.00. © Oo A recent case of game law violation tried in Wilkesbarre, Pa., cost the two law-breakers nearly $600. © Oo © That active organization, the New Brunswick Tourist Association, has com- menced its 1900 compaign by the issue of a very attractive pamphlet entitled, ‘* St. John, New Brunswick, City of the Loyalists.” The booklet handsome work, excellently printed on fine paper with fine half-tone illustrations. © Oo Oo A misprint in our May issue shows the open season for quail in. Ontario as Sept. 15 to Dec. 15. It should be October 15 to Dec. 15. £ eo O The Maine state guide law having been decided to be constitutional it will here- after be uncomfortable for any Maine guide to continue to disobey it. ONE CISC, We are very pleased to note the forma- tion on June 7th of the Wholesale Druggists’ Rifle Club of Montreal, and hope it will be followed by many similar organizations. Rifle Clubs are fairly numerous in the United States, and there should be no reason why Canada should not have many associations devoted to rifle practice. The Boer war has amply demonstrated that the prime necessity is skilful rifle shots. Smokeless ammuni- tion and long range rifles demand the highest skill in the man behind the gun, and this can be obtained by becoming members of such organizations as the ' Wholesale Druggists’ Rifle Club, and practice. Dr. Robert T. Morris, well known in the United States, expresses his opinion of cold storage game as un- wholesome, thus: “In meats, especially in cold storage game, the toxines do njot often ac- cumulate in sufficient quantity to pro- duce dangerous symptoms, but they are apt to cause severe gustro-intes- tinal irritation, and I presume few peo- ple who have eaten much cold stor- age game have failed to suffer at least from diarrhoea.” is a really / ‘ . ( Rod and Gun in Canada Wyre, S esate By Lieut.=Col. Andrew C. P. Haggard, D.S.O. Even supposing he happens to see you advancing, coming up wind to him, and you are not near enough for a good shot, or even if you be in ‘the very act of raising your gun, he will not take alarm if only you instantly stand stock- still, as if about to have your photo- graph taken. He will raise himself upon his hind legs and gaze at you, while you remain for a few seconds in an .attituf@le as stiff as a poker. He takes you then for a tree, so down he goes on all fours again and recom- mences feeding, while you instantly get a few paces nearer preparatory to-your shot, which you probably get just as he raises himself on his hind legs for the second time. Nearly all the bears in the district round Lake St. John are black ones, and some are of great size. Although their principal food is of berries, they are not at all particular what they eat, and ‘they are just as fond of fish, mutton or pork as of a fruit diet. One that was kept captive at a house where I was proved this, when he escaped by instantly pursuing a neighboring farmer’s pig. He had captured and disembowelled the pig by a blow of his paws before the farmer and an Indian between them did him to death with guns. ‘ In the country on the plateau there were signs of bears everywhere, but we had no time to hunt properly be- fore encamping for tthe night on the borders of a beautiful little lake, which was full of pike. Here, after amusing myself in cut- ting down a dead tree for the camp fire, in which operation I think that the late Mr. Gladstone would easily have given me points, I caught a four- pound pike, which came in handy for breakfast next day. We had brought plenty of fish along with us for supper that night. As I caught this pike with a bait on my little fly rod, he gave me great fun to pull in. More- over, he twice sprang high up into the air, just like an ouananiche or a black bass. . . The following day was occupied in alternately crossing various hills and a chain of lakes, chiefly connected with each other by small creeks winding | With the Birchbark Through the Backwoods 7 ct CORES se LS S CoNcLUSION. es 7. GP Ae COO i, through the iforest-clad valleys. we had an experience I cannot &: that I am at all anxious to After traversing a charming little in the sedges of which I observed interest the dome-shaped mounds ected by the muskrats as their we entered a small creek call “Creek aux Aunets,” or the of the little Alder trees. Once had entered that creek we found selves in a tunnel of trees and m bushes. For three or four miles winding course the alder trees a lows interlaced everywhere overhead, and grew in the wat each side as well. For two hours, poling and dragging by sh force, did we ‘drive the canoe up t current of the swift little trea through that terrible network of es. We thought that never we come to an end of its horrible some shades. ‘We were all th us again and again nearly blind boughs springing back in our and all had our hands torn and ble ing by the itime that we were abl emerge from this terrible ple disembark. _ ; We now found ourselves in vanne,’” or: mossy swamp, — which we-had to portage, sinki up to our ankles in the mire, which we passed through a cl three beautiful lakes, all conne short canals with each other. lakes are celebrated for the en pike they contain, and the water so clear that we could easily ¢ large fish swimming about beloy canoe. The Indians net them We camped at the end of the lake and had a heavy rainstorn the night, which made the forest wet we could not start until pre late next morning across the f age leading us to Lac a Jim. this portage I found two bears’ which showed how thick the must be in the district. We € -ed on Lac a Jim at 9.30 a.m., and ne have I seen a more beautiful piee winding water scenery than was Lake.’’ For, looking down from the extreme south-eastern 7 ae oe i} viata PPE — © The international revolver match which took place in June between teams from the United States and France resulted in a victory for the former by 28 points at 8 ort range and 388 at long range. © 9% St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que., has faith in its own initiative, and evidently be- lieves that sportsmen are the people who should frst be attracted to it. This town has adopted the unique method of adver- tising itself by means of a fishing contest, four money prizes being offered for the largest maskinonge caught in Lake Mas- kinonge, near which the town is situated. We reproduce the circular on another page, believing it will interest readers besides those living in the city to whose citizens it is addressed. © > © Commencing with this’ issue, our Forestry department will be conducted by Mr. E. Stewart as editor and Mr. R. H. Campbell as sub-editor. Mr. Stewart is Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and also Secretary of the Cana- dian Forestry Association, of which Mr. Campbell is Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. With these able gentlemen in charge, who were appointed thereto by resolution of the Canadian Forestry Association, May 3lst, readers of Rop AND GuN may look forward toa forestry department well conducted and of practi- cal value. 272 FISHING IN THE PORCUPINE HILLS. By Lawrence J. Burpee. Continued from last month, While we were smoking the commission- er laid a wager with me that I could not catch a gopher. I honestly believe his only object was to have the luxury of seeing somebody else struggling over muddy ground under a broiling sun, while he lay comfortably on a pile of blankets, shaded by a large and disreputable looking um- brella. However that may be, I accepted his challenge, having been much) impressed with a venerable western yarn—but new to me—which I had heard the day before, ot the estimable Redman who had lived in peace and plenty on the prairie for days— I am inclined, in fact, to think it was for weeks—with no other weapons than a piece of string and a bundle of matches. He caught the gophers with his string, and the prairie grass provided the fuel. Such a man would be quite capable of eating them raw, hair and all, and it would have added to the simplicity of the tale. I felt that what an ignorant Indian could do, with such satisfactory results, I could surely manage, at least ence. With a piece of twine, therefore, and a certain amount of enthusiasm, tempered with modesty, I started off gopher hunting. One need not go far, as I have said before, to find go- phers on the prairie, and I was soon among them, their shrill tweet! tweet! sounding on every side. Now and then a small inquisitive head would pop up from w ueighboring burrow, but there was evi- dently something suspicious looking about that piece of string, and the way it was carried, for they never stayed up long— indeed, I had only to move to cause the sudden disappearance of a circle of bright eyes. I selected a promising looking bur- row, arranged my noose over it in the approved fashion, and waited patiently un- til his incurable curiosity should bring the small tenant to his door. But I had reck- oned without my host, for it appeared he had, like all sensible householders, a back door as well, out of which I presently found him watching me with undisguised amusement. I got up quietly, and ignor- ing some irrevelanitt remarks which came on the breeze from the direction of our camp, tried another hole; and am proud to say that, after about an hour’s perse- verance, I did catch a gopher—one more unwary than his fellows. I carried him in a fish basket, to the camp on Trout Creek, but he escaped in the morning by gnawing through the cord which was tied around one of his legs. He is now prob- ably the father of a large family some- where among the Porcupine Hills. Our tardy driver turned up in about an hour, with a double waggon, and we packed everything on board and started Rod and Gun in Canada forward once more. We were very much impressed with the splendid looking cattle that. roamed freely over the prairie at the foot of the hills, in herds of five and six hundred. They looked like the prize cattle one sees in an eastern cattle show, re- markably sleek, fat and well-proportioned. It was quite dark when we arrived, tired and very hungry, at our camping ground, on the bank of a beautiful little stream that could be heard bubbling and whisper- ing through a series of tiny rapids down to the open prairie. We were not in any humor for sentiment then, however, as there was a great deal of work to be done. While some of us unpacked the -waggon, others gathered dry twigs and branches, and presenitly had a cheerful fire blazing up. A tripod was erected over this, and the appetizing smell of fried bacon filled the air with its fragrance The tent was now up, and everything snugly stowed away, and we sat down in a circle to eat our very late dinner, by the fire light. It was close on midnight when we got through, and after a rather sleepy and incoherent chat we turned in for the night. The sun had but a very short start of us next morning. It had hardly taken leave of the distant edge of the prairie when the first riser opened the tent door and revealed the picturesque spot whose features we had only imagined the night before. The tent was pitched a few yards from the creek, on a narrow strip of plain covered with velvety grass and innumer- able flowers. Beyond this the land rose gradually to a wider plain, thirty or forty feet above the level of the creek; and this was bounded by one of the highest of the surrounding hills, to the north, running westward into an intricate network o! green valleys which intersected the hills in every direction. The view from th summit was something to be remembered On every side rose the rounded hills, in nocent of trees, or even bushes, but cloth ed to the summit with the richest colorin of green, Between them wound, in man an intricate turn, the still greener valleys To the eastward the prairie lay, boundin View on the’ Magpie River, Northern Ontario. the horizon, an immense grassy inland se Westward, above the highest of the hill towered the snow-capped peaks of Rockies. The scene was one that could ¢ more easily felt than put into lang ve The Rockies, misty and ethereal in t distance, seemed to be something ape something belonging to another world, land of the imagination, where our ea dreams of fairyland might be realized. spent several hours here, dreaming Ia ti of the picturesque old legends of oth days, and of the old-time story tellers, wl would have clothed these silent. and bea tiful hills with magic, and peopled the with fairies-and gnomes. 5 But this was in the afternoon, whee : first ardor of fishing had worn off. the morning, immediately after bre ras we armed ourselves with rod and b: and scattered up and down the to try our skill in the piscatorial on as much enthusiasm as the immortal V ton. I didn’t go far, but waded ou comfortable looking boulder in mid-s and to my intense surprise, for 1 nal ne heretofore been a successful fisherm caught half a dozen beautiful trout of fair size, in as many minutes. ‘Where I sat for sme time—simply enjoying the charming beauty of the scene, the clear limpid water, | which everything was visible, even the as they flashed up and down the apids, the verdant banks of the creek, ong which grew the only trees that | d seen so far in the Northwest, and on ry side the hills, rising in graceful s one over another. after a while I felt that I would ernally disgraced in the eyes of the or, to whom fishing was a sacred ee I did not at least fill my basket waded ashore and wandered up- throwing my line at every pre- spot, with success such as | should have hoped for. trout have somewhat the appear- the eastern brook trout, but lack inetive pink flesh, and, what is nportant, the delicious flavor, of the trout. But they certainly made slight inferiority in quality, by tionable quantity. Trout Creek e its name. It fairly teemed Ly companions, who were more more enthusiastic than I, re- rds noon, with a cargo of fish apeigtet from a quarter-pound € The inspector’s face as he came into camp. ‘t'o stream was as near Para- h eould provide. He beamed for the remainder of the day, could disturb his good nature, we, ugh to save our reputations from being tly ruined in the eyes of our friend or. Consequently the large pro- of the total catch was made by men. I doubt if any stream could . much better results than that. ‘hese did not rise to the fiy at all. They med to prefer raw beef to any other t. Worms are an unknown commodity © guard ourselves against. the inevitable ‘ adulity which outsiders feel for the 3 of fishermen, we took snap-shots at catch strung up between two bushes— , I should say about half of the 4 detective, who was stringing on a fishing line, having rebelled at , and declining to touch another one. » remainder was left in the baskets. V e lived on fish all day, fish for break- ‘dinner and supper, and we took back th with us, on ice, to supply the e mess for several days. We at the 1 treated our friends there to an ex- ent trout breakfast the following morn- P the evening we gathered around an rmous camp fire, to feed which we had ured the country side for fuel. On it Rod and Gun in Canada were piled the trunks of several fallen trees, the largest that could be found. We sat far into the night, telling yarns and listening to them, especially to the inspec- tor’s, for he was an “‘Old-Timer,” and had been through the roughest of the early days. ‘The commissioner also searched the recesses of his memory for amusing anec- dotes of bench and baz My latest recol- lection, after we at length tumbled in, is of awaking somewhere in the wee sma’ hours to see the inspector sitting up, sound asleep, but telling one of his favorite stor- ies to an imaginary audience—imaginary, fl if I except an inquisitive gopher who stood in the tent door, and a slinking coyote in the safe background, down by the creek. I threw the inspector’s boot at him, and its owner rolled over to sleep once more, with a request not to make so much noise —as though he himself were innocent in the matter. We broke camp very early the next morning, and arrived in town, very dusty and dirty and tired, but with a magnifi- cent cargo of trout, which we were careful to show to everyone. Apart from the pleasure which every man should get from a good day’s fishing, where the finny creatures are hungry ana rise readily to the bait, the surroundings of our camp in the Porcupine Hills were such that we were all loth to say good-bye. It would be hard indeed to find a more charming spot to spend a week or two, either fishing or merely loafing around with a novel or two and one’s pipe and a com- panion. to chait to when one felt so inclined. We had picked out perhaps the most lovely spot to be found along the creek, beside one of its numerous rapids, whose mur- muring musie¢ lulled us to sleep at night. The creek wound its way down to the level plain, with many a curious twist and turn. It seemed the very prototype ot that famous brook immortalized by Tenny- son: T chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom, sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. Had the poet drawn his inspiration from this modest little western stream, he could not have more fittingly described it. Not only is the “lusty trout” there, with all his relations, but the grayling also, a Can- adian cousin of ‘that which Tennyson knew. If any of my readers are ever lucky enough to wander as far as Fort Macleod, they cannot do better than, drive out to Trout Creek in the Porcupine Hills. To camp there, in midsummer, is equal to any excursion within my experience. 273 DD PALE BELA LARA —r—™" CAMPING WITH INDIAN TEPEES#& By Straw Hat. rrr~ornmman~me Schooleraft, the Indian historian, made his home at Sault Ste. Marie for some years, where his family mtermarried with that of a famous Indian chieftain. Here Schooleraft became acquainted with Shingwauk and his son Buhqujjinini, a..d Longfellow, the poet, obtained the legend from Schoolcraft, which he immortalized by its rendering in the form of the poem, “Hiawatha.” The hunting ground of Shingwauk and Buhqujjinini extended from Marquette, Mich., to below Desbar- ats, Ont. Shingwauk’s grandson, Kabaoo- sa, and great-grandson, Wabanosa, are liv- ing at Desbarats Station, and another at Garden River, near Sault Ste. Marie. They are fairly educated men, proud of their race, and are convinced of the fact that the original of Hiawatha was Buhqujjinini, who died only a few months ago. They hold Longfellow in great esteem for so correctiy picturing the life of the Oji- bway tribe. They have invited the Long- fellow family to be their guests and to see the Drama of Hiawatha, the first presen- tation of which will be early in August with real Indians. Provision will be made for a large number of people to camp out on ‘the Desbarats Islands. The hotels are only small country inns, which the local people think good enough, but which would go far: below the expectations of the average tourist, so that those coming there this year must come prepared to rough it. There is a summer hotel build- ing at the present in the Indian village at Richards’ Landing, both of which will be ready on August 1. These will be outifit- ted for people of the more exacting kind so that it will provide a better class of accommodation ‘than that just described. However, the tents and camping outfits . will be provided by experienced people, and there is nothing to dread in that sort of living and much to enjoy. In the mean- time parties leaving the ‘train, who have to spend a night or take a meal at the Desbarats Hotel, will have no cause to complain. A steam launch, row-boats and waggons will bring tourists from the Desbarats Station or Hotel to the Islands during the tourist season. To secure tents or tepees it will be ne- cessary to write ahead to A. V. Reid, Desbarats, Ont. Fish Story. First octopus—Here comes old shark. Let’s swim away. Second octopus—Why? First octopus—O, he’s always telling about the time he caught a man ten feet long and let him get away.—Baltimore American. - ce O26" 2"3 Dey : < pia see's Secs tos PASTS Portion “$8 Rod and Gun in Canada Canadian Hunt; Club ESS than twenty-five years ago there was perhaps but one reg. ularly organized hunt club vpon the continent, and to-day there are fully one hundred in operation in various parts of Canada and the United States. During the past ten yeafs this kind of sport has become quite a fad on this side of the Atlantic. Where previous- ly the trotter was the favorite among horsemen, he has now to give precedence to the. hunter, and as a direct result of this change of opinion as to the uses. to which our high class horses can be put, horse shows have sprung up all over the country, conducted on lines largely after the pattern of those held in Great Britain for many years past. While possibly the high-class roadster is holding his own in many respects, the saddle horse and hunt- er have come to the front in a manner that has been a surprise to those engaged in this branch of agricultural industry. In our June number we gave an histor- ical sketch of the Montreal Fox Hunt, and in the present issue we purpose giv- ing a brief account of the Canadian Hunt Club, which was organized, in November 1897, with a membership of twenty-five. The officers elected for the following year were Dr. A. R. L. Marsolais, president; Mr. L. H. Painchaud, vice-president; P. A. Beaudoin, treasurer, and J. B. La- marche, secretary; the kennels being lo- cated at Longueuil. During this year the work done was more of the character of organization, and the getting together of ‘a full complement of hounds to hunt on regular days, and to get familiar with the possibilities of the country over which they were to hunt. Many of the members took a deep imterest in these initiatory steps, and their efforts were rewarded with a success far beyond that anticipat- ed. Foxes were found in abundance, and contrary to expectations, the farmers in the vicinity of Longueuil welcomed rather than opposed their coming, as was also the case in St. Hubert, St. Bruno, Re- pentigny, and St. Lambert. The year 1899 opened very much more favorably, the membership having increased to one hun- dred and twenty-five and large and valu- able additions were made to the pack. This year the hunting season commenced about the middle of September and con- tinued until the early part of December. Throughout’ the entire season the sport was excellent and the country hunted over is certainly the best to be found in the Province of Quebec, being plentifully sup- By C. JNO. ALLOWAY plied with game and more open and freer from barbed wire than the Island of Mont- real. During this year Mr. Geo. A. Si- mard was Master, and Mr. J. B. La- marche, secretary. The membership has increased, until it now numbers one hun- dred and sixty active members. At the last annual meeting, Dr. J. D. Gauthier was elected Master and Mr. J. B. Ja- marche re-elected secretary, and since that date the club has become a regular member of the Canadian Hunt Association, For the first time in its history this club is now in possession of a club house, sit- uated at St. Lambert, about a mile above the Victoria Bridge on the south side of the river, where is:commanded a beau- tiful view of the St. Lawrence, with the rapids in sight a short distance higher up. Almost immediately in front of the Club House is located a beautiful bay, where excellent fishing, boating and bath- ing are obtainable, which adds materially to its attractions. The members have also in the vicinity training grounds, where the young horses are schooled, and huntsmen in embryo are taught lessons in the art of horsemanship and the technique of the hunting field. Lying to the south and east are the beautiful coverts of St. Hu- bert, St. Bruno, Gentilly, St. Philippe, and Boucherville, with Laprairie to the west. The official opening of the Club Housd was held May 28th, and was a most brilliant affair. Mem- bers and invited guests were _ ar- riving and taking their departure from ten in the morning until five p.m. They were received by Dr. Gauthier, the Master, and Mr. J. B. Lamarche, who were ably assisted by Dr. A. Brosseau, Major F. G. Mackay, Dr. P. E. Maurice and Messrs. J. A. O. Laforest and Clovis St. Louis. The visitors were numerous and express- ed their appreciation of the courtesies ten- dered them, and showed their interest in the equipment of the new club and its development in so short a time. At noon lunch was served, for which forty covers were laid. During the after- noon a four-in-hand tally-ho coach put in an appearance containing a number of members, whose arrival was announced by the lusty blowing of the “Fanfare de Cors de Chasse.”” The performers were Ths. A. Reeb, Paul de Bellefroid, J. B. A. Tison, H. S. Pierre and Paul Degremont. These gentlemen added much to the enjoyment of 'those present, to whom this musical or- ganization was quite a novelty, being the only one of its kind in America, though a “ frequent accompaniment of hunting clu in France. The tally-ho party consiste of Messrs. Arthur Berthiaume, Kuge Bastien, T. E. Huot, Arthur Lamaliee Jugene Cadieux, Arthur Ibbotson, Georg Vandelac, J. R. Mainville, V. Murph Monette, Coswell and Rusilon. The pa now numbers thirty-eight entered mostly imported and from imported stoc In addition to the hunting proper, a po club has been organized, and some of © more energetic members have entered im this new departure with such a zest tl it has already become quite popular. T first practice took place on June 9th, a& every Saturday since the sport has be taken hold of with much spirit. ; Two car-loads of polo ponies have be purchased in the Northwest, and will | regularly used instead of the larger hors Many members are now spending t summer at the club house, where they ¢ indulge in almost any kind of exereis both on land and water, The hounds are now taking prep exercise, and cub-hunting will " August, and the first regular meet > take place the second Saturday in Sep ber. OW a De! + We have received Part I of Cata of Canadian Birds, by Professor Sohn coun, M.A., F.R.S.C., naturalist to Geological Survey of Canada. ‘The nai of the author is sufficient to suggest t fact that the catalogue, like everythi emanating from him, is eminently tical. It is intended to be a popular’ and contains the English names of 1 birds as well as the scientific terms, the species are arranged in scientific ord There are copious notes and many V references. Part II. is intended to plete the catalogue and will be pu later on. Price of Part I. ten cents. lished by the Geological Survey, © _* * * The Anglers’ Association of Perth j ‘been formed and the following offi elected :—- President—T. A. Code, Esq. lst Vice-President—. F. Kellock, Es 2nd Vice-President—J. A. Allan, Est 8rd Vice-President—J. E. deHerte Seceretary—C. F. Stone. Treasurer—R. J. Drummond, Esq. Executive Committee—Dr. Beeman ; Messrs, A. W. Goodman, Robert Bur Wm. Farrell, sr., J. F. Kellock, @ Armstrong, J. R. Mitchell, J. M. son, P. Hope, J. Ed. deHertel, and | Marks. E Honorary members—Senator MeL a Hon. John Haggart, Col. Matheson, - \ A., Mr, W. CG. Caldwell, barat I Judd This association will decal itself 1 ly to preserving the fish in the mar ry y ling waters near Perth, Ont., ¢ doubt will do excellent work. eee oft set Parte Sete es se ey See oe ens O35 o eee ta.%,* id Bro Lee Rod and Gun in Canada THEN AND NOW By Chas. A. Bramble PORTSMEN and tourists visiting the pleasant little town of Mat- tawa, on the upper Ottawa, are hardly likely to know of the great changes that have taken place in that region during the last generation. In that time Matittawa has changed from # Hudson Bay post, remote from civiliza- tion, and rarely visited by anyone not con- nected with the fur trade, into a suftficient- ly lively little town boasting of several hotels, and into a junction where two rail- roads join their steel bands. | Things are very much more comfortable to-day at Mattawa than they were in the early ages. When the writer first found himself at the meeting place of the Mat- tawa and Ottawa Rivers, there were no hotels, and he thought himself lucky t0 get a bed on the floor of a half-breed’s hut; now you may turn the electric light on or off, call for hot water to shave with, in fact, indulge yourself in all the luxuries | of an effete civilization—that is, provided yon have the two or three dollars a day necessary to command such luxuries. Liv- ing as yet is not very expensive on the | Upper Ottawa, though the prices are sev- eral hundred per cent. higher than they were twenty vears ago. ‘hen one could } often do more by the present of a few car- tiidges, or of some stray fish-hooks, than with dollar bills. | © course all these changes have not itzken place without affecting more or less \tlie game distribution of the district. Just lus there is one glory of the sun and an- jother glory of, the moon, so have there Ibeen various abundances of game imme- \diately surrounding the Mattawa. jthe Hudson’s Bay Company flourished, the \big black moose used to stroll down and )stretch their necks over the paling of the \fort, sniffing inquisitively at the many {beautiful objects for sale in the company’s Joking apart, one had to go but a |store. ivery few miles, ere running across fresh jmoose tracks; as for the Kipawa region, \the animals were simply jostling one an- merely for |moose—-they were to be had nearer. Of small deer there were none in those days jat the Mattawa. When I say none, I must jeorrect myself, for we did on one occasion Wwhereat the guide, Jimmie the Duck, al- jmost fell over sideways with excitement. )During a long career he had never stumbled across a deer track north of the )Mattawa River. To-day there are few bet- When: ter hunting grounds for deer than the lands adjacent to the Upper Ottawa ana the Mattawa. The deer have been en- croaching upon the range that were once exclusively a moose ground, and the latter animals have been receding east, north, and west. Moose and deer rarely occupy the same country; in fact they never do 36 unless, as is the case in Maine to-day, Second Falls on Magpie the poor brutes are so hemmed in that it is Hobson’s choice. Trappers say that the moose pursue the deer, and make their lives a burden to them until they clear out. This is quite possible, while, on the other hand, it may be merely a natural antipathy which causes the animals to avoid one another. Comparing the sport to be had at Mat- tawa twenty years ago with that to be expected to-day, the situation may be summed up as follows: Sport was then rougher, more adveniturous, better spiced with danger, but there is a better chance of a varied bag in 1900, than in 1881. For moose the explorer need only take the Temiskaming Colonization Railroad for a 275 few miles in mooseland, and he will soon find himself in mooseland. Last winter some young farmer friends of mine, not far from Haileybury, which is the Ontario side of Lake Temiskaming, used to make up snowshoeing parties to visit the mouse yards on the back of their farm. Happily they were men of the right stamp, and the poor helpless brutes came to no harm at their hands. Just as soon as the On- tario Government permits moose shooting, there will be some grand hunting to the westward of the lake. I say ‘permits shooting’ advisedly, because I understand the Ontario Government, in its wisdom, will not allow moose to be killed previous to November Ist of the present year. ‘Uhis means that mighty few moose will bite the leaves, or the dust, or whatever other sub- River, Northern Ontario. stance an expiring moose is supposed tu bite, this season. Moose hunting, when permitted at all, should be legal after the lst of September. The biggest moose come to call very early some seasons. I[ think the temperature of the air has much to do with the beginning of the season. When a warm August is succeeded by sharp frosts early in September, the hunt- er will do well to be upon the ground and ready to try his luck. By postponing the opening of the season until late into the autumn the bag is likely to be re- stricted to young, immature bulls, there- fore, the Ontario Government will not act wisely should it make the opening date later than September 15th, and te 276 first of the month would serve the pur- pose better. There is no better outfitting point than at Mattawa, for, although the old Hud- son’s Bay Fort has long since disappeared, the great company has erected stores there which are the envy and admiration of the unsophisticated natives. In them you may buy anything from a plug of tobacco to a yellow and green blanket; only you must not be in a hurry. You see the Indian, with whom they have always traded, has lots of time, in fact time is his long suit. He would cheerfully pass a long summer’s day haggling over the price of a marten skin, and then he may require another day to select the articles he is to take in exchange for it. The guides of the region are mostly Frenchmen, with a strong dash of Indian blood in their veins, or else Scotch half-breeds. They are all magnifi- cent canoe-men, a rigorous selection hav- ing been going on for many years, and the duffers having all come to violent ends long ago. When canoeing up the rivers you are continually meeting with “Dead Mens’ Rapids,” and these rapids were the places of undoing of the duffers. ‘Uhe canoemen of to-day are as nearly perfect as any human beings are likely to become; they will pole or paddle al) day without showing signs of fatigue; they never make .mistakes; never take the wrong side of the rapid, to find out when too late that there is a big rock ahead; and after hav- ing made the Monsieur comfortable for the night, are ready and satisfied to throw themselves feet to the fire, and go to sleep on the sharp edge of a stone without fur- ther preliminaries. This is really one of the charms of camping out on the Upper Ottawa. Not only are you sure of good sport, that is if you are any good yourself, but it is very delightful for a city man to get away from the humdrum of his daily life, away back into the woods with these simple, unspoilt children of nature, as companions. They say what they think, and mean what they say, although they are never rude. They have the most profound pity for the aver- age- Monsieur’s inaptitude; they cannot help regretting that a man showing so many promising qualities should be so bad- ly brought up. In their eyes it is shame- ful not to be able to chop, and pole, and ‘paddle, and they fail to understand how boys can be brought up in ignorance of these elementary requisites of a liberal education. There is one way, however, in which the sportsmen may force their admiration and respect. Good hunters and trappers as they are, not one in the hun- dred can shoot as well on the average as his employer. If the employer manages to keep his head level when he gets a snap shot at moose, varibou, or deer, and is able to do himself justice, he will probably as tonish his men by what they consider his almost uncanny skill with the vifle. They will talk over that shot around the win- ter’s fire, and you may be sure neither Rod and Gun in Canada the distance nor the result will lose by the repetition of the telling. So if the old Mattawa have passed away there is yet another Mattawa always ready to extend a welcome to a man who fol- lows legitimate sport. It is quite a far ery to that little town, but several -men have already found their way there, and, as a rule, those that go there one year return with great regularity as soon as the leaves on the maples and the birches are changing to crimson and gold. There is a fascination about that northern land to which if a man yield but once, he rarely struggles against for the remainder of his natural life. During the early autumn the weather is usually all that could be de- sired, and the sport is about as good as any one has a right to expect. Walee ok the Hae Maude. Twelve million animals are killed every year to furnish us with furs. Some of these fur-bearing animals, like the sea ot- ter, have been almost annihilated, and the beaver has disappeared from all but the most distant regions. Statistics show a constant increase in the suppply of furs, but this does not mean that there are more fur-bearing animals in the world. It signifies simply that under the impulse of the greater demand and better prices more persons engage in hunting and trap- ping the animals. Every animal that has hair on it is hunted to-day for its hide. The lion as well as the rabbit, the monkey as well as the cat, the fox as well as the seal, the bear and the otter, animals of the polar region and those that live near the equa- tor, mammals and amphibians. There are some 400 species or varieties of fur-bearing animals, and almost every country in the world furnishes its quota of furs. China sends furs from Thibet, Japan sends mar- ‘tens and badgers, South America a kind of rat, Peru and Chile the chinchilla, Aus- tralia the opossum. In 1898 there were 1,- 300.000 opossum skins sold in London. The muskrat furnishes the largest num- ber of skins—in 1898 2,651,342. Of course, the retail buyer does not recognize the muskrat in the furs of the marten sold to her, but that is what most of the marten furs are. The collarettes and boas sold at such low prices are muskrat furs, and they wear well. Skunk and the true marten are next in importance. The marten is found largely in Canada and the northern part of the United States, and so are the pole- cat and the ermine. Fox skins are sold in very large numbers, 250,000 having been used in 1898. But there are all sorts of grades among the foxes. The common red fox is of least value. The blue fox and silver fox are most valued. The blue fox is sometimes almost as white as the snow on which it lives, and at other times of a darker color. Tt is this second kind which is most largely sought for. Last year the best specimens of blue foxes were sold as high as $1,20 each. But the famous silver fox is greates of all, for its dark skin is liberally sow with white hairs. It is found mainly i the extreme north, near the Arctic Ocea: in Alaska, Labrador, and Siberia, and, sides, it is very rare. Some specimens | this fur have ben sold during the last ye; for $1,700. a After the first fall of snow, about t middle of October, the fur hunters bur themselves in the forests, taking with two dogs, who drag along the sleigh ed with the necessary supplies. he consists of some blankets, ammunitio traps, sometimes a tent and very litt provisions. They rely ‘chiefly upon tl animals slain for food. After laying #] traps—a work of no small trouble and 1] bor—the hunter must be ever on the ale for the wolf is ever ready to rob his traj of any animal caught therein, and t! hunter doesn’t like to catch furs wolves. ee Toward the end of the winter most these animals disappear, and then tl hunters look for beavers, setting the traps through holes in the ice. When t thaw begins their active runs along oth lines for the grizzly and common bears m emerge from their winter quarters, a their pelts are in no small demand. Aft catching as many animals as they ea stripping and salting their hides, the tr. pers must sell the products of their w ter’s work. The Indians in Canada br most of their furs to the forts of the Hu son Bay Company. ; Canada and Labrador supply most of furs exported from America. , a Advancement of the Hoss By C. J. Alloway. 4 The new Riding Academy that is bei erected in New York, by Mr. William Di land, is to be a building of magnifies proportions and is to cost considerably | a million dollars. Some estimate can formed of its magnitude, when it is m tioned that there are to be one thousa electric lights in the riding ring alone a all other equipments throughout the in: tution on a similar scale.. —— At the recent sale of the McGrathi: yearlings, held at Sheepshead Bay p docks, on June 15, eight colts, the get “Hanover,” sold for the unpreceden average of eight thousand seven hund and fifty dollars; one of bringing enormous sum of twenty thousand dolli pie second fourteen thousand five h re bd ie: Ree The above facts, beg te with the ‘ec sale of “Flying Fox,” for a sum exce one hundred and ninety-one thousand lars, are strong arguments in favor of phenomenal values to which horses of best types have risen in recent years, would appear to be conclusive ‘ that notwithstanding the multiplicat: electric and other forms of locomotic equine species seems to have ma rapid strides of advancement as an im ant factor in the service of man than e in his previous history. 1 : j ‘ REGARDING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF CANADIAN ANIMALS AND BIRDS. By Chas. A. Bramble. Although the wholesale extermination wed by our American cousins against the ed and feathered denizens of their for- s and prairies, has not, thank Provi- ce, been imitated here in Canada, yet e, during our growth into a nation, npelled to oust some kpecies, and y much reduce the numbers of cer- ne can,of course, easily understand how s that the wild turkeys no longer t the immediate neighborhood of 0; and that the moose is not as ant as was once the case in the out- f Hochelaga, but there are certain vements of the lower humanities ‘we are at a loss to explain. Let nee a few of these cases. years ago, according to Indian re- their statements are substanti- the presence of many gnawed and d antlers on the hillside, elk were y abundant throughout southern olumbia. To-day you might from the Rockies to the Coast, Boundary to the Bridge River, nning across a track of an elk, Meeting any white man who had d of such am animal being found mainland of the province. are exclusively confined to the Vancouver. They inhabit the e and matted forests of the nor- id of the island. Few have been t, as the difficulty of hunting them in a country is enough to deter all but keenest. The western woods are not = of the east. They are full of prickly shrubs, one of the most nable of which is fittingly named, Devil’s Club,” and a man requires cin suit and the hide of a rhi- to force his way through in any _ It is said by scientific men that couver elk has become differenti- the counse of ages, and is now a variety. The elk which was formerly ihe mainland, was, if one may judge ist antlers, identical with that found e Northwest. Why it disappeared an can say. The Indiams have a the effect that the animals vanish- er a winter of unusually deep snow; this is their universal explanation disappearance of any animal, it luite permissable to doubt its correct- nm this case. Is it not more prob- that an unfortunate murrain, such aas lately devastated South Africa, ertook them, and spreading with awful Virulence, exterminated the noble animals? is is only a conjecture, but it is prob- rrect. across the giant barrier of the es, on the breezy upland plains of Se SPOT SES OE ED a a a a sree Rod and Gun in Canada the Northwest, am extermination on a far grander scale took place within the mem- ory of men who are not yet middle-aged. The northern range of the buffalo extend- ed to the southern edge of the great sub- Arctic forest, which stretches its dark mass down to the very banks of the Sas- katchewan. In winter the animals drift- ed before the biting north wind, and the driving sleet, until they reached the val- leys of the Platte, and Republican, and other American streams. In the spring they wandered north again, and the hali- breed and the Indian found each fall an ever-recurring supply of meat and _ hides, with which to sustain and clothe them- selves during the ensuing winter. ‘Vhrough- out the 70’s an awful butchery took place. Hardly any of the slaughter occurred on the Canadian side of the border, but just south of it, in Montana. Fort Benton traders outfitted hundreds of parties to wipe out the animals. Millions of buffalo were shot for the sake of their hides, and the bulk of the killing was dune in three years. ‘To-day, from the base of the Rock- ies, as far east as the Qu’Appelle, the whole Northwest is seamed with a net- work of buffalo trails and wallows. In that dry climate they will be in evidence for many a long year yet. ‘These trails, and a few woods-buffalo still inhabiting the Smoky River district in the Peace River country, are all that we have of the buffalo. Manitoba has changed from a wilderness _ of waving grass to a fertile land, yielding many million bushels of wheat within a very few years. Such changes, as might naturally be expected, have upset the orig- inal economy’ of Nature, and given rise to a new order of things. The elk was once widely distributed in Manitoba; now it is confined to the so-called “bluffs,” which are the ‘wooded shores of what was, in ancient times, a vast lake, covering the whole, or nearly all of the land now kmown as Manitoba. ‘These ridges or bluffs are covered with a growth of mossy- cup oak, and ash-leaved maple. They form the last sanctum of the Manitoba elk. Under the scanty shade of these prairie trees, the Doukhobor, the Galician, the Scandinavian, and the German, are rapid- ly doing to death the survivors of a once numerous species. There have been even more wonderfui changes among the game birds of the prairie province. Twenty-five years ago the only species of grouse known to the Manitobans was the sharptail. These birds were always known as chickens, and could be slaughtered by the cart-load in the serubby brush along the Assiniboine and other prairie rivers. ‘The bird found im the United States, which is the pinnated grouse, was never known ‘to occur, at least in central or northern Manitoba. ‘To-day a bag of grouse will contain about equal numbers of each species, but in a few years, it is to be feared, the prairie hen will have completely vanquished the prai- 277 rie chicken. The sharptail has been re- ceding east, and north, and west, before the advance of the pugnacious and more powerful southern bird. The sharptail is a lover of the wilderness; the pinnated never thrives so well as when there are large fields of wheat and corn from which it may take toll. In 1883 the eastern range of the sharptail did not extend much beyond Whitemvuth, which is about 50 miles northeast of Winnipeg. Of late stray birds have been shot as far east as the Ottawa, and in the rugged country between Manitoba and the Great Lakes, the birds are very abundant all along the railway track. The cause of this eastern extension is probably the burning of the heavy forest in the immediate neighbor- hood of the line. This land is now grow- ing up in that light, mixed growth, which follows the destruction by fire, of the original heavy timber. It is, therefore, at present, an ideal country for a bird which prefers the scrub to the open country, and which, on the other hand, will have noth- ing to do with dense woodlands; but I am afraid this abundance of sharptail between Lake Superior and the Red River will not be a permanent condition. Dur- ing the next twenty-five years the second growth will be replaced by young forests of Jack pine and spruce; then it will no longer suit the habits of the sharptail, and the bird will gradually become scarce. The only way these grouse could be pre- served would be by keeping large tracts of land burnt off in rotation. ‘This, of course, is not a policy which could be ad- vocated by any sane man, no matter how enthusiastic he might be on the subject, and the greater care now taken to preserve the timber of west Ontario from fire, al- most assures us that the days when hun- dreds of thousands of acres of standing pine were destroyed, through carelessness or criminal negligence, are past. In the older parts of Ontario the Vir- ginia deer have been extending their range north and west and are now found in regions where they were unknown ages ago. In Quebec, also, between the Ottawa and the Great Lake St, John, there is a country of lake and forest which is be- coming most abundantly stocked with deer. We im Canada are particularly for- tunate in having such large unbroken for- est areas. These form perfect sanctuaries for game, and ensure an ample breeding stock for future generations. These few brief notes by no means touch upon all the changes of habit that are known to have occurred in the Dominion, but they include the more noticeable. It may be added, as it was omitted, in the allusion. to Manitoban changes, that the queer little burrowing owl, which shares with the marmot and the rattlesnake, the sandy burrows of the western prairie-dog villages, has found its way into Manitoba, where it has always been unknown. The Colonies are creeping across the province in a north-westerly direction, and have been noticed recently in the neighborhood of Brandon. - 278 Sd 2 Avezresy Novel Competition ° To the Citizens of Montreal:— The town of St. Gabriel de Brandon is situated on the shore of Lake Maski- nonge which contains excellent maskinonge fishing. While all reputable strangers are welcomed to St. Gabriel, it is desired to specially advertise the town and bring its attractions to the notice of all Mont- feal citizens, and the town council has, therefore, decided on the novel means of directing their attention to St. Gabriel by offering prizes for the largest maski- nonge caught between July lst, 1900, and September 30th, 1900, inclusive, by a citi- zen of Montreal. The prizes to be as fol- Sd lows:— One sImb :Drkneigis se soja) ci ein sos OD One.2nd Prize.. .. 15.00 One 3rd Prize.. .. 10.00 One 4th prize.. .. 5.00 Only citizens of Montreal and its su- burbs may compete, and proof of citizen- ship satisfactory to the Mayor of St. Ga- briel de Brandon will be required before the prize is paid to the successful contest- ant. Contestants will be allowed to use only the method of fishing called “trolling” and the trolls used shall not consist of more than three hooks each. Trolling is to take place only in the daytime, between the hours of daybreak and sunset as shown in the Canadian Al- mamnac. On landing after trolling, each contest- ant will be required to exhibit the largest maskinonge he has caught to Z. B. Ger- main, secretary, who will measure and weigh same, the measurement to be from middle of tail to tip of snout ; the weigh- ing to be on Fairbanks scales, the weight to be of the fish undressed precisely as caught. A portion of the fish (the tongue) will be removed by weigher and destroyed. A. certificate of weight and length will be made and signed in dupli- cate, and one portion handed to the con- testant, who must furnish his or her full name and address to the weigher before certificate is delivered. On October, Ist, 1900, the judges, Messrs. J. E. Archambault, M.P., Mayor St. Gabriel de Brandon, E. Beausoleil, J. B. Gouin, Louis Coutu and A. H. Oli- vier, will decide the result of the contest, which will be announced by circular and in the public press, and thereupon the prizes will be awarded. J. E. ARCHAMBAULT, -.M.P., Mayor, St. Gabriel de Brandon June 30th, 1900. Rod and Gun in Canada tedster cere renee, ag . oe Fetes eeete FF * Editor—E. Stewart, Chiéf Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian For- estry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R.H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. HE report of the Chief Inspector of Timber and Forestry for Canada, which has now been issued, is of special interest, as : being the first submitted by Mr.E. Stewart, in that capacity, and, while of necessity there is but little work yet done, the conclusion from ‘the reading of this re- port must be that the timber lands under the control of the Dominion Government are of sufficient extent and value to justi- fy fully the appointment of a special of- ficer to deal with them. The principal wooded areas which will be under Mr. Stewart’s jurisdiction are described as follows:— The first, which might for convenience be called our Great Northern Forest, ex- tends from Alaska on the west to Hud- son Bay on the east, and from the North Saskatchewan river, and the sixtieth par- allel of latitude on the south to the barren lands of the Arctic regions. East. of James’ Bay there is the Labrador dis- trict. Next we have a timbered area of con- siderable extent lying north of the Pro- vince of Ontario and south of the North Saskatchewan river, and the same belt extends westerly, growing narrower till it reaches its apex at the junction of the north and south branches of the Saskatch- ewan river at Fort a la Corne. Proceeding westerly the next large tim- ber belt we meet with is along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and extend- ing from the North Saskatchewan souther- ly to the international boundary. The next in order would be the British Columbia railway belt. This tract of country was granted by the Province of British Columbia to the Dominion as a contribution to the latter for the build- ing of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is in round numbers about five hundred miles in length by forty miles in width twenty miles on each side of the line of railway, and contains an area of 20,000 square miles, or 12,800,000 acres. The most of ‘this area is well covered with splendid timber. The first object which will be aimed at is the preservation of the timber from fire, for in this, as in almost. all forestry re- ports, that agent of destruction is found FORESTRY “Rod and Gun” is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. the Editor " welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. ; aE GAGA ROSES SEE ERTS ee s eee em wee to be the one most ‘to be dreaded. 1 Mounted Police have from time to ti been employed in enforcing the Fire A of both the Northwest Territories and 1 Province of Manitoba, and there is question that in many cases they ha done excellent work, and wherever t! services can be utilized in the future it desirable that they could be continued; t in view of the extent of the country be looked after and the limited numl comprising this force and the other dut incumbent on them, it is impossible | them to do all that is required in ¢ respect. Such being the case, it will necessary to provide additional assisté for the purpose. a Mr. Stewart considers that some a method of fire guardianship as has bi employed with so great a measure of s cess in Ontario and Quebee could adi tageously be arranged for Manitoba < the Northwest. Under this system — Government and the license holders jo ly bear the cost of the service, and — results of its adoption have been very : isfactory to both parties, as shown by statements of the lumbermen and fire statistics. a A very important timber area, pa ularly for its effect on ‘the system of - gation for the semi-arid district in Northwest Territories, is that along foot hills of the Rocky Mountains. reports of the Irrigation Branch, as ed by Mr. Stewart, call attention absolute necessity of preserving th ber if a proper and regular sup water is to be assured, and also p the widespread destruction by fire has occurred. There is no phase subject of greater importance than and it is one which deserves very consideration. ‘The Government ready acted in the matter in so f set apart the portion of this tract ext ing from the Bow river to the 49t he allel as a timber reserve. yi A number of other reserves in diff parts of Manitoba and the Northwest ritories have been set apart by the | ernment for their timber and are — drawn from settlement and also from lease or license. In this connection, Stewart makes the following statemer “Recognizing the wisdom of ret a portion of the public domain mn production of timber, not only for its mercial value but. also for the vz 3 eficial effects that the forests have 0 ‘climate and physical character of a coun- try, it is probable that this is only a be- - ginning in that direction. And in this s connection it cannot be too strongly urged that further reserves should be set apart well in advance of settlement, and in or- der that this may be intelligently done, a ‘thorough exploration of the unsurveyed portion of our public domain should be undertaken and kept up, so as always to ‘be ahead of the settler.- This system, in addition to its utility in the way indi- _ gated, would in the end be found econo- mical, inasmuch as many districts which | el would be surveyed, but which, _ from these reports, would be found unfit a settlement or be recommended for tim- i. reserves, could be left unsurveyed, "and the expense thereof saved to the De- ~ partmen age | The preservation and management of 4| e timber now standing is, however, only a ne side of the problem which has to be dealt with. The treeless character of our | Western plains forces itself on the notice jof every visitor to the West. And this gondition aggravates itself. For the result of the lack of protection of the soil from sun and wind renders the growing of trees Es ‘difficult matter, while the absence of any covering to retain the moisture which _ may be deposited in the form of rain or snow, adds to the preliminary obstacles that surround the problem. The results ‘accomplished by the efforts of the Experi- ‘mental Farms, the Canadian Pacific: Rail- way, Mr. Pearce, and others, demonstrate, “however, the possibility of suecess in this q A ehaig and the experiments in tree ting so far conducted have shown their antages in themselves and also their : Setainese as a protection to the growing su A number of interesting statistics ‘ive quoted from the reports of the Ex- "perimental Farms to show the varieties of “trees experimented with, the cost, &c. | Mr. Stewart recommends that the Gov- ernment should encourage ‘the people of jhe country to take up the work for them- “selves by furnishing them with information on the subject and also with seed, cuttings and young trees of desirable varieties. Much may be learned from visiting the ‘ rimenttal Farms, but Mr. Stewart sug- a that in addition forestry lecturers might attend the meetings of the Farm ers’ Institutes on the prairies, and give ectures of instructions on tree planting, i following this up by distributing a short treatise of instruction on the subject, u also by an announcement of the man- ner in which the settler could be supplied free with seed, cuttings or young trees, from the Experimental Farms or else- where Th conclusion the whole case is summed up in the following statement:— a “The whole forestry problem of our hwest may be included in the two “words: conservation and _ propagation. Conservation or preservation of what we ae at present growing in a natural state Kod and Gun in Canada involves, first, prevention as far as possi- ble destruction by fire, and, secondly, a judicious system of cutting the timber re- quired for use so as to retain for all time a continuous supply from those districts that are better adapted for the growth of timber than for agricultural purposes. So much has already been said on the subject of protection from fire that it is unnecessary to say anything more ex- cept, in conclusion, to recommend that before next season arrives a system of guardianship be instituted. It will be ne- “1G people have a knowledge regarding their cultivation, which it would be safe to say a large percentage have not, the trouble and expense are incurred to little advan- tagan and where failure is the result it discourages others from attempting the experiment,—if such a word as experiment is permis- sible; whereas, it can scarcely be doubt- ed that if one farmer in a neighborhood make the attempt and is successful, his example will be followed by others, and a healthful stimulant to emulation will be On a Tribtuary Stream of Oba Lake, near the Meight of Land, cessary to divide the timber districts so that in case of necessity rangers or guar- dians may be employed at short notice. In certain exceptionally wet seasons, such as the last, it may not be necessary to employ any, while in others it may be necessary to do so in certain parts and not in others. .The owners of timber limiits should bear a fair and equitable proportion of the expenses of the guardianship where there are limits within the guarded dis- tricts. With regard to propagation it is also unnecessary to repeat what has been said, but its importance is so great to the pres- ent settlers on the plains and so far-reach- ing in its effects to the country and to those who will in future make their homes there, as to warrant an earnest. effort be- ing made to encourage the planting of The Experimental trees by the settlers. Farms are at present doing an excellent work in supplying seeds, ‘cuttings and young trees to those settlers who make application for them, but unless these Northern Ontario afforded which cannot fail to be of last- ing benefit.” Mr. Stewart is now in the West on a tour of inspection and for the purpose of arranging the organization necessary for carrying out the plans he has outlined in his report. * * * Scientific Test of Pine. Mr. Duff, of the School of Practical Sci- ence, has been commissioned to proceed to Algonquin Park to study the location of the timber there, and particularly the pine. This will be followed up by scien- tific tests as to the strength and durability of pine and other Canadian woods for building purposes. The Ontario Government has arranged with Professor Macoun, of the Geological Survey, Ottawa, who is known as the leading botanist in Canada, if not on the continent, to investigate and report on tlie flora and fauna of Algonquin Park. 250 Professor Macoun is a member of the executive committee of the Canadian For- estry Association, and we hope to give to our readers:some sketches from his pen in connection with his work in the park. The Ontario Government are sending out at the beginning of this month ten par- ties to explore the northern portions of Ontario. Their work should result in very much additional information as to the re- sources of new Ontario, and should place the Government in a better position to. put them to a proper use. The examina- tion and proper use of the resources, es- pecially of timber, is one of the objects, the promotion of which the Forestry Asso- ciation lays down for itself in the state- ment of its aims, and its members can very heartily approve of the action which has been taken. A Canadian manufacturer of paper, in connection with the question of the in- crease of cost in that article, recently stated: I think we will have to give up the notion of cheap paper. What are the facts? The great bulk of the paper used for newspapers is made from wood pulp. Wood is the basis of this class of paper. What are the conditions to-day in regard to timber? Last winter there was very lit- tle snow in the early part, but the men in shanties had to be paid and fed just the same. We had little snow until March, and after that we had an early spring. The water in the creeks is phenomenally low, and the wood cannot be brought down. Every difficulty increased the expense. Moreover, note this, that whereas a few years ago the wood was at the hand, so to say, at the present time, whether in the St. Maurice or Saguenay districts, the men have to go in fifty, a hundred and a hun- dred and fifty miles. There is still plenty of wood, but it is being cut into, it re- cedes, and as it recedes it becomes more expensive to procure. The paper manu- facturers pay from 25 to 40 per cent. more for material than they did some time ago. This applies to ground and chemical wood. Still further, those who manufacture man- illa paper have to pay an increased rate for hemp. The same remark applies to colored rags. Indeed, prices have gone up in connection with every feature of the manufacture of paper. If you wish a new piece of machinery you find the price 25 per cent. higher than would have been the case a few years ago. So it should be well understood by the public that the manufac- turers are not making any more profit when they raise the price of paper. They are not combining against newspaper pub- lishers or any other body, they are simply endeavoring to secure a living profit upon their output. I really do not think very cheap paper can be expected again; at the same time I do not think there need be alarm over a great increase. If we had plenty of rain, even now, the situation might improve. It is largely a question of wood and water. The creeks are low and kod and Gun in Canada the wood cannot be brought down. A plentiful supply of rain would swell the creeks, and swelling the creeks would af:- feet the price which the manufacturer charges and which the publisher pays.” Forest Tree Planting in the West The vast prairies of the west have been the theme of song and story from the days when they were first trodden by the foot of civilized man, and the “Great Lone Land” has always had its fascination for the adventurer and the pioneer, and has developed its own peculiar and inter- esting types of character. These wide- stretching plains seem to open up a new and boundless world and to give room to breathe and expand. But to the pioneer of settlement the prairies present their own special difficulties, less arduous in some respects, than those which beset the early settler in the older provinces in their struggle with the torest, but bearing their own freight of discouragement and disappointment. The grasshopper and the frost, sometimes flood and sometimes drought, wind and hail, all in turn, had to be battled with, and the openness of the country left it peculiarly exposed to such attacks. The bareness of the landscape is a fea- ture which has been co1nmented upon again and again, and the only means by which this character could be changed by man, the planting of trees, has been given more or less attention for many years. Belts of trees would not only add beauty to the scenery, but would be of great value for fuel, as shelter to the growing crops, and for their effect on the climate. The Hon. David Laird, in submitting the report of the Department of the Interior, in 1876, stated that during his journey from Fort Garry to Qu’Appelle, in the summer of 1874,nothing impressed itself up- on his mind more than the treelessness of a vast portion of the country over which he passed. Day by day as he crossed the wide extend of prairie uterly destitute of trees the question presented itself: How is the settlement of these prairies possible if the settler is without wood. for fencing, building or fuel? His attention having been called to the work done in tree planting in the United States,. he instructed the Surveyor-General,Col. J. S. Dennis, to obtain all available informa- tion on the subject. The Surveyor-General apparently consid- ered Hon. L. B. Hodges, superintendent of tree planting on the St. Paul and Pa- cific line ‘of railway, as the most compe- tent authority on the question, for he ap- pended to his report some suggestions on tree planting taken from an essay of Mr. Hodges, and he also quoted the assertions made by that gentleman which he deemed that his five years’ experience justified. Some of these statements were that at a mere trifling expense the stockyard and buildings on the bleakest prairie home- stead may be surrounded in five years with — a belt of trees forming a wind-break and — alfording effectual protection; that a grove of trees can be grown. as surely as a crop — of corn and with far less expense in pro-— portion to its value; that apparently worthless prairie lands can, by the plant-— ing and cultivation of timber thereon, be sold for $100 per acre .within twenty years; that the net profits of land proper- — ly planted and cultivated with trees will — within ten years realize at the rate of — ten to one as compared with the profits at- _ tending the raising of wheat. The Sur- veyor-General added that other even more — forcible propositions were put forth by Mr. Hodges, but he forebore to quote them and perhaps it was well, for in the light of later experience, even those which are — quoted are sanguine enough to suggest re- collections of the predictions which char- acterized the days of the ‘boom.’ } As a result of the investigation it was decided to amend the Dominion Land Act so as to provide for ‘Forest Tree Culture — Claims,” similar to those provided for by _ Act of Congress, and in 1876, an amend- ment was passed authorizing the grant- ing of a quarter section of 160 acres to a settler after the expiry of six years from the date of entry on condition that eight acres of the land had been broken and — prepared for tree planting within one year after entry, an equal quantity during the second year and sixteen additional acres within the third year after such date, and — that a similar scale had been followed in — tree p.ant.ng commencing from the second — year, the trees to be placed not less than twelve feet apart each way. Each appli- | cant for entry would require to make an — affidavit that the land applied for was — open , prairie and without timber. Under this amendment 253 claims, cover- ing an area of 40,480 acres, were taken up during the years 1877 to 1879, but only six entrants completed the duties neces-— sary to entitle them to patent, the last patent being issued only so recently as the 31st August, 1895. Most of these claims — were in the district along the Red River, * others were farther west along the boun- dary and some even so far north and west as the Minnedosa district, The — claims for which grants issued were in Township 2, Range 4, East; Township 3 Ranges 5 and 6, West; and Township 2, Ranges 12 and 14, West. The reason for the practical failure A this experiment was undoubtedly the + of knowledge of the trees suitable for growth in the West, and of the proper methods of caring for them. The fac has gradually forced itself upon the publi o mind ‘that agriculture cannot be carried on successfully except by those who have special knowledge of and training in it, and it is largely the same with arbori- culture. The grower must know what plant, how to plant it, and how to for it afterwards. an hat time every individual tree grow- _to make his own experiments, a result of the work of the Expe- Farms in Manitoba and_ the est the whole question of tree on the plains has now been placed tirely different position. At these tuated at Brandon and Indian pectively, experiments have been for a number of years and the now available for general in- trees which have been found most ory for planting for wind-break the Box Elder or Manitoba » Elm, the Green Ash and the e Poplars are fast growers, d is soft and not very dur- m and Ash form a firm wood wly. The tree which has, on found most satisfactory purposes, is the Manitoba, Ma- vs rapidly and_ strongly. S$ are most useful on the north of the land to be protect- from these directions that z winds come. Satisfactory en formed by planting the apart each way, twenty making a shelter 100 feet ‘Thick hedges have also been id-breaks, made by planting ee rows of trees three feet trees being placed about two in the rows, and these have until they are large en- the ground and_ prevent is found at Brandon to be. t Indian Head from $12 to also be grown from seed, the y being produced from seed ’ country. Large quantities f the Manitoba Maple have uted from the experimental this tree produces seed in m years there will soon be it available. e been distributed from the ad farm 220,000 young forest cuttings, and 4,000 Ibs. of tree from the Brandon farm 600,000 uttings, and 1,800 lbs. of seed. experimental farms have much in the distribution of cuttings to the settlers, there still an opening for some ad- setting out and subsequent care antations, success would be rea- rtain, and each such successful would be an object lesson to neighborhood. By the resume ort of the Chief Inspector of + Rod and Gun in Canada Forestry for the Dominion in another col- umn, it will be seen that he is projecting a plan of organization along these lines. The Division of Forestry of the Unit- ed States have made arrangements for laying out plantations for settlers, prece- dence being given to lands considered miost likely to furnish most useful ex- amples after a study of the ground has. been made. An agreement is made be- tween the owner and the Secretary of Agriculture which provides that the De- partment, after personal study on the ground by its agent or agents, shall pre- pare a plan for planting and caring for a forest plantation, wood lot, shelter belt or wind-break on the land; that the plan shall be prepared for the purpose of pro- moting and increasing the present value and usefulness of said land to its owner and to develop and perpetuate a’ planta- tion of forest trees upon it, the Depart- ment to supervise the execution of the plan so far as may be necessary and to have the right to publish and distribute it and its results for the information of farmers and others whom it may concern. The working of this plan in the United States will be watched with interest, as it may be advisable to adopt a similar plan in Canada, if it is found to work satis- factorily and give the desired results. The report of the annual meeting of the Forestry Association’ is ready for dis- tribution. The design on the cover is very good and is the work of Mr. L. Pereira, the assistant-secretary of the Department of the Interior. Great difficulty was expe- rienced in obtaining suitable illustrations for the report, as this branch of photogra- phy does not appear to have been given the attention it certainly deserves. The secretary will be pleased to send a copy of ‘the report to anyone interested in timber or forestry. * * * We clip the following as a sample of a paragraph which appears occasionally in eur newspapers: ANOTHER TOWN BURNED. Elmira, N. Y., May 8.—AIl the buildings in the village of Oorbett, Potter Co., Pa, were destroyed by forest fires this after- noon and several people were badly burn- ed, the inhabitants fled to Galeton, and many of them are now quartered in the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad station there. The fact that such fires still occur, even in long settled districts, as witness the great Casselman fire of a few years ago, points to the necessity for a continual agi- tation of the question of the prevention of forest fires not only for the value of the wood destroyed, but for the danger there is to. the homes and lives of those who may be in their path. The long spell of dry weather which we have had this spring was particularly favorable to the starting and spread of forest fires, and we cannot too frequently or urgently impress the ne- cessity for care on the part of all those 251 who use fire in the wocds, and of an in- teitigent study of the means of preventing their spread. ‘The question of making compulsury the building of fireproof houses and of preventing the piling of lumber within the city limits in being discussed with much warmth and _ interest at the present time in Hull and Ottawa. Ottawa has progressed somewhat since the days when it was described by a certain distin- guished person as “a city of lumber piles and civil servants,” but the lumber indus- try is still one of the main sources of wealth, although as a result of the change in conditions the sawing of the lumber is not concentrated in Ottawa to anything like the extent it was some years ago. The change, as well as the still great im: portance of the lumber trade in Ottawa is illustrated ,very clearly by the statement made by Mr. J. R. Booth before the Board of Trade of that city. The fires at Hull and Ottawa illustrate very forcibly the dependence of a large number of our citizens upon the continu- ance of the wood industries in their vari- ous forms. Practically the whole of the City of Hull, and a large part of the popu- lation of Ottawa are more or less directly dependent on the lumber mills, and the pulp and paper and other industries. 1f the two largest establishments were not to resume operations it would mean almost the wiping out of the City of Hull, and would give the prosperity of Ottawa a blow from which it would take long to re- cover. The stoppage of :the manufactories would not be a greater disaster than the loss ot the sources of supply through waste or improvidence, and it is here that the work of the Canadian Forestry Asso- ciation should come in to call attention to the necessity of taking stock of our forest resources and providing for their proper inanagement, so that they may be a con: tinuous source of wealth to the country, and may be available for those industrial purposes for which they will always be in demand. The wooden house may be a more im- portant social factor than many of us are inclined to think if the following state- ment by a recent American writer can be accepted: “Stone and brick are the almesé exclu- sive building materials of Europe, and in our larger cities these materials, together with iron used in large edifices are gradu- ally driving out the typical American “frame” house. Not unlikely the latter will have practically disappeared from the United States in the course of fifty years. If so it is by no means a thing to be de- sired. Stone and brick houses are, no doubt, more lasting and substantial than wooden houses, but also far more expen- sive. If the average American family of small means in the future will not be able to obtain the cheap and commodious frame dwelling in which it lives to-day that will mean a long downward step in our stand- 282 ard of life towards the European level. It will mean the spread of the tenement house from the few large cities to the small towns, the disappearance of the one family cottage with its lawns and garden. patch from the willages. It will mean the loss.of one of those advantages by which we have kept our economic superiority to the older countries, another widening of the rent be- tween rich and poor, another difficulty thrown in the path of a democratic form of society.” * * * Canada has taken first place for its tim- ber exhibit at the Paris Exhibition. * * * At the recent meeting of the Ontario Lumbermen’s Association, the cut of lum- ber for the Georgian Bay district for the year 1900 was estimated at 470,000,000 feet. " * * * Dr. Saunders, director of the Kxperi- mental Farms, who has just returned from the West, reports an interesting il- lustration which he noticed on the Indian Head farm, of the value of a shelter belt. A field of grain, which was growing in the shelter of a belt of green ash and Manitoba maple, about ten years old and fifteen feet in height, was found to be growing well and in godo condition, to a distance of 750 feet from the shelter, but beyond that the grain way: poor, the sand having been blown upon it by the wind. The snow which was held by the shelter would also provide moisture in the spring to give the grain a mote Vigor- _ ous start. * * * The forestry asosciation in Saratoga is reported in the rress to be paying 20 cents a quart for tent caterpillars which were destroying the trees of that city. They gathered barrels of them and paid out to the pickers $250. The Ontario De- partment of Agriculture report that these caterpillars are doing considerable dam- age in Western Ontario. The webs of these pests make them easily noticeable in the fall and a careful effort to get rid of them at that time would help to iessen their depredations in the following year. The study of such literature as “The Birds of Killingworth,” particularly if it were under the tuition of such an able bird advocate as the preceptor describ- ed in it, might also help towards the same result. A canine constable has been added to the police force of Dewsbury Borough, England, in the shape of a rough-coated Airedale terrier, who nightly goes the rounds with the men. MHe formerly be- longed to a Mr. Williams, but displayed such a predilection for the police force that the owner turned him over to the chief constable, who obtained a collar identifying the animal with the constabu- lary. He goes about all night with the men, visiting them impartially, and recog- nizes none but members of the force in uniform. He recently followed the men to church.—Ex. Rod and Gun in Canada i AT THE KENNELS . Conducted by D. Taylor A meeting of the executive of the Mont- real Canine Association was held in the Natural History Society rooms on Thurs- day, 28th ult., the president, Mr. Jos. Reid, in the chair, the other members present being Messrs. Jos. Quinn, Alex. Smith, R. S. Kellie, S. P, Howard, A. H. Sims, W. Ormiston Roy and D. Tay- lor. On motion, it was decided not to hold a bench show this fall. The large number of curs running loose in the city was much commented on, and it was finally moved by Mr. S; P. Howard, sec- onded by Mr. Allison H, Sims, “That a committee be appointed to ascertain the “ Earl of Shrewsbury,’’ the property of Messrs. F. and: A. best means of enforcing dog licenses, and ridding the city of Montreal of mongrels and the nuisance it 1s now suffering un- der.” This was unanimously carried, and a sub-committee, consisting of the mover and seconder, together wtih Mr. John A. Pitt and the secretary, was appointed to enquire into the matter and report. Some routine business was transacted, and the meeting adjourned. * * = That there will be some disappointment amongst members of the Canine Associa- tion and dog fanciers at the resolution come to by the executive of that body not to hold a bench show in the fall goes without saying, but the conclusion was not arrived at without serious considera- tion and after weighing carefully all phases of the situaition. The difficulty of secur- ing a suitable place at a time to come in with the regular circuit, and the short interval that would elapse between the two shows, were the main factors which weighed with the committee in arriving Stuart, - citizens of this annoyance. at a decision.- Whatever may be th of the wisdom of the course adopted, tl can be no question that the commit have acted for what they believed to 4 in the best interests of the Associati and instead of a second show this } have resolved to spend their surplus ¢ ergy in stirring up the civie authori to take some action in regard to the : normally large number of unlicensed a seemingly ownerless curs which infest t streets of Montreal. This is certain commendable undertaking, and we ho they will succeed in their efforts. Th is no question that the dog nuisance h ontreal come to be a crying evil in Montreal, has been frequently said that in no « ; on this continent are so many uncared- mangy mongrels to be seen prowl around the streets, a source of danger children and a nuisance to citizens ger ally, whose slumbers are so often distu ed by the howls and yelps of these — n night assassins of rest. The dog owr who really cares for his dog will not he tate to endorse auy measure, howet drastic, which may be taken to rid t We have to record the advent in real, since our last issue, of two valuable dogs, one an Airedale terrier, other a St. Bernard, and both eminen representative of these widely-apart bre The first of these was imported by 1 Jos. A. Laurin, the well-known nei who has lately manifested a strong int est in the “gentleman from the of the Aire.” He came over in the ship Cambroman, having been p from Mr. Stuart Noble, of Chel mer of the leading kennel of this breed ‘England, and is known by the kennel e of Briar Ranger. He is quite young, two years old, having been born on me 15th, 1898, and therefore with luck S a great. future before him. He is ti -top youngster in every respect, and s with the best show and reproduc- g blood, combining a double cross of ‘most valuable Briar blood. He is a othe to Rock Ferry Test, a big win- , and sire of champion Rock Saht, win- r of over 200 prizes; and champion r Briar, the greatest show and stud his generation, He greatly re- his illustrious brother, being a nding youngster, with great bone, legs and feet, and a good neck and His head is long, with good eyes. Mr. Theo. Marples, the English judge, in Our Dogs, says 2 is probably the best colored Aire- the bench to-day, and further He has won second at Keighley, d special Nottingham, and second Palace, only times shown, and no doubt he will langely supple- . these victories in the near future. aurin is to be congratulated on this on to his kennel, which now con- some of the best blood on this side herring pond, and we trust that mprise will be rewarded with that which it deserves. * * * other animal is the noted St. Ber- Karl of Shrewsbury, which came _the Vancouver, having been pur: and imported by Messrs. F. & A. 15 Hospital street, who may now to have one of the finest specimens s breed living. Earl of Shrewsbury sired by Ch. Sir Hereward, one of > greatest of stud dogs ever known, is itter brother to that other great dog, Young Bute, and has himself gained 100 first prizes and specials, his latest being at Birmingham, November, over Ch. Leofric, the Crystal Palace r, which stamped him as the best 9 his breed in England. Earl of sbury is a magnificent rich orange or, with the right texture of coat, flat 1d long; his markings are perfect—dense rl _shadings, with correct white blaze through to white collar, white rs, muzzzle and tip of tail; his head is typically formed, with great depth le face, and is wonderfully deep in e, a nicely formed dark eye, showing ty of that expression so characteristic as _the saintly breed; his ears are small, il shaded and nicely carried; he stands ina straight legs, with plenty of He has beaten most of the lead- dogs of the day in England, and in 98 won more first prizes under different s than any other St. Bernard living. Dogs says of him: “Earl of Shrews- ry’s strongest points are, perhaps, his deep frame, exceptionally strong, rht limbs, legs and feet like a fox- OSS er ree me a ls ae al al ok 7 ae ia a ea * p> ew = ©: The Oo Ss £8 Poe S&S }— 2 ce 6 os OS ey Vw see we c= 5s ss —s= Se SB Ras: - P - ; Te ni Deg FETT I EEE IT Rod and Gun in Canada hound, good movement; and these quali ties, added to his grand head, possessing a deep foreface and benevolent expression, render him a vry formidable opponent in- deed. He is as active almost as a ter- rier in the ring, and appears like going on for a long time yet.” The English Kennel Gazette also adds its quota by de- scribing him as “a grand dog, combining size with quality—in fact, all through a typical dog.’ With this latest addition te their kennel, and what they already possessed, the Stuart Brothers can now hold their own, in the matter of quality, 283 Alexander; 2, Whin Blossom, Jos. Reid; 3, Sable Beauty, D. Alexander. Class IIT. (dog puppies between six and twelve months, 7 entries)—1, Dominion Hero, Isaac Stewart, Ann Street. Other prizes withheld. Class IV. (puppy bitches from six to twelve months, 9 entries)—l, Lady Gwen, H. Thomas; 2, Craikstone Laurel Lassie, Craikstone Kennels; 3, not awarded. Class V. (novice dogs, 8 entries)—1, Craik- stone Day Star, Craikstone Kennels; 2, Spion Kop, P. Gravel; 3, Dominion Hero, [saac Stewart. “‘ Sally,’’ a Bull Terrier, which has won several Prizes, the property of Dr. J. H. with any breeder on this continent. Earl of Shrewsbury should make a capital mate for their fine bitch, Rosey O’Grady, and we hope to hear of some young stock be- fore long. * * * A very nice little impromptu show was held under the auspices of the Canadian Collie Club D:minion Day at Logan’s Farm, Only two or three days’ notice was given to the members, notwithstanding which fact there were a large number of exhibits forward, and these of the primest quality. The place is an ideal one for an open-air show, and quite a large number of visitors, who somehow or other managed to get wind of the event, were on the ground, among them being a great many ladieg, The judging was done by Mr. Alex. Smith, and seemed to give entire satisfaction, al- though he had a very difficult task to per- form, especially in the puppy classes under six months, of which there was a large entry. The following were his awards: Class I. (dog puppies under six months, 17 entries)—1, Mountain Rob Roy, Davie Alexander, Victoria Town; 2, lLogan’s ‘ Strathspey, Joseph Reid, Logan’s Farm; 3, Mount Royal, Craikstone Kennels, Petite Cote (John Cumming). Class II. puppy bitches under six months, 13 entries—l, Mountain Lassie, Davie Springle. Class VI. novice bitches, 7 enltries)—l, Blair Athol Patti, W. Elliott, St. Lam- bert; 2, Lady Gwen, H. Thomas; 3, Heather Beauty, D, Coull, Class VII. (open dogs, 5 entries)—1, Knight Errant II., Coila Collie Kennels; 2, Craikstone Day Star, Craikstone Ken- nels; 3, Calendar Bruce, Coila Collie Kennels. Class VIIT. (open bitches, 4 entries)—1, Blair Athol Patti, W. Elliott; 2, Heather Beauty, D. Coull. Knight Errant IT. is hiianing to round into shape. He was looking almost at. his best at the show and is undoubtedly one of the best dogs of his breed in the country. In Craikstone Day Star, the Craikstone Kennels have a young dog that will be hard to beat anywher@. Mr. Alexander has a promising lot, and he well merited the success he met with. Mr. Smith said that the young puppies shown were the most promising lot he had ever handled in the course of his long experience, and showed that good blood was beginning to tell in this part af Canada. * * * Mr. Reid’s Clover Blossom, a full sister to the celebrated winner Heather Blossom, whelped a litter of fourteen the other day. They are about equally divided as to sex, and are by Knight Errant II., imported 284 last May, and if we mistake not, the first of his get in this country. They are all beautifully marked, and out of the lot there ought to be some _ prize-winners. Lucky, ain’t he? * * * Mr. G. M. Carnochan, of New York, the well-known terrier enthusiast, donated a very handsome special to the fox terrier section of the Ladies’ show at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, London. It consists of a lady’s brooch, in the form of a model of a fox terrier, set in dia- monds, and was for the best smooth or. wire-haired in the show. The show was held June 28 to 30 inclusive. ee ane See A recent number of the San Francisco News Letter rather caustically criticizes the “all-round judge,” going for that mreh-abused personage in the following strain: “The system of judging is radi- cally wrong, obsolete, way behind the age, and bound to dissatisfy everyone but the favored prize winners. One man is expected to judge the whole of the ex- hibits, from a Pomeranian to a St. Ber- nard, from a fox-terrier to a greyhound. Now there is no living being, no matter how great a sport he may be, who can claim to be expert in every kind of dog. Nor can any man, in the limited time at his disposal, give fair considera- tion to such an enormous number of ani- mals. Ait the most he can bestow but a hasty glance upon each, selecting those which please his fancy most, regardless of breeding or points. The result is that the show has fallen almost entirely into the hands of professional breeders who exhibit the same prize winners over and over again for purely business reasons. Without competent judging the best man- aged show is bound to be a failure, and there never will be competent judging as long as the whole business is placed in the hands of one persom. Each class, or group of similar classes, should be judg- ed by a committee of experts in that particular kind of dog, who would take time to examine the points of each ex- hibit, and who would have the knowledge requisite to enable them to give a sound judgment.” While there are objections to the all-round judge, such as stated above, we very much doubt whether the plan proposed is workable. large number of distinct breeds usually on exhibit at a show, where are we go- ing to find juries of specialists for each’ class, and how would the expense of such juries be met? Until these ques- tions are satisfactorily answered we are afraid things will have to go on in the ‘old way. In regard to the professional ' breeders, we are inclined to think if it ‘were not for them and their exhibits there would be rows of empty benches at most of our shows, and we know as a class that they are deserving of more credit than abuse, as they frequently put themselves to considerable trouble and With the > Rod and Gun in’ Canada expense to “help along the show” with- out the inducement of present reward, speculating rather upon prospective pro- fits by the sale of young stock. And it is scarcely correct to say that the same prize winners figure over and_ over again. Of course, where an animal is of exceptional merit, having most of the re- cognized points, how can any judge avoid giving it the blue ribbon? At almost every show there are surprises, and we often see an unknown dog placed ahead of one which had hitherto swept the board, for the simple reason that the judge (probably the same) found in the new-comer one feature on which he Jaid particular stress more pronounced than in the other. We might have more changes of judicial blood with advantage, and we might have amateur specialists (though these have not always been found satisfactory) to judge a portion of the classes, but for an authoritative opinion commend us to the man who makes a study of the dog in theory, and who is a practical breeder himself, k * * * The death is recorded of the veteran trainer, Sandy Grant, at his residence at Rockcliffe, Scotland, where he has resided since his retirement into private life, and where also previously he trained the cele- brated kennel of the Earl of Haddington, for whom he won the Waterloo Cup in 1880, having previously run up to Sea Cove with Bendimere (Lord Benning’s) in 1870.- He was probably one of the last of the old school of coursers, being 81 years of age, and through his long life has been universally respected and popu- lar in the coursing field. * * * It is said that the kennels of Mr. G. )*. Carnochan, of New York, contain at une present time over two hundred fox terriers, * * * The annual meeting of the Gore Ken- nel Club, of Hamilton, was held lately. The treasurer’s report showed a balance on hand of $132. The officers elected were:—Rey. T. Geoghegan, honorary pre- sident; W. J. Jackson, president; R. Mc- Lenahan, Ist vice-president; J. B. Bert- ram, 2nd vice-president; George H. Car- ley, secretary-treasurer; F. Small, Dr. Caldwell, A. G. Bain, R. Colvin, H. C. Davis, Joseph Kennedy, committee; F. G. Mills, representative to K. C. The Rey. Thos. Geoghegan odnated_a cup for the best Irish terrier novice, and Dr. Caldwell a cup for the best cocker spaniel novice. * * * The Irish terrier dog, Tim, who, at the Paddington Railway Station, London, plies the honorable calling of charity collector on behalf of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund of the Great Western Railway Company’s employees, has just been the recipient of another important donation. The practical sympathy the dog’s avoca- tion called forth at the hands of Her pected of having distemper. Majesty, has been quickly followed by a very handsome gift to the institution sent by Mr. Astor, the American mil: lionaire, who forwarded the company ¢ cheque for two hundred pounds, to b placed in Tim’s collecting box in a memoration of the coming of age of 1 Astor’s son. a * * * me A terrier bitch born at Ladysmith dui ing the siege was brought over to Eng land by a wounded soldier of the 2 King’s Royal Rifles. The puppy forme ly belonged to a Ladysmith shopkeepe who believes her parents were through dire necessity during the | days of the siega, “Stolen through di necessity” is very suggestive of more . less appetizing meat. pie. For the St. Hubert PED. ab ‘ Belgium, last month, 600 dogs oo under some 850 entries, and if it had been that dogs under one year ol excluded, about 200 more animals have been added. There were Englisi greyhounds, ten Borzois, — St. Bernards, 27 Great Danes, 12 bu 89 collies, 46 pointers, ak eee 15 Gordons, 12 Irish setters, 27 wi ed Griffons, 20 cockers, 52 Dachsh fox terriers, 17 Schipperkes, 52 G Bruxellois and other varieties. The incident of the Paris Intern Exposition lent additional interest Paris dog show, held as usual in the eries Gardens, under the auspices Society for the Amelioration of the The Prince de Wagram is the figu of the society, the committee in such notable French sportsmen — Duc de Lespaire, Due de Gramont, de Lorge, the Marquis - de VAigle others. The President of the paid the show a visit and confer M. Betrome, the secretary of the 0 the distinction of ‘“Merite Agricole, recognition of his services to the and as a breeder of dogs. The dogs kennelled in groups, a method of be; ing: them which contrasts most favo with the system in vogue in Kn speaking wepenae 3 of benching, * * In its “Notes for Novices,’’ ae known English publication, Our Dogs, the following:—-“We have great fai mixture composed of rhubarb and mide of potassium for dogs which are Tt is- L possible to write out a definite pre cr tion for all dogs, but any chemist standing would be able to make suitable mixture containing these - ingredients. ‘The advantage of such mixture is this—that the bromide of tassium is good for the nervous and prevents anything in the nat a fit, whilst the rhubarb acts as a aperient, and thus keeps the system, ¢ When a dog shows signs of distemper, best thing to do is to give straight good dose of castor oil, then, after that has taken effect, a dose of the mixture prentioned, and subsequently a dose of this should be given at least once a day. This, of course, must be understood to be quite apart from the very necessary treatment for specific distemper accompanying the attack, such as lung trouble or diarrhoea, ‘or skin complaint, each of which will have be dealt with separately by some specific remedy. In regard to these various com- plaints it may be noted that sometimes al appear together, and then, obviously, is impossible to be administering three four kinds of medicine at once, so that Rod and Gun in Canada idea of giving mixtures which contain chalk, or pills of the same nature, be- cause instead of clearing away the causes of dysentery they add to them very often, and set up greater irritation than before. If a dog has been thoroaghly cleansed by castor oil, the best thing to stop the dy- senteric symptoms is to give a very small dose of what is known as “compound pow- der of ipecacuanha.” This is a powder containing a very small quantity of opium, and its effect is usually very quick in the direction desired. The dose must be a small one—say, half a grain for a_ pet dog and more in proportion for a larger : The Wharton Beagles—Florist, Leader and Lonsdale, the ‘‘ Three Graces. the best course to adopt is to treat for the most serious, making the best we can of so awkward a set of circumstances. A i lotion can be used for skin complaint, | externally, of course, at the same time | mixture may be given internally for a cough and also for diarrhoea, but it is ‘perhaps the best plan to leave the cough | entirely alone, as that is not so serious then be It is as diarrhoea. Diarrhoea can treated best by doses of castor oil. ) very undesirable to stop diarrhoea sud- denly in the case of distemper, because | it is one of nature’s methods of getting ‘rid of the accumulation of the system. | Perhaps the most satisfactory method is | to give a small dose of castor oil occas- | ionally containing one drop or so of laud- oo of pain, anum (for a small dog) if there be any We do not like the dog up to 8 or 10 grains in the very heavy breeds. A. dose of it can be given every four hours until the symptoms abate. Gen- erally speaking, any case of diarrhoea in dogs, be it with distemper or otherwise, can be treated satisfactorily by giving cas- tor oil first and this compound powder of ipecacuanha subsequently to stop the purging.” * * * Labrador’s Fish Catching Dogs. Dogs trained to catch fish are among the features of everyday life on the barren shores of that distant part of Labradoc which belongs to Newfoundland. The valuable cod fisheries along the 1100 miles of Labrador’s coast yield about one-fifth of Newfoundland’s total catch of cod, and furnish employment annually to thous- 285 ands of fisher folk. They fish with lines from 150 to 200 fathoms long, two men to a boat, and each man using two hand lines. The usual bait is capelin. When fish are plentiful it takes a very short time to filla boat with cod. A number of the fishermen have trained their dogs - to assist them in catching fish. The rapidity with which the fishermen haul up their long lines when they feel a bite, robs the fish almost entirely of life and breath by the time it reaches the surface of the sea. It comes to the ‘op as completely exhausted as a salmon shat has been played with by an angler until he can tail it with his hand and go avoid the necessity of gaffing it. It is one thing, however, to bring a heavy cod to the surface of the water and another to get it into the boat. Gaffs and landing nets are unknown to these toilers of the sea. If they can lift the fish into the boat by the line, all is well ; but this is often where they fail. If the fish is large, and but lightly hooked, as is often the case, the hook breaks away from its mouth when the attempt is made to haul it from the water. The fish, still quite inanimate in manner and appearance, floats away from the boat on the surface of the waves. This is only foramoment, however. The fisher’s trained dog, often without a signal from his master, leaps over the gunwale of the boat, plunges into the sea, swims after the floating fish and seizes it in his mouth. Returning consciousness, hastened by the new sensation of being taken entirely from the water and firmly gripped be- tween the jaws of its captor, often produces lively struggles on the part of the fish, which add considerably to the difficulty the dog has in swimming back with his burden to the boat. The dog rarely releases his hold upon his wriggling captive until safe within the boat. Sometimes these dogs have larger game than codfish to struggle with in the water. They are trained to plunge into the ice-cold water in the spring of the year and to act as retrievers for their masters when seal are shot from the shore on the surface of the sea. The dogs employed by the fishermen of Newfoundland and Labrador are by no means the specimens of canine magnifi- cence usually known as Newfoundland dogs. They more nearly resemble Eskimo dogs than anything else, and are often quite wolfish in both manner and appear- ance. Itiseven believed by many people. that the blood of the wild brutes of the forest flows in their veins. At a post near Hamilton Inlet, not long ago, the door of a house in which an infant was 286 sleeping in a cradle had been left open for a short time during the temporary absence of the other members of the family. When the mother re-entered the house she found only the bones of her child. The little one had been com- pletely devoured by dogs. The Labrador dogs are excessively quarrelsome, and, wolf-like, always at- tack the weaker. All seem anxious to take part in the fray, and scarcely a season passes without the settlers losing two or three dogs during the summer from wounds received in quarrels among themselves. Peace is instantly restored ever if twenty or more are engaged in the affray, by the sound, or even sight, of the dreaded Eskimo whip used by the Labradorians. These people have seldom succeeded in raising any other domestic. ated animal on the coast ; cats, cows and pigs have all been destroyed by the dogs. If ever a dog is brought up in the house, his doom is sealed. At the first oppor- tunity, the others will pounce upon him in the absence of his master and worry him to death. This is the invariable fate of any privileged dog on the coast that is permitted to enter his master’s house and receive the caresses of the different mem- bers of the family. The preference ex- cites the deepest jealousy in the breasts of the Labrador dogs, and they patiently wait for an occasion to avenge themselves. In the winter these animals will drag a commetique, or sleigh, fifty or sixty miles a day over the snow. They haul wood from the interior, carry supplies to the hunters in the forests far back from the rocky and desolate coasts; merrily draw their masters from house to house, and with their wonderful noses pick out the right path even in the most pitiless storm. If the traveller will only trust to the sag- acity of an experienced leader, he may wrap himself up in his bear and sealskin robes, and, regardless of piercing wind, and blinding snowdrifts, these sagacious and faithful animals will draw him securely to his own door or the nearest post. The commetique is about thirty inches broad and ten or twelve feet long. The runners are shod with whalebone, which, by friction over the snow, soon becomes beautifully polished and looks like ivory. The commetique is well floored with sealskins, over which bear or seal skins are nailed all round, with an opening forthe traveller to introduce his body. The harness is made of seal skin ; the foremost dog, called the guide, is placed about thirty feet in advance, the others are ranged in pairs behind the guide. Sometimes three, sometimes four Rod and Gun in Canada pairs of dogs are thus attached to one commetique, besides the guide. The Eskimo dog of pure breed, with his strongly-built frame, long white fur, pointed ears and brushy tail, is capable of enduring hunger to a far greater extent than the mixed breed. But the latter beats him in long journeys, even when fed but once a day. An Eskimo dog will travel two days without food ; one of the mixed breed must be fed at the close of the first day, or jhe is good for little the next. In winter their food often consists chiefly of dried capelin— the small, smelt-like fish used by the cod fishermen for bait. An expert driver can hit any part of the leading dog he chooses with the extremity of his formid- able whip. ©%o THE DOG. Beneath this turf, that stadt he press- ed With agile feet, a Dog is laid to rest. Him, as he sleeps, no well-known sound shall stir. . rabbit’s patter or the pheasantt’s whirr; The keeper’s ‘‘Over!’’—far, but well de- fined, That speeds the startled partridge down the wind; The whistled warning, ones rise Large and more large upon our straining eyes, Till with a swoop, while every nerve is tense, The chattering covey hurtles o’er the fence; The double crack of every lifted gun; The dinting thud of birds whose course is done These sounds, were dear, He heeds no longer, for he cannot hear. None stauncher, till the drive was done, defied Temptation, rooted ito his master’s side. None swifter, when his master gave the word, Leapt forth to track the wounded run- ning bird, And bore it back—ah, many a time and oft! His nose as faultless as iis mouth was soft. The as the winged that to his listening ear How consciously, how proudly, uncon- cerned Straight to his master’s side he then re- turned, Wagged a glad tail, and deemed himself repaid, As in that master’s hand the bird he laid, If, while a word of praise was duly said, The hand should stroke his smooth and honest head. Through spring and summer, in the’ sport- less days, some old ladies’ tongues.” Cheerful he lived a life of simpler way: Chose, since official dogs at times unben The houschold cat for confidante ar friend; With children, friendly but untaught | fawn, Romped through the walks and rollick on the lawn; Rejoiced, if one the frequent ball shot throw, To fetch it, scampering gaily to and f Content through every change of spo rti mood iu If one dear voice, one only, called |} good Such was my Dog, who now without ; aid a. Hunts through the shadowland, himself shade; A q Or, couched intent before some ghosi gate, Waits for my step, as here se mail wait. —Punch = s = : He Knew Something. A story is told of a farmer’s dog whic was found guilty of obtaining goods und false pretences. a The dog was extremely fond of sausage and had been taught by his owner to § after them for himself, carrying a writt order in his mouth, Day after day he appeared at — butcher’s shop, bringing the order, ai by-and-bye the butcher became ‘le about reading the paper. Finally, when settlement day came, farmer complained that he was chargé with more sausages than he had ordere 5 The butcher was surprised, and the time the dog came in with a slip of p between his teeth, he took the trouble look at it, 4 The paper was blank, and further it tigations showed that whenever the felt a craving for sausages he looked a for a piece of paper, and trotted the butcher’s, a The farmer is something out of po ok but makes up for it by boasting of h dog’s sagpaaea mee * * “My man,’ » sai an old lady, a notoric busybody, to a pitman, whose dog ¥ trotting on before him with lolling tongt “your dog is not safe and ought not at large. “His tongue out so is sure sign of rabiey.” a “Nae, ma’am,” replied the pitman; “i tongue’s owre big for its m » same 4 Collies for Sale | Splendid litter of puppies for sale ex LoGA} HEATHER BLossoM, winner of every Canada this season, by LAUREL pee Biossom -(full sister to KNIGHT ERRANT II. All white markings. Will sell either you old. Address JOSEPH REID Logan’s Farm, St. Jean Baptiste P. MONTREAL Rod. and Gun ‘in Citade BRU ygey iE GUN. Conducted by “ Bob White.” @ Handicap Target Tournament, which was held during the week ending June 16th, at Interstate Park, Queen’s, L.I., was some- am experiment in the way of ooting, in regard to the system for handicapping the different in the big event, the handicap distance 14 to 25 yards. In this e contest: was at 100 blue rocks, angles, $10 entrance, high guns, s shooting), $200 being added to In addition to first money the Association presented the win- a sterling silver trophy. Not- i the fact that he shot from mark, Rolla O. Heikes, the wn expert, landed the prize with » of 91. He broke no_ less out of his first 50, demonstrating xt day John L. Brewer won $100 by breaking 71 out of 100 from rd marking, using both barrels. ‘anning has broken his own pre- ld’s record by breaking 231 tar- be on ae Leary, president of the Bison b, of Buffalo, N.Y., says the at the 'Pan-American Exposition year will be the biggest ever seen. will be a handsome medal present- every shooter who pulls a trigger It is proposed to have four 100 tar- c with an added $3,000 and antee sees a Gatance handicap r eis a healthy. Se among Am- “sportsmen for the abolition of spring g. The sooner our southern neigh- ‘realize that. they cannot kill the L get the golden egg as well, the it will be in the interest of much- ;guine petion. “* ® ithstanding ne universal demand ter quail season by the Ontario en in the quail districts, the On- legislature, for some reason “un- to the jury,” steadily refuse to the relief sone A id Ricicunent of ow Winnipeg In- Exhibition Association intend hold- heir fourth annual trap-shooting tour- and Western Canada champion- ‘in connection with their exhibition. > will be a three-day shoot on July 26th and 27th, and some very at- aa ff tractive features will be presented. On the first day a high grade Parker gun,value $125, will be competed for by amateurs of Manitoba, N.W.T., and Ontario as far East as Port Arthur. On the second day, in addition to the regular target sweeps, there will be a club team shoot, the prize to the winning team being 4 gold medals, vale $40. The competition for the championships of Western Canada, open 287 the same man, will become his absolute property. ‘The international team shoot will be shot for between teams of not less than 4 or more than 15 representing Canada and the United States. The prize for the winning team will be two beautiful silk flags presented by Thos. Lee, of Wes- tern Cigar Factory. High average prizes will be:—First, $25; second, $15; third, $10. About $200 is added by the Asso- ciation in the various sweep events. The manager, Mr. Heubach, writes us: “Tt’s a long way to come, but we would like to see some of our Eastern brothers of the gun with us on ‘this occasion. We have every hope of having a great big tournament as we have, I think, succeed- ed in arousing a very wide interest.’ The enterprise of the Winnipeg Asso- ciation of Winnipeg shooters in getting Leaving Camp on Pelican Lake, Northern Ontario. to residents between Port Arthur and Vancouver, will also take place this day. The prize in this event is a handsome trophy presented by the Robin Hood Pow- der Co., of Swanton, Vermont, and is valued at $200. Im addition the Associa- tion will add a gold medal valued at $25. On the third day the leading events will be the International Championship and In- ternational Team race. In connection with the international championship, Mr. John G. Morgan, manager of the New York Life Assurance Co., has presented the As- sociation for annual competition, a hand- some sterling silver trophy, valued at $200, He has also intimated that each year a gold medal, valued at $25, will accompany the trophy and will become the property of 'the winner. This competition is oven to any amateur trap shot, and the tro- phy if won three times in succession by up such a splendid programme especially for Western shooters, deserves success and we hope their greatest anticipations will be realized. Trap-shooting in. Canada needs encouragement and the land of the Strath- conas is leading the way. *% * * Jack Brewer, of New York city, defeat- ed Harry FE. Buckwalter, at Royersford, Pa., May 26, in a live pigeon match at 50 birds for $500 a side. Brewer won, killing 46 to Buckwalter’s 43. * * a Walkerville (Ont.) Gun Club will hold their annual tournament on Labor Day, over a Magan trap. * * wn C. 8. Guthrie, an American trap shot, recently at the London, (Eng.), Gun Club grounds, won a £100 challenge cup and £45 in money by grassing nine birds 288 straight. This is considered a good per- formance there, the English birds being smaller and much taster than Americas birds, and most of them being drivers are far more difticult to kill. s & s Grounds Wanted for Trap and Target Shooting. The Mascotte Gun Club are desirous of securing grounds for trap and target shooting; must be outside of city limits and within easy reach of electric cars. Any one having any grounds, please com- municate with J. A. Renaud, fils. man- ager Mascotte Gun Club, Panet and On- tario Streets, Montreal. -* . s Kingsville Tournament. Kingsville Gun Club held their annual tournament at Kingsville, Ontario, on July 4th. Jack Parker, representing King’s Smokeless, and P. C. Wood, Joe Marks, “Bluerock’’ Cady and Mercier, De troit; A Reid, T. Reid, Viark, Walkerville; ge Wear, Windsor; F. H. Conover (Injun), representing Dupont eee J. Con- over, A. Huffman, Leaming- ton; Dr. Jenner, L. Stotits, re A. & H. O'Neil, Paquette; and K. Ferris, Har- row, were among the visitors present. . The chief event of the tournament was the contest for possession of the King a emblematic of the championship of Essex County and open to Essex County shooters only. The trophy is a handsome silver loving cup, presented by Dr. &. A. King to the Kingsville Club for annual competition, the winner being subject to challenge during the year. The contest is at 50 singles and 10 pairs thrown from a magautrap. The cup was won last year by Dr. Perdue, Kingsville, who afterwards lost it to W. A. Smith, Kingsville, who held it until redeemed by the club. Mr. Smith was again successful in the present competition, winning it by 3 age The score for “athe cup was:— W. Smith, 61; A. Reid-Clark, Dr. MuKonzic, T. Wear, each, 58; F. H. Conover, 56; J. T. Miner, 51; Dr. Jenner, 34. The winners of high average in events 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 were:—Ist, J. Parker; 2nd, dy; 3rd, Wood. (In the 3-man team race the scores were: —Smith, 13; A. Reid, 13; J. Conover, 12— 3§. Clark, 12; Wear, 12; F. H. Conover, 14—38. Parker, 14; Cady, 10; Wood, 10—34. W. A. Smith won the prize offered for longest run in the continuous match, with a score of 12 on first entry. All rocks were thrown from a trap, which worked perfectly, and an improvement on the expert traps to used by the club. Straight scores were made by Parker, Cady, F. H. Conover and Smith. Mr. Conover did extremely good work in the — target events, but fell down on dou- NOTES. Some remarkable shots were made dur: ing the day. Wear made a clever carom off the top of the trap house and broke his target. Stotts broke ‘his target and as sasinated a swallow with the same charge. McKenzie was travelling a 2-minute clip for the King trophy, but his gun kick- him in the double events, and a magai- roved ‘ther- the amen! but his tg to use aibulk powder in a high base shell was dis- antecas. Jack Parker, with King’s s smokeless and Peters’ shells, and “Injun” Conover, with Dupont powder, demonstrated clearly enough that they had the stuff to do the work if the gun was “pinted” right. Rod fand Gun in Canada emma Conducted by H. McBean Johnstone DISTANCE IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAMS. In securing pictorial effect in the ren- dering of distance in landscape photo- graphy, the various planes of which the view is composed, are, or ought to be, al- ways more or less subdued and veiled by the haze which is present in the air, in order that a feeling of atmosphere may be produced. The fine detail is suppress- ed, and the sharpness, at least in the dis- tance, is diffused in the endeavor to secure this effect. If on the other hand, the aim is to secure a photogram of general and to- pographical interest only, such as a sur- veyor would desire, the negative must be sharp and clear in every part, with as much detail in the extreme distance as in the immediate foreground, or in fact must not be divided into planes at all. In the search for the pictorial, the best rendering of distamce is obtained by pho- tugraphing the scene as it exists, with the atmosphere and proper lighting actually present, for no matter how much one may distribute the focus, or suppress detail in order to secure the effective masses of light and shade only, nothing can be pro- . duced that is equal to the picture made under natural and appropriate conditions. for these effects, then, we must take our jaunts with the camera, not in the daz- _gling blaze of the afternoon, but rather when the soft shadows of twilight are creeping on, and the air is filled with a certain amount of feeling that is present at no other time of the day. In focussing for a picture of this kind, it is evident that there will be certain points of interest that it is desirable to make prominent and emphasize, all other portions being made subordinate to them, and as a rule, it is these principal points only, that should be made sharp. In or- der to make the most of the depth of fo- cus of the lens, the most distant object that is desired to be sharp, should first be got into focus without any diaphragm. Then put in the stop chosen and note the point, nearer than the one first taken, where absolute sharpness ceases. Take out the stop and focus this latter point; then re-insert the stop and the operation is finished. Now, for instance, suppose we have a landscape, with a_ strong, well-marked foreground, and a background composed of pale blue hills, having very little local coloring, so that when photographed im the .make them out in the negative. It regard to the proper gradation be ‘ing a certain amount of white light. ordinary way they appear to be part sky, even though it is just possib been suggested that in such an event t best method of procedure is to make ty identical negatives of the same the one less exposed than the other, for the distance and one for the ground. To obtain a perfect print, t is to be a double printing, from — 10 these negatives. This may be both oretically and practically possible, what will the resulting print. look 1 matter how excellent the combinati will look patchy and not so true as a from a single negative, so that after question is how to produce one ne that will give the best results, wi background and foreground. of the The beautiful blue is due to the advent of a between the photographer and distant of object, or in other words, are looking through a semi-tran blue mist, and what we have to rid selves of is that blue, so that we ¢ the hills in truer local coloring. To. large extent it is posilsble to do this. light from the sun creates the blue This’ veil is not true specular from large particles, or, at all events, particles of a size comparable with water particles in a cloud, for then, stead of the blue veil, we should hay white mist such as we get in a fog. particles in the air then, must, of sity, be considerably smaller than and the sunlight that falls on them i tered in all directions, the beam trav them sustaining a considerable loss let and blue rays, the shorter the length of the ray the more loss thei ing from the original sunbeam. T from the original beam is to be f the light which is scattered by these © ticles, and as a consequence of this, light must partake of a bluish tint,cc some few larger particles, and also fact that all the rays are more or less tered and reflected to the eyes of tl server. Take a dilute solution of | in alcohol, or even ordinary ake tive varnish, and while stirring vi drop it into a large quantity of wate obtain an imitation sky. An electric 1 beam will be deprived of some of its b rays in passing through the cell con .in jt, and while the whole of the ool 3 i jlluminated with bluish white. it 1 le an extremely yellow color. To get rid this illumination of the liquid, before I perring the beam to traverse it, we must y the cell in a direction at right angles he beam. By turning the prism on its we obtain a position where the *s illumination in the cell vanishes entirely, so that the beam’s track seen almost alone. The light scattered P polarized in one direction, and _ the iol prism when turned to the proper e, quenches this polarized light. In ences the light is more or less zed, the least being in the direction » beam itself. then, is an illustration of how this tint may be removed from the at- e, viz.: by the use of a Nichol in the lens as Biliden employs it, as he described it some years ago. ly drawback to the prism is that it the view to certain limits, for it idth of one to a length of ‘three, so equently the view is confined to a FEE ON Se NT EY SPT ET a ee ee sb ee, ore @ s to suit the soft and weak- li ght ice should be no difficulty in icin g almost any desired effect in this . At this time of the year, how- ar, the light is very deceptive, and of ch less actinic value than the dazzling of the sun on the snow would lead imagine, so that it is almost essen- at a large stop be employed, and isocromatic plate, an exposure of one second to several minutes be acecording as the judgment may di- aa acteal edie eaeieeeae naa 5 to the other \side of this subject, Must necessarily be many occasions the true delineation of every object, near and distant, is required, and rator is looking for a negative pos- the greatest amount of detail and ess, not only in the foreground, but the middle and extreme distance. bjects such as bird’s-eye-view's of cities _ towns viewed from above require il treatment in exposure and develop- To render clear and distinct, both : detail in the foreground and distance, eall forth some skillful work, and in e of the tyro will be the cause of astonishing how short the exposure and no doubt many err in this di- in spite of all that may be said to ontrary. To obtain the best results, ly in landscapes with much failsive ees in the foreground a plate of me- n ccd may be better. Having care- r focussed the view, insert a stop on shutting exposure, or if it is ne- y to use a cap, an exposure of about second with the lens stopped down to or F 64 ought to be ample, taking it, urse, for granted that no view of this Rod and Gun in Canada nature is to be attempted unless the sun be either at the back or slightly to one side of the operator. Development ought 'to be carried on with a developer, admitting of unlimited control and all unknown or one solution develop- ers must be carefully avoided. Suppcse ycu start development with a pyro-soda solution very weak, and restrained with a solution of bromide potassium. The dis- tance soon appears and may be painted over with ten per cent. solution of pot- assium bromide. The developer is then to be kept in the foreground by tilting the dish, with occasional flows over the sky to prevent the formation of a definite line. 289 A negative produced for purely pictorial purposes would have to be thin, with no solid high lights, and with that slight. veil- ing which lends such an _ indescribable charm to the finished picture. There must be no clear glass in the shadows, or no un- printable density for the high lights, A negative belonging to the topographical class would naturally be just the opposite. It is necessarily crisp, and with unlimited detail in both foreground and distance, of fair density in every part, and a quick printer. Anyone knowing the requisites of a suitable negative, requires only expe- rience and practice to produce at will, one of any class he may desire. Sand Beach on Vermilion Lake, Northern Ontario. The foreground ought now to be showing up, and if so, development will probably be automatic and require but little altera- tion, other than perhaps to give the re- quisite density by small additions of pyro solution. Another method would be to immerse the plate in an extremely diluted developer, treating the negative as previ- ously mentioned, and when a mere ghost of an image has been secured over the whole plate, change the developer for one Gontaining a normal proportion of pyro, with a small quantity of accelerator, and so obtain uniform density and no fog. It is very necessary to avoid over-expo- sure, as even if a strongly restrained de- veloper be employed ‘to counteract it, there will necessarily be considerable fog, re sulting in a very indistinct distance, and an exceedingly slow printing negative. Then again as in everything else, it is im- portant that the developer be used ration- ally, and with a view to certain definite ef- fects. Distance properly rendered lends to a photogram ‘the effect of atmosphere, and on this quality the words of Mr. A. H. . Wall, seem well worth quoting. He says: “Atmosphere is the great harmonizing ele ment of a picture; it is the eye’s music, giving order and proportion. It supplies the prevailing tone, high or low, and with it the prevading sentiment or feeling. A rich effect or a simple one may be made to prevail by its judicious introduction, se- lection or treatment. Without atmospher- ic peculiarities or characteristics, a land- scape picture seems flat, monotonous and uninteresting. The photographer who goes to the study of nature as an artist or a poet does, reverently, with trained percep- tive organs, will find the pleasure and de- light of his work largely increased, even if he does not realize what Shakespeare calls “‘the utmost reachings of his soul.” Strum wrote well and truly when he said, “the advantages of reason are never more felt than when our faculties are employed in meditating upon the perfection of God displayed in His works.” 290 Correspondence. Correspondnece should be addressed to Box 651, Sarnia. W.G.R—A toning solution for solid prints is: VALOR sealer = atest cas”, wae ete 12 oz. OPA oe ton Mate ket ha RAO sa 75 grs Acetate soda ....... x 75 grs GOLD SOLUTION. Chloride of gold and sodium «16 gre. Distilled water ......... 4 ozs. Fix and wash PERE S Ss ‘allen toning. * * * Acid.—Most acids change the color of blue letmus paper to red. All acids should ‘be kept in bottles having ground glass stoppers, except hydrofluoric acid, which is destructive to glass and should be kept in lead bottles. = = . Lens.—Achoromatic means’ free from color. 7 * * Jarvis.—Water evaporated by boiling and again condensed and_ collected by means of a still is said to be distilled. = * - Under-Exposed.—If you had been a hun- dred feet from the building you could have taken it with a 1-20 sec. exposure, but when you are only twenty feet from it, the exposure must, of necessity, be consider- ably longer. x * % Which weight?—Chemicals are usually sold by avoirdupois weight. They are usu- ally mixed by apothecaries weight = * * St. John Abbott—To test your shut- ter’s speed you had better get a Pickering Speed Tester. The price is only fifty cents. His Garden. “You are my garden,’’ he declared, “Your cheeks are roses red; Your lips are honeysuckle, and Each eye a pansy bed. Your throat’s a lily and your ears Are dainty pinks and rare; Your snowy brow is fringed about With wreaths of maiden hair,” The gentle maiden looked away And sighed a little sigh, And then she said: ‘‘You’ve skipped my nose, O prythee tell me why? My cheeks, my ears, my eyes, my lips, My throat, my brow, my hair Are on your list—what ails my nose That it should not be there?”’ “Your lips are honeysuckle, and Your ears are pinks,” he sald; “Rebellious sprays of maidenhair Are clustered ’round your head; Each of your dimpled cheeks Is like A fragrant, blushing rose— As for your nose, fair maiden, It’s The loveliest thing that blows!” Rod and Gun in Canada AN ISLAND FOR SALE & FOR SALE—Leak Island, one of the finest among the Thousand Islands, con- taining upwards of ninety acres, beauti- fully wooded, magnificent situation for several houses, shooting and fishing un- between Gananoque, Canada, and Clayton, New surpassed ; situated midway York ; steamers passing daily. H. M. 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Larg est Sale IN CANADA-#28-¢ “ENORMOUSLY ” tre TRADE MARK or ANY CIGAR | The COVE OVOOOGOOD OO DOOODWOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO9OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO6 DODOOOOOOHE O Province of Quebec A, of hunting. also abundant. over the province. vv vVvvw v Ad Ad Ad />/> A> A» Ad» /, AS J», rw \ Sportsman's Paradise FISH: These rivers and lakes are all well stocked with salmon and trout, from four to eight pounds, and with various other kinds of fish. MOOSE, CARIBOU AND RED DEER.—-Splendid shooting almost every- where throughout the territory of the Province of Quebec, especially in the Ottawa and Pontiac Districts, in Gaspesia and Beauce, the Metapedia TO LET Valley, the Temiscamingue Region, the Eastern Townships, the North of Montreal, the Kippewa and the Lake St. John District. Game abounds in the Forests and on the Beaches. Hunting territories trom 10 to 400 square miles, at $1.00 per square mile Rj L k < and upwards, can be leased, on which the lessee has the exclusive right ivers, a es > most picturesque lakes, teeming with fish, and plenty of moose, caribou and bear ; black, silver and red fox, otter, martin, lynx, mink, fisher are THE LAURENTIDES NATIONAL PARK alone contains hundreds of the a nN d 3 H 6! Nn t ing . 4 , ‘ ‘ FEATHERED GAME.—Canadian goose, duck, woodcock, snipe, partridge ‘T erritories Ze > plover, etc., are in great number in almost every part of the province’ 4 HUNTING AND FISHING PERMITS can be obtained [from the Depart- ment of Lands, Forests and Fisheries and from the Game-wardens all Hunting Territories Can be teased by applying to Fishing permite 6 THE COMMISSIONER OF ' . LANDS, FORESTS AND FISHERIES, QUEBEC $90O0O0 ©LDOOHOOHHOOS 9:99OHO0OO0OOOOO0OOF900O900900H OOO 9000009 OOH OOOO OOO OOQOOD THE HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT MONTREAL, P.Q GAME . 2. m iH 7 Hunting permits, fee : $25.00. Number 3. i (ig yy tie SQ Wo Wy, N \. \ te an AS Naty, MN CRN Sigg ; W S'S v1 ) 3 a 2 ee aa A FEW FAVORITES FOR HUNTING, 1894. weight 6 1-2 pounds. 4| weight 7 3-4 pounds, / Hd a Model {8 1886. | Shoot | Winchester J Ammunition. Made for all Kinds of Guns. FREE. — Send Nanie-and Address on Postal for 158-page Illustrated Catalogue, WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS 60., Model i ee and 38 caliber, ** Take Down,” weight An absolute preventive ; @ rust. An ideal cleaner. — M 6A perfect lubricant. Repeating Rifles For All Kinds: of Shooting. 20 A Desirable Calibers and Weights For Bicycles, Fire Arms, writers, S'ewin and all bright ro poli: metals, 30 W. C. F, caliber, “‘ Extra Light,’ A Manufactured by G. W. COLE ¢ Dept. B. 141 Broadway, New Sample Bottle Sent for Canadian 2¢ BRITISH AMERICAN HO’ MANE SOs ONT, | SPECIAL RATES FOR T. W. MCKEE, PROPRIET 30 W,. C. EF. caliber, **Take Down,” heen caliber, * nage Light,” weight NEW HAVEN, CORK. HAMILTON POWDER CO. HAS MANUFACTURED SPORTING GUN POWDER Since 1865, as a result you have “CARIBOU” made from best materials, perfectly put together. ‘‘ DUCKING” hard pressed, slow burning, keeps well under all conditions. ** SNAP SHOT ”’ high velocity, moist residium Cheap. The powder for every day use. ENGLISHMEN SAY Powder can be bought in Canada as good as ever ut ina gun, It has a positive advantage over home make, the dirt is soft.—J. J. W. in London Field. AMERICANS SAY The finer Engiish or American Powder and Cana- dian ‘‘ Caribou,” I am quite familiar with. They give so little recoil that one may shoot all day without bruised shoulder or headache.—Forest and Stream. CANADIANS ABROAD SAY Can you send over some Trap? I don’t mean to flatter but it is ahead of anythiog we get here.— A. W. W., Batavia, N.Y. The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Tourists and Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- yeniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of railway depots, Steamer landings, &ec. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. NELSON, PROPRIETOR In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most luxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two min= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, Toronto, Ont, ~Proprietors. Special Rates to Club Members. CONTENTS. — Frontispiece—Mount Burgess, from head of Emerald Lake, near Field, B ” Batorlal 32 Gi nace ie oa Petree Incidents of a Trouting Trip, by Emile Meddon e225 33:is5 Ses erie Big Game in Eastern Canada, by Chas. A. Bramble. <..04:..+ <5 Cr Hints on the Camp Fire......-----+ sees e: BRP ADE ONE GAR A 3” sateen in horseback-riding, but boating and bitig have been partaken of as well. The e 'y formed polo club has been a great tion and a Yarge number of the riding bers are taking a deep interest in this Z game. About fifty polo ponies ‘good sport is looked for. mercial and organized ventures. Rod and Gun * ° weno 7 . <— m2 pp ~ ove BY oo. o Pe ataies os HUNTING MATTERS . By C. JNO. ALLOWAY were brought from Alberta by a number of enthusiastic members and the grounds of the club are now in daily use in learning this new and interesting game. The hounds of this club are getting their regu- lar exercise and are looking well. Cub hunting has already commenced and regu- lar hunting will be inaugurated early in September. A good season’s sport is an- ticipated. ™ s * * Hunt Steeplechases. The annual Hunt steeplechases, under the auspices of the Montreal Hunt Club, are to be held on October 4th and 6th, and The course over which these races are to take place has not yet ‘been named,’ but for the sake of the suecess of this once popular autumn gath- ering, it is to be hoped the meeting wil) not be held at Bel-Air. s s - New Race Course, Recenit events have made it apparent ‘that some radical changes must take place in the present conduct of racing if sport of a legitimate character is to be main- tained in the immediate vicinity of Mont- real. In securing the auxiliaries necessary to success, the primary’ consideration is, of course, proximity to the ponts from which the patrons are to be drawn. Un- less the grounds are within easy access of the electric cars and the place can be reached by carriage in from twenty-five to thinty minutes, it cam never be-made either popular or successful. Racing in many parts of the Dominion during the past ten or fifteen years, has undergone a serious change, and one which it cannot be said has raised its moral tone or standing. Monitreal has attained the position of one of the most important cities on the conitinent and certainly, with a po- pulation of almost one-third of a million, is warranted in entering inito large com- One _ of these should be the possession of a first- cass Turf Club of its own. Such an or- ganization has already been projected, and before any errurs are made, such as in the past have been the cause of failure, the in Canada 299 Rod and Gun would like to suggest a few cardinal points which it would be wise for the promoters of the scheme to bear in mind. Hirst, let the location be easy of access, and not more tthan five miles from the City Hall; second, let the Jockey Club secure a board of control composed of gen- tlemen who are residents, and who are of unquestioned repute and standing; third, pass the most stringent by-laws forbidding the admission of gamblers as members of the club; fourth, have a eode of by-laws and rules similar to that adopted by the American Jockey Club, and most import- ant of all, insist on these regulations being lived up to in every particular; fifth, give two good meetings a year, not to exceed five days each, and a steeplechase meeting, of three days’ length, early in October. The citizens of Montreal and its environ: ments are a sport-loving public, and are willing to give enthusiastic support to what is legitimalte and properly conducted, if the opportunity is given them, but to secure cordial patronage, the sport must be presented to them tn a form that eom-. mends itself to favorable consideration. s * * _ HighsPriced Youngsters. 2 The July sales of thoroughbreds at N: market were in part sensational. Mr. Fox- hall Keene paid $14,000 for Sandfly, by Isonomy, out of Sandiway, with a bay colt by her side by Persimmon, and we as- sume that it will not be long before mare and foal will graze in the blue grass pas tures of Kenitucky. Nine colts and three fillies from the paddocks of the late Duke of Westminster sold for $216,500, an aver- age of $18,040. This is extraordinary. For the bay filly by Persimmon, out of Orna- ment, Mr. R. Sievier paid $50,000, and the present Duke of Westminster paid $45,000 for the bay colt by Orme, out of Kissing Cup. The young Duke also purchased the brother of Flying Fox for $28,500. One thing is certain, tthe breeder who produees what by actual test is the best is sure of his reward. es s 8 The Test Handicap for three-year-olds and upward, one mile, was a feature at Brighton Beach on Tuesday, July 17th. Voter was the favorite, and he took up 122 pounds, and won with Spencer in the sad- ‘dle in 1.38; which is record breaking time on a circular course. At Washington Park, Chicago, July 2lst, the chestnut horse Orimar ran: a mile in 1.38, equalling that of Voter ad noted above. 300 SDS Pr—rmn_ Orn srr—ovyrrwvnm IO GAMEs222455 DESTROYERS By Bob. White Da le te i te he ti a di From a sportsman’s standpoint anything that tends to the destruction of game ani- mals or birds is bad, and should be put down with a firm hand. The hawk and crow are the chief offenders in this respect, and properly, we think, come in for a good round measure of cursing from those who have observed their merciless warfare on the defienceless game bird. As between the hawk and crow, the latter seems to be far the more destructive, and an agitation is being made in some quarters to place a bounty on the head of the black rascal. The reasons for destruction of the crow, as summed up from the opinions of various correspondents on the subject, may be given as follows; First, because it is a well known fact that they destroy great quantities of game and poultry, second, that he will hunt all day and every day for the quail or prairie chicken’s nest, and when he finds it will destroy every egg in it; third, because they carry germs of hog cholera.and other contagious diseases from one herd to another; fourth, because in winter they consume great quantities of grain from cribs, etc.; fifth, because a bounty or his head would enable the farm- er to get some remuneration for his ef: forts in getting rid of the pest. It is said that one of these game destroy- ing birds will- get away, on an average, with one game bird, such as the quail, in a day. One can readily understand what an enormous drain on the game there must be in satisfying the wants of these tireless hunters. Another culprit in the matter of game destruction that comes in for his proper share of the general condemnation, is the domestic cat. It is a favorite method of getting rid of an unwelcome litter, by bag- ging them up, driving a few miles, into the country and there depositing the pre- cious lot. These cats must find a living, and they naturally do so by preying on the game birds and animals in the neighbor hood. Many a nesting quail, grouse or prairie chicken, no doubt, falls a victim to the rapacity of ithese semi-savage animals The wonderful fecundity of the cotton tail rabbit, no doubt, fills a useful part in the economy of nature by helping to satis. fy the wants of these birds and animals, but it only partially does so. It is said that hawks and crows destroy more game than all the hunters combined, and we can easily believe it.. The sportsman ‘in turn.can do. a great deal to keep nature's account properly balanced by taking every _ opportunity to bring to earth these ene- mies of the gamé, which we all desire to rrotect. aes Rod and Gun in Canada PRE PROPER EL oe ; “Rod and Gun”? is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor will welcome contributions on topics relating tofForestry. “ Editor—E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian For- estry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R.H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. N undertaking the editorial work for the Forestry Association the editors wish to point out the necessity for a hearty co-operation by ali the members of the Assce ciation, if it is to prove a success. While an effort will be made to lay before the readers of this department the principles of the systems of forestry upon the Con- tinent of Europe. and elsewhere, the For- estry Association was not formed for the purpose of urging the adoption of amy in- flexible system ‘‘made in Germany,” but the desire is to study the result of experi- ments and investigation made in Canada in the light of the experience of those countries which have thoroughly orgamized their forests in order that the most suit- able and economical methods may be as- certained and adopted. The whole of this branch of the Atssociation’s work will fail if the editors merely sit in their chairs and give academic utterances on the prin- ciples of forestry, and it is therefore of vital importance that the members of the Association should contribute any informa- tion in their possession which will assist in throwing light on the problems and con- ditions of forestry in Canada. Arrange- menits have already been made for a num- ber of articles which we are satisfied will be both imteresting and useful, but the space at our disposal is so limited, co™m- pared with the large field to be covered. and the work is yet scarcely organized, so that we must ask the members of the Forestrv Association not only to judge ont efforts kindly for the nresent, but to give. us such assistance as their experience may suggest. pe an There are many problems which the As sociation may heln in working out. The proner svstem of management to be adopt: ed for our Canadian forests, which will ne- cessarily bring in its train a study of the habits and the growth of the different spe- cies of trees amd also the market condi- tions, will demand attention. The causes Wout FORESTRY ‘gested by Mr. Pearce in his address be: 0 "the work which the experience of its me Association will be very much ple and prevanition of fires, and the loss occ; sioned by them, the injury done by insec d by snow, by wind and by other agen cle should all be systematically investigated. We should have the opinions of members of the Association on the propé locations for forest reservations, and th effects of the preservation of the woods o the water supply and hydrographic con tions generally. : eke There are many who have had experien in planting and caring for trees both in cities and upon farm lands, particularly in the West, and a statement of the facts an conclusions reached would be very hel ful to others. ae a There are many less prominent que Eions, such as grazing in the forest, tl effect of the work of the beaver, as su the annual meeting, the ‘influence on t fisheries and on wild animals, etc., on all which we are sure that our readers cot give useful information. 9 Possibly much of the responsibility 4 working out these problems should be sumed by the different. governments, b that does not preclude the desirabili having the result of private experim experience recorded, and one part work of the Forestry Associaition sh to call the attention of the governments bers would suggest shiould be under’ and to bring together the scattered i: mation on matters relating to fores such a way as to give a clear and comp hensive view of the whole situation. * + * “The members of the Canadian Fo hear that ithe president, Sir Henri Joly Lotbiniere, has been hionored with pointment of Lieutenant-Governor of tish Columbia. Our best wishes will ¢ tainly go with the new Lieutenan Go nor, and we trust that he may find term of his occupancy of the gube nato seat a pleasant’ one. It isto be that we should lose our president f Capital at such an important time history of the Association, as he has § no in its behalf.. We are confident, how- that he will still take an active in- est in the Association (indeed we al- dy have evidence of that fact) and that ¢ the people of British Columbia into touch with the work of the As- On, s * * * Dr. William Saunders, director of the Experimental Farm, and one of : of the Executive Cominittee Forestry Association, has left for d Country, where he will attend the i of the British Association for the of Science, and also visit f the Experimental Stations in order are their methods with those pur- =m ve4»rs mM wlé happy to be able to state that ‘e now three life members of the n Forestry Association, His Honor ry Joly de Lotbiniere, Liewtenant- r of British Columbia; Dr. A. H. Superintendent of Education for otia; and Mr. Hiram Robinson, oi _ These three gentlemen are repre- re of the ditferent eeitereata to “Sir Seni Joly de Lotbiniere has een interested in the question ot Wy represents the educationists, to > question should be one of spccial x the attention of the youth of ry to the subject. Mr. , is the manager of the Hawkes- i Company and one of the umbermen of Canada, and is, re, interested from a business and ppoint of view. Hiram Association. He has already shown by having the report of the first an- meeting of the Association published Department, in order to give the ation. as good a start as possible, and also become a member. When sub- ¢ to the House of Commons recently . commendation for an appropriation for the Forestry Bureau he was also kind nough to call attention to the repert of le Association, and to recommend it to the perusal of the members of the House. He also expressed his opinion of the im- ‘tance of the work in the following di : “My opinion is that nothing could e done that would be of greater import- ie Rod and Gun in Canada ance to the welfare of Canada than to care for our forests. This is particularly vital in Manitoba and the Northwest ‘Terri tories.” * » * We take the following extract from the annual report of the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Mr. Jas. A. Smart: “As to the propagation of trees and the encouragement of tree planting generally in Manitoba and the Northwest ‘lerri- tories, I may mention that during my re- cent visit to the Old OCountry and Europe, [ found much to interest me in the beauty of the shrubbery and trees wherever I 301 ning ‘through the farms or adjoining pri- vate grounds in town or country. ‘here is no doubt that by the expenditure of a rea- sonable amount of money, the set- tled districts in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories could in the same way be greatly beautified through the , planting of trees which, with proper atten- , tron, would soon bring about a perfect change in the general appearance of the country. It is, therefore, advisable that a certain sum should be made available for this purpose next year, or at least in the very near future. The people of Manitoba and the Terri- tories are fully alive to the importance of The Cauip, Lake Kippewa. went. The comparison with Canada, and especially Western Canada, was not favor- ‘able, particularly as regards the interest or lack of interest, taken by the settlers in tree planting. While travelling in Bel- gium, I learned that a large portion of the trees, which have now assumed immense size and beauty, were of quite recent planting. Im twenty or twenty-five years, by proper cultivation and trimming, their growth has been remarkable, and they are now very shapely. Before that time it would appear that in many of the districts visited there were no trees to be seen at all, but since then the question of arbori- culture has received considerable atten- tion, and it has now passed beyond the experimental stage. This was evidenced by large sections of country covered with a splendid growth of beautiful trees, and by the artistically shaped hedges on each side of the’main highways and along roads run- this work, and from the number of in- quiries which have been received at the Department of late on the subject, there is no doubt that they are prepared to take a very great interest in it. In addition to beautifying the counltry and practically changing its appearance, as has been done in the case of Belgium, there are other reasons why the Government should in- terest itself in this important matter. There is the protection to buildings, to animals and crops, as well as the advan- tage to the prairie districts of producing a new supply of fuel for the use of the set- tlers. It is a well known fact that where trees have been successfully such conditions attract moisture, and ‘on the whole there is every ‘reason. ‘to believe that the value of farm lands will be greatly enhanced by co-opera- tion with the Government on the part of farmers in the planting of trees and shrub- cultivated, prevail as. will 302 bery in their various localities. I think, therefore, that it ~»ould be in the public interest to have a certain amount appro priated to cover the salary of a number of officers to look after ‘this particular work These persons could be employed the whole year round, during the spring, summer and fall in visiting settlers and directing them as |to the planting and proper care of trees, and in the winiter in delivering lectures on tree culture im all the settled distriots. These men should, \of course, be well versed in the subject, and of first class experi- ence, as it is important the work should be done thoroughly and expeditiously from the start, so 'thait the public may know at once that the Government intends to take a deep interest in this special branch of agriculture.” Mr. E. Stewart, Inspector of Timber and Forestry, has just returned to Manitoba after a trip through the Dauphin and Swan River country, making an inspection of the timber. He staites that in the Swan River Valley there is same of the finest spruce that he has ever seen, and he has gathered considerable information which will be very useful in the arrangement of the work of the Forestry Bureau. In the most north-westerly part of the Province of Manitoba there has been such an abund- ance of rain ‘that lthe swamps are filled with water, and when crossing ome of the streams the water was so high that the party were unfortunate enough to have everything carried away, and only rescued their goods with considerable difficulty. It is reported that all through the wooded parts of the Northwest ‘Territories the swamps are so filled with water that there is very little danger of forest fires during the present season. As it was thought that there would be much more danger of fire in Manitoba, where the season had been a much drier one, Mr. Stewart con- sidered it better to return there and ar- range for work in tthe Riding Mountain istrict. The neighboring district of Dau- phin was visited by a disastrous fire dur- ing last fall, a large area of good timber being destroyed, and a number of the set- tlers in that vicimity were burnt out, ren- dering necessary ‘the giving of assistance to them by the Local Government, and fires were reported at Riding Mountain this spring. Some of the English-speaking set- tlers in the district were inclined to blame the Galicians for the starting of these fires, but an investigation was made by the Dominion Government which brougut out the opinion that the Galicians were no more to blame than other settlers, and Rod and Gun in Canada . that in some eases the fires were probably started by camping or hunting parties, and the persons who made the accusations against the Galicians have now practically. withdrawn them. A number of notices giving a synopsis of the Fire Act of Mani- toba have been printed in the different lan- guages and posted in cospicuous places near timber in the Province, so that the settlers of all nationalities may be warnied to take the necessary care to prevent the starting of fires. s * * Practical Forestry in the Adiron= dacks. The United States Division of Forestry have made an offer of assistance in the management of trees not only to farmers and settlers, as menitioned in our last is- sue, but also to owners of large tracts of timber, as a larger portion of the forests of the United States are in the hands of private parties than is the case in Canada. Indeed the private forest lands exceed in area those of the States and the Federal Government combined. Most of such lands also are in hilly or mountainous country, and ithe preservation is important both for the timber and water supplies. © These lands are, of course, held by the owners largely for the returns they yield, and the forest crop has been usually havr- vested with a view to the present profiis, while ithe preservation, or restoration of ‘the trees is overlooked as something either im- possible or unprofitable. The methods fol- howed have often resulted in serious and needless injury to the timber and, as this is considered a matter not only of private but of public concern, the Division of For- estry made the offer referred to with the object of showing by concrete examples that improved methods of lumbering will pay. Two applications for the management of spruce lands in the Adirondacks which were made in response to this offer have been for a year or two under the charge of the officers of the Division of Forestry, and Mr. Henry S. Graves, the Superinten- dent of Working Plans, gives in a bulletin entitled “Practical Forestry in the Adiron- ducks” the result of the plans adopted so far as they have been carried into execu- tion. The two tracts covered by these ap- plications were Nahsane Park, the pro- perty of Dr. H. S. Webb, comprising 40,000 acres, and 68,000 acres owned by Hon. W., C. Whitney, commonly called the Whitney Preserve. ‘The systems of forestry followed upon. the Continent, and especially in Germany, are very ‘thoroughly developed, but they have could not be introduced, as the ex} been gradually evolved, and it iis only | the growth of long years that they ha reached the state of perfection in whi they now are. While undoubtedly the methods would be the best if they cou be applied to the management. of fore: everywhere, they are not adapted to present development of forestry in A me ea, and therefore, Mr. Graves urges — American system of forestry which will suited to the present and which \ though necessarily rough and imperfect, a step forward in the direction of the pi per management of the forests. ‘ . A number of the cardinal principles forest management under the continen system are therefore laid aside. a In the first place the mainitenance oj sustained annual yield is not undertak as it is not considered necessary that t same return should be received from | property every year, and moreover | tracts under consitleration were alrea stocked with timber which was old and the decline, and whicn it would be m better to remove in order to make ro for a mew and vigorous stock. It was « culated that if the whole area were nuded ‘the same yield could be ob again in thirty-six years, whereas if o one thirty-sixth were cut each year result would be only an average of 7 teen yearns growth on the whole tract the end of that period. The larger cut would also reduce the expenditure — taxes and for logging. q The removal of dead and unsound tim is advocated in well organized systems forestry, in order that the wood may used before decay, and to prevent — breeding of insects. ‘The dead trees co not, however, be used in the present stance, and ithe expense of removal w« not be justified, while the unsound ti might still be aseful in helping to s the ground and ito distribute seed. Thinnings and improvement utt have not been undertaken. The thin of the young spruce might be adve geous where the wood taken out coulc disposed of profitably, but not othery and the removal of the hardwoods w were overshadowing the spruce too clk was found to cost at the rate of twenty-five cents per acre, which was” sidered too high a figure to make its a tion profitable. q The building of permanent ros planting of the denuded areas, and the ting of fire lines, all of which are im ant parts of forest management in Ty involved would be in too great dispr tion to any benefit derived from them. a Feith ———— | Whitney Preserve, to which we will x more particularly, is a tract of ap- simately 68,000 acres, in Hamilton ized by a large number of lakes ponds. Jn general the land is a ling plateau, broken by a few high ins, and a number of long, rather d broad ridges, which are inter- ith numerous ponds and swamps. jling rock is gneiss. The charac » is the red spruce. d is considered im four divisions; p land comprising twenty per ¥ spruce flats, level and rolling i on lakes, streams and about thirty per cent.; the hard- being elevated benches and slopes, forty per cent.; spruce ng steep slopes with thin, stony r cent. Spruce reaches its best + in the spruce flats or slopes, favorable localities and crowded forms a long, clear, full bole and a ow . The average height of the such situations is 90 feet, and the 4 to 26 inches. On low swampy ‘erown is long and the tree com- y short. The average for the Il situations is about 40 feet, and e clear length from 25 to 30 feet, » length of the marketable log md to be 46 feet. The root sys- and superficial, and the tree in e is able to thrive on shallow e the character of the tree va- ~ to ‘the situation, it is not ‘but will occupy all situations The spruce is also able to grow dow of other trees, and retain ‘and, even though suppressed for it will spring up and grow when an opportunity is given. nh amount of spruce seed is pro- ually, but the trees bear much y in some years than in others. | usually begins to ripen in Octo- the cones cling to the trees till e season. The seed is light and nd is carried by the wind to great - Trees have been known to pro- at as early an age as fifteen o growing in the open, but seed- y be very much delayed by over- The spruce continues tc bear ays em of cutting recommended for ict is to remove the spruce of ten and over in diameter at three fect ground except certain trees which “to seed up the openings made " Successive crops eould. be State of New York. ‘The tract is” Rod and Gun in Canada vals if twelve instead of ten inches were made the limit to cut, but the owners pre- ferred to wait a longer time for a second cutting in order to obtain a larger immedi- ate profit. In the ordinary process of lumbering con- siderable loss was occasioned by leaving needlessly high stumps and large tops, by leaving skids in the woods, by using valu- able timber in leveling roads, and by the destruction of the small growth in felling, skidding and hauling. Stumps had gener- ally been cut at from’ thirty inches to three feet from the ground, but by cutting at eighteen inches it was calculated that there eld UU tS) 1 uy 5°53 keeping about fifty feet apart, and ‘harking every tree between them. The inside man followed the previous line of marks and the others were guided by him. They can mark on an average about forty or sixty acres per day. Marking was begun on the Whitney Preserve on the 15th October, 1898, and within ten days the logging gangs were cutting the marked trees. The area lumbered over in 1898 was 5,452 acres. As near as could: be estimated ap- proximately 1,652 acres had been ‘cut over before the marking began. The total area on which the timber was marked was about 4,000 acres, and there were fully The Portage, Lake Kippewa. - would be ian increase of two per cent. in the value. The use of more of the tops was found to make an increase of 6.3 per cent., while the cutting of ‘the branches to a greater height removed much of the dan- ger from fire. Oareful work in felling and the dragging of tthe logs to the skidway also resulted in the preservation of the young growth. When the ‘time for cutting arrived the forester with his assistants marked with a special cut the stump of each tree that was to be removed. All trees over ten inches in diameter which were not Te- quired for seed were marked, and also any that could profitably be removed and which would not likely be of value at the second cutting. The marks on the stumps showed afterwards whether only the pro- per trees had been cut. The most rapid work was done by a crew of three men. They moved through the wood abreast, 200 acres marked which were not lumbered. The total cost of marking was $598, or about 15 cents per acre. The total number of ‘trees over ten inches in diameter left for seed was 4,599, or something over one tree per acre. It is estimated that these trees averaged 1-4 standard each, making the ~ yield for tthe enttre 4,599 trees 1,150 stand- ards. There were marked for removal al- together 282 ‘trees under,ten inches in di- ameter. These ‘trees averaged .22 stand- ards each, or the entire 282 trees 62 stand- ards. The number of pieces of spruce cut on | the area mentioned was 266,739, or an aver- age of 48.9 per acre, making 79,415.99 stand- ards or 14.6 per acre. 20,506 pieces of standards. We are not in possession of the results of the work for the season of 1899, but enough has been given to show the nature There were also cut pine making 19,965.79 — ¢ 304 of the experiment and the very practical way in which the management of the for- ests is being approached by the Forestry Division of the United States. a * * The United States Division of Forestry is rejoicing over an increase of the appro- priation for the work of the division to $80,000, being double that which was pre- viously granted, but their joy is somewhat dampened by the feeling that despite this increase, the amount at the disposal of the division is very far from being as large as would be required if all the proposed and really necessary lines of work were taken up. What would they think, however, if they had to get along on an appropriation of $10,000, which is the amount allowed the Canadian Forestry Bureau? That is cer- tainly small enough to attempt to do the work of the Dominion, but if the good ex- ample of the American Division can be fol- lowed and the amount increased regularly by one hundred per cent. until it becomes more adequate to the requirements, it may be possible to do the work much more ef- fectively in a few years. The Canadian Forestry Association should certainly use its influence to have the amount made more nearly adequate for the very large - area which has to be covered. * * = A special summer meeting of the Ameri- can Forestry Association was held in New York on 25th and 26th June in connection with the meeting of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science. More than ‘twenty-five papers were read review- ing the work of the Federal Government, and that of eight or ten of the’ different States. Papers were read by Dr. B. E. Ferncw, Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Mr. H. S. Graves, and a number of other of the lead- ing men interested in forestry im the United States Among the papers was one entitied “Notes on Forestry in Uanada,” by Mr. E. Stewart, Chiief Inspector of Timber and Forestry in the Dominion. ; The Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, presided at ‘the first day’s ses- sion, and in his address urged the import- ance of forest protection, and the reserva- tion of the lands suitable for timber growth. “The axeman will soon see through our woods,” he said, “and two de- cades or less will exhaust our primitive forest of building woods.” He also pointed out the effect of the denudation of the country in the shortness of the cotton crop last year, and of the wheat crop for this year. A committee was appointed to co-oper- ate with the Federation of Women’s Clubs Rod and Gun in Canada in the effort to obtain a national park in Minnesota, and a resolution was passed in favor of the reservation of 25,000 acres of Redwood lands (Sequoia sempervirens) in the Santa Cruz Mountains, forty miles south-east of Sain Francisco. The proposed Appalachian Park was also brought to the attention of the Association by Mr. J. A. Holmes. A proposed bill for the protec- tion of forests from fire was submittted, but was referred back to the committee for fur- ther report. * * s A strong effort is being put forth to have a Forest Park Reservation in Minne- sota, and as it is in ‘the vicinity of the source of “The Father of Waters,” the great Mississippi, it is one of special in- terest to every American citizen. One in- teresting feature in connection with the agitation is the active participation of the Federation of Women’s Clubs. We would be glad to have our own Na- tional Council of Women take an interest in the forest needs of Canada. * * * The proposed park in the Appalachians is also receiving special attention at the present time, and an appropriation of $5,000 was obtained at the last session of Congress for the purpose of the examina- tion of the district, with a view to the selection of the most suitable location. A forest park in that part of North Carolina would be a most interesting one, as botan- ists are agreed that the richness and va- riety of its forest and floral growth are unequalled elsewhere in America. Here the forests of New England meet those of the extreme Southern States; so that, as- cending from the tops of the gorges to the tops of ‘the higher mountains one sees much tthe same variety of plants as he would in travelling from Alabama to Can- ada. In the cool moist coves of this moun- tain region the hardwood forest trees reach their maximum development. Oaks from five feet in diameter, chestnuts still larger, and tulip poplars from six to ten feet in diameter are associated with beech- es, birches, lindens, maples and numerous other species which have found conditions most favorable to their growth. Here they have lived together for centuries without man’s interference. In the gorges of deeper valleys one finds the trees and shrubs which are common over the Pied- mont plains, which lie to the east, south and west. Ascending the mountains along the lower slopes one passes through the splendid growth of maples, oaks and pop- lans; above these come the beeches, birch- es, hemlocks and their associates; but high- er still one passes through groves of bal- sams and fir trees. At the tops off higher mountains ‘even these last hi; generally disappeared, giving place grass and the rose-colored Rhododendi Interspersed among these trees in coves, on the crags, and up the moun slopes, one finds the — Kalmias, and hundreds of other b shrubs and a rich variety of delicate fi ing plants. Hlere are found the | and most massive of the Appala Mountains, mearly half a hundred rising more than six thousand f height; and the deepest gorges resulti1 the most varied and beautiful scenery. region is umsurpassed in healthfuln it also are the head waters of str which have to do with the manufac enterprises and with navigation any a Virginias, the two Carolinas, Bia, bama, Tennessee, Kentucky aad Ohio The promoters are working up ‘ ment in favor of this park with ch a istic American vigor. They have r $1,465 for the purpose of advertis movement, and have sent out 191,200! p of printed matter, besides numerous ters. The press have also given s port. * We must poli for hd way in ° some of the matter for last month’s was arrauged. We are assured, h that it will not note cp We are HORNE tee the fire ; posted by the Dominion officials - be Columbia are having a very The only raft of square timber whie passed down the Ottawa River son, was reported as. having pas met some days ago. This is a great from the days when almost throughou whole summer a large part of th below the Parliament Buildings woul covered with rafts of square timber. The logs which are brought dow the lumbering camps in the Gatin jam at the Cascades, a point on neau River, about 14 miles above Ott Just a few weeks ago there was a jam at that point, covering perhar area of 100 acres, and being in p Ss 20 feet in thickness. In this jan were probably over a quarter m good logs, which would represent ai mense value. The breaking of a this kind has always been one of the exciting and dangerous parts of t berman’s work, but in this case method of getting the logs free was u taken. On a large raft or crib w steam engine was set up and attac this was a drum upon which w: cable with a hook on the end. was towed up to ‘the jam and pier in such a way that if ‘the jam : suddenly break and the logs cana down the river, it would be sw and no harm would result. The h the cable was attached to the logs: top of the jam, and they were pull one by one without strain or danger. operation is very rapid, and with work one log a second can be sg stream. HE bench show of dogs in con- nection with Toronto Industrial Exhibition will be held Sep- tember 3rd to 6th inclusive. The judges are: For fox, and Scotch terriers, Mr. Lindsay, Montreal, who such a successful debut as a judge at 2 spring show here. Mr. Lindsay is own to his friends as a reliable man on s, and we have no doubt fanciers of breeds, both in Canada and the d Staites, will meet him with lots of to adjudicate upon; for great as, Boston terriers and dachshunds, G. s-Amolt, ‘'uckahoe, N.Y.; for fox- ds, pointers, setters, Chesapeake Bay ; and beagles, Major J. M. Taylor, , N.Y The all-round judgé is oH. Pana, of New York, who will all other breeds. The entry fee in ‘class is only $2, and the limit is fixed hat increased over that of last year, ‘ should ensure good competition all id. Mastifis have two open classes, dhounds, ‘Newfoundlands and deer- minds one class, the prizes being $10, $5 diploma. St. Bernards and Great nes have the usual classification, pup- ss being provided for in the first-named with prizes of $5, $3 and diploma. ice have $7 and diploma, limit and same prizes as for mastifis, Russian wolfhounds are provided with limit and class, greyhounds, novice, limit and classes, with prizes of $7, $3 and ploma in novice, and $10, $5 and diploina limit and open. The balance of the lassification provides $7, $3 and diploma ‘novice and $8, $5 and diploma in limit d open classes. Canadian classes are ided for with $5 to first, $3 to second, oma to third. The Industrial Associa- m offers 9 medal for the best St. Ber. rds, foxhound, pointer or setter, best niel dog, best spaniel bitch, best collie Zz, best collie bitch, best bulldog, best terrier, best beagle, best dachshund, b Irish terrier, best fox terrier dog and t fox terrier bitch. Mrs. Jos. E. Sca- m offers a cup for the best kennel of fox- ands. The Canadian Collie Club offers edals to the best dog and bitch (open to bers only), and there are a great many Rod and Gun in Canada’ 2 SULD ye) AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. TT) - GOosd ' - 7 7) ‘ ill o, other valuable specials, the fox terrier classes being especially well provided for. Mr. W. P. Fraser, Toronto, Ont., the cour- teous. secretary and superintendent, is al- ways ready to respond to enquiries. * * s A valuable consignment of Scottish ter- riers arrived here on the steamship La- conia, Capt. Neil, from Glasgow, the end of last month. They were purchased and imported by Messrs. Motherwell & Roy, and consist of two dogs and one bitch, each one of them a crackerjack, and of the very best blood in Scotland, being descend- ed from winners and champions of win- ners. Notwithstanding their long journey they were as lively as possible, and looked fit to win at once. Quite a lot of fanciers who had got an inkling of their arrival, were on hand to see them taken from the vessel, and their verdict was that they were the best of the breed ever brought into Canada. The consignment comprises: Wishaw General (Balmacrow Prince ex Zelba), whelped September, 1899; breeder, R. Tait, Wishaw. Midlothian Chief (Prince Alexander ex Heather Bee), whelp- ed June, 1898; breeder, R. Marshall, owner of one of the best kennels in Scotland, and an accepted authority on the breed. Snap Shot (Melville Boxer ex Romany Ronin), whelped October, 1899; breeder, R. Mar- shall. They will make their first public ap- pearance at Toronto next month. o * * Mr. Frank Riley, the well-known cattle shipper, recently imported a very fine Irish terrier from the “Ould Sod.” ; * * * At the great annual show of the Ladies’ Kennel Association held in the Royal Bo- tanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, London, Mr. G. M. Carnochan, of New York, judged the fox terrier classes. * * 2 Mr. Fred. T. Miller, of Trenton, Ont., has lately purchased from Mr. S. Britcher, the well-known bull terrier breeder of this city, the young bull terrier dog Newmar- ket Baron (ch. Little Flyer ex Newmarket Syren), also a good young bitch from Warren Lewis, of Ypsilanti, Mich. Mr. Miller’s St. Bernard bitch, Queen Regent, winner of several firsts at Toronto spring show and second at Montreal, whelped a 305 few days since a litter of 13, 12 of which are alive ait present time and doing nicely. ‘ * * s : To satisfy the questionable taste of Pari- sian ladies for dwarfed dogs, ‘there are about fifty professional “dog dwarfers” in that city, who make an extremely good liv- ing at the business. In the growing stage of puppyhood the dogs are brought up on an alcoholic diet, which has the effect of stunting ‘them. * * * Mr. Jos. A. Laurin’s imported Irish ter- rier, “Imperial Totterina,” by Champion Jackanapes, out of “Champion Milton Dro- leen,”’ has returned from New York, where she was on a visit to Oscar W. Dormer’s grand young imported dog, “Milton Mud- dler,”” by Champion Breda Muddler. * * * “Charlie” Lyndon, the trusted kennel manager of Mr. Geo. H. Gooderham, ‘lo- ronto, has been visiting England on busi- ness, and has made a few sound purchases in smooth fox terriers, which will, no doubt, add to 'the prestige of Norfolk Ken- nels, if that were possible. * So * Mr. Crocker, of New York, who recently purchased the famous bulldog Rodney Stone, for $5,000, has placed him at stud, the fee being $150. The American Stock- keeper calls this fee prohibitive, but when one takes cost into consideration, and the fact that he is admittedly the best bulldog in (tthe world, the fee cannot be called ex- orbitant. * * * The Ladies’ Kennel Association (Eng.) show was an immense success. Notwith- standing ‘the faet that over 300 entries were sent back owing to late arrival, there were a larger number of dogs benched than ever before, and the show was visited by the wealth and fashion of London. In speaking of the function an English con- temporary says: ‘The awarding of the Dholpur Cup (500 guineas trophy) was a delicate matter. It was for the best Bor- zoi in the show. Mr. Crawford Hick judged this section, which was a pretty good one, and made Captain Borman’s young dog, Shylock, ithe best Borzoj. Ordi- narily this dog would by virtue -of this award be entitled to the cup. The execu- tive, however, ordained that it should be awarded by three experts, Mr. Hick him- self, Mr. Theo. Marples, and Mr. George Raper. Under this arrangement it was, of course, necessary for the whole of the dogs to be rejudged, and for this purpose they were all brought into the ring. The collec- tion were ultimately reduced to two candi- dates for the coveted honor. These were Shylock and Ch. Alex, who belongs to H. 306 R.H..the Princess of Wales, and who got third only in his class. -Mr. Raper went carefully over the two dogs, making Alex. the best of the two, and giving Mr. Hick his reasons for it on all points. The latter, however, held on to his original award. This meant that Mr. Marples found him- self in the position of umpire. This gen- tleman now carefully made comparisons between the two animals, amidst the al- most breathless silence of the spectators, amongst whom interest had been worked up to “concert pitch,” which burst out in vociferous applause when he gave his fiat in favor of the Royal competitor. “Whilst this almost dramatic scene was prpceeding, Her Royal. Highness arrived at the Show and made her way to the dog tent, quite oblivious of what had been go- ing on. She was conducted to the ring by Mrs. Stennard Robinson, when her victori- ous canine was brought before her by her faithful kennel manager, Brunston. The presence -of Her Royal Ilighness, who was accompanied by the Countess of Iddes-_ leigh, and who looked as sweet and charm- ing as ever, was the signal for an ovation. In the ring Mrs. A. C. Wingrove, who re- presents the Maharanee of Dholpur, the donor of the cup, stepped forward, and presented Her Royal Highness, who shook hands with Lady Reid and an Indian noblewoman, gorgeously bedecked in native costume, who, with the Gaekwar of Bar- oda,.a notable Indian Prince, were at the ring side, and excited considerable curi- osity. Our future Queen, who subsequent- ly made a tour of tthe tents, was of course, “the observed of all observers,” Her Royal Highness’s unexpected presence being re- garded as one more indication of the warm interest she takes in the Ladies’ Kennel Association and its show, and which more than atoned for the disappointment felt at the inability of H.R.H. the Duchess of Connaught, the president, to be present to distribute the chief trophies ‘to the success: fi.) competitors.” * * * In a late issue of Our Dogs, Manchester, Eng., we find the following: Sporting chal- lenges seem to be ithe order of the day, at least in Hnglish kennel circles. The latest - in this line is a challenge made by our dis- tinguished American visitor, Mr. G. M. Carnochan—who is making many friends in the old country—and which has been ac- cepted by-Mr. Geo: Raper for one. Mr. Carnochan informs us that next summer he purposes bringing a team of wire-hairs to England, of his own breeding, and pitting them against the cracks of the ‘‘mither country.” It was a bold bit of fancier dip- ‘omacy, we thought, when Holgate decided 3 Rod ‘and Gun -nochan to state, in Canada to take over a variety team to Dollarland to compete against the Yanks. We in England profess to be stronger in most varieties than our cousins across the water, who draw most of their supplies from us. ' Fox-terriers are a variety in which there is - no gainsaying our ascendancy, which accen- tuates the pluck displayed: by our. New- York friend in essaying to try conclusions with Englishmen on their native heath. But Mr. Carnochan’s challenge seals his daring. He challenges any English breeder to show next year (1901) in England at the first important show held under Kennel Club rules in the early summer (the ajp- pointed judge at such show to be the judge to decide the merits of the dogs), a wire- haired puppy bred by himself in 1lyv0, against any wine-haired puppy bred by any English breeder in 1900, for £25 a side. The challenge, which was made at the Boston Show and promptly accepted by Mr. Raper, we are authorized by Mr. Car- is open to any other breeder in this country who may feel dis- pesed to accept it. All we can say is that it is a big order, and if Britishers are made of the stuff we think they are, and which ~some Americans think they “aren’t,’” we fancy ‘Mr. Carnochan’s challenge will be accepted in, several quarters. It is one kennel against “All England!” Even if ‘nobody besides our Wincobank friend has the temerity to take Mr. Caronchan on, ‘the match will be very initeresting—a ken- nel yacht race on a small scale. Mr. Carnochan recenitly paid the famous “Barrowby’”’ kennels a visit, anid was so smitten with the charms of that splenuid little bitch, Barrowby Glisten, the dam of Ch. Ridgewood ‘Tiny, Ridgewood Marion, and Ridgewood Imperialist, that he pur- chased her for £100. She is again in whelp to Donatello, who sired the progeny above mentioned. Mr. Carnochan at the same time purchased a bitch puppy by Sundial ex Glisten for another century. Mr. Musson considers this puppy to be the . best he ever bred, in which case she should “not be dear at the price paid. [Mr. Carnochan has paid very high prices in his day for the breed he is so partial to, notably Ch. Go Bang and Ch. Claude Duval. It may not be generally known, that the popular sportsman is hon- orary vice-president of the Montreal] Ca- nine Association. ] eee Rheumatism is an ailment to which sporting dogs are very liable, presumably because they are subject to more frequent exposure to cold, wet. weather than any other dogs—ofiten being eompelled to work, whatever the state of the weather may be, ‘half a grain in each dose for a dog of « > epee! ON A: an) 9. and then, being brought. home, are alla if to. go 'to kennel ‘without being groomed at all, and the kennel very often being cold and miserable. Kheumaitism, wher it once sets in, is almost certain to become chronic unless the ‘dog is very carefully loc ed after. The best treatment consists in gi v. ing occasional doses of Epsom: salts~ small teaspoonful for a dog of 25 lbs. to 3 lbs. weight)—sufficiently often to keep t bowels regular. In addition to this a very small dose of iodide of potassium may b given dissolved in water—not more th “ same size. This is best made up in form of a mixture by any good chemi: who will make up a 4 oz. or 6 oz. bo and give directions as to what propor of it contains the necessary half grain. is also essential that some useful linim should be applied. ‘There are plenty good embrocations and liniments on market, any of which can be used for purpose; or equal parts of camphora’ ed oil and turpentine may be mixed together, . and will produce a very useful embroca for rheumaticky dogs. The liniment sho be applied as often as possible to the pa most affected, and the iodide of potassi x mixture may be given twice a day, or mm acute cases three times. Salicylate of s is also recommended as a good thing rheumatic affections. A dose of this wo’ be about three grains for a 25 lb. to 30 dog. It can be made up into a mixture exactly the same way.—Our Dogs. * * #€ i Breaking and Handing of Dogs. — : Mr. H. B. Tallman, of Providence, R.1., gives some very valuable hints as to the handling and breaking of dogs, in a sel of articles written for Turf, Field Farm, from which we make the following extracts: A dog may be broken to follow at h at any time after he has been broken t come when called. If he is of sulky position it may be found easier if dela until he has learned to be more cheerful under restraint. Although it is a simple process to teach him to follow, it is sot times more difficult at finst to teach him by go on again. He should have become ac- customed during his lessons to the same words and gestures of praise and encour-— agemenit, and to the same manner of make ing him understand after he has done ” 1 that his lessons are over for the time, a nd he will then be more apt to forget his sul- kiness whenever they are used. I am. 1 sf in favor of the general use of ‘the spike collar, and cannot sée that it has any ad- vantages over the whip. It is all ri ight im mM its place, if used with moderation, but a obstinate dog the temptation is strong es ‘to use it with unnecessary sever- until experience in breaking dogs d aman to use it with judgment, better be dispensed with. As the used for the correction of faults ted during the dog’s work in the will be better to use it instead of collar during his yard breaking, e him with its use as an in- 1 readiness for use, keeps him out and dreading it when it is him to follow at heel, use a ent length to allow the dog steps away from you before he should remain slack so long 1 his proper place, and tight- then the order “Heel” is given, him within reach of the whip. ets in advance of you or too far ler him to “Heel” and pull him while you continue to advance, using the whip. If he per: cing too far, or in lagging be- whip on his shoulders in the -and on his hind parts in the n he has learned to obey the ‘on ‘thie lead, release him, and of the hand tell him to go on. time call him to you and low without using the lead, be easily done if he has been to come when called. If he go on when so ordered, step his hind feet while encourag- h your voice and a forward mo- hand. Do not be impatient or to force him away from you, » should be used only when the avoid it. Simply show him : liberty to go if he wishes and d not take his place behind you ed to do so. If this lesson can 1 company with a broken dog, part will be more readily under- he will naturally follow the other . he is ordered on. ere desired to teach a boy a cer- lishment, and if he were made n certain parts without under- the application to the object of ns, he would naturally lack inter- lessons, and only learn them be- felt obliged to. If the lessons e as interesting as possible in the by his understanding the object learn more quickly and be proud- knowledge when gained, and more y willing to exhibit what he had harsh instrument; and in haudling a Rod and Gun in Canada learned. The intelligent dog, by learning first to hold, carry and deliver an article, and being praised and petted for doing it, through being made to understand the ob- ject, begins these lessons in retrieving by feeling proud to perform a simple action which procures him so much approval from his master. He will then in later Jessons he more inclined to do what is required of rim, quickly and cheerfully. As the next step toward retrieving, teach tim to take the roll from your hand. Hold t close to his lips and tell him to fetch it. if he turns his head away follow the move- nent so as to keep the roll in front of his ips and show him that he cannot avoid it oy repeating the command “Fetch it.” li he seems inclined, however, r reluctantly, to take it into his mouth press the roll inta his mouth as soon as he opens it a little, and spe"’ “icouragingly to him as though he had + it all himself. If he still re fuses after being told a few times to fetch it, press the roll agaimst his front teeth, and forcing his mouth open quickly place the roll in it and stepping back, make him deliver it as in former lessons. Continue this line of action until the dog will him self take the roll from your hand and hold it until it is taken from him. Next teach him ito step forward and take it by holding it farther away from him and motioning toward you with a snap of the finger, while at the same time telling him to fetch. He should have learned the meaning of this gesture in former lessons, and although he may not obey it promptly under these cir- cumstances, it will help to teach him your meaning. Use the check cord if necessary to make him come forward, and if he does not respond readily to the cord, use the whip on his rump to make him do 60, while holding him by the collar to prevent his jumping away from you, and when ne- cessary, guide his head toward the roll by grasping his muzzle. As the lesson ad- vances, lower the roll toward the ground until he will lower his head to take it from your hand when held so as to just clear the ground. Avs he starts to take it, rather help him to adjust it in his mouth than to move it away from him. Making him. carry the roll three or four steps every time before taking it from him will serve to keep in his mind the object of his lessons and make a little variety in them. It will make no difference whether he sits, stands or crouches while you are trying 'to make him take the roll from your hand so long as his attention is kept upon it, and he can be made to come for- ward when necessary. Allow him plenty “of time to do things himself in obedience SOT to orders before you resort, to punishment to compel him to do so. Make 'the slog understand that he cannot avoid doing «vs he is ordered and that the sooner he does it the sooner ‘the lesson will be over. 'This part of the lessons will require considerable patience, but is one kind of force, and used at ‘this time will pay in the end, and is good discipline for the breaker as well as for the dog. oe. a. e Settled by the Dog. Everyone knows the story of the dog claimed by two persons which is allowed to decide between them, and goes straight to its righitful master, putting the thief to shame. A variation was recorded a little « while ago in a provinaial town, A knife-grinder complained that a rag- man had stolen his dog. When the police looked into the matter they found that the ragman had in his possession a fine Great Dane, of which he could give no satisfac- tory account. ‘The case was brought into court, and the judge decided that the hd should settle the matter, The two claimanits were aca one at either end of a long table. ‘Lhe dog was led in and held by a string midway be- tween ithem. he judge then clapped his hands three times, and the men began to whistle vigorously to the dog. At the same instant the dog was set free, The Great Dane looked at the ragman, then at the knife-grinder; ther at one bound he cleared the open space and dis- appeared through the door, to the aston- ishment of the count. The fact was the dog belonged to neith- er of the contestants, but to a gentleman to whiose house he went straight from the court room. He had been stolen succes- sively by the knife-grinder and the rag- man. * * * That handsome collie. Calendar Bruce, belonging to Afton Collie Kennels, Mont- © real, has just returned from Brandon, Man., where he was competing in the open class’ at the show held there this mcnth. He was decorated with the first prize ticket. Mrs. Newcidh-<¥isat. tenia how could you have een _3500 for this dog. Is he really worth it?’ ‘Mr. Newrich, (with deep feeling)—‘‘Worth it? Ah, Emily, if you or I had the pedi- gree that dog has. | International Anglers’ Association. At the meeting of the International An- glers’ Association held at Gananoque, Ont. August 1, Charles H. Skinner, of Albany, NoYs occupied the chair, and the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year were elect- ed: President, Wm. C. Browning, New York: first vice-president, H. R. Heath, Brooklyn; second vice-president, Chas. R. Skinner, Albany, N.Y.; secretary, W. H. Thompson, Aipeandele: Bay: treasurer, R. P. Grant. Clavton N.Y.; executive commit- tee, A. C. Cornwall, G. H. Strough, R. °H. Pullman. Chas. G. Emery, T. B. Kerr, Chas. Sterling, T. A. Gillespie. C. E. Brit- ton, H. A. Maltby, Wm. Griffith, George H. Bolty and O. G. Staples. Rod and Gun in Canada RULI e THE GUN Conducted by “ Bob White.” _ eo i SWISS RIFLE CLUBS. A. P. Humphrey, a prominent English rifleman, recently returned to England from Switzerland, having made a study of rifle practice ‘in that country. For the in- formation of the Council of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain, he made ‘the following report: RIFLE CLUBS. ' The Swiss rifle clubs have a close con- nedtion with ‘the’ military system of the country, and owe their prosperity mainly to such connection. They have also the prestige of ancient tradition—the history of some of them going back more than four centuries. Some are possessed of con- siderable wealth. ' The Swiss army consists of a militia, in which all men:are liable to serve between the ages of twenity and fifty years. In the ‘first year—speaking of the infantry only— each man undergoes a recruits’ course of forty-five days, after which he is for twelve years a member of the elite, in which he ‘undergoes a itraining of sixteen days every ‘second year. From his thirteenth to huis ‘twenty-fifth year of service he is a mem- ‘ber of the landwehr, and undergoes a training of five days every fourth year. Thenceforward until he is fifty years of age he is a member of the landstrum, a force of which 30 per cent. are armed and are required to undergo inspection once a year. Every member of the elite, the land- wehr, and the armed landstrum is obliged annually to perfiorm « rifle practice similar to our class firing, consisting of from thirty to fonty rounds, which he may do in a re- , cognized shooting club under strictly regu- lation conditions. Having done this, he is exempted from a musketry course lasting three days, which he would otherwise be required to undergo. The government pays to the clubs the value of the ammunition used in. the above regulation practice, and the firers can claim it of the clubs. If a man obtains the -requisite score with a small number of ‘shots, he can claim a somewhat larger sum ‘than the ammunition has cost him; if he has to fire the maximum number of rounds (forty), he is slightly a loser. Thus he has an inducement to-do his best. The gov- ernment supplies the clubs with ammuni- _ ditions, far as I learned, vary from nothing to ten or twelve francs per annum. In wealthy lage clubs, most elementary, are very small. fect. tion for private practice at the rate of 6 centimes per round, the cost price to the ‘government .being 8 centimes. Every member oof the elite, the landwehr, and of the armed landstrum keeps his rifle at his home, subject to period‘c in- spection, and can use it for practice as much as he pleases. Provision is made for the represenitation ‘of the military authorities on the commit- ‘tees cf (he recognized clubs, and every such ‘elub must admit an inspecting ofticer to its ‘range at any ‘time at which rifle practice ‘is. proceeding. le HARRAA A i BR sg :4/0d eet SOE ohooh | 7 | OA eel sfisie «imnieben debs | 8/12/14)15/13)14 BS BPEALNC-... ote giiaig one 14)12/12 E G, O. Seymour! 6 ee 10/14)14/11/13/14 BD, eR; «Cavilller 34ers 9115 11}11 J.) Magbee ics de fed gota 7 (10 11 A. 2G Brayi- aiicas siewere 8}10}10/13 14 BD: Ge: BERD OOH Ges aio eased 10/12 18 S.): Maifbaira | ici. shh ees 11 Agi SRODDIGS: pies ses Gare 8/14/12)13)13]11 X25 Wis Baldwit) oo octeecs 11 ERE 2 PRS 5d 2 6) eR oe 9 12 l= ERO OTARIN) 3555 35s ates e aXe ately fet Ci (SOMA Hise vie ss chars spear Aa | a ee Ww. 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In the team shoot seven teams entered, and Grand Forks had the honor of getting both the gold medals for first place and the leather medals for last place. Following are the names and the scores: Winnipeg, No. 1.—J. Lemon, W. Dodd, R. Kirkby, G. Andrew, score 46. Winnipeg, No. 2.—F. W. Scott, D. H. Bain, t. G. Simpson, J. Cadham, score 54 Minnedosa—S. Fairbairn, C. Solden, T. Wil- liamson, E. Solden, score 46. Grand Forks, No. 2.—J. Maybie, w. Wood, Mr. Beare, Dr. Brekkie, score 10. Grand Forks, No. 1.—G. Duis, C. A. Hale, B. O. Seymour, H. R. Wells, score 57. Calgary—R. G. Robinson, M. Turner, H. Trenenen, O. A. Critchley, score 20. The following American marksmen were shooting at the birds: Ed. Hale, G. E. Duis, W. B. Wood, O. B. Brekkie, B. O. Seymour, W. N. Wells, A. Bennett, Grand Forks; F. H. Sprague, F. Handy, R. McKeller, Grafton; Ed. Cavilier, Pembina; W. E. Rowe W. L. Vannett, C. Hoch, Crookston; A. Nel- son, C. Martinson, Lake Park. Capt. A. W. Aubray represented Parker Bros. Appended is the complete score of the day's contests: |g & 3 Naise geeacgag Bee wS bh hy gaaskees “ ja oN 1D & © ene ae ee, LS? > Per RE geeaeanaag GK. Hales. ot. --{10]11]10]10) |11)14 B. O. Seymour .. .-| 7{13]13/12) 11111 . H. N. Wells .. --{ 9}13}10)11 7|10| 7 Dr. Brekkie .. -| 7] 9]11] 3) [10] 9) 4 > E. Rowe -| 8]13]11] 9] [11J}11) 7 Cc. C. Hoch -| 9/1118] 9} {11/11} 7 A. Robbie -| 6/13}13/10] 12) 7] 8 W. L. Vannett -| 3/1113] 9 9/10} 9 Jos. Lemon -| 7| 9]13] 9/34] 8 5 C. E. Robbins -| 9/11/13}10 11/13] 5 F. H. Sp e a -| 9]15]14/12! [12113] 9 N. W. Fenaiettee «| 8}12}11}11 10/10) 9 R. McKellar .. . -| 6{11] 9] 8 9| 8] + F. Handy -| 6/12/12] 9 9| 7 S. Fairbairn -| 6/12] 9/13|30/10}10} 2 F. S. Stanley -| 3] 3]13] 4 M. S. Beeston .. .. .. ..] 4| 9/10] 6/29] 5 3 A. J. Patterson .. .. .. ..| 2] 8] 8/10 J. Cadham . + ee ee «| 3/10/12/13/85/11} 9) 9 A. W. du Bray .. .. .. ..| 6/14/12/10 9/11] 8 F. D. Simpson .. .. -| 7] 8/12|12]43|12| 9} 7 G. W. Baldwin .. . «| 4/11]12]11/35] 9]13] 8 W. B. Wood .. .. --| 5/11] 8/11] | 9] 5] 7 E. R. Cavilier .. . .-| 8}10/12] 9] [11/13] 9 R. G. Robinson -| 4{ 9] 9| [80] 5]10] 4 W. Trevenen = 9/12] 9 8 T. Martinson «| 7/12/12] 9 8 G. Andrew .. -| 6] 8/40] 6/33/11] 9] 8 Ww. a, .| 6/14/11]14/38]14!114| 8 _F.. Scott .. rae 139] {11 D. Bain . - |10]13]12]12/39|11/12| 6 .J..G. Soper , «| 3/11]12) « 8 R. H. Kirkby «| 9[12]11] 8/39)11]11] 9 A. Rodman .. .| 4 C. Wellband . -| 6/12]12| |85/15]10/10 Rod and Gun in Canada O. A. ee BEES seer a 4 BB? 4 — Beare .. ..... .| 4/18 — Parker 14 J. Maybee .. ..... .| 9}12/11}11} 10/12) 7 W. H. Sparling .. .. ..| 2 J. N. Williamson .. .. ..| {10 38 BE TAS RUORD | i! vig ce alee 9|11| 7/30] 9 6 Dr.’ Dalgleish .. ..°.. .. 9 28 5 H. Alder .. .. sia da tee 9|26 G. C. McTavish | sg eat Ne 12| 6/33 St RDONGS oS Bios Vas 9}13|29| 6|12] 5 J. O. Cadham 4 M. Putnam . 31| |12| 6 Cc. M. Scott 29 C. Soldan 38 &. Soldan 26 F. S. Cadham . 37 H. G. Spurgeon aa eat 29 B. aM ee! ee AN ieee ch 8. 4H: eh ke Pe es SET A a 23 — Lane Sate ge 18 M. Varcoe pea A ae ge 19 Fo OOK NVA ree en es 30) THIRD DAY. The scores were: S| cy) oJ ae ah, Raeee Nn\ig|R RR MN . - ~~ PP Name. Shoe & ee 23/2/8339 Sn geass - -| it eee er > be bh ag'dlae aia W..) Bi. Roweiss csases se 9}10]32)10|11|13]14 Co GySBOCle Chemie s vee 10} 9/36}11)11|11!10 DA.» RRODDLOG! ion a sopece sited 8| 9 8}13]11/12 Cc. Cavalier. . Dive oie | SOLD 2/12/13/13 Ww. L. R. Vannett. ae st ecb 4\14/36| 6| 8/12/10 Geo: HL Duals; 5.6554) s+ 8|U1/38} 8)13)14)11 Cy Ag HANG. saws popes 10}13/84| 8/12)11)12 BuO, ‘Seymours dyes ces 7%)\12|45)10)14|12|14 Boo Welle.c. caciin cle | 7|12|87|11| 9|11| 9 Ss Mabee ins cassis couse 8|12)39]14|13|13|14 RODDIIG? sib jsicsieieie oii soeie 9}10)42)13/15|12)14 Sprague ......0.sseevees 7\11/40|13} 8/13] 9 Hostetter nb iceiieviscn es 6|13}40)13}12|14| 9 Dr. Brekkie............. 710} |10)12| 7 Be aR y ies Nis v njeecitedce 8}10/35| 7|11| 9\13 Wo POG ssa sah see ka 8|13|30] 9]10|12| 9 F. G. Simpson.......... 9\12/43]11/10]12|12 D Balas iw weeteassainso2 9/10/37) 7/)13)13)13 TW. T NVOOGL 50's» eceiataca (sa tiete 7|10 9)13| 8|11 Ts” BOATS. i ic 5. eee ne Ns re | 6|0' A. W. du Bray.......--- | 7d] j12| 6/1012 G. Baldwins 5 ssc ¢ tesieje oe Tal 8/1110] 7 Re BUPEDY sono ie ceive Rae 12) 9} 9113 INSON 4.60005 sess 6 Mveliband Sb cAngn )10/36\12| 9/11/12 R. G. Robinson........- 5| 7|38| 6(12/13/12 DA, dig hen SARS a AE | : ee 5 byl ee re ea 3 Geers BET RF es 8)11/39| 8|13|14/12 EF. W. Scott.......--0++ 5| |30 af IO Gitiat 2 5 « Se gece ara er 9}10 J. Cadham..a...+..ssee- 33 one ei F. Stanley.....0.0..e- 05> 9/10 waite R. W. Holland.........-. - : SF jh TARTIOW oo Wig sets snreseie ee ais J. C. Huston.......--++- “ M. Putnam .oi....\e es + wees vias W. Trevenen........+++- told H. Lightcap.......--+++> | In the International team shoot the teams ; and scores were as follows, each competi- tor having 20 birds: American team—Robbins 17, Sprague 16, Hostetter 16, Woods 11, Duis 18, Kaie 19, Seymour 16, Wells 11, Mabee 15, Rowe 17, Hoch 16, Robbie 14, Cavalier 14, Vannet 10 --205. aa Canadian team—Lemon 15, Wellband 14, Keele 14, Trevenen 16, Simpson 16, Light- cap 12, Kirkby 15, Baldwin 12, Spence 11, Dodd. 18, Bain 16, Cadham 12, Robinson 17, Patterson 10—193. A very attractive programme has be ’ tournamentt at Swanton, bis PARKER GUN COMPETITION. | i W. Dodd 64, winner; G. Andrew 59, W Scott 58, J. Lemon 58, Williamson { . Cadham 55, Robinson 55, D. H. Bain retedie 53, M. Putnam 50, H. Boxer | A. Sparling 47, Geo. Baldwin 46. * * * Stray Shots, aM Hamilton (Ont.) Gun Club will hol summer ‘tournament Sept. Ist and 3rd. * * * =y Brant County Rod and Gun Cl nounces their annual tournament held at Brantford, Ont., Aug. 13 4 pared. All shooting will be over a trap, and will be open to Canadian a teurs only. The Brantford shoots 2 re ways well patronized, and this one be no exception. Z * * ee RY Mr. J. S. Fanning, the Laflin & R smokeless powder expert, continues tc good work at the trap. He roe 4 143 out of 145 targets at the Robin I * * : Clarence J. Nauman po 97 birds of 100, won $100, and established aa record for the Pacific Coast in a match cently with Peter J. Walsh. The 1 grassed 86. * * e Paul North, of the Cleveland Company, has returned from — where he has been trying to in magautrap. He says the “magautr: too “sudden” for the British trap sho who takes this sport in a leisurely combined with cups of tea and ot! freshments. The targets are thrown 1 higher and at longer rise than in , the use of both Bsc: pee allo * Mr. PES an. Ansa Grand Prix de Cenitenaire, at Pat June, with the score of 22 aes pig Marquis de Villaviciosa, an Itz second with 21, and Edgar G. a tr) New York, third with 20. 7” * * It is proposed, in England, school boys the use of the rifle. gently carried out this must have a mendous influence for good in the 1 i life of the nation. We hope to day not far distant, when every be required as a fixed part of his « lum to learn not only the elements o tary drill, but also ithe effective use | shot gun and rifle. Then in tin citizen will be a soldier of the hi ghest ready to hand, and we will be a count our military strength by a instead of thousands. . Notes by E. E. timely book is “Sharpshooting,” for ¢ and war, by W. W. Greener, author he “Gun and its Development,”’ etc. , author states in his preface: “Rite ot ting is to-day the subject of supreme ance ito every Briton, for only by : proficiency in the use of the best on can the Empire be maintained and 1 onal safety secured. I am con- -thalt every able-bodied man who is to learn and practice may become ent marksman,” and having thus stated facts which will appeal to inking Briton, he proceeds to show hoe ithe faith that is in him ng forth as clearly as words can do lve chapters and 161 pages, the d means ‘to become expert in rifle as well as treating of many re- atters of interest to the rifleman. is not only practical but is also in an interesting manner. It is into chapters as follows: I., A Practical Policy—Import- ‘of Rifle Shooting, Good Marksman- ss ntial to All Schemes of National The Use of the Rifle to Become The British a Nation of Sharp- , Praatical Instruction to be Given ary Schools, A Compulsory Sub- fe the Upper Standards, Ample Op- ies for Public Practice to be Ac- a. The Sport of Rifle Shooting le as a means to Sport and Re- Target Shooting, The Bisley ing, Home Competitions, Military ice _ Interesting Exercises, Game g with the Rifle. ter Ill., Varieties of the Ritle— ry Paittern Riifle, English and For- munition, Target. Rifle, Practice Weapons of Precision, Game and Rifles, How to Choose a Rifle, ! | Shooting, Value of Diagrams, s of a Good Rifle. piter IV., Preliminary Practice—Prac- fruction, The Value of Personal l¢, Rules, Positions for Firing Off- ignmenitt, The Eye, Blur, Sighting, Definition, Pull off, How to Hold the Rifle. er V., Hints ‘to idee Soave s of Failure, Correcting the Pull-off. ,; How to Sight, The Proper Use e Rifle, Proficiency, The Score, Regis- s hooting sige upter VI., ‘lo Hit the Mase=-l'eageo- cor Rifle: Bullets, Recoil, Deviation, da aa: li hs a nea — iy @ Rod .and Gun in Canada Deflection, Flip, Drift Lateral and Verti- cal, Range, Elevation, Wind Allowance, Value of Practice, of Observation, and of Records; Game Shooting, Snap-shooting, Sharpshootiing. Chapter VII., ‘The Expert Marksman—- ‘Theories, External Ballistics, Zero, Refrac- tion, Mirage, Variations of Temperature and Barometric Pressure, Altitude, Wind Velocity, Table of Angles, Observations, Records vs. Calculations, Rule for Mathe- matical Buitding of Angles, Mirage, Re- fraction. Chapter VIII., Knights of the Trigger— What the Rifle Can Do, The Highest Pos- sible, Some Records, Feats Old and New, Fancy Shooting, Stage Tricks, Marksmen, Dr. Carver, Ira Paine. Chapter IX., Ranges—Closed and Open Ranges, Land, Way Leaves, Disturbance, Right to Shoot, Constructing the Range, Short Closed Range for Practice, Open Range for Work, ‘The Butts and Pits, .ar- gets, Marking, Scoring, Signaling. Chapter X., Rifle Clubs—How to Form a Rifle Club, How to Manage it, Rules, Du- ties, Liabilities. Chapter Xl. Competitions — Match Shooting, Rules, Team Shooting, Training, The Bisley Meeting, The National Rifle Association, Its Object, History, Work and Possibilities, Prizes, The Regulations for Members’ Competitions. ‘Chapter X11.—The Rifle Club Movement. Published by R. A. Everett & Co., Lon- don, England. ‘ ’ ‘ s ‘s The Ideal: Mauutacturug Co., of New Haven, Conn., has brought out a new mould for the .44 calibre Russian model re- volver bullet. The bullet weighs 205 grains. * * * Telescope sighits for rifles are increasing rapidly in popularity, but a better means for attaching them to the rifle barrels is required. Few like to mutilate a rifle as must now ‘occur in placing the scope. * * * The Field, of London, Eng., announces the invention and perfection of an auto- matic revolver by Ool. Fosbery, V.C., the inventor of the Paradox gun, which the ' Webley & Scott Revolver and Arms. Co. has been working upon for the last two years.. It will soon place it upon the mar- ket. The automatic action is obtained by allowing the barrel and chamber to recoil a short distance ina slide, this motion being utilized by means of a fixed stud engaging in the diagonal grooves cut on the exterior of the chamber. The recoil automatically revolves Ithe cylinder and brings the lock to full cock, leaving the shooter merely to take aim and press the trigger. A trial of these pistols was witnessed by the »1eld, when the following results were obtained: Rapidity of fire—six aimed shots in 10 sec- STI onds, making a 3-inch diagram at 20 yards; 100 rounds fired in 3 minutes 15 seconds. ‘he pistol shoots equally. well the .450 black powder cartridge and the present service ammunition with much. less recoil than with the ordinary revolver, conse- quently quicker and more accurate aim may be taken. ‘Che mechanism is suffi- cently simple to be easily stripped and mounted in the field by any ordinary ar- rorer, : * * * : A. C. Gould, author of Modern Ameri- can Pistols and Revolvers, in writing. re- cently about smokeless powder in revolvers says: ‘The factory loaded smokeless pow- der cantridges for revolvers are not placed on the market until they have been very carefully tested by experienced shooters aided by modern instruments to determine the safety of the ammunition; this is ‘true also with the smokeless powder for revol- vers. But the experimentor who thinks that all smokeless powders are alike, or the investigator who guesses that some particular bramd of smokeless powder would be better than that recommended by powder experts, causes a good deal of trouble and forces the revolver manufac- turers for self protection to decline to guarantee their revolvers when smokeless _ powder is used. We repeat that the best types of Ameri- can revolvers are now made for smokeless nowders. The Government tests submit- ted revolvers with such powders; every member of the recent American team in the late international revolver match used smokeless powder at} one or both ranges. The right smokeless powder is safe in first- class revolvers made for smokeless powders when properly loaded, but unsafe if not loaded righit; there are kinds of smokeless powders ‘that are unsafe in any kind of re- volver or pistol and cannot be loaded so as to be safe.” a One interesting feature of the programme of the ninth annual meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle Association (National Rifle Association), which takes place at Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 31 to Sept. 8 inclu- sive, will be the Colt automatic pistol maltch, open to everybody, 50 yards. # * Recent accidents give especial point to the following from one of tthe highest au- thorities on firearms, viz.: All firearms are dangerous if handled «carelessly. very inch you take off a rifle or gun barrel in- creases the liability to accident. Every additional shot Ithe arm is made to fire without reloading by hand increases its danger.. But all these dangers are reduced to a minimum by exercising proper care. Never take it for granted that a firearm is not loaded. Satisfy yourself in that re- spect before cocking it or touching the trigger or passing the arm to any other person. If you are not acquainted with the mechanism enough to open the action let the arm alone. es We The new Daly three-barrel gun is made for nitro powder in both gun and rifle bar- rels, and is the first three-barrel gun on the American market to use a high power smokeless cartridge in the rifle barrel, it uses [the 30:30 Winchester. 312 Rod and Gun in Canada wore @ AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY N Conducted by H. McBean Johnstone COM ee rr it oy, THE SPORTSMAN AND THE HAND CAMERA. HERE is no doubt that hand camera work, when _ properly understood, is extremely simple, but it is a fact, worthy of special note, that the most successful workers in this branch are those who have served their apprenticeship. to photo- graphy with an old-fashioned field imstru- ment securely mounted on a tripod. It would appear’ to be a common idea with the novice when buying a camera, that to have to stop before making an exposure and put one’s head under a black gloth to focus, and to have to carry a set of legs and a lot of little boxes that only hold two plaites each, is a serious objection tio a field-camera when for the same and even less money, can be purchased one of those little leather-covered boxes that carry enough film for a hundred pictures (?) and one only has to press a button each time to get it. For the sportsman there is probably some reason in wanting a hand instrument. With him there will probably always re- main a desire to photograph the game in its native lair—if he be an angler, to prove his fish stories afterward—and of all the hundred and one cameras recently placed on the market, the best for this purpose is probably the one that goes under the name of the ‘Twin Lens,” ‘though why that name should apply to it any more than to a stereoscopic instrument, I quite fail to understand. The “Twin Lens” is practically a double camera, having a pair of matched lenses placed one above the other, the upper of which reflects the image on a’ ground glass on the top of the instrument, the exact size it will appear in the finished picture, while the lower, to which the shutter is fitted, makes the impression on the plate or film. The top of the camera is fitted with a side-closed, focussing hood, which enables the operator to focus very sharply. Tt has rack amd pinion focussing device so that the front may be racked out quite a distance in order to use long-focus lenses and, when not in use, racks in, thus mak- ing a very compact little instrument. Combined with these advantages, the camera is both light amd portable, and when closed ithe outside dimensions of a 4 x5 are only about 7 x 8 x 6 inches. In developing hand-camera exposures it will generally be noticed that the tendency is toward under, rather than over-expo- ‘gure; so that to rectify this, the developer used or ‘the proportions mixed, should be made suitable, That a beginner will over- expose is a very remote contingency in- deed. More experienced camerists who are used to time exposures, and a plentiful employment of potassium-bromide, rather dread the possibility of under-exposure and endeavor to avoid it, though on the other hand by using a quick plate with a large aperture, in a good light, they often over- expose, or what is practically the same thing, flatten their results by using too strong a developer. This mistake is but seldom made by a beginmer. Though, on ‘consideration he is well aware that f 8 in a hand-camera is equal to f 8 in a tripod instrument, he will take snap-shots at one- fiftieth of a second with, the former, where with the latter, he would never dream of allowing less tham a half or perhaps a full second. He is too apt to forget that he 1s working under precisely ,the same condi- tions as with his camera on a stand, and appears to imagine some sort of magical improvement that makes him independent of the ordinary factiors of exposure, such as, relative values of light, speed of plate and lens, and size of diaphragm used. This is absurd; but, nevertheless there is a tendency ‘to attempt work with a hand- ‘camera, that a little forethought would show to be impossible. The beginner in purchasing a hand-in- strument ought always to make certain that the shutter is capable of being regu- lated for snap-shots of from one second to one ‘one-hundredth of a second duration, and ‘that the lens is of a type fast enough to stand ‘this brief exposure, and still give full detail in the shadows. The photo- grapher who has his shutter working at one speed and one aperture, and who takes pictures at any hour of the day on any day in the year, certainly cannot expect to secure ‘the uniformly good results that attend the work of the more careful opera- tor with a shutter capable of the fullest regulation. Remember then, that you are using a camera, and that brains are just as _give a very good approximaite guide ' essential to the successful meni pala io the one im the hand as to the other o tripod. 4 Exposure tables ane not often. rest to by the man who merely desires a “box” so that he can get pic and there of the mamy lititle inciden nected with summer life in the wo 0 on the water, but they are never very useful. It is unmecessary to ¢ ’ space here im giving one, as almost ¢ a books issued by the plate makers ¢ a several, any one of which will serve fi use of a hand-camera beginner. most of those given, as ‘the ¢€ the actinic light is such a difficult ma it must be treated as approximate | Probably the grealtest value of such a lies in its comparativeness, as showing difference made by light and apertun A table for plate speeds is not qui reliable, as plates are not issued at s standard speeds at all, the highest being entirely dependent upon the m na each of whiom does his best to inerea But a general ce may be follows: Slow ‘or ‘ordinary.c 740) seo Medium rapidity.. .. ++ ..... Extra rapid.. In cases where the ae 4 a two rapidities, the safest way is pe re them somewhere between the i q to 2 1-2. Now a very close adherence to. these rules is hardly to be expected ¢ ) eperator, and indeed is not require him, as some of the differences a slight as to make, for practical pury no alteration. Moreover the surrow conditions have to be taken into co tion. For instance on a bright, sur day in January, with plenty of sno the ground acting as a powerful re the actinic quality of the light is alm great as on the brightest day in Ju July. Also there are other matter which space will not permit my 4 oti but which have to be taken into our: lations. But what exposure-tables ¢ matter of the duraition of exposure } ordinary circumstances, for fully ex negatives. sf Now just a word or two on the for hand-camera work, taking it, of ¢ for granted, that by this is me doors or landscape photography. vice given in all photographic is that in this class of work, a " is preferable to a fast one, and most have accepted ‘the dictum without tion. But according to Capt. ne cept in rare instances a rapid plate rable because of the superior graduation ‘hich they yield, the results less harsh, pa the detail in shadows and high lights jore evident. But with this statement b dso issues a caution. His observations . e here quoted from “Photography”: But in using rapid plates care has to be \ken that they will give sufficient denssty | the highest lights. If plate makers jould use sufficient iodide in the emul- on s, equal rapidity can be obtained, but it} an increase im density. Plates made } jure bromide are apt to suffer in den- ty| giving qualities if their rapidity is to a maximum.” It seems to me al; the very best thing that can be done ‘der the circumstances will be to employ | plate of medium rapidity for practically | work, for in changing from quick to ow or vice versa, we are introducing opholes of error in both exposure and de- ‘lopment. In this question of plate rapidities there es the solution of the problem, why do me workers fail when others score tri- mphs? The successful workers choose the vorable weather, and the unsuccessful he tries to make the weather suit his “mera. The one only takes out the in- rument when the conditions are favor- ble, whilst the other endeavors to bend le conditions to his desire. One succeeds Ways, the other occasionally. ‘Therefore, ne can ‘take slow plates out on a favor- ble day and secure good results, whereas ne other uses his camera upon any day respective of light, and in spite of the ressea }ct! that he uses the celebrated “Catch- mative” plates his work is a faiure. 1 In focussing, the average amateur and small percentage of the profession, hink they are all right if they get the jhage sharp all over. It is evident that in } picture thalt is worthy tio be so called, hee must be centain points of interest, | at it is desirable to make prominent and Jnphasize, all other portions being made Hbordinate to ‘them, and as a rule, it is hly these principal points that shou!d be jade sharp. In doing this, in order to ke the best of the depth of focus of the ns, the miost distant object that is de- | red should be brought into focus first, ithout any diaphragm. Then put in the jp. chosen, and note the point nearer har the one first taken, when absolute pness ceases. Take out the stop, and feus this latter point; then re-insert the lop, and the operation is finished. In prtraiture ‘the reverse method is adopted. jou commence by focussing the nearest ob- jet that is to be sharp, and then proceed ) the distant point. }In spite of the undenied superiority of Ogallic acid as a developer, it will be Rod and Gun in Canada found that among the new developers there are several, which if intelligently used, will produce results distinguishable from pyro-developed negatives, ony by their color. The following metol-hydro- quonim solution will secure clear, brilliant, crisp negatives, which as a consequence of their being free from yellow stain, are quick printers. Pure hot: water.«. ios esc 00% 160 oz. A Fair Metol.. SR eae na Re 1 oz. i Sauathsitin. 60 gr. Sulphite of soda (ea)! eben OEE 6 0z Carbonate of soda (crys.)... 5 oz To develop ttake of this stock solution and waiter equal parts. Less water gives more density and contrast, and more has the effect of bringing the development on slower and securing more detail. In de- velopment always aim for detail first. By beginning with a dilute solution and then finishing with a stronger mixture, both 313 detail can be obtained. A good deal can be coaxed out of a plate by and contrast a little dodging. Warmth promotes activ- ity, and breathing on the part needing im- provement is often beneficial. Clouds, the other hand, have, as a rule, to be kept back. on The easiest way to do this, after the image is well out, is ito pour off some of the developer and keep the rest princi- in the with occasional pally foreground Head, Kippewa District. movement to prevent the formation of a definite line. And now in conclusion, you sportsmen photographers who heretofore have merely used your ‘box’ to snap up the wayside incidents, why not try to achieve some- thing more. It is only necessary for you to wander through a phiotographic exhibi- tion to see that it can be done. It is not that your subjects are poor, but that, as a rule, they are photographed from wrong points of view or else improperly arrang- 314. ed. It would be well for you to make at least a superficial study of the laws of composition and the arrangement of light and shade, until, by intuition rather than by following rules, your average produc- tions rise above the level of the mere pho- togram to the plame of a picture. My First Lesson in Photography. The dealer says that I can have one or two if I wish, but that lessons would be hardly of much use to an experienced hand like myself (famcy describing me like this), and were chiefly designed to show what the apparatus would do. I said that I should like to see what mine would do. Without farther parley I was consigned to the tender mercies of a youth of eigh- teen, who was described as ““the operator,” and with him I mounted flights of stairs innumerable until we arrived at “‘the stu- dio,” which must have been several hun- dred feet above the level of the sea. The camera which I have purchased is reared upon its three legs; the operator points the lens out of the studio window, which commands an extensive prospect. of chimney-pots; puts his head under the fo- cussing cloth, and presently invites me to do so myself. A't first I could see nothing, but when my eyes became accustomed to the gloom I was presently able to distin- guish a picture on the ground-glass screen. “T fancy that the camera must be upside down,” I remark with some diffidence. The youth laughs—rather rudely, it seems to me. I don’t like this boy. Then he coughs and says: “The himage as seen in the camera is hinverted.”’ “But why is it?” I innocently ask. “Tt allus is,’’ says the operator; and this was the sole explanation which I could get out of him. “It allus is.” Fancying that a tip would make him more communica- tive, I hinted that if he would give me as much information as possible, a certain half crown might be transferred from my purse to his. This had the required effect, and my mentor threw off his reserve and became quite eloquent, and this is what he told me about the inverted image: “We've ’ad quite a job over that upside down picture, I can tell yer. When our guv’ner took this business over he knowed nothing about photography, but he’s a rare business man all the same—he’s got his ’ed screwed on and no mistake. Well, directly he sees the picture upside down, he says, “That won’t do,’ he says, ‘you must stick the thing up the right way.’ Well, our head operator says, ‘Sir, it can’t be done.’ ‘Can’t be done?’ he roars. ‘Who says so? Why don’t you screw the ground glass on upside down?’ So we gets a screwdriver and does as he says. When he sees that ‘that made no difference, he ' gays, ‘Well, turn the lens: upside down.’ But we showed him that ‘that made no dif- ference either. At last he gets in a regu- lar passion, and says, ‘I will have that pic- Rod and. Gun in Canada ture on. the screen the right way up; and I'll give a £10 note to tthe man that finds out the trick.’ Well, we tries all we knows, and after a few days he calls us to- gether and asks us who’s won the £10. No one spoke; at last I says, ‘Well, sir, we've ‘tried very ’ard, but it ain’t no go —-the only thing'as we can suggest is that if'you want ‘to see the thing right way up you must stand on yer ’ed. ‘What?’ he roars out; d’ye think that we can ask la- dies and gentlemen as comes ’ere for their lessons to stand on their ’eds, you bloom- ing juggins? Why, it would ruin the busi- ness,’ After that he sobered down a bit and gave the thing up as a bad job. But, between ourselves, sir, I think if any gen- tleman, like yourself, were to. worry the thing out like—why, there’s ’apence in it.” —Photo News. — * * Correspondence. Oorrespondence should be addressed to Box 651, Sarnia, John Adams—Aristotype paper is a pa- per coated with gelatino-chloride of, silver for the printing out process. It gives stnong prints from flat negatives, and is very simple to use. “Willie Boy.’—If your pictures had been more correatly exposed, the detail would have been better. The one of the moose is particularly. good. Filmy Prints—Wash your prints longer in the first water. Half Tone.—The moss tone as you call it, is simply another mame for half tone. A picture without half tone would be very harsh. Yellow Negatives.——I would advise that you use a clearing bath for the negatives you now have, and in future it will be bet- ter to use an acid fixing bath. Hunter.—The pictures you enclose are very well executed. It is indeed a pleasure for me to be in communication with you. Lens.—There is no such thing as univer- sal focus. You mean fixed focus. Cer- tainly; I would do it if I were in your posi- tion. * * * The Bausch and Lomb-Zeiss stereo-bin- ocular glasses are strong aspirants for fay- or. The very large field shown, as well as their super-excellent powers of magni- fying, make them without a peer in their line. THEY ARE PURE, MATURE, A Bird Studies with a Camera. “Bird Studies with a Camera,” by Fr M. Chapman, is a book which will be # cughly enjoyed by all studenits and loy of birds. The chapters devoted to the; fit and methods employed by the can hunter, to procure the best results, very full and the directions | are cle stated. : His descriptions of the habits of s our common birds, and of ithe laegeuil ‘ colonies of Eastern North America, are interesting as they. are instructive. There are over 100 illustrations from tographs, and the book is a thorough ; practical guide for the camera hunter well as a delighitful one for those who not take their pleasure in the field. ] lished by D. Appletow & Co., New ¥ ‘M otto—‘ THE BEST,” SODA WATER. APPLE NECTA To be obtainéd from all first-class grocers, Please see that the label is on the bottle a GURD’S GINGER ALE ETC., 5 CHARLES GURD & CO., - - MONTRE, =" Mitchells ‘Scotch = = hiskeys a ee oe Te eR ee eS ee eee ee MELLOW WITH AGE, — The most popular brand cry " ry, in Great Britain..... 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HAS MANUFACTURED SPORTING GUN POWDER Since 1865, as a result you have “CARIBOU” made from best materials, perfectly put together. ‘‘ DUCKING” hard pressed, slow burning, keeps well under-all conditions. ** SNAP SHOT ” high velocity, moist residium Cheap. The powder for every day use. ENGLISHMEN SAY Powder can be bought in Canada as good as ever put in a gun, It has a positive advantage over et make, the dirt is soft.—J. J. W. in London Fie AMERICANS SAY The finer English or American Powder and Cana- dian ‘‘ Caribou,” I am quite familiar with. They give so little recoil that one may shoot all day without bruised shoulder or head —Forest and Stream. CANADIANS ABROAD SAY Can you send over some Trap? I don’t mean to flatter but it is ahead of anything we get here.— A. -, Batavia, N. The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL CONTENTS. Frontispiece—English Bay, British Columbia. Eeditonial so a B Ee Ee Notes on Hunting, by Dr. C. J. Alloway. ...... 0 2-65. eee e ee cee ce eees 3 0 The Hiawatha Drama. ..+-.¢. +--+ cass eehe0s + +s ack ce Hints on Moose Hunting, by Chas. A. Bramble...... ..-.-- 2... .+++: Forestry Department. ...... 000.2 cee eee eee ee tenes ones ee Ca At the Kennels, conducted by D. Taylor. ..........4.4.. .+4+ soetes ous ; The Gun, conducted by ‘‘ Bob White’’............ + .+.. ees eae Amateur Photography, conducted by H. McBean Johnstone.......... ed Offers special inducements to Tourists and Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of paride depots, steamer landings, &c. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. eROPRISTOR ALE ™ POR IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most luxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two minz LOWERS 1-1: Go > utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, . Member Canadian Hunt Toronto, Ont. ~Proprietors. Special Rates to Club Members. 1911 St. Catherine Street, MON f ' DEVOTED sue) THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF CANADA. MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER, 1900. Single Copies Ten Cents. session of the legislature, and recently shed, contains some important chan- vief among them being the pro- it all times of females and fawns s of deer, caribou and moose, abolition of spring shooting of close season now commencing + the new act all kinds of male se and caribou are protected first December and fifteenth -in the following year, and no rson shall during any one year or kill or take more in all than two animals. Beaver and otter are under absolute protection and may not be had in the posses- mn wr offered for sale at any time, no er where from. Fisher and sable are acted between 15th May and 1st Octo- ten between 15th April and Ist er, and muskrat between Ist May a December. For the protection of rds it is provided that no person 5, catch, shoot at or pursue any of grouse, prairie chicken, phea- jartridge between 15th November ‘Ist October of the following year ; ver, quail, woodcock, snipe and sand- etween Ist January and Ist ; ducks of all kinds between 1st ‘and Ist September. Not more ) grouse, prairie chicken, part- ze or pheasant may be killed by one rson in any one season, nor more than in one day. The time within which s may be had in possession is ex- aided from the first fifteen to the first y-five days of the close season. A sible change is the permission to ex- rt the heads and hides of animals, non- sident sportsmen having hitherto been tee from doing so. = * * % 2 U. 8. Department of Agricatture, vision of Biological Survey, has recently ished a directory of State and also bvincial officials and organizations con- ‘game. cerned with the protection of birds and In addition to the governmental officers we find there are 5 national and 25 state and provincial protective organi- zations and 24 State Audubon Societies (organized for the study and protection of birds). The Canadian provinces are conspicuous by their absence from the ranks of the Audubon Societies, a state of affairs which should be remedied and we hope will be very soon. These societies have done and are doing excellent service beyond our southern boundary, and as their scope makes them a desirable field for women’s activities, we naturally find many of the societies are officered alto- gether by women. We understand that their members took a very active part in securing the recent legislation in New York State against the wearing of birds as decorations (?) on hats. ; * * * An unique trip was recently com- menced by D. W. Hildreth, proprietor of a newspaper in Newport, Vermont, and his companion, J. B. Barker. These gentlemen travel by train to Lake Kippewa and from thence canoe about 600 miles entirely in Quebec province, via:Grand Lake Victoria and the head waters of the Ottawa to the St. Maurice river, coming down that river to the village of Grandes Piles, from where the railway takes them to Montreal, thence home. This journey is undertaken solely for pleasure and is expected to occupy six weeks to two months. When it is remembered that this canoe trip is made entirely within the boundaries of Quebec province, that it is a straight away journey with no retracing of steps, that it is entirely through a wild country un- inhabited except by a few Indians, with Hudson’s Bay Company’s posts at wide intervals, and that the route has been traversed; as far as can be learned, very seldom, even by the missionary priests, some conception can be formed of the journey before these ardent sportsmen. And yet this trip is only one of many canoe voyages of even greater length that can be made within the bounds of Que- bec province through unsurpassed game lands and via waters teeming with fish. * * * Could Longfellow have returned from the Happy Hunting Grounds for a brief space during August, he would doubtless have looked with pleasure upon the in- teresting and dramatic spectacle to which we referred in a recent issue, and of which an account appears on another page. ‘‘Lo! the poor Indian,’’ as seen too frequently, is anything but the poetic creation that Longfellow has given us, but Kabaoso standing in his canoe lean- ing on a paddle as he sails into the West and disappears behind an islet in the full glow of the setting sun, is one of the most poetical images in Indian life that one could wish for. Those anglers and campers whose good fortune has caused them to sojourn in August within easy reach of the Desbarats islands in North- ern Ontario and view the enacting of the Hiawatha drama by the Ojibway Indians have seen the romance of Indian life and customs at its best. It has been a source of great pleasure to us to view this drama personally, and as Canadians we express the hope that the Ojibways will repeat their performance annually. * * * With reference to a spirited discussion which took place in our columns some months since between correspondents attacking and defending the English spar- row, it is interesting to note that this pugnacious bird figures in the proscribed list in the (U.S.) Lacey Act of May 25, 1900, alongside the mongoose, flying foxes and starlings, all of which are declared pests and their importation pro- hibited. * * * Sportsmen are much wanted in the parish of St. Antoine, Que., where bears are committing frequent depredations on the flocks of sheep. St. Modeste, Que., also reports damage to crops by super- 320 abundance of deer—and these accounts are reflections of the quantity of game to be found generally in the sparsely settled and the wild portions of Quebec pro- vince. * * * A recent adventurous explorer through Trembling Mountain Park, Quebec, re- ports abundant deer and caribou ; also many moose signs. Wolves were met with more than once. PDA OOOO NOTES ON HUNT=2 ING By Dr. C.J. Alloway. Sa ee ie te ee he te ed Canadian North=West. All over the prairies of the Northwest the great annual harvest has ended. A season of fluctuating hopes and occasivnal depression has resulted in producing after all a fair, average crop. Since early spring, owing ‘to drouth, unusual and prolonged heat and other unfavorable conditions, most discouraging reports of the agricul- tural outlook have been in circulation, more particularly in regard to the Province of Manitoba, but now that the crops have been actually harvested, these dubious pre. dictions of failure have not been verified. While the yield will not in any way com: pare with that of last year, the most cor- rect estimates place it at an amount ex- ceeding 20,000,000 bushels. It is true that the agricultural welfare of the section has been interfered with to some extent, yet what has been detrimental to the normal condi- tions in vegetable life has in no way affected the production of game, which promises to be as abundant as in previous years, when the bags secured seemed al- most beyond credence to those unfamiliar with the wonderful possibilities of this re- gion in this respect. The busy click of the reaper and binder has been heard over millions of acres of land, and the whirl of the steam thresher tells of the handling of millions of bushels of grain. Around the thrifty homesteuds of the settler russet stacks and ricks are rising under the autumn skies, like emblems of peace and plenty. The harvest festivals and local fairs have been held where the cereals of this great wheat belt aroused the wonder and admiration which they usually excite. Wheat of the famous No. 1 hard quality is shown in great bins, and full- headed oats, barley and rye, varying in the straw from four to six feet in length, only by actual measuremenit, convince those who have never seen the marvel of a North- Western field of grain, that their dimen- sions have not been exaggerated, That this region is not adapted for the culture of cereals alone is proved by the quality and size of the vegetables placed on Rod and Gun in Canada exhibition. cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, mangels, turnips and all kinds of routs being magnificent in their proportions. The great depth of ithe soil, ilts practical inex- haustibility, and richness in mineral salts, make it capable of bringing husbandry to its highest state of perfection, the realiza- tion of which is evidenced by the great yearly influx of immigrants, Icelandic, Scandinavian, German and others from the agricultural sections of over-crowded, nor- thern Europe. So cosmopolitan, in fact, has the population become, that a recent sta- tistic showed a school iin the city of Win- nipeg to have children representing seven- teen different nationalities. But this in- dustrial side is not the only one which is attractive in the Canadian Northwest. It has also its season of recreation and plea- sure, and with the placing of the last shock by the skilful stacker, from the fields shorn into golden stubble, ‘the whole country be- comes a vast playground for sport in its most ideal form. The “whirr’” of the prai- rie chicken, flight of the wild goose, and flap of the green-winged duck turn the har- vester into a huntsman, and the date weighted with significance to him is Sept. Ist, tthe opening of ‘the season Ploughs, harrows and rakes are now beneath con- sideration, and hunting kits, tents and firearms the only things worth spending a thought upon. It is not to be wondered at that hunting should be entered into with so much en- thusiasm on the plains of the north, for nowhere on the American continent are there more admirable conditions for its en- joyment. They are and have been for cen- turies the natural breeding ground of the choicest varieties of wild fowl. The lati- tude, physical features and meterological peculiarities combine 'to render the region especially favorable to their production. The lonely lakes and streams, coolies and marais are the chosen home of the mallard, teal, canvas-back, red-heads, and other species of duck. The gravel beds and marshes of this flat counitry are loved by the goose, and brandt, and ‘the wily hunter knows where to look for them in the grey dawn of the autumn mornings. The saskatoon, buffalo and other wild herries which abound on the prairies make them excellenit feeding grounds for grouse, partridge, plover, quail and chicken, which raise their broods under the shelter of these shrubs. The world contains many kinds of happi- ness, but perhaps few sensations are more ecstatic than those experienced by the huniter in corduroys, with his trained re- triever or setter at his heels, his favorite gun over his shoulder, and his choicest chum by his side, starting out as the local phrase runs—to go gunning, Manitoba has profited by past reckless- ness and folly, which resulted in the ex- tinction of the grandest species of her larger game—the buffalo. So per ently and ruthlessly were they slat tered that with the exception of a _ straggling pairs in the gulches and can of ‘the mountains nothing now remains them but the marks of their old “wallo and their whitening bones and bleaching over the plains. By the forcement of stringent game laws and infliction of severe penalties for fringement, what corresponds to “slaughter of the buffalo’’ can neve repeated in either the furred, n feathered tribes. = Precautions are_also taken for the vention of the disastrous prairie which in former times must have de str much of the game. 4 Campers would do well to notice ¥ has recently appeared in the press, tl fertile source of fires was the careless. of leaving bottles among the dry gra The glass, attracting and focusing 1e 8 rays, ignites the inflammable surroun¢ and uncontrollable conflagrations are result. The shooting season opens for duel the lst of September, and for prairie dl en on October Ist. The Canadian Hunt. . The energetic members of this club enjoyed the initer-season period very 1 in the matter of exercising, schooling learning the game of polo. The ment of bronchos that were brow: the Northwest for the members of have proved all thait could be desi the major portion of these poni entirely unbroken, the handling and ing of them has been the means of ing their owners and their rare entertainment. The mar the horse raised on (the plains of west is a very different proposition of his domestic brother. Before rival the subject of breaking an these prairie polo ponies was matter of amusement, a mere Those who have tried the experin not now of the same opinion. On whole the venture has proved a pro one (in experience) to both pon members. The same difficulty the lateness of the season has been enced on the south side of the rence, and consequently the co ment of the regular season. will t what later than usual. If, how keeps open until December, as case last year, there will be y of sport to be enjoyed before the flies. at Reports from various ee ground to be hunted over by this pa of the most favorable kind, and 1 season in their history is ito be loo es this autumn. a Ata recent meeting of the executive com- nittee it was decided to hold a steeple- thise meeting of one day ‘to take place the weel preceding the Montreal Hunt steeple- The programme will consist of mt seven events, most of which will be the members exclusively. The idea of ng this meeting is to encourage the ungel members to perfect themselves in s art of horsemanship, and to learn how ride over a steeplechase country. Next r it is the intention of the club to give os steeplechase meeting at an earlicr > comprising two days, with an open gramme for their own members and e of other clubs. he a * * & ie Montreal Hunt. nee our last report of this well-known < they have been taking their regular treise, a large portion of which is now ie in the form of cub hunting in the y mornings. Owing to the long con- rains of the past two months the on the Island of Montreal are quite ward, and consequently some incon- > has been experienced in getting etions sufficiently advanced to en- ‘the huntsman to work his hounds ny degree of satisfaction, and at the ime not run the risk of damaging the crops that are yet unharvested. hounds are in excellent condition, and e had a grand preparation for their ar hunting. The opening meet of the 3on will be held at the Kennels, Cote Catherine Road, on Saturday, Sept. , and the regular hunting days after will be every Tuesday, Thursday turday, throughout the entire sea- f Se a a ts c > hap 1¢ Montreal Hunt steeplechases will te place on Thursday and Saturday, ‘4th and 6th, and from present in- s the fields ought to be large, and of a very good quality. There larger number of horses in training nd qualifying for this event than have een for many years. The intercst among ous candidates is very keen. More arly between those who will try sions for the coveted Hunt Cup. The latest canine story comes from Scot- and. A dog was run over in the town of ryine the other day, and promptly buried y an officious policeman. But the animal | alive, alive, oh! and by a supreme ef- freed itself from a premature grave. Policeman is now said to be dodging cal inspector of the S.P.C.A. 0, the bait is on the hooklet, and the fis et’s on the string; and the wee fish akes a looklet. ere he thus proceeds to ag: “O, I'd like to grace your table, but ¢an’t eat bait to-day!’’ Then the fisher e : ls the fable of the fish that got away. FE 1 Me poe Rod and Gun in Canada THE HIAWATHA DRAMAs222 Performed by Ojibway Indians. The hitherto almost unknown little vil- lage of Desbarats, Ont., has been made sud- denly famous through the presentation near there of the story of Hiawatha by the Ojibway Indians. Desbarats is very cen- trally locaited in the lands of the Ojibways, which stretches from Marquette, Mich,, on the west to Matuwa, Ont., on the east. ‘The site for the drama was selected because of its natural adaptability and also because it had been the playground of the Ojibways from time immemorial. The initial performance was in the open air at Kensington Point, Desbarats, on the north shore of Lake Huron, 28 miles east of Sault Ste. Marie, and two miles from the railway station of Desbarats on the Soo Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway. On Monday, August 6th, the Hiawatha representations were commenced in the natural amphitheatre on the mainland overlooking the hundred Desbarats Islands. The only canopy under the blue sky for the players was the shade of a red pine tree. The first scene depicts the meeting of the warriors of all nations at the signal of Git- chee Manito, the Great Spirit, A copious smoke is seen arising. It is the signal which the Indians have been taught to look for, This signal is repeated from hill top to hill top. The braves assemble in all their war paint, and with menacing looks, which disappear gradually as they are in- duced to join in a universal war dance. After this they are addressed by the Git- chee Manito, who eloquently pleads for universal peace and amity with such power that the braves throw down their arms and garments of deerskin and plunge into the lake to wash off their war-paint. Then re- assembled and sitting in a large circle they smoke the pipe of Peace and return to their homes ‘to tell of the dawn of peace. It is a striking scene, full of action and color. In the second scene, the boy Hiawatha is being educated by Nokomis. His arrow shooting in this scene is very effective, and the plaudits of the warriors and the dances in honor of the young Hiawatha are most entertaining. In the third scene, Hiawatha, grown to manhood, makes his first trip to the Rockies, meets Minnehaha, and falls in love’ with her, and on his feturn tells the warriors of his adventures. Then follows intensely interesting pic- ture-writing by Hiawatha on birch bark, skins, etc. Some most instructive infor- mation is given in this scene, which is fol- 321 lowed by Hiawatha’s second journey and wooing of Minnehaha. Most realistic is the living picture at the door of the old arrow-maker’s tent) when Hiawatha pre- sents himself a second time and Minnehaha brings him refreshments, ‘water in bowls of bass-wood,”’ etc. The dances at the wed- ding feast are much the most correct and thoroughly Indian yet presented. ‘They consist of the wedding dance, when a pic- turesque old squaw, with a tomahawk guards a bevy of Indian maidens from the ambitious young warriors who seek to steal them from her. In spite of her vigilant care and ready blows, they are stolen away one after another; all to the time of the Indian war drum and chant. Another good dance is the deer-dance, in which the participants hold their arms as if they were antlers,.which they swing anound gracefully, pretending to horn one another, always keeping good time with voice and drum, as they do in all their dances. ‘his dance betokens plenty for the bride and groom. Then comes a sort of Indian horn-pipe. After this foliows the snake dance, which is to appease the Spirit of Evil. The festivities wind up with the gambling dance of the Ojibways. Smail objects are hidden under moccasins. ‘The players, who are tribe against tribe or fa- mily against family, choose their cham- pions, who face the nuoccasins, upon which are the eyes of the long rows oi Indians, men, women and children, as they dance to the music of the drums, which begin to beat slowly, but increase in intensity steadily, until even in the play and after many repetitions the reality of the excite- ment is evident, and it was difficult for the managers to get ithe Indians to make this act short enough, While the wooing of Hiawatha was full of novelty and life, and the coming of the missionary was the most realistic, the grandest act was the departure of Hia- watha. After addressing his tribesmen and telling them of ‘‘the long, long ab- sence,” he strides duwn to his canoe, pad- dle in hand, pushes it off, and standing erect in it with the paddle resting on the bottom, and with the other hand waving adieu, the canoe moves away swiftly and mysteriously without paddle or oar, along the pathway of the setting sun. he me- chanical device is completely mystifying, and the effect was inspiring. Among the participants in the drama are several interesting characters. “Hiawatha” is Kabaooso, who is a nephew of Bukwug- ginini, who gave the legend to Schoolcraft. *‘Minnehaha” is itaken by his daughter, “Chibiabos;’”’ the sweet singer is another Kabaoosa. Nokomis belongs to the same chief’s family. They are all exceedingly in- telligent types of the tribe, and they throw all their soul into the play and look for- ward to producing it annually. ieiistees SEIAtS test sae Hints on Moose, Hunting Rod and Gun in Canada ons Nort} ts serge fifths ve, a By Chas. A. Bramble N_ altogether . exaggerated idea has gone abroad as to the diffi- culties of moose hunting. Numbers of men, who are good shots, and who make each year large bags of quail, duck, snipe, ruffled grouse, and “ wioodeock, become nervous and timid: when a proposal is made to them that they shall hunt the lordly moose up across the Can- ada line. Now, after having tried them all, ‘I think that for a man who understands ‘the habits of the game he intends to pur- sue, and' who has made a study of the equipment necessary, that it is very little “harder to kill the moose’ than’ it is “to make satisfactory bags of any of the ganic - birds before mentioned. The ‘rock upon which most tyros come _ to grief is that of outfit. They insist upon taking all sorts of useless things into the ‘woods, the toting around of which would drive their men to drink very shortly, _ were. it not that the only beverage obtain- : able in large quantities is clear cold water ‘something that the guides. prefer to keep i ‘as much as possible for washing purposes, _ not being reckless in its use, even then. “Man wants but little here below, but % wants that little strong,” should be the motto of the moose-hunter. I have known some misguided individuals start off for . “a hunt dressed ‘in their oldest and most thread-bare clothes; as a consequence, the repairs that.were necssary, and which had to be begun soon after they reached the woods, were on an alarmingly large scale. It will be found that the best economy is to start out with new clothing adapted for the bush. Waistcoats are generally in the “way, the best garment being a Norfolk ‘ jacket of homespun or strong tweed, lined “with flannel, and having several large pockets of wash leather. The question of boots is a most important one. Nothing could be better than the English shoot- ing boot, were it not that the Englishman invariably makes his’ footgear too heavy for work in the Canadian bush. It is one thing to swing along over a fiat country, and another to lift the feet over rocks and wind-falls, or, still, more tiring, to pull them out of the quaking muskeg, whose suction is a thing to be remember. ed. The uppers need not be of heayy leather, and the soles are sufficiently thick if they will. carry the soft, Hungarian nails usually preferred on this side of the At- * done, lantic, the square-headed English nail be- ing rarely seen, ¢ Several pairs of moccasins should be in- cluded in the outfit, both oil-tans and In- dian-dressed, as they are ideal wear in camp and canoe. Some men are even able to hunt in ‘this foot gear, just as does the Indian, but such must always be ex- ceptions, for few civilized beings are able to’ walk over rough stones and broken ground, with nothing but the paper-like sole ofan Indian moccasin under the foot. The only white man I have known able - to meet. the Indian on an equal footing -is Mr. Warburton Pike. He was tramp- ing all-over the Dease Lake country in Northern British Columbia during the _ summer. of ’98 wearing but thin, caribou hide moccasins. Of course, light foot-gear .is an enormous advantage-as far: as ease of travel-goes, and the point to be aimed _ at is. 'to wear nothing: heavier than the peculiarities of your case demand. Socks should, of course, be hand-knitted, and of _ stout wool; half a dozen pairs would not . be any too many ‘to start with. All sorts of head-gear is seen among _campers, but I do. not think that any- thing will beat the modern golf cap. It seems to me to be an actual improvement _over ‘the old soft felt, which is still de rigeur among, ‘the guides By. far the most important arielas how- ever, is the blanket; it is more vital even than the rifle, because the. latter merely secures you fresh meat while the blanket is a necssity for the preservation of. your health. No matter how long or how hard the day may have been, if you can curl up at night in a warm, dry, blanket _and get seven or eight hours rest, you _will awake fit and happy next morning. _On the other hand, if you have become separated from your blankets, and have _passed the night, as I have often foolishly crouched under the lee of some vock, or up-turned root, your feelings next ' morning are likely to be the reverse of buoyant. And of all the blankets that TI have ever seen, there are none to com- pare, even distantly, with the heavy four- point blue blanket made by the Hudson Bay Co. These blankets are the result i of a couple of hundred years’ experience in the northern trade, and you may be very sure that they are the best of their kind. A water-proof sheet is almost a ‘necessity, not only does it save you from ‘ rheumatism, but it serves to wrap things ‘experienced men for keeping out the ; width, you will have shelter for om sufficient space for the fire between t - both winter and summer, and never f ways better if a permanent shelter be the English double Express absol _ of tthe expedition it would be probable pursuit. in when Jupiter Pluvius:is getting. in fine work. Al Nine men out of ten take with # into the bush tents that are both ke and heavy. This is a great mist Stout drilling is the best material tents, it weighs but little, and if pro pitched is about as good as ordinary vas. There are many dodges know. Should you have the tent made as a si leam-to, with one side open to the you will never have any leaks, even in heaviest rain, unless your fire shoul out, because the healt dries the insic the tent as fast as the rain wets the o side, By taking two lean-to tents, si long by five feet high, and about the : ASL a two sportsmen, and three guides. these {tents facing one another, I have been away for months at a that anything miore is needed. It: sired to erect a small log camp. Th done by a couple of good axe-men day, and will be far more comfor than any closed tent A great 26 nonsense has been written of late ¢ the insufficiency of the modern small L rifle for big gauge. It is to be fe the fault lay behind the trigger, ory and practice, ¢ach proves | American 30 and the English . amply powerful for anything on tinent. All ithe erack Indian hu the northern Rockies, and Canad are trying to get hold of ‘these have learned that such weapons a1 to shoot with and lighter Wea style. | Should, however, the sj have a favorite rifle of .45 or 50 ¢ he may take it to the woods with | tk surance that it will be just the thin moose-hunting. Plenty of sports a best weapon for forest game. It e is as good as any. If moose be the haps, to leave the shot-gun beh ground canuot be kept too qui moose will hear and eetiaiees sound at am extraordinary di then, that. long, loose-jyomnted soon carry him miles and mil Camps should be pitched in a ho Low cause sound will then be mufled — not travel so far as it would from « top. Very little chopping must be i ed in, and only on windy days, an camp fire should be fed: with that will not cause much smoki precautions are all necessary, for © ber the moose -is one of the = animals in the world, and his heari sense of smell are acute. Some persons’ pretend that his eye-sight is not very geod, but my own impression is that he an get along very nicely without spectac- es, and that any one relying upon his innness of vision makes a mistake, which, 1s my French master used to say, is not le common. error, but de gross deception. One would think, judging by the items | the sportsmen’s papers that there is only one way of shooting moose—calling, Y et, if the map of Canada were to be aid before you with the districts in which . c alling is practised, shaded red, while the . mainder were left in the natural shade hf “the paper, you would see that a small are only had been colored. Calling hag pero ver been practised excepting in the low- | agemagd and in Maine, and latterly Upper Ottawa region. Northwest: Pr y from that river a line might be drawn “ the Behring Sea, passing all the way i ough ‘thousands of miles of Arctic for- a ‘stocked with moose, and in all that ihe ict you could hardly find a single na- tive in the habit of calling moose. The Indian, method is tracking, and itis very much more exciting and truer — than even calling. Any good shot and keen huniter could, in time, teach him- the art of tracking moose. Great en- ave nce is, of course, demanded, and ex raordinary watchfulness and care. ‘e ‘he moose always make a half circle be - resting; and, bear this in mind, the en may often surprise the animal, vided he do not break too many sticks. 5 sing ‘that a fresh moose track has ae found, the hunter follows it cautious: ly but swiftly, noticing whether the moose been feeding or travelling. Should the animal have had seemingly no thoughts of resting, the man should make as good time as he can, always bearing in mind that the less noise the better chance oi moose. After travelling for some time, which ‘time may be longer or shorter ac- cording to circumstances, the hunter will tind ihhat the moose has slackened his pace. He no longer travels in a straight line; he has stopped here and there to feed upon the maple and the whitewood. |} Now comes the critical period. If there is any breeze, the mioose will have certain- ly circled before lying down, so that he may detect the advent of any pursuer following in his tracks. If calm, as is very often the case in the deep woods, the ‘moose will have chosen soma vantage ground . from which he can see an advance: ing enemy in time to save himself. The hunter should now redouble his caution, and advance in a series of gigantic loops several hundred yards across. Each time on coming to the track and being as: sured that the moose is yet ahead, he be- gins another semicircle. At length, if all is going well, he finds, on eee the Rod and Gun in Canada place where he expected the track, that no animal has passed. He now feels pret- ty sure that the moose is behind him, ly- ing down somewhere within the last semi- circle. Then begins an up-wind stalk which results either in the discomfiture of the hunter or the death of the moose, There is no excitement in hunting which can exceed the anxious moments the still hunter passes as he creeps through the forest, every sense strained and on the alert, to catch a glimpse of the great biack moose before the latter shall have perceived his danger. 4 23 Oo to leeward, and so detect the hunter’s presence. The most propitious hours are at break of day and shortly before sunset. The call is made every half hour, until a reply is heard, then nothing more is dione until the moose has come almost within range. When close at hand, a low, half smothered call, or even the drawing of the trumpet across the rough bark of the spruce, aay be sufficient to lure the bull within decisive range. But whichever method of hunting the moose be preferred, the sportsman who has never tried the game, may rely upon Lac des Sables, Lievre River, Que. Although the foregoing method of hunt- _ing is that upon which several hundred thousand Indians depend for ‘their daily mioose meat, the fashionable white man’s way of getting the moose is by calling. This method is only possible during Sep- tember and October, and, as a rule, is most successful about the full of the moon, because the bulls very often refuse to ans- wer the call until after sunset. The caller imitates either the lowing of the moose cow or the grunt of a rival bull, using a trumpet made of birch bark to add vol- ume to the sound. ‘The caller should be hidden some distance behind the rifle, and in the opposite direction from which the animal is expected to advance. The call is never made excepting in perfectly calm weather, as if there be the faintest breath of air stirring, the moose will work round there being any quantity of these noble animals roaming through the Canadian . woods. Pluck, perseverance and sense will certainly result in the winning of massive moose antlers as trophies. © Moreover, there is more credit in bagging one moose than there is in shooting many duck and snipe. IMMORTAL. (By Margaret B. Sangster.) Once we have loved we never lose. That is not love which can forget, Through loss and loneliness and grief This gem is as its coronet, That true love never can forget. That is not faith which drops its hold. Once we have trusted, in our clasp Forever lies life’s changless gold, Nor withers in our loosened grasp; “true faith through all time keeps its clasp. Rod and Gun in Canada once cote Fe tye? 0 83 ofatestte A" Cater Ore “Rod and Gun”? is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor will welcome contributions on topics “asec to Forestry. Editor—E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian For- estry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R.H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. A Crime of the Woods. A sturdy oak,—its spreading branches filled An acre round where ages it had stood The sinless monarch of this mighty wood, Till one there came who with a vandal’s power Sent crashing earthward in a single hour What God required three centuries to build. Albert B. Paine, in Munsey’s * * * CARE IN TRANSPLANTING AND PRUNING TREES. His Honor Str HENRI JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. EFORE planting a tree, the roots must be carefully inspected and every torn and injured part removed with a sharp knife, so as to make a perfectly clean cut and to leave only the healthy part. A regular ring of _ rootlets will then form around the _ end of the root so trimmed, between the wood and tthe bark. It is upon these new rootlets the tree has now to depend, and they will begin in good time their task of bringing it nourishment while no root- lets or only a very few sickly ones will form at the jagged end of a torn root. The writer will venture an opinion with which he expects many will disagree un- til they have made the experiment for themsely ves, viz: that there is no advantage in taking up a tree for ‘transplanting to try and preserve long roots and a ball of earth except for an extra large tree re- moved to ornament some favorite spot, and upon the removal of which such extra care is bestowed as would entail too great an expenditure when a great number of trees are to be planted. Since we can scarcely ever take up the whole of the roots in lifting a tree fir transplanting, especially when it has a tap root, ‘the question arises: how far can we safely shorten the roots without interfering with its future growth? The writer has made several experiments to find out to what minimum length he could reduce the roots without injuring the tree, and he has been surprised to sce how much short- ening: they could stand. For instance, for a black walnut tree from four to five years old he would shorten the tap root to say ten inches and the side roots to about eight and even leas, if ne- cessary to get rid of all torn and wound- ed parts. It is easy to try the experiment, the result will be apparent even after one season’s growth. As for the saving of time, trouble and expense in cutting off the roots much near- er the trunk than is generally practised and in dispensing with the ball of earth which in any case must be shaken off to inspect and trim the roots,there can be no doubt as to the advantage of that method from every point of view. Of course the tree ought tobe staked,the more so that the long roots, mainly useful for anchor- ing it in the ground have been removed; but every transplanted tree ought, in any case, to be staked or secured against the action of the wind in some other way as laying stones around the foot of the tree. As for care after planting and especially pruning, so important where trees grow in the open, of course it is wise not. to wait until they are very large before cut- ting off the branches which ought to be removed, but whatever their size they must be cut off quite close to the stems of the tree, using a chisel or gauge when the saw cannot be worked handily, so as to allow the new bark td covér the wound as scon as possible. If from fear,of mak- ing too large a wound, or from careless- ness and to avoid trouble part of the branch is left sticking out of the trunk, as we see in so many cases, the new bark will never be able to cover ‘the stump so left, before that stump begins to rot un- der ‘the influence of the weather, and as its starting point ds inside the trunk, it will carry down decay to the very heart of the tree and kill it. The writer has prepared a series of photographs repre- senting the result of close pruning and the different stages of gradual healing, until the wound is completely covered by the new bark, and cross sections show that the wound has been covered over in time to leave the wood in a healthy condition. On the other side a collection of photos of bad pruning, where stumps are left ex- posed to the weather, show clearly how they begin to decay, and how that de- ‘ cay gradually works its way to the ve heart of the itree and kills it. * * #& Forestry Meeting in Vancouver. The new Lieutenant-Governor of Bri Columbia is evidently showing his ii est in forestry work by calling ithe at tion of the people of that Province to necessity for a proper study of the ir ber resources, as his was the principa dress at a forestry meeting held at ” couver on the 8th August last. The chair was taken by Mr. H. Bos M.P., who is vice-president for Britis! fumbis of the Canadian Forestry / \ ation. Mr. Bostock stated that he e ered it to be a fortunate thing for forestry interests of the Province that Henri Joly de Lotbiniere was Lieutenant-Governor and that should be made of his presence to an interest in forestry. Mr. Bost called upon Sir Henri to address ing. ; After alluding to the comprehe: ture of his subject, the Lieutenan or said that dt was true in British bia as in other parts of Canada spect to the forests that, what cost to acquire was ‘not highly valued. many, France and India, the worth 0 forests was fully understood, pains were taken to create new forest to preserve those already in Providence had done so much for their gratitude by taking care of The forests were wasted and They were handed over to speculat be ruined for private profit, The most important use - the f was that least understood. In wood had been the chief material em ed in tthe construction of ships, bui iron had been substituted. At pr was used for building houses and ¢ ing furniture, and lately altog uses had been discovered am might be mentioned the manuf paper. But for all of these, othe : _ ces could be substituted if the wood should completely fail. one use of the forest, however, no substitute could be found, a was often altogether overlooked, ar best imperfectly understood. te forests depended the health, prosp agricultural success of the co Travelers in Italy, Spain. and - e Land, where forests had once al which had made those cea had all lamented the effects that hi lowed the deplorable destruction — forests, and so well was the cause evils which had been incurred, that Italy, like Germany and Fra now doing its best to plant trees ii 3 regions which had been denuded mn egnsequence had lost the fertility he purpose of the Canadian Association to protect existing forests, and create x3 wherever wanted. In other coun- fortunate than Canada, they begin by creating and building up s, but here the forests were already ice, and the first efforts were, and , to protect them. was also required against gance and speculation. Mea- be taken which would prevent falling into the hands of spec- directly interested. The only to hold timber rights were built and ran mills. The ibia method seemed to be the previously in vogue in the cvs, where the rights were auvtion or tender. That sys- ast had led to grave abuse. He instance in which hundreds f timber lands had been given »ds merchant who did not know log from the other, as a re- tical support. Now the lim- up at auction, and the gov- evenues were greatly increascd Only those who were directly many people rushing in. In mbia it would be found that nld soon come when licenses » to be granted on a different times said that it was no ‘trees as they could never en- ss of their labors themselves, juite see the value of working For himself he had derived the planting of trees from e seed was placed in the soil. ‘to take a ladder to cut the f trees, for the first shoot of had gone down on his knees to the grass and weeds. The there for every man who un- work. . Anderson, Deputy Minister of said that he had been asked yvernment to read a paper, but f the exhaustive manner in which yt-governor had dealt with the would content himself with a erences ‘to forestry as it affected Solumbia. Undoubtedly the great- of the forest was fire, and he the Bush Fire Act could do with ndments. At present it was Dor- j fine a man who started a fire, if he had not the money he did not he fine and got off scot free, as there power under the Act to commit jail. With respect to the loss of supply where the forests had been od, one need go no further than mouth or the inlet for example. With- is own memory streams had complete- k up the limits, and that pre-— Rod and Gun in Canada ly disappeared that were to be found be- fore the trees on ‘the side hills were cut down. He had great sympathy with the farmer who was directly encouraged to waste his timber by the royalty restric- tions. A general discussion followed in which Messrs. Wilson, Ross, McQueen, Palmer, Philip and Cunningham took part; after which it was decided that a branch of the Canadian Forestry Association be form- ed and that thiose who enrolled themselves should form an interim committee. Mr. Bostock was named as convener of the next meeting; Col. Warren, treasurer, and Mr. Keith, secretary. * cS * In the June number of the ‘‘Forester” Mr. Henry S. Graves gives the result of some observations of the damage to timber caused by acid fumes from the roasting sheds of copper mines in Tennessee. The white pine seems to be the most sensitive, trees of this species having been found kill- ed at a distance of seven miles from the sheds. A confirmation of this conclusior is furnished by the state of affairs which can be noticed at Hog’s Back, on the Ri- deau River, about five miles from the city of Ottawa. At this place, on both sides of the river, are small groves of white pines which have furnished shade to many camping parties from the city and have added beauty to one of the prettiest spots along the river. On the west side of the canal, however, which runs at a distance of about a hundred yards from the river, there are two brick-yards and the effect of the smoke from the kilns is plainly vis- ible in the yellowing pine trees in the vi- cinity, particularly in the direction of the prevailing winds. The effect is seen across the canal and river both for a distance of about a quarter of a mile, and what were once picturesque groves of pine trees are now but fading masses,disfiguring the land- seape and throwing out a dying banner of distress for their waning beauty and usefulness. The observation of persons in the neighborhood iis that the smoke from the kilns is the cause of the destruction of the tree, and there does not appear to be any other adequate reason. The appearance of the trees confirms this conclusion, as pine trees at a little distance from the kilns and away from tthe direction of the prevailing winds are quite fresh and vig: orous in the same kind of soil, while the twigs of the affected trees were also quite green, the dying-down process commencing from the ends of the needles and working inward. The trees occurring in connection with the pine are elm, hard maple, cedar, large toothed pop- lar, and others, but none but the pines appear to have been affected, with the ex- ception of two hard maple trees which are across the canal from the kilns and show signs of injury on the side nearest “to the smoke. 325 The establishment of a. school of fores- try at Yale has resulted in the withdrawal of two of the members of the staff of the Forestry Division of the United States. Mr. Henry §. Graves, who was superin- tendent of working plans for the division and under whose active management ne co-operative scheme of organization has been extended to fifty million acres of for- est lands in the United States, has now been appointed Professor of Forestry at Yale, and we take ‘this opportunity of congratulating him on the appointment and wishing him every. success in his new po- sition. We do so very heartily as Pro- fessor: Graves has been particularly kind In giving all possible assistance in response to any request made to him from Canada. Mr. Overton W. Price will take the place vacated by Professor Graves. Mr. J. W. Touwmey, who has had charge of the section of 'tree-planting which has been of so much assistance to the farmers in the West, has been appointed Assistant Professor. ue ae * The United States Division of Forestry is instituting an inquiry into the effect of permitting grazing in the national forest reserves. The general opinion has been thalt the grazing of cattle and sheep among timber had an injurious effect, but the question has been so much agitated and become such an important one that it has been determined to make a thorough inves- tigation of the whole problem with the object of ascertaining exactly what the facts are. With this object in view in- structions have been sent to the Agents of the Division to give this question special attention, and the necessity of approach- ing it without prejudice and of obtaining all possible information before coming to any decision is particularly impressed. A number of lines of investigation are sug- gested, such as the effect of grazing on young growth, on roots of trees, on soil, on run-off of water and on fire. Infor- mation is also sought as to the extent of the practice of grazing in forests. the ab- solute and relative importance of the in- dustry in the different localities and the regulations which might be established to control it. The material gathered as a result of this investigation should be: a very important contribution towards the decision of this vexed question and it is one the solution of which will be of special interest to the-grazing districts of Canada. & * ™ The Division of Forestry for the Un- ited States has issued a bulletin of the re- sults of the co-operative tree planting plan lately inaugurated, and, although the plan has been in operation less than a year, the results are considered satisfactory and the work is rapidly expanding. Under this arrangement an expert tree planter is sent by the Division to the farm of the appli- 326 “eant—a meeting of the neighboring farmers. being called if possible— and he examines tthe land, keep- ing in view mainly the elevation, the po- sition of the farm buildings and orchards, the local soil and moisture conditions and the purposes of the plantation. From the information obtained by ‘this visit planting plans are made and sent to the owner. These plans include a carefully prepared map of the whole or part of the farm, having the proposed plantings shown upon it. The ‘nstructions therewith state the way ‘to plamt, and the number of each spe- cies. When mixed plantations are requir- ed the instructions show how these mix- tures are to be made. Information is also _ included in regard to the growth of seed- lings, the care of nursery stock and the preparation of the soil. “Applications have been received from nearly every State in the Union for as- sistance in laying out plantations, but more than ninety per cent. have come from the treeless regions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kan- sas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas. A few samples are given of plans which have been arranged, which show very clearly the way in which the work is done. The com- pleteness of these plans arouses some feel- ings of envy that our Northwest settlers cannot have the very great advantages in this respect that our neighbors across the line enjoy. We have just received the Export Num- ber of the “Canada Lumberman,” which is - full of very initeresting information in re- gard to the timber trade of Canada, and also the possibilities for its expansion in foreign countries. The number is got up in a very attractive style and has a partic- ularly neat cover on which is a scene d- picting the loading of timber on ocean gr ing vessels. ‘We may refer more at length to this is- sue at a later date, but for the present content ourselves with expressing our best wishes to the “Lumberman” for its ‘continued success in its very important -work of furthering the interests of the lumber industry of Canada. g * * * We have added another name to the “list of life members of the Canadian For- ‘ estry Association, that of Mr. W. F. Goch- “rane, manager of the Cochrane Ranching ‘Company, of Calgary, Alberta. This shows the increasing interest which is being tak- en in the Association. * * a Bush Fires. Bush fires have been raging along the line: of the Canadian Pacific Railway east of Chapleau, 700 miles from Ottawa. Other bush fires near Lac Poulin occur- red. Few homes were destroyed, but im- mense damage to timber lands resulted. : Rod and Gun in Canada William Magarch, the Crown Lands Agent at Rat Portage, in a letter to the Crown Lands Department, says that the forest fires which occurred in May in the Rainy River country are the worst in his memory. Millions of dollars’ worth of timber has been destroyed. As soon as the fire began to spread Mr. Magarch appoint- ed additional fire rangers and the lumber- men did likewise. Forest fires have been doing a great: deal vs damage in different parts of New Bruns- wick. Fires started back of South Bay the country.' In other words, the expe ation of tanbark cut upon the lands m tioned is prohibited. In taking this s the Government has adopted the pol urged upon them by the tanners of ¢ tario. These gentlemen waited upon» Provincial Cabinet some time ago a pressed for some measure that would strict the shipment of tanbark from tario. They stated that the supply in— United States was limited compared ¥ that in Ontario, and American tanr were supplying themselves from this and worked a way through to Spruce Lake, seven miles from St. John, burning many miles of valuable timber. Extensive forest fires are reported occur- ring near the St. Maurice River on the Eastern side between Mikenak and the Mattawin River. The fire record as shown by the notes in a previous issue is a very serious one and the immense loss of timber and other property and the danger to life itself which have been occasioned make the matter one of the utmost importance. It is hoped that all readers of Rod and Gun will use every possible means of urging the neces- 3ity for care in the handling of fire in the woods. The losses from the fire in the Rainy River District will be tremendous as the forests there are in one of the best lumbering districts. : * oe The Ontario Government has passed au Order-in-Council requiring tanbark eut on Crown lands in Ontario to be consumed in Lac des Isles, Lievre River, Que. “which is left to rot on the ground, vince and conserving their own The run upon Ontario bark was the so great that it would exhaust the ma : in a short space of time unless a stop ¥ put to the drain. Canadian tanbark, i argued, is superior to the raw ma used by tanners in any other part of. world, and if preserved for the use of c manufacturers of this country will e them to turn out more finished pro The present Order-in-Council went 1 fect on May lst, but does not affect. t bark on the lands of settlers. The usual methods of obtaining ta ab are so wasteful that any effort to ch the waste should be heartily approved. — general the bark is stripped from the ¢ itself, and in case of fire, a mena standing timber. a Recent. Ontario legislation reads: & tion 3, of The Forests Reserves Act is pealed, and the following substituted th or: 4 From and after the date of oul clamation no lands within the bounda: of such reserves shall be located, leased or otherwise disposed of, for J agricultural settlement, and, Va regulations to be Rita hiehed he Lieutenanit-Governor-in-Council, no m shall use or occupy any such lands, ect for minerals, conduct miming itions, hunt, fish, shoot, trap, spear or use firearms or explosives with- p upon such reserves. - sections were also inserted for the e effectual prevention or suppression f fires on Crown lands, and providing for 2 aL pointment of rangers for lands not timber license, and in certain cir- bances for jands wander, license, sts are a ROG in California e Government make’ a forest the Big Basin redwoods in San Santa. counties. Other- seems quite certain these giant be cut by lumber companies. w York Forest Preserve Board sed 4,400 acres of timber land uke in the Adirondacks, includ- Pond. The prices paid ranged $1.65 = acre. i RRESPONDENCE. 2 Lovely Bluffs at Ottawa Ruined. Ow 1.—Rockcliffe. ago the south shore of . River, in the neighborhood of Canoe Clab House and “Rock- e of the pretty sights of tou- ents of the Canadian capital. a depleted, torn, tattered , Of shrub wood. Twelve beautiful cltt of rock “ith, a dense vegetation from the top, lending peculiar en- the eye of the lover of Na- we been cut, vegetation de- waste. can be responsible for The natural consequence rain storms, moss, rock i mud and loam will be | | and green blufis of 1899 years, when Nature had | it with luxuriant vegetation. whio cut down the trees vught to plant new ones as soon as ef done to the forest “Rockcliffe”’ during the last few how long will it take to restore rone beauteous appearance! No. 2.—Nepean Point. ys are, no doubt, great convenien- should not necessarily be the rea- destruction of all that is beautiful that the building of an In- 2 ATS ot great advantage and comnveni- } commercial | interests of Ottawa and - Nepean Point—once an object of e beauty in its wild and natural con- has become a hideous pile of rubble, sumed the appearance of a quarry, , is likely to retain and assume tely, unless some remedy be applied. uld respectfully suggest that the er_authorities interested in the mat- see to it that earth is dumped © those bare blocks of stone heaped up the river to the high level of the and Virginia creepers planted so 0 restore the pleasant expression which Epact of the Ottawa River once pre: ed. Yours truly, Arborum Amicus. PLL OS OE PLE ES ET TE IIT IPT LE possi- | yet, in the attempt to atone for -mischi agree ; vincial Bridge at the point selected Rod and Gun in Canada O27] RULE yyy AT THE KENNELS Conducted by D. Taylor. S, aT Toronto Dog Show. HE twelfth annual bench show of dogs in connection with Toronto’s Industrial Fair, was held Sep- tember 38rd to 6th _ inclusive. As far as entries went the show was a record one, and if the quality in some of the classes was not all that could be desired, still there was an entire ab- sence of inferior stock, and in many of the breeds the specimens shown were decidedly above the average. This was especially the case in St. Bernards, grey hounds, fox hounds and other sporting dogs, also Irish and fox terriers and cocker spaniels. The show of collies was somewhat disappoint- ing, with one or two exceptions those brought into the ring being undersized, lacking in coat and general appearance. In the open class for dogs Mr. J. T. Reeve was easily first and’ second with Woodman- sterne Conrad and Woodman Laddie, the latter just missing first place through being rather poor in flesh. In Woodman Laddie, Mr. Reeve has a fine young -dog that would be a credit to any kennel. Among Montreal prize winners we notice the pames of F. and A. Stuart, in St. Ber- nards; Coulson and Ward, in Irish setters; . Motherwell and Roy, in collies and Scotch terriers; Longueuil Cocker Kennels (Mr. Webber) in cocker spaniels; Newmarket Kennels, in bull terriers; Mr. Geo. Caver- hill, in Skye terriers; Mr. Jos. A. Laurin, in Airedale terriers, and others. The gentlemen who did the guessing, seemed to give satisfaction, although in one or two instances the all-round judge’s decision was sharply criticized. The judges were C. H. Mason, New York; G. Muss-Arnolt, Tuckahoe, N.Y.; Major J. M. Taylor, Rutherford, N.J.; James Lindsay, Mont- real. Mr. W. P. Fraser who acted as sec- retary and superintendent, had his hands full, but succeeded admirably. The at- ‘tendance of the general public on all four days -was all that could be desired. * * * Everyone interested in canine matters will regret to learn of an unfortunate ac- cident which happened to the well-known collie, Laurel Laddie, the other day, at his home in Peterborough. It appears that Mr. McAllister’s kennel man was showing the dogs under his charge to a gentleman from Montreal, when they ran barking at an approaching railway train, with the re- sult that Laurel Laddie returned minus one of his legs. He was entered for the Toronto show, but this unfortunate cireum- stance, of course, prevented his appearance in the ring there, and indeed will put an effectual stop to his career as a show dog, although we hope that it will not put an end to his usefulness as a stud dog. Mr. McAllister has the sympathy of all dog lovers. * * * Mr. Wm. Virtue, of Aylmer Street, has lately added to his kennel a nice tri-colored collie bitch puppy with the hall mark of good breeding, being descended in a direct line from champions whose progeny are winning at every show in the Old Country to-day. This puppy shows great promise at the present time, and his owner is jus- tified in his opinion that she will be “in the money” at ‘the spring shows. 5 * * x 4 Mr. Jos. A. Laurin, the well-known Airedale terrier fancier, has made a very handsome offer for a dog that is held in England to be amongst the best of the breed. * * * ' The handsome collie, Callendar Bruce, won first money goth at Winnipeg and Brandon, at the latter place securing also the ©. K. C. meer for apt, in show. * Mr. Chas. iowa, St. Chess Street, ‘lately sold a very fine wire-haired fox ter- rier bitch to Mr. Geo. H. Gooderham, Nor- folk Kennels, Toronto, for a good figure. * * * Mr. Wm. Borden, of St: Anme’s, Que., lately imported a fine specimen of the old- time bearded collie from Scotland. The -youngster looked exceedingly well after his journey and we have no doubt. he will grow up’a credit to his “‘forbears” under the benign influence of Canadian skies. * * * The Derby of the international field trials, held at Chatham, Ont., for setiters and pointer puppies whelped after Janu- ary 1, 1899, closed with 15 nominations, 12 English setters and three pointers. The trials will again be held in ithe vicinity of Mitchell’s Bay, beginning on Tuesday, Noy. 13th. The Derby will be followed by the all-aged stakes, open ‘to all pointers and setiters irrespective of former win- nings, entries for which close on Noy, 1. At a recent meeting of the executive com- mittee the following were invited to act as judges: Dr. Trotter, Forest; J. 8. Arm- strong, Detroit, and A. Harrington, Lea- mington. ; 328 The North-American Field Trial Club will hold its second annual trials at St. Joachim, Ont., on November 13th, 1900.— R. M. Morton, secretary, Windsor, Ont. * * * Finglas, the champion Irish setter of America, died recently at Kildare Ken- nels, Pa. Finglas was nine years old, and the most successful Irish setter sire, field trial and bench show winner combined, of his day. He was imported direct from the kennels of the Rev. Robert O’Callaghan, R.N., of England, the foremost and most successful Irish setter breeder of Europe, and was pronounced by’ him to be the best dog of his breed ever sent 'to America from his kennels. Finglas has a long string of first prizes and specials to his credit from American bench shows. He entered the challenge class in twenty-two days from the first ‘time he was exhibited at an A. K. G. show. As a sire of bench show and field trial winners, Ch. Finglas has proven himself the peer of any Irish setter that has lived. He was a grand specimen and a shining light in dogdom. May his soul go marching on. * * * We feel sure all dog owners will wel- come the effort ‘that is being made by Pro- fessor Macfayden, of England, director of the Jenner Institute, assisted by Mr. A. J. Sewell, to discover an antidote to that great kennel scourge, distemper, and will watch the progréss of their experiments with the keenest interest. Such an im- portant undertaking could not well have been entrusted to two more capable ex- perts in canine pathology than these two very distinguished veterinarians, the one representing the theoretical and the other the practical branch of the profession. If their efforts should perchance be crowned with success, which it is to be fervently hoped will be the case, they will have con- ferred one of the greatest boons to the poor dog ever known, and earned for them- selves immortality in their profession. * * * The death is recorded of Mr. Alexander Grant, at the ripe old age of eighty years. He was a celebrated greyhound trainer, and acted for many years as trainer to the Earl of Haddington, when his lordship was perhaps ‘the leading figure in the cours- ing world. Mr. Grant trained hounds that won all the leading prizes of the day, in- cluding the Waterloo Cup. * % * In Germany, during the year 1898, the number of rabid dogs killed amounted to 904, and 2,774 were destroyed as suspected. In one parish where the disease was wide- spread the authorities slaughtered every dog. : * * * It should be remembered that real rabies is an extremely rare disease, and the more natural you keep the existence of the dog the less likely is the disease to occur. In Rod and Gun in Canada minety-nine cases out of a hundred the supposed mad dog is merely suffering from a fit, mostly epilepsy, which to the uniniti- ated has all the resemblance of rabies, the foaming at the mouth being considered in most cases conclusive, whereas a really rabid dog cannot and does not foam at the mouth, the peculiarly viscous and glutinous secretion which is the outcome of the true disease gluing his jaws together, but emit- ting no foam. Rabies, again, is a plant of slow growth, coming insidiously upon a dog by degrees as he liés at home, where (if anywhere), the muzzle should be applied - to animals appearing dull, out of sorts, and inclined to sulk in corners, but never tak- ing him, as is commonly imagined, sudden- ly in the street. Indeed, I do not believe that any really rabid dog has ever been found with a muzzle on, as the tendency to bolt and wander wildly is one of the final symptoms of ‘the disease, and when the fit is on him out he goes without wait- ing to be muzzled, nor, indeed, if by any chance the muzzle were on would it stay there, for the dog, when rabid, is insen- sible to pain, ard he would tear it off against some projection even if half his jaw went also! Therefore, I maintain that the muzzle is totally ineffective as a preventative of rabies!—R. J. L. Price. * * * No greater mistake can be made than to attempt to.rear puppies on a floor of bricks. A brick floor should always be covered over by boards, then sawdust or Longueuil Cocker Kennels. peat moss dust can be: placed. over boards and all will be perfectly warm comfortable, whereas if they are left to play about on the bare bricks they are almost certain to develop this form of ] weakness. When puppies have been brought up and the leg weakness has aj q peared they will need to have the legs w rubbed with liniment, and there is nothing much better than a little hartshorn and oil with some turpentine. This should | well rubbed into the weakly limbs at lea twice a day, and, if at all possible, it good plan to extemporize some form 0 splint or bandage by’ means of which limb can be bound up into its proper r= ‘tion and be maintained ‘there until time as the bone has grown stronger. — that really three things are necessary t( properly deal with a case of weakn <0: the legs—i.e., suitable food containi proper. percentage of bone-forming E stance; a stimulating liniment to prom cipueanion and keep the limb healthy; a and lastly, a dose once or twice a day of @ liver oil with hypophosphites. In thi way we can usually depend upon get#i weak-legged puppy made into a strong” healthy one. haces basapeniys Rev .¥ E Over-grown Pree are a source of ile pain ‘to dogs, as they are not usually mi ticed until they have given rise to & trouble. This is especially the case long-haired animals, which do not the claws so plainly as would a fox well-known ‘that claw troubles are nmon amongst wild animals. Di- y the nail shows a tendency to grow “wrong direction or to grow over, it ‘the amount of wear which it would wise have had, and so in time the begins to grow inwardly and causes se pain. The care of the claws is, very necessary. The nails should t if there is the slightest reason go. Should one be found to have and to be causing pain it must by degrees, care being taken h the quick. A good lotion to in cases of soreness or tenderness can be made by dissolving a nganate of potassium in tepid fomentations with poppy- Jur Dogs. d in lonely years o’er, ; in mother earth noar. weak and weaker grow, glazed thine eye, sags wert yu dog, thee die. as thine. ‘8 social hour hy blameless life, good. brought to me, ge true, . failed to. trace d in you. merry moods at life did close. cold and selfish creed life shall end, { state ; « * * Dutchman to His Dog. nan, addressing his dog said: ou haf a schnap. You vas only d I’m a man, but I vish I vas you. you haf the best of it. Ven you mit der bed in, you shust durns ee times und lay down. Ven I bed in, I haf to lock up the FY SEO Ss den tthe baby cries und I wk him up and down; then bym- shust get ta sleep it’s time to again. Ven you get oup you yourself und scratch a couple of nd you are oup. I haf to dress self und light the fire, put on the scrap some mit my vife already, und ybe I some breakfast. You and all day und haf plendy fun. I work hard all day und haf trouble. u die you shust lay still. Ven I to go to hell yet.” are useful when there is Rod and Gun in Canada Sarnia Gun Club. BOUT August Ist Mr. F. F. Pardee, M.P.P. for West Lambton, presented the Sarnia Gun Club with a handsome cup upon the following conditions: That the cup be shot for in a 50 bird match. That ‘the necessary score to win the cup be 85 per cent., when the cup will then become the property of the winner for one year. Three successive holdings of the cup will enititle the winner to perma- nent ownership: A shoot was held for the cup on Aug. 6th, when the highest score made was that of Mr. Frank Mitchell being only 82 per cent. Consequently it was necessary to shoot again, and on the 22nd this was done, when Mr. C. E. Baker piled up a score of 0 per cent. and won ‘the cup. In this last ‘shoot only four of the thirteen starters shot to a finish. Following are the’ scores: ' Name.’ Total. LS” ORGIES RR. Halen ies, e pie, 24. RS kee oy Seer 23 Tippett... . 22 PIO EGS fide! oNG 6 Naas! sos ke ee a BREE SWE oer Stang! oa Gah cae wie IS ON ee aires y lane wen eee aS ROME eo oo TS Me nahn SR PROC Oe rue Sour ess Coates 22 Yard... 40 Westell. 38 Mitchell 41 Ellison. 38 Baker.. 37 Shaw. 34 Hale... 34 Simpson. 33 Murney. 32 McCann. 34 SEABNEITIDS Sr Ss ad nis bo Fleas dastae ee 39 Yard.. 20 Westell. 17 Ellison. . 20 Baker... 27 Shaw. 14 pi 322907 A Oe 13 Hales. 25 STOLE ge 1 see ee a ae aa Vt 22 McCann.. 17 PPAPRUCRE IY Ie Lcotarn sued tat Ashes eae LE BVO ep oore cine teNcr Soe. lao ne 15 Roach... 24 Baker. . 45 ERGO Sais dibsatks Mech dnt oe aan GES 42 Roach somiie soko was ot 39 Simpson. 39 * * * Dividing the Money. Tournament managers are recognizing the fact that the lambs are pretty near tired of being skinned by the professional expert trap shot, and that in order to get a fair attendance at their shoots some bet- ter system of dividing the money must be found than ‘the stereotyped 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. class shooting which in active operation meant 40 and 30 per cent. to the profession] and 20 and 10 per cent. for the amateur. The manufacturers are appar- ently recognizing the fact also that an amateur is not likely to have the warmest feelings towards the powder or shell of a maker whose paid agent is selfish enough to spoil his day at the traps by taking advantage of an unfair situation. Handi- caping is the rule in live bird shooting, but until recently no very great attempt has been made to handicap at targets. We notice that this is being done more fre- quently of late, and apparently with good results, the attendance of the average shot being greatly increased. The schemes devised ‘to effect the result are various and in many cases quite novel, At the tournament held in July at Winni- peg which by the way was one of the best target shoots ever held in Canada, the sys- tem of handicapping adopted was that in- troduced by the Audobon Club of Buffalo, N. Y., with satisfactory results. Every man shooting 85 per cent. or better paid $3 extra each day, 75 to 85 per cent. men paid $2, and 70 tto 75 per cent. $1. This fund was divided in this instance pro rata among those amateurs who shot through all the general average events and failed to land one of the prizes. The Boston Shooting Association pre pared the programme of their recent. tour- nament ostensibly to encourage the attend- ance of the average shooter. In a circular they said: “We appreciate the fact that large tournaments have been scarce in Massachusetts during the past five years. We believe the reason is that amateurs who shoot from 70 to 80 per cent. are un- willing to compete in sweeps against ex- perts who can break 90 per cent. or more, and we recognize the correctness of the amateurs’ position.’ The programme was aoe then arranged so that each alternate event was open only to amateurs whose records as fixed by the management was 80 per cent. or less. The other events were open to all, but with a distance handicap rang- ing from 16 to 20 yards so that if the ama- teur chose to enter these events with the expert he would still have an equal chance. The result, in point of attendance, was a grand success, and amply justified the views of the association. The American Field, always a foremost exponent of trap news and views, as an experimenit would like to see some. good- sized enterprising gun club hold a tourna- ment. on the following lines: Open to all; no added money; targets thrown at one cent each; manufacturers agents required to shoot at 20 yards rise, amateur experts at 18 yards rise, and all others at 16 yards rise; purses divided on. the Equitable or Rose system. It says: “We believe a tour- nament held under these conditions would be so novel and yet so fair to everyone that it would be largely attended and greatly enjoyed; and while no one would make a barrel of money, the club would make a nice profit on its targets, the «experts would make good wages, and those who could shoot a reasonably good clip, would not come out the losers. A tournament run On these lines would place nearly everyone ou an equality, and no one man or set of men would have a cinch on the game.” Another scheme suggested of equaiizing the shooters which has at least the merit of simplicity is to divide the money equally among those shooters who shoot up to. a certain per cent. in each event. For instance if the limit is 80 per cent., a shooter must break 8 out of 10 in a 10- bird event, to get into the money, and all those who break 8, 9, or 10 divide ithe purse equally. This combined with high average prizes might ‘pe found to work satisfactorily in certain cases. There seems to be a very general inclina- tion among shooters to taboo class shoot- ing, and adopt either the Equitable or Rose system, and we think those who have had experience with both will commend ‘their good sense in doing so. * x * Branttora i ournament. The Brantford Gun Club held a very suc- cessful blue rock tournament at the City of Brantford on August 13 and 14. The shooting was over a magautrap, and was of a high order. Straight scores were made by F. H. Conover, Leamington, who repre- sented Dupont smokeless powder; West- brook, Summerhayes, Montgomery and Cutliffe, Brantford; H. Cull, Guelph; Way- ’ per, Hespler; Stevens, Simcoe. The Brant- ford boys kept the honors of the shoot pretty much at home, the high average for both days being made by Mr. Montgomery with a total score of 300 out of 325 shot at, or .923 per cent. Mr. Conover, the crack - Rod and Gun shot of Leamington, was close after, with but one less, or 92 per cent. The following is the complete score: in Canada FIRST DAY. Shot at. Broke. H. D. Bates, Ridgetown. . 165 128 Price, St. Williams.... .. 165 144 Conover, Leamington.. 165 "152 Summerhays, Branitford.. .. 165 149 Wayper, Hespler.. Va OD 149 Reid, Dunnville.... .:... .. 165 121 Stevens, Dunnville..... .. .. 165 144 “Mud,” Simcoe... .. .. 165 112 Westbrook, Brantford. . 165 139 Montgomery, Beantioed,: 165 153 Cutliffe, Brantford.. 165 147 Cartier, 257, ike : 30 20 Draisey, Galt. .. Se SOD: 80 Mrs. Draisey, Galt.:.. .. ... 55 ~ + 38 Birdsall, Hamilton.... 135 105 Wilson, Hamilton.... .. .. 135 113 Hunt, Hamilton.. .. .. ..- 40° 24 Brigger,: Hamilton: :.. 2... ., (185°. 110 Fletcher, Hamilton... ....:.. 45 32 Mitchell, ‘Galt... 03-2... 0... 9 15 9 Pmprt his os a Os ey 31 “Marmalade”... .. 135°: 86 Robins, Dunnville. . 120 82 Cline, Hamilton..:..0.. 2. 45 39 SECON D DAY. Shot at. Broke. Bapes ess, 160 118 Conover... .... . 160 147 Summerhayes.. ps Raine OO 143 “Pri¢ge; i. eh Sa ier eed lea) 132 Montgomery... 160 147 Westbrook. . 160 17 Wayper.. .: 160 142 ‘Cutliffe.... 160 130 Rei oi ee ek en 145 106 Ho Cuil sGuieboi ener ese 95 71 Bi Charles, 29 ae ees 80 54 RE sais a ata ieee 60 38 Gray Guelph yee ar aes. ~ 90 52 “Mitchell, Guelph... 2... 0... 55 32 Newlands, Galt.... .... .. 35 26 Mrs: -Draiseys 6200 Sl eee 5 25 Deainey ioe ee eral dest, 50tt«O Leamington iournament. The second annual blue rock tournament ‘of the Leamington Gun Club was held Aug. 2nd and 3rd, and was largely patronized by prominent trap shots of Western Ontario and Michigan. The principal shooters pre- -sent were: F, H. Conover, representative of Dupont Smokeless Powder; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, winner of the Grand Ameri- can Handicap; G. W. Price, St. Williams; W. E. Hall, Blenheim; W. A. Smith, J. T. Miner, and A. G. Adams, Kingsville; W. Reid, Walkerville; W. C. Donaldson, Windsor; Frank Stotts, Pontiac, Mich.; K. and D. Ferris, Harrow; besides many local sportsmen. Straight scores were made by Messrs. Forest, Conover, Miner, Bates and Price. The longest continuous run was made by Forest Conover, of 31 . brook, Ont., “way to the front ranks of trap A. gun shell with centres cut away without a miss. He also made the high average in the professional class, and ¢ tainly demonstrated the good shoot qualities of Dupont Smokeless and W chester, “Yellow Rival” shells. J. Miner and H. D. Bates tied for high aj age in the amateur class, and divided - and second money, $14. Smith won prize, $3, and Reid fourth, $2. a venir spoon for longest run in the m dize event (20 birds) was won by with 13 straight. The scores for hi age, out of a possible 250 were: F. 219; Miner, 210; Bates, 210; Sn Reid, 200; Price, 196; F. Wright, Conover, ae r * eae Toronto Traps, — The ‘Brunswick Gun Club held nual blue rock shoot at Wells’ day, Aug, 18. The maitch was tested all the way through. the championship of the club and medal. The scores were as — birds each—Cameron, 20; La Cook, 19; Stewart, 17; Taylor, | burn, 17; Cronk, 15; Rouse, 14; 8 S] Hamilton, 10; Tanner, 9. Sweep 1, 10 birds—Taylor, 10; Cronk, 7; Tanner, 7; Wilson, 6 Sweep 2, 10 birds—Cronk, 10 Smith, 8; Johnston, 6; Wilson, Sweep 3, 15 birds—Tanner, 1 ; 13; Wilson, 10; Brown, 7; Joh eee Milbrook Rod and A gun club has been org: with the fo i John Dawson, president; Geo ton, vice-president; Geo. ch tary; Chas, Leach, treasurer. of the club are the lawful and game in the district, and shooting and fishing out of s improvement of marksmanship. will offer a reward for evidence lead to the conviction of anyon shooting or fishing. . * Bo * Notes by E, E. Dr. A. A. Webber, who made ; putation asa revolver shot, has” ‘He has won the Dewar che of 50 live birds. _ The Laflin & Rand Powder Co. an advertising device consisting mary of J. S. Fanning’s numerous with Laflin & Rand smokeless po’ the manner of loading. One cover duces the colors of the U. M. C. the other the Winchester both these shells are used by Mr. Fa The loads used by Mr. Fanning in | mate target and live bird shoot sin given. Ansley H. Fox, of Baltimore, Md., has been engaged by the Winchester Repeating ‘Arms Co., to represent its shotgun and ramunition He gave an exhibition of skill July 31 at the meeting of the Pros. eet Park Shooting Association, of Balti- ore, that is not often equalled. During he afternoon he shot at 300 asphalts jstanding at 16 yards rise, and broke 295. is different runs were in order as given: » 42, 25, 59, 142. This is the largest con- Cutive run ever recorded for any sports- yman of Baltimore. Harry F. Ducker, of ithe Baltimore Shooting Association, ap- jproaches Fox’s run, for on the grounds of {the Standard Gun Club, of Baltimore, he jonce made a run of 122. Ducker is known ander his shooting name of DuPont. Annie Oakley, the well-known shot, jwhile recently in Minneapolis, visiting her friend, Mrs. 8. S. Johnston, also an expert shot, replied to the question of a Minne- apolis Times representative as follows: | “Any woman,” says Annie Oakley, “who jdoes not throroughly enjoy tramping across . kp country on a clear frosty morning with 1 —— }@ good gun and a pair of dogs, does not jknow how to enjoy life. God intended Rod and Gun in Canada women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house en- joying themselves with a novel. “It took some time for the public to get accustomed 'to seeing women shoot, Until a few years ago there was a narrow-mind- edness prevalent that restricted a woman’s athletic amusements to croquet. This has hfe ns EV ee ~ oe “oe oe oat 4 { ‘ i A A Sy ez te > oe an Pue™« 3 ‘4 4 wi iM ‘ ’ \ y ie a ie gas Ly ee orm ee a ae - ie a : ses i cf PG, ep Deg > ool “ = ; Be Moi ‘4 Py 4 7 Z z : i + unl - ¢ The King is Dead, Hurrah! been done away with, and many women are beginning to see the pleasure that can be got out of a gun. Another obstacle to the universal use of the gun by woman was her instinctive dread—which in the great majority of cases is born and bred in them. Woman as a rule is timid, and as a gun suggests danger she is afraid of it. They know nothing about it, and the first time they pick up a shotgun they handle it as if it were a broom. “There are some women who are so timid that they can never be taught to shoot, but I believe that a large number of women who now shudder when they see firearms could, with a little training, be brought to be good shots. There is no reason why they should not. When the fear of the gun has been overcome, man surpasses ees QO" IO them only in strength, and few healthy women have not the strength 'to shoot with a light gun. “Would I recommend shooting for wo- men? Most certainly I would, because I think there is nothing like it. The woman who has shot clay pigeons does not know the pleasure of shooting live birds. It is not a desire to kill that makes this a plea- ‘a. : co eae p ooo Q 4 7 3 fot Ja Zé eg: ” =. fe Ran Ns de é a es he sure, but something ‘totally different. I suppose it might be called the pleasure of conscious superiority over that which is shot at. Of course, if a bird is sitting, it is not better sport than shooting into the air. But ‘to be able to stop the swift, er- ratic flight, and to know that you are able to do it, is sport indeed. “How can a woman learn to shoot? Well, that is a hard question to answer. I sup- pose that it would be necessary to adopt a different method of teaching in each case. The first two and most lasting principles are never to pick up a gun without looking to see if it is loaded, and then never under any circumstances, loaded or unloaded, to point it at any person. Having learned these two rules so they cannot be forgotten, all a woman has to do is to practice.” 332 “The Queen’s match at Bisley is in three stages. ‘The first stage calls for seven shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards. At 200 yards the firing is standing, at 500 kneeling, and at 600 prone. This year is the first time the English volunteers have shot standing _ at 200 yards. Out of the two hundred and fifty-four men who scored 90 and over in the first stage, there were at 200 yards two men who scored 34, twenty-five scored 33, forty-eight scored 32, twenty-five scored 31, forty-eight scored 30. Out of the first two hundred and fifty-four prize winners but ten scored less than centres in offhand shooting with military rifles. Of the winners of the first stage, out of a possible 105, there were three scores of 100, two of 99, three of 98, six of 97, twelve of 96, twenty-four of 95, nineteen of 94, thirty- two of 93, forty-one of 92, fifty-two of 91, and sixty of 90. The winner of the first prize, Private W. T. Ward, First Devon, ranked fiftieth in the first stage of ithe match, scoring 30 at 200, 32 at 500, and 33 at 600 yards. The second stage calls for ten shots at 500 and Jifteen at 600 yards, a possible of 125. Private Ward secured 116 points at this stage, which added to his first stage score made his aggregate 211. here were a number of competitors who equalled and exceeded ‘this total. The first 100 in the second stage are en- titled to fire in ‘the third stage, wnich stage calls for ten shots at each 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Private Ward won first prize om is superior shooting at the third stage. He scored 44, 45, and 41 respectavely at these distances, making his grand aggregate 341 points out of a possible 380 points. This victory brought him $1,250, given by Her Majesty, the N. K. A. gold medal, the N. R. A. gold badge. The first prize in this match has never but once been wou twice by tthe same man. ‘The second prize amounts to $300. There are six bundred prizes in this match aggregating $12,10u. While the Queen’s match 1s the most im- portant shot at Bisiey, 1t is but one of the many important matches, But the Queen’s is worth to Kngland many times what it costs. It tempts thousands of vol- unteers to acquire great skill in rifle firing, and it makes known in the most complete and satisfactory manifer the capabilities of the service rifle and ammunition. The annual shoot of the Sherbrooke Gun Club took place September 6th. At time ‘of going to press the results of the competi- tion had not been received. * * v In the Belleville Forest and Stream ub’s rifle matches, P. G. Goldsmith was first with 60. Dr. Goldsmith won a Stevens ideal rifle, and also stands first in the aggregate, with 353, winning Mr. E. G. Porter’s prize of $5. Mr. W. J. Douglas won second in ‘the aggregate, with 351, his prize being a ‘trousers pateern given by Mr. J. H. Mills. Mr. W. Vermilyea, with 350, won ‘third in the aggregate, a Fisher rapid adjusting rifle sight. The Forest and Stream Club held a trap sw on Sept. 4th, results not yet re- ceived. A gun club has been organized in Camp- bellford. Rod and Gun Conducted%by H. McBean Johnstone iN lem in Canada RUSH AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY What Constitutes Effect in Landscape Photography. N running over a batch of landscape photographs, taken by one who lays some claim to rank as an artist in his own peculiar branch of work, one is almost certain to stumble upon as many ‘‘ defects” as “‘effects’”—unless, indeed, the operator really be a top-notcher. Hor this there should be no reason, for in these days of photographic literature galore, anyone who aspires to perfection, and who possesses, in at least a small degree, the artistic temperament, can, by earnest study of the rules of composition and lighting and a close application to the endeavor to apply this learning, produce work at least one hundred per cent. better than that which is turned out at so much a yard by the average amateur, assisted by the local pro- fessional, Perhaps all the photograms looked at are sharp and clear in every detail, with every object in the shadow standing out far more clearly than it would ever have been possible for human eye to note it, and yet one has an intuition that there is’ something lacking, something which, if present, would give to’ the picture that realism, that soulfulness, that it does not now possess and finally it occurs to some- one that it is just that superabundance of fine detail, crowded together, that spoils it and does away with the breadth and strength that is essential to make it rank as something more than the mere me- chanical production of a camera. The photographer who is content merely to press the button and then turn his work .over to the nearest gallery for de- veloping and priniting, is not being spoken to. He wouldn’t understand. Imagine a ten-penny grocery clerk who is content to go out in the glare of a Sabbath after- noon’s sun and click his shutter half a dozen times at his best girl, attempting- to understand anything about breadth or strength in a photogram. It is the ama- teur who desires to see photography rank in its proper positaon—as a fine art—that is being addressed. Then to start in to answer the question at the head of this article: “What Con- stitutes Hitect in Landscape Photo: graphy?’ it will be necessary to name several things. In the first place, the great aim must be simplicity. The finest art is ‘that where art by rule is not hinted at, and when the story that the pi has to tell is told in its simplest f with as few accessonies as possible. q Did you ever notice how an amatet four days’ standing will get twelve negatives from a dozen plates, and that same amaiteur at the end ot months will consider himself lucky if six of his dozen are failures. The rea for this is that as his smattering of | tography increases he hears of so met someone else has done, or sees a pl gram comeone else has taken, tempts to produce something of his | that will equal or surpass it—supren unconscious that he does not yet. pos the necessary skill. Then he wonders 4 he failed. Sooner or later he na that if he would produce artistic res he must abandon any pet ideas ie formed and study his subject fro: ground-floor up. All who have outgr the infantile stage of photomasaa passed through the mistake of trying crowd a whole panorama into a f¢ five plate, and thereby overstep effect sought. Dy all means let si be the first aim, ae Then, perhaps, the quality that most lasting strength to our prod breadth. By this we not only breadth as spoken of to give wid picture, but also 'to give depth, 2 or less, a feeling of reality. Did see a photogram taken without light casting its heavy black shadows, had the effect of breadth? nor yet you ever see a picture ‘that was light, without any shadow, that ¢ this impression. No, and you nev Such photograms are invariably f and uninteresting, and, in nine case: of iten, just where the interest is lae appears difficult to understand. In I ing for the effect of breadth, alway member the one little fact, that scattered throughout a photogram n can convey the impression of but patches of light, whereas masses of light and shade be co: in uneven quantities, an effect of shine, and consequently preadltiie strength, is the result. Look at the 1 of any of the great landscape paintel the world, and you will see how true is, Now, one other thing that does with a great deal of breadth, is the d to crowd the plate with fine detail is not intended here to advocate ia ry photograms produced by the “‘fuz ts,’ though in them are often to be ind many good points. In them the 1 of the artist is to study general effect | the best arrangement of mass that eonvey the impression of great width pth, entirely unhampered by a mass y interwoven detail. In the best of this qlass, where the broad s of light and shade are cleverly rasted, look at the picture at a few nee and in almost every case you a lesson, for it is in a picture ss that ‘the strength of the com- is most apparent and a strong ect shown. And pictures of this e almost always noted for their simplicity. Then in the picture aim to produce, our methods, in secure the finest and most effec- u should be simplicity and er striving after a general ct than an overwhelming mass detail. Let us suppose that we aged to get the precise result > What next? Why mount it, ot this is the question that, while simple aia readily answered, sticking point than most or believe. en is an otherwise fine photo- ed, ruined, by an incongruous think the answer ought to be out of a hundred cases the ‘that because manufacturers of s turn out 4x5 mounts embossed in and of certain colors, ama- them irrespective of whether we suitable or not. To tell how shotogram should be mounted would apossibility, because of the many vles of effect that ee saa is ible to say that unti Siok away from the orthodox nitional mountt of the photo sup- and use their own good taste, . never make the best results of r Failures and Their Remedies. erage person, reading over one of ny good books of instructions that shed for the benefit of the ama- ographer, would imagine that all uses of failure were pointed out; le ; same person attempt to help a hundred amateur photographers out ir difficulties through the medium of uery umn,” as I am doing, and would find that quite a collection of s would fail to give the desired infor- 1. In justice to my clients, I can hat in mearly all cases their ‘“queries’’ n regarding matters that for them e found their own answers would scessitated the possession of a much otographic library than one could to find outside of a well-equipped club. That these books are val- here is no doubt, but the possessor or two of them must bear in mind ere are a few other mistakes that make besides those he finds men- therein. most comon cause of trouble is from sed by too much light during de- ent. The budding) amateur, as a equips himself with a cheap little ith small illuminating surface, in words, a smail sheet of ruby glass. are safe enough if used with ut the beginners do not understand Rod and Gun in Canada just what care is necessary, and troubles follow. His book of instructions tells him to judge development by holding the nega- tive up to the light and looking through it, and he does this, and does it_with a vengeance; in fact, that is about all he does in his impatience to see results, with fogged negatives in comsequence, even where they should have been the clearest describable. Sometimes this fog does not prevent the production of fairly good prints, but simply increases the time of printing, but it is only in very rare cases that fog in a negative is at all desirable, and in a great mamy cases it is highly detrimental to good results. If we step into a professional’s dark room and watch him work, we would hardly understand where the difference lies, but let us see. Our professional is using a light that al- lows him to see all over the room, per- haps, but it is not the size of the light- giving surface that does the harm. A dark room lamp with an illuminating sur- face of two square feet will not fog a plate any quicker than one with a surface of two square inches. Again, you will notice he is working with his tray from two to four feet away from the light. Do you know that ‘tthe strength of the light decreases as the square of the dis- tanee? A light that will not fog a plate inside of fifteen minutes, at two feet dis- tance. will fog ‘the same plate in three seconds if held up to within an inch of the lanitern. When our professional friend wishes to examine his negative he gives it a slow sweep in front of the light, and should he hold it there for a second or two, it is only after the plate is well along where he can see the image on the back of the negative, when there is little danger of fog. We would advise all to throw away their small, dirty, ill-smelling lamps and use instead a good-sized box that they ean set a hand lamp inside of and fix the front with some cleats to carry a couple of sheets of ruby glass. Their dealer will get them a couple of sheets about 10x14 from the platemaker with his next order for plates. Thev are the same used in the factory, and will cost about 50 cents each, perhaps, but they are worth it. Of course some method of allowing air to enter at the bottom and to escape at the top will _ have to be devised, but it is not hard to ‘do. A short piece of pine, with an elbow in it, can be got of a tinner if one does not wish to risk a blaze by making it out of paper tubing, and a few hiles bored in the back near the bottom will allow air to enter. A piece of cardboard bent so as to cover the holes without touching them will keep light from escaping, but, should a little do so, it will not matter, as it is at the back of the box. All cracks should have black or canary paper pasted over them, and should the top of the lamp chimney come too close to the ton of the box a niece of ‘tin should be tacked in. One sheet of the ruby glass will or- dinarilv suffice, but it is best to use both, rarticularly when working with ortho- chromatic plates. Another cause of trouble is the want of coincidence between the focus of the lens and the focusing scale on hand cameras, and between the ground glass and the plate in that form of cameras in which a ground glass is employed. In most cases, and particularly in the cheaper lines of cameras, the focussing scales are all the same, and seem to be all placed in exactly the same nlae in the camera, while the lenses will be found to vary in focal length nearly an inch in some cases. It is not so often the fault of the_photo- grapher in failing to estimate the distance 3o5 correctly as might be imagined. If you ve any trouble in this respect, carefully measure the shortest distance marked on your scale from some object, place your camera there and make an exposure, using the largest stop. If this gives you a sharp image of the object measured from the scale is, no doubt, fairly correct, but if not, your only recourse is your dealer, unless you have a camera using ground glass. In that case you can make a new scale for yourself by focussing on objects at different distances and marking the position of the front each time. That is, if your ground glass is in the right place. To test this set up three large business eards at such varying distances that, while the middle one is in sharp focus, the nearer card, as well as the more dis- tant one, are alike a little out of focus. Expose a plate using the largest opening, and if the middle card is sharp, and the other ‘two out of focus to the same extent that they seemed to be on the ground glass, you may consider the ground glass fairly correctly placed. With a reversible or removable back camera one can mea- sure the distance between the ground glass and a heavy ruler laid across the inner surface of the back, by sliding a wedge-shaped piece of wood between the ruler and the glass, make a mark on the wedge where the ruler stops it from going further. Now, put a plate-holder contain- ing a spoiled nlate or negative in place in the back, withdraw the slide and measure again; this 'time the distance between the plate and the ruler, using the same piece of wood, which should, if the ground glass is right, slide under the ruler just enough to bring the mark just to the edge of the ruler. If not, removing a thin slice of wood or inserting a strip of card behind tne ground glass, as the case seems to re- quire, will generally. if done with a little care, put things right. Another trouble, often unsuspected for some time, is a leak in the camera. Even hew cameras direct from the factory have been known to leak light from some small hole, perhaps from the point of a tack where the bellows is fastened on to the fron: very small hole will suffice to fog a plate if given time. It is the in- clination this form of trouble has to show itself in such a spas ic manner that makes it hard to locate. To-day our nega- tives are all right, but yesterday half of them developed up badly fogged. We blamed the developer, the plates, the hold- ers, even thought perhaps our exposures were too long, but the negatives came up slowly, but after some minutes the fog crept over all. The next one was all right simply because we made the exposure im- mediately we withdrew the slide and at once returned it. The much-prized nega- tive fogged because we waited a few min- utes after removing the slide before mak- ing ‘the exposure, and in that way gave our little hole a chance to do its work. Hunt this leak up and stick a piece of black court plaster over it. Remove the back of the camera, cap the lens, take the camera out into the bright sunlight, and by focussing cloth well collected around the camera back and your head, examine the interior for stray beams of light. Re- move the cap and close the shutter and see if it allows any light to pass. Replace the back, insert an empty holder, with- draw the slide and again examine the in- side of the camera; this time from the front, removing the front board for the purpose. Get some one to stick one enr- ner of a slide into 'the holder, observe the effect, and vou will see how a great many plates get light-struck by not putting the slide in straight at the start. 334 Rod and Gun in Canada Rice, Lewis & Son, Limited. RIFLES WINCHESTER, SAVAGE, MAUSER AND MARLIN. Revolvers & Pistols WEBLEY, COLTS, SMITH & WESSON, MAUSER. = = - SHOT GUNS GREENER, REMINGTO CLABROUGH. = = AMMUNITION & Cor. King & Victoria Streets, \ e TORONT( By not using a good, steady tripod when making time exposures,-and by using too much power in operating the finger re- ,lease of that form of hand cameras, we cause a great many otherwise excellent negatives to be defective through blurring of the image. While a house could be moved several inches during the exposure and yet be fairly sharp, if the camera be moved the thickness of a.sheet of paper during the same time, tthe resultant nega- tive would show it quite plainly. Learn to operate the trigger as a rifleman does his. Press down firmly just far enough to not quite release the spring and then make ‘the additional pressure required to release it imperceptably. It is hard to do, but can be acquired. A person nat- urally presses down hard, with an. in- stinctive feeling, perhaps, that they are the more surely. impressing the picture upon the plate. I find myself. doing the same trick after trying for a good many years to overcome the inclination. Of course, with a tripod camera and bulb release, this does not matter so much, but it is a bad habit. Another source of trouble that is often overlooked is a dirty lens. Try the ex- periment of breathing on your lens when cold, make an exvosure before the mois- ture has entirely disappeared. and note the result. A little dust will act in the same manner. Follow ‘the instructions given concerning the dusting out of your hold- ers, but the dusting of the plates is not so necessary. If vou fear one has dust unon it from lying face up in the box. hold it perpendicular and give it a light tap on the table. Brushing a film is apt to create electrical conditions ‘that will cause the dust to be drawn towards the plate and held there. The real source of dust on the plates is the creases in the bellows and comers of the camera. Did you ever notice the dust in motion in the path of a ray of sunlight in a darkened room? That is just what happens inside vour camera, most narticularly during a day’s shaking up, when the shutter is. opened or the cap removed. Want of space for- bids the mention of a few other causes of failure that I had intended to notice, but another time I may be allowed more space to again give them a few words,— By F. J. Clute, Query Editor W. W. P. E. Bulletin. * * * Anniversary Number. The first anniversary number of “The Young Photographer,” of St. Albans, Vt., is to. make its appearance next month, in October. Considering that it is less than a year old, this little iournal, with itg subscription price otf 5U cents, and rts excellenit amateur photographic reading matter, is a wonder, and bids fair to take a high place in the world of photo-art literature, * * . CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence should: be uddressed to Box 651, Sarnia. George Williams—(1)'There is always most detail in a picture when it is cor- rectly developed and: exposed. (2) Yes. (3) Granulated sodas are twice as strong as crystals. (4) A weak negative with clear shadows betokens underdevelopment. X: Y. Z.—Do not make thick negatives; thin ones are better, not too thin, but just strong enough. “to appear brilliant. If a negative is too thin it is easily strengthened. It is well if a thin nega- tive is slightly yellow. Light—Diffused light is light which does not come directly, but is arrested and dif- fused by some medium. Direct light is by no means always desirable. Jobn Armstrong Gunn—Halation is caused by the reflection of light from the back surface of ‘the plate. See previous numbers of Rod and Gun re “Backing Plates.” Amateur—To assist you in judging the length of exposure, I would recommend you to use a photometer, an instrument for measuring ‘the strength of .the light. Beginner—You ask too many questions of an elementary nature. Get a book. Any photo supply house can sell you one for 25 cents or less. ns—Objective is a term sometimes applied to the lens. I wee you are noting the advice I gave you some time ago. Leslie Pearson—Tone only a few pe at a time. Your results will be bette Sam J. Humphries — You peste neglect to dust your plates of. You should be more caref I cannot give you all the ditterent names the vitascope goes under. There are too many F. E, Foster—If a plate wien placed in the developer remains -for some time without more than the brightest portions showing, it is under-exposed. Landseape—I cannot do better than recommend you to read ‘the series on landscape photography which was started in the August number. of the Photo- American, which you say you take. «It ‘to be relied upon, a scientific GURD’S will deal with that particular bra nch the subject (lighiting the nn speak about. There is only one BOVRI Always the same and always preparation containing the in the form easiest of — tion and assimilation. In the World 55 for Lakes aes | and Temagaming should write es: € °C. Farr & Cobbold Motto—‘ THE BEST,” SODA WATER | APPLE NECTAI whole nourishment of beef, The “Finest Canoe Tri and Suppl BOLD, Hai ileybury, Ont. 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NELSON, Member Canadian Hunt Cl Toronto, Ont, up pneetors Special Rates to Club Members. OD AND GUN IN CANADA -st st st est ot DEVOTED TO. THE FISHING AND GAME INTERESTS OF | CANADA. MONTREAL, OCTOBER, 1900. Single Copies Ten Cents. ONE DOLLAR. I : Firty CENTs. _ PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ”_-_-__ G RATES: : PER INCH PER ISSUE. of 15 per cent. on annual i ons on all topics pertaining to ig, canoeing, the kennel and "be welcomed and IN CANADA does not assume any ity for, or necessarily éndorse, any aed contributors in these columns. should be addressed to: AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. ed bit of legislation in Quebec insufficient for the purpose. ten dollars per head would be a and we belieye Ontario offers e and has greatly decreased the of wolves, and correspondingly d the deer. An authority esti- ab On an average each wolf kills revery ten days. Assuming for ent’s sake that the time is doubled 2 are but two hundred wolves in vince, the result would be 200x18 deer, an immense annual sacrifice ashould be prevented. A large in- in the Province’s assets in deer he undoubted increase in the of hunters from the cities and ed States,who would disburse con- e money in the poorer sections of vince. If Maine had a fair stock ves the influx of hunters and dol- mm other states would soon stop by i ol exhaustion of deer supply. mne, with only 22,800 square miles of land (less than the county of Pontiac nm Quebec), was visited in 1899 by 9,300 onesie hunters, besides 6,000 resi- | | . dents employing guides, all of whom killed 7,579 deer. Thenon-residents dis- bursed probably $2,000,000 in the State. These figures are suggestive. oo © What may prove a menace to our forests, and therefore to our game, in the not too distant future, is mentioned in a recent number of ‘‘ The Forester’? in an article by N. S. Shaler, of Harvard Uni- versity. The effects of a visitation by the gypsy moth, wherever its hordes of ravenous caterpillers have appeared in Massachusetts, has been most marked and disastrous, and, unfortunately, the ravages are not confined to any particular kind of green, for when pressed for food it readily resorts to conifers and ‘‘ sweeps a wood aseffectively asa fire.’? Whether the intense winter cold of the climate of much of Canada will prevent this pest gaining a serious foothold, or, whether some enemy of the species may develop so as to check it effectually, remains to be seen. We shall watch with great interest developments to the South which have now been unfolding themselves, we believe, for the past twenty years. We commend the subject to the earnest at_ tention of the Canadian Forestry Associa- tion. oOo How intimately associated with the ' protection of game is the preservation of the forests from every known kind of widespread destruction. In parts of some districts we visited last month, where cultivation never should have been attempted owing to the nature of the soil, a few years since there was considerable game and thick forest—to- day the trees are not seen and the spaces are waste. That land was intended by nature to grow forest and shelter game. Let us hope one of the aims of the Cana- dian Forestry Association, viz. : to pre- vent such attempts to destroy forest unwisely, will soon have governmental approval and that the danger of further foolish tree cutting will be prevented. © Oo © An excellent opportunity for practice in estimating distances in rifle shooting is afforded by the Great Northern diver or loon which is to be found on most of our northern lakes. Not only is the target not large, but at constantly vary- ing distances, and each shot can be seen striking the water, therefore enabling the marksman at times to correct his ain. The difficulty of killing a loon is suffi- cient to cause the average shot a good amount of practice, and there is practical- ly no danger of your target flying away or walking into bushes, for the loon walks with difficulty and gets under weigh for flight only seldom. A loon well mounted is a specimen of taxidermy worth pre- serving, hence, if the marksman makes a bull’s-eye and secures his trophy not too seriously mangled, it is worth keeping. As to the humane side of such practice, the loon kills his fish victims daily and lives thereby, and if the sport of loon shooting be objectionable, we fear that ‘something equally evil will be found in all shooting and fishing. Oo The economical side of camping appears to be touched upon seldom. Irrespective of its direct returns in improved health and necessarily less call for doctor and drugs, of itself an economy, the cost for food is very small and transportation and other charges are no greater than on other outings. Fifty cents per capita per diem enables the camper to have the necessaries and a few of the luxuries of the table, and any advance over that sum means an expenditure for unnecessary luxuries which the camper is better with- out. It may be said that generally speaking it is cheaper to camp than stay at home. 340 ~~ rere yaoreeysaoyeyero Among the Northern Lakestez2z2==— By E. T. D. Chambers. ewer MMOs vv Ue No map has ever been made showing the number and location of the myriads of lakes, large and small, that dot the vast expanse of unexplored territory in the far north of the Province of Quebec. There is no exaggeration whatever in the state- ment that in every important section of this great northern country there are thou- sands of well-stocked’ trout lakes whose waters have never been whipped by the angler’s flies, and upon which the eye of the white man has never rested. Through one such expanse of primeval sporting ter- ritory it was my good luck to paddle and portage and fish a few years ago, accom- panied by Lt.-Col. Andrew C. Haggard, D.S.O., the author of a charming paper that ran through two recent numbers of Rod and Gun. The pilot of the party was John Minni- gouche, a full-blooded Montagnais Indian, who was to escort us through a part of the country which he hunts in winter for the Hudson Bay Company, and which was at that time known to very few of the other guides. Each of us had a sixteen feet birch bark canoe, and into them we packed our camp. outfit and fishing tackle, our week’s: supply of provisions and small suppiy of personal comforts, as well as our guides and ourselves. A steamer conveyed us across Lake St. John to the mouth of the Little Peribonea which joins the larger stream of the same name a couple of miles from its mouth. Joseph Simeon, another full-blooded Montagnais, who was the chef de cuisine and practical head of the party of guides which accompanied us in 1892 up the Grand Peribonca river to Lac Tschota- gama, had charge of the colonel’s canoe, his mate in the bow being Joseph Nepton. Mine, with its contents, was confided to John Minnigouche and William Connolly. How William’s ancestors came by their patronymic, neither he nor I can explain. The color of his skin, which is several de- grees lighter than that of the other three Indians, may prove an index. Neither he nor they could understand or speak a word of English. All but Minnigouche could converse in French, and when alone with this latter in camp, I had an opportunity of bringing into requisition my limited knowledge of Montagnais, and in canoe of listening to the soft and musical accents of this Indian dialect, in the conversation between Connolly and Minnigouche. The hunting grounds of the last mentioned ex- tend over more than 400 square miles. Though but one of the Grand Peribon- ca’s many tributaries, the Little Peribonca | Rod and Gun in Canada ‘is often more than 600 feet in width, and seldom less than 200, in the course of the 35 miles of the stream ascended by us on this occasion. There is so mueh rapid water in a large part of its course that a good part of three days was occupied in the ascent. We fished at the foot of most of its upper chutes, but took no trout larger than a pound, though several of over half that weight. -It cannot truthfully be said that they rose freely, for we were there in the latter part of July, when the heat was as its greatest, and the large fish, naturally, in the seclusion of the deepest and coolest holes. But the fish that we took were stubborn fighters when hooked, “and many of them made quite a spirited resistance. Their coloring, though beauti- the water was discolored with dirty clay and at the foot of the Chute Blanche am other inviting looking pools, the fish wep unable to discern our flies. Here we @| pected to take ouananiche as well as t& but were disappointed by both, and hig up the stream, the ouananiche do not) cend. : Chub, locally called ouitouche, nounced wee-toosh), are plentiful in nes all the waters through which we passed 6 this trip, and were a positive Sound annoyance. Far from being what Tz; Walton calls their Eng ish congenseil fearfullest of ishes,”’—these Little bonca chub were absolutely devoid of fi and constantly rising to our trout lie Pike are abundant in the lower stretch e ( ful as that of fontinalis always is, was not nearly so brilliant as that of the rare speci- mens of the same fish that we took a few days later out of the crystal waters of Lac des Aigles. In favorable seasons the fish- ing in the Little Peribonca must be ex- ceedingly good. The small trout in this river seemed perfectly unsophisticated, and rose greedily to every kind of ‘feathered lure. A piece of colored’ flannel or rag would doubtless have served the purpose equally well, so far as they were concern- ed. The larger ones that rose to our flies, - preferred the Grizzly King to any other, though the Parmachenee Belle was also a good killer. We were robbed of all our anticipated sport in the best pools on the _ lower part of the river, for there had been a freshet on the previous day and a land- slide several miles up the stream, so that Opemikan, Lake Temiskaming the Little Peribonca, but we had not so far to waste time upon those predator monsters, and so passed them by. ‘ The guides had a great deal of difficul: poling up the rapids in the upper part o! the river, and from the small lake was eaohed at the 35th mile, we ; a height of land to Lake Epipham, It a hard day’s work, and involved four’ tages or carries. Two of these = difficult, and two or three miles lo spectively, over high and thickly woode hills, upon which we found a proydl : amount of fallen timber. The narrow} tage paths were almost obliterat masses of tangled bushes and fallen trees around which were dangerous pitfalls, cult indeed to avoid on account of # rankness of the foliage. It was really derful how the guides picked their Rod and Gun in Canada ough these entangled forests, and what ds they carried at the same time. uke Epipham is a gem set within the 8) and one of the most beautiful of the ftering array of crystal lakes in the try traversed by us. It is about three es long and one and a half wide, and tht the surface of the water was tally boiling with rising fish. We fre- ") took them two and three at a re and could easily have taken a hun- ”d| each during the evening had we “iid them. Our canoes seemed to have ‘terrors for them and they peered : at us close to the birch-bark, en leaping clear of the water to seize { flies. Notwithstanding the lateness e season the May-fly was still upon water. ~ er lucins .that are too often called pickerel in the United States, In the Jake’s outlet the fishing was ex- ceedingly good notwithstanding the ex- treme heat.. Our return from the lake to. civilization was by 95 miles of water and portage routes. Twenty-two miles below Lac des Aigles, the river of the same name empties into the Aleck, fif- teen miles above its junction with the Periboneca. From the mouth of the Aleck the canoe journey down the Peri- bonea to Lake St. John is twenty-nine miles. The Aleck is a charming stream and affords good fishing for ouananiche as well as for trout. It-contains a number of magnificent waterfalls. The Peribonca is nearly two miles wide The crossing of another series of small and the intervening portages, some ff dozen of each, took up three-quarters the next day, and we reached beautiful 2 des Aiigles late in the afternoon. It much larger than Lake Epipham, and m more picturesque. Its trout are gst the reddest and most brilliant at I have seen. We took a number of om one pound to two pounds each, and ‘doubt exists in my mind that in June September this lake would furnish me of the grandest trout fishing to be md anywhere. But our flies were also mstantly seized by the large chub and Kkerel that share with the big trout e tenancy of the lake’s waters. The eckerel were the genuine fish of that me, often called dore by French-Cana- ans, and not the common pike or esox H. B. C. Post, Fort Temiskaming, on Lake Temiskaming. where we were paddled out upon it from the mouth of the Aleck. For the remain- ing 29 miles of its course it averages over a mile in width. During the ten days of our trip we journeyed over 250 miles, nearly fifty of which were travelled on foot over very tiresome portages. We shot innumerable rapids, feasted our eyes upon luxuriant forests and more than a score of mag- nificent waterfalls; our ears upon the music of the purling brooks, the singing of innumerable song birds, the sound of the leaping fish at play and the roar of the cascades; our lungs upon the pine-scented and balsam-laden air of the woods, and our appetites upon Simeon’s menu of trout broiled, trout boiled, trout planked and trout fried; upon flapjacks or pancakes of our chef’s own handiwork, served up with 34! maple syrup; upon the icy cold water of innumerable bubbling springs, and upon the early blueberries that were ripening everywhere in great abundance. For the fly fisherman and tourist who is not averse to roughing it in the bush, and would like to. whip practically virgin waters, swarming with uneducated fish that for the most part have never yet had the opportunity of inspecting artificial lures, I know of no more attractive tour than that up the Little Peribonca to Lake Epipham, thence to Lac des Aigles, and back again to Lake St. John by way of the des Aigles, Aleck, and Peribonca rivers. Quebec, Sept. Ist, 1900. NOTES ON THE CARIBOU By Chas A. Bramble. Comparatively few men start out on a hunting trip with the deliberate intention of bagging caribou, in fact with the excep- tion of Newfoundland, Cape Br-.ton and Gaspe, one may say that expeditions for the sole hunting of caribou are never un- dertaken. There is a very good reason for this. The caribou is a wandering animal, and in the vast forests of the eastern and northern parts of the Do- minion you may hardly count uyon find ing these deer in any given locali y. In the thick wceods, the ca ibcu feeds principally upon the long, gray moss, that hangs from the lower branches of the spruce trees; as it can find this food any- where there is no par icular reaso1 why the caribou should limit itself to one cir- cumscribed area. Unlike the moose they never yard. The foot of the caribou serves as a very admirable snowshoe, and an ani- mal weighing 350 pounds will skate along over a crust that would not carry a ter- rier. As may be readily imagined, this cease- less activity on the part of the caribou renders a successful pursuit difficult; and as none except the Mic-mac of Newfound- land understands “tolling” or calling, it has come to pass that sportsmen generally conclude that caribou hunting is too much like work, and that the game is not worth the candle. But they are wrong, there is one key to the successful hunting of the car‘bou, though few have found it. Exe p‘ing during a few days at the lat‘egx end of March, when the caribou remain almost exclusively upon the ice of som> lake, owing to the depth and softn-ss of the snow in the woods, and when they may be killed by any one sufficiently depraved to go after them, the animals are only to be successfully hunted during a few days in the late fall and early winter. 342 If you would make sure of your cari- bou, be well advised, and do not go off for the hunt excepting about the time of the first snow. In September and October you may or you may not find caribou where you expect them, but should you be on a good range at th: time of the first snow flurries, you ought to run across fresh tracks. Having done so, the rest is easy. In some respects the caribou is a very shrewd animal; in others a perfect fool. It does not trust to its eyesight, and will almost blunder against a man should there be no taint of his presence in the air, but its sense of smell is very acute, and upon that sense it relies mainly for its protection. Caribou usually travel threugh the woods at an average pace of four miles an hour, and hardwood ridges are preferred to the heavier spruce lands and mixed growths. All the hunter has to do upon finding fresh tracks, is to fo"ow them at as good a pace as he can command, keeping a very sharp look-out ahead. Of couse every precaution must be taken to prevent the animals getting wind of the hunter, bu® as a general thing they always trav’l up wind, knowing that against all ovdinary dangers ‘this gives them the greatest mea- sure of protection, th-refore the taint of the hunter’s presence will hardly reach the caribou, at lezst whi'e they are tva- velling. ‘Should the game be viewed while pass- ing along an open havdwood rdge, the hunter must stand ‘as still as a statue, and not move until the game is out of sight. Following slowly, the animals will at length disappear into some belt of mixed growth. This is the hunter’s opportunity. He should force the pace, keeping his rifle ready for a snap shot, 4and on once more com‘ng up with the animals he ought to be within easy range of at least one of them. On'the barrens the caribou feed dunk the morning and afternoon, and probably at night, but during the middle of the day are fond of basking in the sinshine, and a herd discovered under these condi- tions, is easily approached. The stalker must, ‘of course, keep down wind, and avail himself of all the natural: cover he can find, as he crawls towards the game. Should he succeed in getting within 150 yards, he makes everything ready for a shot, and then gives a shrill whistle, pro- vided none of the animals be standing. This will bring them to their feet, and before they have had a chance to recover from their astonishment the rifle should have laid low the finest head. Caribou are sometimes very inquisitive animals. They are very fond of roam- ing through the works and among the Rod and Gun in Canada fresh cuttings of the lumbermen, browsing on the gray moss which hangs in long festoons from the limbs of the prone spruce tops. It is no unusual thing for the men on going to work, to find fresh tracks made during the night, in and out and around about the boughs and tops of the trees they had felled on the previous day. This shows that under certain conditions caribou are rot in the least alarmed at the scent of men, being evidently able to distinguish between pos- sible danger and certain security On one occasion, to the writer’s know- ledge, a caribou in the month of Sep- tember attacked fiercely a gray horse, which was harnessed and passing along a lumber road, and had to be driven off by a light charge from a shotgun. On another occasion seven mn were walk- ing in Indian file through the woods, when a young caribou cow came galloping to- wards them, showing the liveliest curio- sity. There was no breeze, and she was not more than ‘fifteen yards from the pro- cession when the leader pus a _ bullet through her heart. The caribou is a far more har’y ani- mal than the moose, a!thoug) the latter is by no means a weaking. Far north of the limit of the mo»se, the carib u flourishes like a young biy tree. In th: extreme north, the vari ty met with is that known as the barren ground caribou. It is absolutely identical with the r in- deer of Europe and Asia, It is smaller than the woodland caribou, bit its hors are very much larger in propo=tion, and are valued for their’ numerous bvanches and great spread. The beam of the ant- ler is, however, slighter than that of the woodland variety. ‘These animals are only found in the northern parts of Labrador, and on the barrens reaching from the western shores of Hudson Bay to the Behring Sea. They migrate from north to south in the autumn, and pass the winter just within the fringe of the forest, where the small, scrubb spruce, struggles with the Arctic moss and the north wind, for an existence. Contrary to the usual rule with the deer tribe, the female of the caribou very frequently. carries antlers; it is said that in the barren ground variety this is the rule and not the exception. With the woodland animal the reverse is true. The antlers of the female are smal, insign‘fi- cant affairs, with but a couple of spik:s on each horn. The caribou carry their horns later than most other deer Inst:al1 of losing them early in the winter, they retain them in many cases until March, and the fe- males, I fancy, do not lose theirs un- Ri 2 6 everythin nd til after the birth of their calves, of this I am not sure. } Although moose, elk, and deer © been exterminated in many distr: are likely to be further exterminate others, there is little fear of: the cai coming, as a race, to an untimely en If mankind becomes too n*m:rous caribou simply moves off, and a ¢ of hundred miles being nothing to st traveller, finds the protection it d somewhere to the north or north Rivers and lakes do not stop it, for swimmer, few animals can compare the caribou. ; The Fisherman’s Story. — 4 He sat at the door of his shanty, And gave his whiskers a wipe; — And scanned the sea for a moment, And then began to pipe: “Twas a cold, raw day last winter, And the wind, with an angry roé into ribbons, pounded the dreary shore “And we was out in a dory Achin’ with hunger and cold, Till we all seemed shrunk to n And, gosh, how the mad sea “We couldn’t land in the billers, Without bein’ battered to We gasped like wolves sith hu As the nor’ wind froze our For it warn’t no big fish ‘Because it frizzled and s‘zz'ed And smoked right out of the We rowed for it, all on us fri Our hunger made us brave. ‘We soon hauled it into the d And what do you yee Bes {t warn’t no big sea mo But a fine little dictions store, “The pipe was a-stickin’ d the lids was on in nee And we warmed ourselves aro For the fire was goin’ fine. “Then stillness fell on the wat And the big storm all went d And we ate from the lee in the The turkey nice and brown.” And then he said in conclusion With an awe-inspired “alas “Tt simply beats all thunder _ Some things what comes to p Overcome by his great emotion, He gave his whiskers a wipe, — And lapsed into awful silence While he pulled away on his pi —New York The estimable Commissione and Fisheries of Quebec, Ho Parent, who is also President of American Fish and Game Pro sociation, has become also the Pre this Province, and Ron anp Gu gratulates him on the added hone jor 2823 Cranes teens so htess =, 5 OT Ngee tate nett ems n and Secretary Canadian For- 1, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R.H. er and Asst. Secretary Canadian tion, Ottawa, Ont. Autumn. sautiful spirit breathing now ess on the clustered trees, beaker full of richest dyes, glory on the autumn woods, warm light the pillar’d mountain, like a summer purple wing, and in the vales d, a sweet and passionate ushing leaf, and stirs up life lemn woods of ash deep- , and maple yellow-leaved, like a faint old man, sits —Longfellow. * * * IN NOVA SCOTIA. in interest in forestry is aroused in Nova Scotia is enced by the remarks of Honor Lieutenant-Governor on the opening of the ition on the 12th of Septem- tenant-Governor, after em- necessity of an intelligent resources of the Province, its fisheries, ete., so as to le principle applies to our for- ; time the farmer’s first ob- ws to clear his land, cut down and he trees to make pasturage, if no- @ in a new country much land cleared in this way, and if east his eye over the Province end to the other he would see es cleared which are now, be- pasturage, of very little value. old saying that “there is no z over spilt milk,” but this at can do—-set ourselves to work by n what way the mistakes of the be remedied. FORESTRY crease their productiveness, . Rod and Gun in,Canada > oe, Ce Pe RT Retaority Erg oes fe Sses 22, oe Vn ooo ee ins, Gun”? is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. At the present day the demand for our lumber, and particularly our spruce forests, is daily assuming more importance, and if We are wise people we will set ourselves to work at once and see in what manner as owners of the soil we can realize fur- ther advantage and profit for our inherit- ance out of this changed condition of af- faire.” After a kind reference to the formation of the Canadian Forestry Association and the rej ort of its first annual meeting, His Henor continued: “I hope the time is not far distant when our people may become interested in this subject also. Perhaps there are greater possibilities in this regard than in almost any other bianch of public industry. “We know in England that the value of the estates is in most cases largely de- pendent upon the value of the timber, and with us the time is not far distant when the value of much of our lands will be measured in this same way. “I hope therefore than intelligent dis- cuss.on may soon be brought about in Nova Scetia, and that our people may find it to their interest to undertake here what is being undertaken in other parts of the world, by reproducing the forests which have been so lavishly and almost unneces- sarily de:troyed. “Anything out of the usual course that can be successfully undertaken is an ob- ject to be striven for, and while there are many things that we have had before us which can no doubt be much improved, it is well, I think, not to omit these sub- jects which up to the present have _ not been so prominently considered. [ would therefore commend these points to your best attention, and I hope that before very long I may see sufficient interest taken, particularly in the replanting of our forests, which ho'ds out prospects of such great benefit to the future genera- tions of our people.” * * * The Presbyter.an Witness, of Halifax, and the Maritime Merchant, of Halifax and St. John, have also been giving the subject of forestry some attention. The Witness lays down the proposition that the renewal of the forests is a duty we owe to those who will come after us, for a bare-faced country—a country with- 343 out trees—is doomed to blight, barrenness and total ruin. The Witness is, however, perhaps a little strong in stigmatising pulp as a@ veritable enemy to the forests, as the fault is rather in the ignorance or self- ishness or carelessness, which neither knows nor cares to look beyond the mo- ment, Pulp is no more an enemy than is an) other method of making use of our forest resources, and what is required is an intelligent study of the growth of trees and the methods of forest management, and the practical app.ication of the con- clusions ariived at. The Merchant asserts that when the re- turns are pub ished the shipment of lum- ber this year from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will be shown to have been the larg.st in their history,-and it makes the following statement in regard to the conditions in Nova Scotia: “Those engaged in the lumber industry in Nova Scotia feel that they are taking more from our forest than should be taken if we are to preserve our lumber industry for the future. ‘lhe portable mill, which is taken from point to point throughout the country sawing timber which a few years ago would have been allowed to stand for further growth, is one of the chief dange.s which threaten this indus- try. As an indication of the g.owing de- mand for lumber, we have the fact that the material which a few years ago would have been permitted to go to waste now brings f.om $9 to $10 per thousand. As the forests become cleared and the sup- ply of lumber becomes lessened it is diffi- cult 'to say how far this increase in the price may continue. ‘The probability is that a time will come when lumber will bring almost any price that may be asked for it. It will sell at figures we do not dream of to-day. With a reasonable am- ount of protection our forests could be made to last indefinitely. If some action is rot taken now, a time will almost sure- ly come when it will be absolutely neces- sary, but to make the move now will ac- complish a great deal that it will be too late to accomplish after the greater part of our timber has been destroyed.” * * * Forest Fires.» Every Canadian knows the meaning of a forest fire, having had the lesson im- pressed in some cases by painful personal experience, and in others, fortunately for themselves, only by reading of the ter- rible destruction of property and life which has so frequently resulted from such fires. Every part of the Dominion, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, has suf- fered from this cause. The story of the great New Brunswick fire of 1825 is his- toric, and has thrilled the hearts of all who have heard it, while in the Ottawa Valley to-day the year of the fires (1870) is still one from which to date as a point 344 marked out in lurid distinctness in the history of that district. Anyone who has travelled through Nor- thern Ontario, or, indeed, through any o! our timber districts, will have had forced upon his attention the immense loss which Canada has sustained by fire. The tim- ber districts as they now stand, as well as the evidence of all experienced observ- ers, demonstrate that no other agent ol destruction has at all equaled fire in the breadth of its sweep or the effectiveness of its destructive power. Dr. Robert Bell, of the Geological Survey, states that fully one-third of the area which was cov- ered by the northern forests of the Do- minion has been burned over. Mr. E. F. Stephenson, Inspector of Crown Timber Agencies for the North-West, states that within the last five years the timber re- sources of the Province of Manitoba have diminished one-half, whereas with ade- quate protection from fire the natural in- crement would have been far more than suflicient to have supplied all demands. The reports of the officers having charge oi the irrigation works in Alberta all take up the same lament, that the fires have been allowed to destroy the timber on the foothills to so great an extent as to inter- fere with the water supply so important for the development of the semi-arid dis- trict. The reports of the surveyors of the Department of the Interior in British Co- lumbia a few years ago all referred to the difficulty of carrying on their work on account of the smoke from forest fires. Mr. R. Chalmers, of the Geoiogical Sur- vey, in his report of 1895, states that the destruction going on in the Maritime Pro- vinces every year from forest fires is vast in proportion and far-reaching in its ef- fects, and it seems not at all unlikely that the existing condition of things will continue until the forests are wholly de- stroyed. The early part of the present summer was very dry and favorable to the start- ing of forest fires, and as a consequence conflagrations at different points made themselves of sufficient importance to be taken notice of by the press. quantity of timber was destroyed in the south-eastern part of Manitoba; the Rainy River District suffered severely from this scourge; while in New Brunswick the fires were so severe that not only were the forests threatened, but even some of the towns were placed in great jeopardy. The danger. is, therefore, with us still to be faced and fought. There is some dispute as to the fre- quency of fires resulting from natural causes, but there is no question that the fires have increased in number with the advent of civilization. Camping and hunting parties carelessly handling fire, settlers clearing their land, prospectors desiring to get rid of forest obstruction, railway construction gangs, unprotected A large: Rod and Gun in Canada locomotives, and even sometimes the lum- bermen themselves have been responsible for the small beginning which has kindled a great fire. The Governments of the various Pro- vinces and of the Dominion have set themselves to the task of discovering some effective preventive measures. The Ontario Fire Act gives authority to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council to set apart fire districts, and within these districts no person is allowed to start a fire between the Ist April and the Ist November without taking every reason- able precaution for preventing its spread. A place must be selected where there is the smallest quantity of vegetable matter, a space of ten feet must be carefully cleared before a fire is lighted, and the gerous season. These rangers have spe. cial districts assigned to them, and required to inform all persons in the districts of the provisions of the Fire A and to impress the necessity for cars the handling of fire. Notizes cf the provisions of the Act are also posted conspicuous places. The rangers keep record of the work done, and any ink mation obtained, and make their repe at the end of the season. In cases wher the lands to be ranged are covered by it censes, one-half of the expenditure borne by the license-holders. The resi of this system has been very satisfactory, the cost entailed being very little comp ed with the saving effected by the gre decrease in the number and destructive ness of forest fires. fire must be carefully extinguished after- wards. Any person discharging firearms or dropping any burning substance must also be careful to see that no fire results therefrom. Survey and exploring parties are required to provide themselves with a copy of the Act, to be read out to the party once each week. Locomotives are also required to be properly protected by spark guards. Any person contravening the Act renders himself liable to a fine of $50.00, or three months’ imprisonment, and railway companies to a fine of $100.00. The most effective step which has been taken by the Ontario Government, how- ever, is the system of fire ranging which was established in 1885. JF're rangers empowered to enforce the provisions of the Fire Act are appointed for the dan- Lunch at Sharp Lake, en route to Lake Temagaming. The Quebec system provides for tablishment of fire districts and the ployment of fire rangers therein. district is to have a general superi dent, who will have power to requi cense holders and railways in any di to place the services of their employ his disposal in case of fire, the sé and expenses to be borne by the li holders, the railways and the Con sioner jointly. The Commissioner also prohibit the setting out of fires ing the winter season in time of dro The New Brunswick and Nova Sec Acts are similar to and based upon Ontario Act before the adoption of fire ranging system, while Prince I Island has an act restricting the carelt use of fire in such a way as to end In New Brunswick the Sur- neral is given authority to ap- rangers and to pay the sum of r the conviction of any offender the Act. : fanitoba Act gives authority to ipalities to appoint fire guar- such guardians have power to e necessary help to extinguish e Act also provides for a fire mer, who may enquire into all tructions from the Lieutenant- ouncil, or at the request of y concerned, and judicial him for that purpose. West Territories Act ap- ; of the Peace, Mounted Po- and all overseers of local im- tricts as fire guardians, and of Agriculture has au- others. The preven- this and the Manitoba isions especially required ’ er a ae This is one of great the great rushing e tree tops is the r most frequently, : probably a more destruc- e from its continual and ence, that is the fire that ground, burning up the d destroying seeds and though it may not affect > A treeless space may _ the onrush of a high fire but such a space, unless the 3 well cleared, is no obstacle to 2 as this, and indeed it may only ing the wind an opportunity o still more dangerous pro- In this fact lies the necessity clearing away of the de- ing operations and for care n of locations for the start- and in the extinguishing of new Dominion Bureau of For- ould undertake to collect as far as the records of the forest fires have occurred throughout Canada, be a very useful piece of work, d show in the most pointed ‘ loss to the national wealth cause. Rod and Gun in Canada British Columbia Forestry Association. A meeting of the executive of the Brit- ish Columbia Forestry Association was held in the rooms of the Forest and Stream Club on the 29th of August, with Mr. Hewitt Bostock, M.P., in the chair, the following gentlemen also being pre- sent :—Messrs. H. Alexander, T. Wilson, T. Cunningham, Bushnell, Duncan, E. Lewis, Boak, Ross, Howard, and Colonel Falk Warren. The by-laws and constitution, as drawn up by the committee, were submitted, discussed in detail, and adopted as a whole, after a few minor amendments had been made. These were set forth as the primary objects of the Association :— 1. To advocate and encourage judicious methods in dealing with forests and wood- lands. 2. To awaken public interest in the re- sults attending the wholesale destruction of forests in the deterioration of climate, diminution of fertility, drying up of riv- ers, streams, etc. 3. To endeavor to have further areas of unappropriated lands permanently re- served for timber purposes. 4. To encourage afforestation, promote tree planting, especially in treeless areas, upon farms, highways, in parks, villages, ete., and to regulate the felling of forest trees on lands granted to settlers. 5. To collect and disseminate informa- tion bearing on forestry in general. 6. To study the means whereby the pre- sent destruction of timber, incidental to clearing for settlement and cultivation, may no longer be a cost to the settler and a waste of public capital, but may be turned into an asset of revenue, without any charge to the settler. 7. To consider the advisability of the placing of inland waters under the Forest Department, and how the protection of these for the benefit of fish culture may be properly secured; and that the Forest Department be given charge of the pro- tection of game and fish and of the de- struction of noxious animals. The constitution provides for a mem- bership fee of $1 per annum, or $10 for life membership; also that the annual meeting be held in Vancouver on the sec- ond Monday of each year. We are pleased to see in the formation of the British Columbia Association the increasing interest which is being taken in forestry. The conditions of the lum- ber industry in that Province are of a special nature, and differ to so great a degree from those of the other provinces that the formation of a Provincial Asso- ciation is more of a necessity than else- where in the Dominion. We wish the British Columbia Association every suc- cess, and hope for a hearty co-operation between it and the Dominion Association. 345 Forest School at Yale. Through the kindness of Professor Henry 8S. Graves, we are in receipt of a copy of the programme of the Yale For- est School, which has just been estab- lished as a result of the munificent liber- ality of the Pinchot family. Graduates of colleges and scientific schools are ad- mitted to the course without examination, but for others an entrance examination in mathematics, botany, geology, chemistry, physics, German or French, English, and political economy must be passed. The regular course covers a period of two years. The subjects have been so ar- ranged that nearly all the preliminary work is completed in the first year. Enough technical forestry is, however, taught during the first year to enable the students to make sylviculture stud- ies, to investigate the growth of trees. and forests, to establish forest planta- tions and to make thinnings and other classes of cuttings. The second year is devoted to advanced technical work in the class-room and the field. Several tracts of woodland will be selected at or near New Haven, and excursions and field work will form an important part of the instruc- ; tion. After the spring vacation in the sec- ond year the entire work will be trans- ferred to the field, partly at Millford, Penn., and for the remainder of the time in the Adirondacks. There will be also a Summer School of Forestry at Millford, covering a two months’ course, which is intended for those wishing to obtain some general practical knowledge of forestry methods. This course should prove a very useful one to may persons interested in forestry who may find it impossible to take up the regular course. * * ” It is interesting to note that a number of trees in the burnt district in the city of Ottawa are again struggling back to life. There were a large number of mag- nificent elms directly in the pathway of the fire, and some of these were so com- pletely destroyed as to make it impos- sible for them to revive, and it was thought at first that all had been killed. A few, however, are again putting out leaves, and the prospects are that they will by another year be again fairly vig- orous. Some of these trees were quite close to the houses which were destroyed by the fire, but in most cases the wind was in such a direction as to drive the fire away from them so that they did not receive as much damage as they would have had the wind been in another direc- tion. It would take very many years to replace these trees as they stand at the present time, and it is very gratifying that even a few of them have been able to retain their vitality in spite of the in- jury they have received. 346 The American Forestry Association. Henry James, second Assistant Secretary. In April, 1882, the American Forestry Congress was organized in Cincinnati. The membership with which it began was very small. At that time it was only a year since Congress had made its first special appropr ation for forest work un- der Dr. Hough and the D’vision of For- estry of the U. 8. Department of Agri- culture had been established. There were no forest reserves in either the United States or Canada. The separate states hai not begun to wake up to the import- ance of preserving their forest resources and their water sheds, and throughout the country at large the people who knew what forestry is, or had any clear sense of the evils which would follow the waste- ful and unthinking destruction of Ameri- ean forests, were few and far between. To-day the assoc‘ation numbers about 1; 350 members, and is growing at the rate of several hundred a year. It publishes a monthly mag zine, and is co-operating hezrtily with many vigorous local organi- zations throughout the country. Nearly fifty million acres of public land have been set aside as forest reserves. In many states forest laws of more or less efficacy have been passed and a number of for- est ccmmissions and commissioners are Te- gularly appointed. In the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture the Division of Forest- ry has already azcomplished a great deal, and is monthly increasing its usefulness to the country. To give an _ account of the life of the American Forestry Asso- ciation entirely apart from _ the history of these eighteen years in the fcrestry movement at large, would be im- possible; partly because the promotion of this movement has been in so large a mea- sure the work of the Association, and partly because the men who passed legis- lative forms and carried on the campaign of education were at the same time the life of the Association. A brief account of its car-er as an assoviation is, however, intere ting as showing how great and im- portant a part of its history is buried in the lerger field of the forestry movement. Considering the Association’s object, this ‘ is probably the best thing that could be said of it. At its meeting in Cincinnati, the “Am- erican Forestry Congress” did little more than organize itself, elect officers, stir up a good deal of local enthusiasm, and ad- journ for what was to be officially record- ed as its first meeting, in Montreal. As stated in the original draft of the con- stitution, the object of the Congress was, “to encourage the protection and planting of forest and ornamental trees. and to promote forest culture.” The officers were: President, the Hon. Geo. P. Lor- ing, the Commissioner of Agriculture; re- Rod and Gun in Canada cording secretary, W. L. DeBeck; corres- pending secretary, D. D. Thompson: trea- surer, John A. Gano; and a number of ’ vice-presidents from different parts of the country. Mr. Gano declined the office of treasurer, and Mr. Geo. W. Trowbridge, of Glendale, Ohio, was elected to fill his place The meeting in Montreal in 1882. for which all arrangements were made by Mr. Wm. Little, was most successful. The attendance was large, sixty-three papers were read, the press was much interested, and the membership increased. Without delay or mishap the Congress was launch- ed-on its career of usefulness. ‘The Am- erican Forestry Association,’ an organiza- tion which had existed since the seventies. but the activity of which had not been very great, was ineorporated in the Con- eress. This latter did not change its name to the one it now becrs for several years. From this time on the history of the American Forestry Convress, later called the American Forestyy Association, is marked by a few events of exceptional preminence, but in the main the immedi- ate work of the Association was that of patient and pers‘stent agitation for results which. at the time, it was often difficult to perecive or define. Public opinion had to te stirred up and taught to express itself before reserves and muvh needed reforms could be obtained. The first thing to do was to get in touch with as many as pos- sikle of the people who were interested in the ob‘ects of the Association and to bring them into line. To this end two or wore me*tin>s were held in different parts of the country every year, and little by litt'e different communities were in- terested avd drawn into the movement for forest preservation. Frequently these mectings resulted in more or less imme- diate local legis'ative action: for bills and mrorials to the State Leivslature were often drafted, endorsed by the Associa- tion, and later presented. At one time the Association »ddressed a letter to the Governors of almost all the States, and at the same time memorialized their Legis- latures. Wherever possible the establish- ment of local forestry associations was en- ce uraged and promoted. The ned of a paid secretary who could give all his t'me to the work, is often men- tioned in the records, but for many years the lack of funds and the difficulty of firding a su'table person, presented ob-- stacles which could not be overcome. How- ever the main thing to do was to circulate as much printed matter as possible, and to stand ready to make the most of any op- portunity wh'ch m’ght come the Associa- tion’s way; and by one means or another a great deal was accomplished. At first scme local paper or magazine was usu-- ally persuaded to publish and distribute reccrds ani rerorts of the meetings and speeches. After a few years, however, the Association began to publish its own “proceedings.” It also undertook to is a regular bulletin. But of this only thi numbers appeared, for the Pennsylv Association, which ‘later found in Rethrock a secretary who could give m of his time to its work, had begun to 7 lish its bi-m nthly jou-nal, Forest and it was resolved to make that n zine the official organ of the Amer: Association. Later the Association reé ed the point where it was possible fo: to issue a journal of its own. It adoj the Forester, which had been found od Dr. John Gifford in ’95, and has issuec monthly since January, 1898. At the s time it abandoned the publication of - “Proceedings.” . J But the distribution of printed mat was only part of what could be done, a large field of use‘ulness remained o to the activity of the Association as s This was attended to chiefly by the F cutive Committee, which, composed of B. E. Fernow, chief of the Divi Forestry from 1886 to 1898, and a other men who were most actively i ested in the work, accomplished a gt deal. The Executive Committee, recer re-christened “The Board of Di ctor kept a sharp watch on everything t went on in the country, and lost no op tunitv of bringing the Association’s | port to any worthy obiect that need help, or of throwing its weight ¢ what was bad. At different times i employed an agent to look out fe progress of plans and projects w: Asscciation had brought into Co Speaking broadly there have hb pericds in the Association’s activity merge into exch other so gridua no dividing I'ne can be drawn; distinction is now none the less evid Dvrirg the early years the efforts of leaders of the forestry movement ° directed to avitating for forest : and to bring'ng ebout action of one I or another in the Federal or State Le latures. As time went on, however, f est reserves were ~ecured and many | were passed. Now, although much : remains to be hoped for in the way legislation, some of it can best be eft individual States, while a new and m difficult task has presented itself, tha turning the ground thus far gained to. best account. In seme places the { laws which have been placed on the tute books are practically useless for | of public oninion to compel their e 0 ment; everywhere the fire quest one in wh‘ch popular ignorance @ shortsightedness is the main source of e the re-erves are still misunderstood — maltreated; and lastly the enormous” imrortant wok of interesting the pr land owners has begun. Under ford Pinchot’s leadership the Divi Forestry is turning its energies in - “i divections thus indicated as much ag tific investigation, and it re- r the Forestry Association to do to help. ‘this means the old campaign over again, but on ie difficult plane. It is com- asy to show people that the ds iorest preservation, com- hard to persuade them that h definite effort on their part ake sure of it. The Associa- that the only way to do ths e scattered, but at last many, who are willing or eager to ad that the difference between a ember and one who is actually and ree_iving his magazine The only way to bring a yY up to the mark is to t 1.8 citizens, and to hope a , ‘ike the passage of the the President of the aside forest reserves, largely to its intlu- some of these ited. The one just subsequent appoint- the National Forestry e ort on ‘Lhe inaugura- forest policy,” in the the Association play- le it possible to save ds of thousands of t from wasteful exploita- ie wisdom of creating eady applauded, it will eciated in proportion for two or perhaps Again the adoption of thereby the establish- of regular communica- wherever situated, el public, is also a Association feels justly ig the whole eigh- sociation’s activity it less, if not impossible, e and say, “This much complished within the- last ”’ The fruit of the Asso- lies: largely in the public e try, which is at last vigor- . United States and now in- in Canada, and without laws, commissions, and re- ail nothing. For many years thas furnished this inter- z ground and a means for of its opinions in every sort nm all kinds of occasions. Lit- has helped it to grow, and its own size has been small it has gy of which the import- rdly be exaggerated. as fact forestry movement is finally so than the Association itself, be rejoiced over. ic has got somewhat accus- presence of the Association, as the orvanizat’on’s internal concerned, it is now chiefly t there be some individual to act, as a bureau of infor- + whatever is going on in the large, and to see to it that the misses no opportunity, how- f promoting the interests of tural mountain © WO very highly bred collies ar- rived here the other week from Belfast en route for New York. They were consigned to Mr. Jas. Watson, secretary of the Ameri- ean Collie Club, by whom they were pur. chased and imported, and consisted of a dog and bitch. The dog—Parkhill Galopin (late Ormskirk Leo)—was sired by Orms- kirk .Galopin ,ex Ormskirk Lioness, his grandsire being that famous dog Ormskirk Emerald, he by the equally famous Heath- er Ralph. Parkhill Galopin’s dam is also descended from Heather Ralph on the male side and from ch, Rufford Ormond on the female. He is a finely marked sable and white, good length of head, large size, splendid bone, and being only three years ‘old should make a grand stud dog. He was bred by that widely known judge and breeder, T. H. Stretch, of Ormskirk, who has raised many of the most celebrated collie winners of recent years. Parkhill Galopin’s winnings are: One first at Ayr, three at Govan, three at Greenock and spe- cial for best collie in the show. The bitch, Wishaw Jess, is by Heacham Galopin ex Stanton Lass. On the male side Wishaw Jess’s grandsire is Ormskirk Galopin, on the female ch. Rightaway. The bitch.is a tri-color, nicely marked black, tan and white, and was bred by the well-known Scottish breeder, Robert Tait, of Wishaw. Jess is of good size, with finely formed head of good length, and is in whelp to her fellow itraveller. The dogs were at the kennels of Mr. Joseph Reid, Logan’s Farm, for a few days, where they were inspected by a number of the local fanciers, and, of course, were subjected to a close scrutiny and a good deal of criticism, some of it favorable and some otherwise. The gen- ‘eral opinion was, however, that such a cap- able judge as Mr. Watson knows just ex- actly where he is when he tmported a “Galopin” dog for use in the United States. Laurel Laddie, the valuable collie be- longing to Mr, McAllister, Peterborough, is dead. His death was the result of the acci- dent he met with and recorded in last month’s issue. Everything possible was done to preserve his life, but the shock, combined with internal injuries received at the time, proved too much for an other- wise strong constitution. “Writing on the subject of “Dandy Dogs” a well-known writer says: “But it is when their pets are sick that ladies of high de- Conducted by D. Taylor. 347 AT THE KENNELS oe, it gree cast common-sense completely over- board. The fashionable canine surgeons are not easily astonished—as you may imagine. At the same time, ladies give them infinite trouble by their innumerable questions, not 9 mention the demonstra- tive agony they suffer over the ailments of their darlings. The Earl and Countess of burst into the very dingy surgery of an eminent ‘‘vet’’ ‘one day and asked after the health of a sick pug, who lay: there in a basket; the little brute was a monument of ugliness. “He is dying, my lord; dying, my lady,’ replied the ‘vet’ (a most correct man), with a sympathetic catch in his voice. Lady ——— at once be- came hysterical; she threw herself pros- trate on the dusty floor in her superb dress and gobbed aloud, commanding the digni- fied surgeon to kneel down and pray for the departing pug. The noble earl, too, was deeply moved, but he controlled his emotion, merely glaring at the bottles on the shelves and sniffing audibly. “Some doting mistresses send their suf- fering dogs 'to the ‘vet’s’ house to be board- ed there under the surgeon’s constant care. Now and then the latter is obliged to in- tercept the extravagant dainties brougat for his patient, and substitute plain, whole- some food, ‘Here is a funny story in this connection. One of the leading canine specialists was sent for by a titled lady to see her poodle, who was in a bad way. The moment the animal came into the drawing-room, the dog-doctor knew it was a case of over-feed- ing; so ‘Jacko’ was sent with tremendous pomp to the surgeon’s house to be treated. His anxious mistress did not neglect him, though. Twice a day, a splendid carriage drove up, and a footman brought round to the surgeon’s man a massive silver dish, whereon reposed some succulent bird. ‘How is Jacko to-day? the footman would ask, according to instructions. ‘Well, a little better, James; but still poorly,’ the other would reply. The° surgeon’s man would then take the tempting meal round to, the stables, eat it with immense relish, and then clean and polish the silver ready for the exchange dish, which he knew would be brought along in a few hours. For many days this went on, till at last. the surgeon remarked to his man: ‘I shall have to be sending Jacko home soon.’ ‘Don’t do it yet, sit,’ was the earnest and unexpect- ed reply; ‘I never lived so well in my life.’ -“ Another really clever canine ‘vet’ with a lucrative practice told me he had a sim- ple way of treating ladies’ pampered pets. 348 On receiving an over-fed toy dog, he would put him into a disused brick oven with a crust of bread, an onion, and an old boot. When the dog gnawed the bread, the sur- geon wrote the mistress that the dear little thing was ‘doing nicely.’ When it com- menced operations on the onion, word was sent that the pet was ‘decidedly better;’ but when the animal tackled the boot, the lady was respectfully informed that her darling was ‘ready to be removed,’—a ra- tional, if drastic eure.” The first bench show held in the United States was at Mineola, Suffolk Oounty, New York, on October 7th, 1874. It had 125 exhibits. The Western Canada Kennel Club’s field trials were held at La Salle, Manitoba, last month, lasting two days. Mr. Frank Rich- ards judged both the Derby and All Age stakes, giving good satisfaction. The wea- ther was very pleasant, being mostly clear weather. The Derby contained ten start- ers, neatly all of which showed high class form ‘though in an unfinished condition as vo training. This stake was finished at noon the the first day, the winners being Dum Dum, first; Okawa Valley, second; Fly, third; and Wapella Joe, Dandy and Sheriff V. H. C. The All Age stage was commenced in the afternoon, the first series of fifteen starters being run off before dark, the second series with Rod O’Light, Jr., Ella Wheeler, Shot, Nettie Kirby, Sport IV., Prince Ightfield, Rill, Fanlight, lghtfield Ripple and Mani- toba Bell carried over. The winners were Sport IV., first; Rod O’Light, second; Prince, third. This stake was exception- ally good, and the trials a success, the only draw-back being the scarcity of birds found: The care of a dog’s teeth is an important matter, which is not so much attended to by any means as it ought to be—probably, we suppose, because people shrink from what they regard as a not very pleasant duty. Yet a comparatively small amount of work is necessary to ensure the saving of a great deal of pain to, and trouble with, the animal later on. If we commence early, and from puppyhood upwards give attention to the teeth, they will certainly be preserved to the animal for a much longer time than otherwise would have been the case. Of course such an opera- tion as drawing a booth or part of a tooth eannot be undertaken successfully except by a veterinary surgeon or some other com- petent person, who has the proper instru- ments for the purpose. A great deal of the unpleasantness which often encircles dogs might be avoided entirely by attention to their teeth. The teeth of house dogs are apt to decay»much sooner than the teeth of dogs kept outside, because there is an Rod and Gun in Canada almest incurable disposition to give house dogs all sorts of nice things, which do them no good, but which certainly do their tecth a great deal of harm. In regard to puppies, the only time they need attention is when they are get- ting their second teeth. Then it is neces- sary to see that they are not troubled by anything in the nature of a» loose tooth which needs to be lifted out, and which, if not removed, will, of course, interfere with ‘the growth of+the permanent tooth below it, and, by setting up inflammation, will cause the animal a great deal of un- mecessary suffering. In must large towns a veterinary surgeon is to be found who has made a special study of dogs, and whose advice should be sought now and ride of zine dissolved in an ordinary eigh ounce medicine bottle will be of val A strength. It should be used once a da a few days to the teeth of any dog show an accumulation of tartar, and effect will be to gradually soften the some of which can then be carefully ed away by the aid of a pen-knife, course, it will be necessary to deal a matter like this very carefully, as it not do to hurt the dog, for then there be a great difficulty in getting him ¢ low any further operation. The best j is to proceed slowly amd only do a little at a time; it is quite useless to attempt finish off a job like this thoroughly satisfactorily at one sitting. When a dog has unyleasant teeth, Pickerel Lake, en route to Lake car again in regard to the teeth. This is far better than a lot of amateur tinkering. It is more in the direction of preventing the teeth from becoming unpleasant that the owner can act without advice. It is especi- ally the case with animals that are getting old that their teeth become coated more or less thoroughly with tartar, which gra- dually works its way down toward the roots, forcing the teeth apart and setting up inflammation of the gums. This cannot be altogether prevented, but it can to a very large extent by the use of a suitable mouth-wash now and again if there be any sign of an accumulation of tartar. Various things have been recom- mended, but the best lotion for preventing the growth of tartar is a very weak solu- tion of chloride of zine; five grains of chlo- necessary that some medicine should given from time to time, and first of all” ahimal should be ‘taken to a specialist t have any stumps or decayed teeth ref ed, because until this operation has bect contpleted it is quite useless to hope for : better state of things. But when once th: operative part has been completed, all tha remains is.to see that the dog has som stimulating and. alterative medicine, an¢ then take care that attention is given regu larly to the state of the teeth to preven them from going back to their former con dition. Ii, when the teeth are in a state they be still neglected, the result wil most likely be to establish canker in thi mouth, which is a most offensive troubl and causes the dog a great deal of sufferim and misery. Canker in the mouth ij th of the end of a good many pet ‘have been pampered and treat- mistaken kindness, and when: it ‘so unpleasant and causes so much ‘that it is desirable, almost, to put out of the way at once, instead of ig any cure. As regards the treat- hen matters have arrived at this oly stage, that consists, first of all, yper examination of the mouth to ; any teeth, or portions of teeth, e removed. Then a lotion will > used, and for this purpose the of zinc lotion mentioned in a pre- agraph will answer very well. we have just been dealing us of another matter which be atitended to, but which, causes a great deal of pain to the ailment, like history, nd finally becomes well-nigh We refer to the inflamed state ys from which many dogs suffer, 8 d for sporting purposes, apt than other dogs to atter when working in nd scratching about out of around the claws becomes and the dog seems to ; in walking; after a time ae in bathing the paws two jay in warm water con- quantity of permanganate after each time of -bath- ‘a little simple ointment. also have occasional doses ine, such as cascara sag- il, Epsom salts, which is ; best things that can pos- to clear the blood. The dog nt should be rested for a t material, such as hay. If to suffer very great . solution of lead known as act’? makes a. good lotion a combination of Gon- 2 al - and tincture of opium will results of all. only by scratching and other s that dogs have trouble with ws. There is another cause for in- jon and lameness which is diametri- ) ‘bo that which has been de- ed in the preceding paragraph, and a lap dogs and other lazy speci- of the canine tribe, and that springs grown claws, which, when they ‘sufficiently elongated, have a tend- turn in and gradually work their > the flesh. It seems hardly credit- ‘negligence should be carried so allow a state of things like this to . Yet it is so, and of course, unless it is attended to at once, it. 0, an¢ shou ld be housed on a Rod and Gun in Canada the things can be easily prevented by clip- ping off the ends of the claws cautiously 90 as not to cut into the quick. The rea- son why dogs get overgrown claws is, we presume, that they are never allowed to run about on the hard roads, where, in the case of an ordinary animal, the mere me chanical effect produced by rubbing against the stones will keep the claws filed down. We always advocate an examina- tron of a dog’s foot if ever he shows the slightest signs of lameness, so that it can be ascertained at once whether he has a thorn or other foreign substance sticking in the foot, and then, of course, it will be easy to see whether anything has gone wrong with one or other of the nails.—Our Dogs. * * * (m Under the title, “The Ambulance Dog,” a German captain has recently published a pamphlet, which gives some interesting details of the work done by dogs trained for this noble purpose. A society exists in Germany which occupies itself solely with this class of dog and last year it could boast’of 700 members and forty dogs. By way of trial there are collies attached to six battalions of Chasseurs, and German sheep- dogs and Airedales to four other batta- lions. Preference is given to bitches, as being more reliable. About $1,000 is spent annually in training these animals. In the current number of The Strand magazine there appears a very interesting illustrated interview with Herr Bungartz, the origin- ator of the scheme for employing dogs in this manner, from. the pen of Frederick A. Talbot. By way of introduction the writer says: Few members of the brute creation pos- sess the intelligence, sagacity, fidelity, and reliability with which this animal is so characteristically gifted. The shepherd would sooner part with his home than be deprived of his faithful collie—the safe- guard of his flock. Then what an unfad- ing, glorious roll of fame is associated with the dogs of St. Bernard in their heroic res- cues of exhausted travellers from death. Numerous instances could be cited where the dog has rendered invaluable services as life-saver, messenger, guardian, and what not. But it is extremely doubtful whether the animal has ever been subjected to a stranger and more dangerous, albeit hu- mane and necessary, service than that for which it is retained in the German army. The military authorities of that country have trained the dog to become a four- footed member of the Red Cross Socety, to minister to and ‘to succor the wounded on ihe battlefield. besides fulfilling other du- ties which it would be either impossible, or undesirable, for an ordinary soldier to fulfil. Needless to say the dog, with its innate proclivity, has accommodated itself to the requirements of its new duties, not- withstanding their arduous nature, with great readiness, and has already proved 349 itself to be, under certain conditions, a more apt and thorough servant than the soldier himself. The outfit of the dog consists of a little saddle-bag fastened round his body. It contains a small quantity of nourishing and stimulating refreshments. Then he also carries a small supply of surgical band- ages in a wallet something similar to that which is sewn up in a coat of every Eng- lish soldier, and which the man can utilize for the purpose of binding up his own wounds if he is sufficiently strong to do so. Over these two bags is wound a coverlet with a large Red Cross imprinted upon it, to designate the mission in which the dog is engaged. The dog is accompanied by a conductor. When the battle field is reach- ed the dog immediately commences itis search, and so sensitive are its faculties that it will trace out ‘the concealed wound- ed with astonishing celerity and ‘surety. When it has found the man it lies down beside him and attracts his attention. The man, if he be not too exhausted, releases the saddle-bag containing the refreshments, and also the surgical bandages. The dog remains by him, and presently, if the man has regained ,his strength and bound up his wounds, he follows 'the dog, who guides him quickly back to the conductor, who in turn signals the ambulance bearers, and the rescued soldier is quickly removed to the hospital. If, when the doy reaches a wounded man, and after lying beside him for a few minutes finds that the soldier makes no effort bo obtain the food, the animal recognizes intuitively that some- thing serious is amiss, and accordingly has- tens back to his conductor, who, seeing that the bag on the animal’s back has not been touched, and answering the dog’s mute appeals, follows it, and is soon brought to the wounded soldier, who was, perhaps, too weak to assist. himself \upon the dog’s former visit. ' But it is at night that the dog displays its cleverness to the best’ advantage. In addition ‘to the foregoing accoutrements adjusted to its body the animal is provided with a little bell upon its collar, something similar to the sheep bell, which is con- stantlytinkling. The wounded soldiers are able to hear this tinkling, and the slightest movement they may e is immediately: realized by the dog, since its ear is far more sensitive ‘than the human ear, so that it is enabled to receive sounds which are absolutely inaudible to the conductor Herr eauaete is of opinion that the dogs best adapted, and indeed the only ones that can accomplish the task satisfac- torily, are the Scotch collies. Not the modern collie, however, which has some- what deteriorated in the essential charac- teristics for which it has so long been famed, but the old type of collie, now esomewhat difficult to obtain. But it would be unfair to quote further from what is really an instructive as well as an interest- ing article, and so we leave our readers to procure it) for. themselves, assuring them that its perusal will afford both profit and enjoyment. 350 . . THE Conducted by “ Bob White.” Rod and Gun RU GUN il Sherbrooke (Que) Gun Club Tournas ment. — The weather was excellent. Many ex- pected Canadians were not present. The scores are as follows: First Day, Sept. 6. Events 1, 6, were at 10 targets; 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, at fifteen targets; 5 and 10 at twenty targets; the last figure is per- centage for those shooting in all matches: J. 8. ae a 15, 18, 14, 17, 9, 14, 14, 13, 19, am 13, . Le Roy Woodward, 14, 14, 13, 16, 9, 14, 15, 14, 18, 14, 15, 86.1. Cay 5 14 18, 14 14, 14, 10, 16, 8, 13, 13, 12, 17, 15, 15, 86.1 W.’L. Golville—10, 10, 14, 10, 15, 10, 11, 13, 12, 18, 12, 11, 81.1 T. M. Craig—7, 10, 13, 13, 16, 8, 15, 11, 14, 16, 13, 13, 82.7. Cc. G. pson—7, 11, 10, 10, 19, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 13, 14, 80. ©. D. White—10, 9, 13, 15, 17, 10, 14, 8, 12, 12, 11, 78.8 J. &. Walton—8, 11, 11, 11, 16, 8, 12, 11, 15, 15, 15, 12, 11, 78.3. N. G. cali 9, 12, 12, 15, 8, 12, 12, 14, 16, 13, iL, 777. G. B. Walton—7, 12, 10, 12, 17, 8, 14, 12, 10, 16. ( @:4 E. Loomis—6, 12, 13, 9, 1, 8, 10, 11, ig a 10, 13, 0, 14, 0, 0, 10. . G. Bullard—11, il, 10, 11, 5, 8, 6, 10. H. Norton—6, 9, 7, 7 6, 9, 8 W. Neil—6, 10, 13, 9, 10. . W. Galbraith—7, 16, 9. Second Day, Sept. 7. Nos. 1 and 10 at ten targets, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8. 9, 11, 12 at fifteen targets; 5 and 10 at pe targets: : LeRoy Woodward—9, 13, 12, 14, 18, 9, i 14, 13, 20, 14, 14; 90.1. J.8, Fanning—8, 14, 14, 11, 17, 10, 13, 12, 15, 19, 15, 13; 89.4. Capt. Bartlett—7, 13, 14, 11, 17, 8,514, 12, 15, 15, 12, 13, 83 E. G. Whites 15, 11, 12, 15,. 9, 14,138; 12, 18, 10, 14; W. L.. Colville 7, 13, 13, 15, 18, 9, 12, 8, 11, 16, 12, 11; 80.5. fi. Craig—8, 13, 11, 13, 18, 8, 10, 10, 14, 10, 14, 15; D. P» Poste Shani} 12, 11, 9, 16, 9, 15, 13, 14. 16, 13, 11; 82.2, - N. G. Bray—-9, 11, 12, 12, 16, 8, 12,10, 14, 15, 138, 14; 81.1. J. G. Wa ides 7: ha at BE 16, 9, 13,. 12, 13, 17, 11, 13; 80.5. C. G. Thompson—8,, 13, 10, 10, 18, 6, 11, 9, .12,'15, 13, 133:,71.1. ©. D. White—5, 11, 13, 10, 16, 8, 12, 8, 12, 17; ll, 14; 70.5. B. H. Norton—7, 12, 11, 9, 10, 5, 5,9, 4 17, 6, 6.- J. H. Cameron—, 6, 9, 9, 9, 6, 8, 7, 4, 10, 13, 7. G. B. Walton—9, ll, 10, 12. W. E. Loomis—15, 10, 9, 14, 4, 8 8. J. 'W. Kirkpatrick—8, 11, 12. R. T. Eastman—ll, 13. H. G. Bullard—l0, 15, 5, 9, 12, 11, 12. W. B. Neil—8. C. H. Foss—12, 11. * * * Toronto Rod and Gun Club. The annual meeting of the above club was held on Monday, September 17th, in the parlors of the Dominion Hotel, corner of Queen and Sumach Streets. The meet- ing was a representative one, and cer- tainly the most successful ever held by the club. There was a splendid turnout of members, all of whom were enthusias- tic over the prospects for the best sea- son’s pleasure they have yet experienced. The gentlemen elected to the various of- fices are well-known lovers of the rod and gun, and in whom the members have every confidence. ‘Through the courtesy of the directors of the Ontario Jockey Club, extended since the formation of the Toronto Rod and Gun Club, a portion of Woodbine track has been placed at the disposal of the club for the purposes of a shooting grounds, and no doubt the same privilege will be granted during this season. No finer or more convenient location can be found in Canada. Arrangements have been fully made for the supplying and trapping of pigeons by Mr. J. H. Bontoft, who is a past-master in the business. It was decided to reduce the cost of blue rocks from a cent and a half each to one cent each, a change which will be much appreciated. Spar- rows will also be provided by an expert. As the club is ‘in a sound financial con- dition, instructions were given to have it incorporated. This will not only be a protection to the members, but will give the club a wider scope. The officers elected were as follows :— President, Mr. J. Edwin Cook; vice-presi- dent, Mr. R. G. Davidson; secretary, Mr. Harry J. Page; treasurer, Mr. J.°H. Thompson; captain, Mr. J. J). Coulter; official referee, Mr. ‘Thomas D. Ellis. Executive Committee—Messrs. Thomas A. Duff, Thomas D. Ellis, Frank Ball, W. W. Jeffers, Alf. J. Jackson, M. Hutehih- son, and Thos. Fitzhenry. A very cordial vote of thanks was ten- dered to the retiring president, Mr. Alf, in Canada ‘ringing together a great many C: J. Jackson, for the efficient manner — which he discharged his duties since t inauguration of the club. It is felt everyone that Mr. Jackson did more th any other member of the club, and success is largely attributable to the forts put forth by him in its behalf. E All lovers of the rod and gun ed to join. A splendid season’ ment awaits them. The members is $2 per annum, and the secrete dress is 426 Sackville Street. ae * * Toronto Traps—McDowell’s There was a big-turnout to Me Labor Day shoot, and several i j team and individual matches ety: sk The scores :— Team match at 10 birds— 9 W: ‘Thompson .. ... ilson Marshall 6 Richardson . Franks . 8 Moore ay Total ay 23 Total . - Match No. 2— GSE Richardson .. .. 7 Franks .. .. Thompson .. ... Wilson . Marshall ‘.. 7 Moore . “Total .. so... 23 Total Match No. 3— oe Richardson 8 Moore .. . hall 8 Thompson Wilson. Franks.. . Roberts 7 Richards .. Potil:. vats 30. Total... .. Match No. 4, 25 birds— Thompson .. ... 21 Richardson Moore .. .. .... 21 Roberts .. Marshall .. .. .. 19 Richards .. Wilson); 25 938 : Match No. 5, 10 birds— Thompson .. ... 9 Wilson . Marshall -.. Moores. 3vnsne Richardson .. .. 7 * * « ; Hamilton Gun Club Tour The autumn tournament of ilton Gun Club, September 1 and a big success, an attractive pro crack shots. Among the visitors distance were:—F, H. Conover, Li ton; J. Wayper, the Hespeler_ Pollard, Chicago; H. D.. Bates, town, champion live bird shot of and the United States; G. W. Williams; Bradley, whose shooti is Robin Hood; Thomas, Tore Brantford team—-Montaonment! hays, Westbrook and Cutliffe; Mitchell, Sarnia; Robins; G. Reid ville and J. Townsend, Toronto. The proceedings commenced wi hoisting of a brand new flag, pr to the club by Mr. George Crawf: Birdsall, secretary, welcoming t ors in a short, pithy speech. Canover, the Leamington man, § sh for the score and not for the prizi represents the celebrated Dupont BE Wilmibiton, Del., and his own was the best possible sort of ad- hays and Montgomery, of the ‘team, showed splendid form, the particular being at or near the 7 event. He did not compete event of the day, or certainly carried off the day’s honors. n shot in the best form of all contestants, and was well up in in which he took part. nerchandise event produced five ‘each, and the first prize went Graham, of Hamilton, in the of the club are:—Dr. J. E. ssident; W. Langhorn, vice- rry Graham, secretary; F. B. urer; James Crooks, cap- rnament Committee is:— Dr. Hunt, George Crawford, r, Albert Smyth, T. Up- ‘1, 10-bird sweep, $1 entrance Graham 9, Summerhays 9, 9, Conover 8, Pollard 8, Sut- brook 6, Murdock 6, Be D-. 6, Dr. Hunt 6, Birdsall 6, 20-bird sweep, $5 added by ce—Montgomery 19, Cono- , Summerhays 17, Wayper Graham, 14, H. D. Rates Westbrook 12, Pollard 12, techer 12, Stewart 12. , 15-bird sweep, ‘$1.50 en- er 14. Summerhays 14, Price ry 13, Murdoch 13, Cutcliffe . Wavper 12. H. D. Bates m 11. Thomas 11, Brigger 10, , Pollard 6. . 4, 15-bird sweep, $3 added bv entrance—Montgomery 14, Way- erhays 13, Fletcher 12, Brig- Wilson 12, Conover 11. Upton A. D. Bates 11, C. Hunt 11, Vestbrook 10. Graham 10, Cut- Crooks 9, H. D. Bates 8, Pol- No. 5, 20-bird sweep, $5 added by trance—Montgomerv 18, Price 18. Dr. Wilson 17, Summer- festbrook 16, H. D. Bates 16, . Conover 14, Bennett 14, A. 4. Cline 13, Brigger 12, Bang 0. 6, 10-bird sweep, entrance $1 r 10. Summerhays 10, Montgom- r. Wilson 9. Price 9. Fletcher 8, 8, Wayper 8. Pollard 7, Mur- Graham 6. Cutcliffe 6, Brigger 6, 5, Cline 5. No. 7, 15-bird sweep, $3 added bv ) entranee—Brigger 14, Cline 14, nery 14, Conover 13 Dr. Wilson , . Bates 13. Summerhays 18, Way- » Price 11.: Westhrook 10. Fletcher i . Bates 8, Bang 7, Cutcliffe 6, Ben-} Rod and Gun in Canada - Event No. 8, 20-bird sweep, $5 added by club, $2 entrance—Conover 19, Dr.. Wilson 19, Montgomery 18, Summerhays 17, H. D. Bates 16, Cline 15, Price 3, Brigger 11. Event No. 9, 15-bird sweep, $1.50 en- trance—Conover 14, Dr. Wilson 13, Sum- merhays 11, Price 10, Bradley 8. Event No. 11, 20-bird sweep, $5 added by club, $2 entrance—Montgomery 18, -H. D. Bates 17, Price 17, Summerhays 16, Dr. Wilson 15, Wayper 15, Conover 15, Cline 13, Brigger 13, Westbrook 13. Event No. 12, 15-bird sweep, $1.50 en- trance—Montgomery 14, Westbrook 14, Conover 13, Summerhays 13, Dr. Wilson 12, Brigger 12, Cline 12. H. D. Bates 12, Price 12, A. D. Bates 12, Bang 10, Pol- lard 9, Bennett 7, Upton 7, Mitchell 7. SECOND DAY. Event No. 1, 10-bird sweep, $1 entrance —Birdsall 10, Conover 10, Cline 9, Price 9, Wayper 9, Mitchell 9, Montgomery 9, H. D. Bates 9, Dr. Wilson 8. Upton 8, H. Dynes 7, Summerhays 7, Brigger 7, Ben- net 7, Pollard 6, Westbrook 5, Bang 3. Event No. 2. 20-bird sweep, $5 added, $2 entrance—H. D. Bates 20. Wayper 20, Price 19, Montgomery 18, Summerhays 17, Dr. Wilson 16, Brigger 16, Conover 15, Wayper 15, Robins 15. Event No. 3, 15-bird sweep, $3 added, $1.50 entrance—G. Reid 15, Summerhays 15, Bennett 14, Conover 14, Westbrook i4, Montgomery 14, Price 13, Robins 13, Thomas 12, Mudd 12, Dr. Wilson 11, -H, D. Bates 11, Westbrook 11, Pollard 11, Cline 10. Event No. 4, 15-brd sweep, $1.50 en- trance—Wayper 15, Montgomery 14, Rob- ins 14, Dr. Wilson, 13, S»mmerhays 13. Price 13, H. D. Bates 12 Mudd 12. Cut- cliffe 12, Conover 11. Brigger 10, West- brook 9, Mitchell 9. Pollard 9, Lees 7. Event No. 5, 20-bird sweep, $5 added, $2 entrance—Wayper 20, Wilson 19, Mont- comery 18, Summerhays 18. Conover 16, . D. Bates 15, Bennett 15, Reid 15. Brig- ger 14, Price 14, Westbrook 13, Robins 13, Thomas 13. Cutcliffe 11. Townsend 10. Event No. 6, 25 bird handicap for Beil organ, valued at $75, entrance $3 Hit. Given. Ttl. FrSieepr ©." 24 Bio, Bates... 1 Summerhays .. ....... 24 0 24 Dr. Wilson.. .. .. 22 1 23 PROMO T Ce ee Gi RS Be 20 3 23 Montgomery .. ........ 23 0 23 POMP ies G es dons welts 22 0 22 A. D. Bates 18 3 21 PhiCe cS eer i ul, .20 1 21 pron ee 17 3 20 Brigger... 18 2 20 DDASALL Seo le tess 19 1 20 GAHAN alt so Ae NETS 20 0 20 Crawiord: oii 506 23 13 5 18 E. W. Clifford......... 13 5 18 Conover, birds only.... 24 0 24 Shoot off of tie :— ERE 8 OG 525 7 = Rar a 21 1 22 Summerhays. . , 21 0 21 Event No. 7, 15 bird sweep, $3 added; $1.50 entrance—Price 15, Conover 14, Sum- merhays 14, Montgomery 14, Mudd 14, Brigger 13, Wayper 13, Reid, 13, Robins 12, Wilson 11, H. D. Bates 10. Westbrook 10, Birdsall 8, Bennett 7, A. E. Clifford 6. Event No. 8. 20 bird sweep, $5 added; $2 entrance—Montgomery 20, Birdsall 19. Conover 19, Summerhays 19, Wayper 19, Wilson 17. Brigeer 16, H. D. Bates 16, Price 16, Bang 15. Event No. 9, 15 bird sweep, entrance 1. nover 15, Summerhavs 15, Way- per 14, Montgomery 14, Price 13, Wilson i Thomas 12, Brigger 10, Upton 7. 351 No. 10 event (unfinished first day), merchandise shcot, 33 prizes, best two scores in five trials at ten birds each to count—H. Graham 20, Price 20, Wayper 20, Robins 20, Hunter 20, J. Smyth 19, Montgomery 19, Summerhays 19, Cline 19, Bang 19, Upton 19, Cutcliffe 19, G. Reid, Dunnville, 19, Dr. Wilson 19, Birdsall 19, H. D. Bates 18, Oliver 18, Dr. Hunt 18, Bennett 18, Mudd 18, A. D. Bates 17, M. Fletcher 17, Brigger 17, H. Dvnes 17, Tremayne 16, W. 938s 16, A. W.. Pal- mer 15, W. Stewart 15, Westbrook 15, Crawford 15, A. E. Clifford 14, 'Towns- end 14, KE. W. Clifford 13. The above 33 men won the prizes in or- der. The 20’s shot off and Harry Gra- ham, of this city, and G. W. Price, of St. Williams, kept on hitting every tar- get so long that they at last agreed to stop, Graham taking first prize, a $35 sew- ing machine, and Price (by his own choice) second prize, a $80 case of cut- lery. In addition to the winners the fol- lowing men shot one or more series and made the scores given :—James Crooks, birds only, 18; Conover, birds only, at two series only, 16; Murdoch, 12; John- son, 11; Mitchell, 11. A. Smyth, one series only, 7; Griffith, 5; C. Hunt, one series only, 5; G. Reid, Hamilton, one series only, 4. * * ® Walkerville Tournament. Walkerville Gun Club held their annual tournament on Labor Day, and, as usual, it proved one of the best shoots of the season. The club this year installed a magautrap, and this contributed to the attractiveness of the shoot. The principal events of the day were ‘the contest for the King trophy, repre- senting the championship of Essex Coun- ty; the Walker tankard, the high average prize, and the three-man team race. The King trophy had been redeemed from W. A. Smith, Kingsville, who had held it for over a year, and it was hotly contested for by J. T. Miner, Kingsville, and A. W. Reid, Walkerville. These tied with a score of 60 each out of 50 singles and 10 pairs, and Mr. Reid won on shooting off the tie. i The contest for the Walker trophy was also a hot one between these two cracks. Miner lead nearly all day, but was tied by Reid in the last event but one, and in shooting off the latter, a short race at 10 birds, Mr. Reid was again victorious. This being his second win of the Walker tro- phy, it became his absolute property. The three-man team race proved a vic- tory for Messrs. Smith and Miner, Kings- ville, and ‘“Walsrode’”’ Conover, Leaming- ton, who each scored 14 out of 15, or a total of 42 out of 45, beating the next best team by 4 birds. The high average cash prizes were won by J. T. Miner, 86; “Walsrode’”’ Conover 83, and T. Wear 82 out of 100 shot at. The following are the scores, the contest for the King trophy being at 50 single and 10 pairs or 70 targets, and for the 357 Walker trophy 100 singles, this score also including that for high average :— King Walker Name. Trophy. Trophy. W. A. Smith, Kingsville.... 52 81 J. T. Miner, Kingsvilfe.... 60 86 E. G. Swift, Walkerville... 45 75 G. W. Mutter, Walkerville... — 76 T. Webster, Walkerville.... — 76 A. W. Reid, Walkerville.... 60 88 E..C. Clark, Walkerville.... 55 78 T. Reid, Walkerville....... 70 53 T. Wear, vwindsor.......... 60 82 *‘Walsrode,’’ Leamington.... 56 83 Cox, Detroit .. ........... 56 — Cady, Detroit. . 55 — Three-man team contest at 45 targets, 15 each— First team— Smith. 14 Miviers i605 cae Sosa pa exces 14 Walsrode 14 PP OGAL (eek be esau «Suen dos Shien fe Wiens 42 Second team— Weed is ae aE Rae as 12 Onde cs cae ae er het aes: 12 Cox . if Aris Beye, ose nempe ee rman! crit . .38 Third team— Me ees sweeper eke ae CNarereteee ie ccoaw ore ictal wal entero ae AR Bio cas cv wity OU ac wiles ee Fourth team— ders os esi v's iat Oo plata Ge eam he Peale epithe ie as hee eG See eee eee * * * Woodsteck Gun Club. The Oxford county championship gun club shoot was held September 21st at the fair grounds at Woodstock, Ont. Al- though there was quite a strong wind, the shooting was the best of the season. The conditions were ten live birds and twenty blue rocks, the total to count. Joe Thompson carried off the palm by making a score of 29 out of a possible 30. Mat. Virtue made 28, and General Grant 27. The shoot was a sweepstake for $15 and was the first of a series for a Virtue Spe- cial bicycle donated by Mat. Virtue. The conditions for the rest of the matches will be the same as yesterday, and any member wishing to contest for the wheel must challenge yesterday’s champion and put up $10 to cover all expenses for birds, etc., and must give one week’s notice. All shooters will have the same chance, as it is a handicap series. Luckwell and Longmore were shooting only for practice. The, following is the score :— Rod and Gun in Ganada Peg! live birds—Thompson 10; Virtue 10; 20 at rocks—Thompson 19, Virtue 18, Grant 18, Luckwell 15, Longmore 14. % * * A Galt (Ont.) Gun$Club. A large and enthusiastic meetnig ot shooters was held at the Market Hotel, Galt, Ont., on September 24th, and or- ganized themselves into what will be kniown ais ‘thle |Newlands ,Trap-shooting and Game Protective Association. The following staff of officers were elected:— Hon. President—A. G. Gourlay. President—R. Patrick, jr. Vice-President—A. B. Smith. Secretary-Treasurer—Andrew Newlands. Field Captain—Josh Wayper, Hespeler. Managing Committee—E. Bowman, Hes- peler; H. D. Monachie, R. J. Dracey, and A. W. Thomson. * * = H. D. Bates Champion. Mr. H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, Ont., again demonstrated that he is one of the best pigeon shots on this continent, by winning a second time the Gilman & Barnes international live bird medal, from the crack shots of Canada and the United States, at Jack Parker’s shoot, Detroit, Mich., on September 14th, with a score of 25 straight. Bates was in warm com- pany, such crack American shots as Heikes, Third Portage on Montreal River en route|to Lake Temagaming. Crosby, McMurchy, Budd and Du Bray being competitors. Mr. Bates, has, within a year, three international live bird events, The Gilman & Barnes medal twice and tl Grand American Handicap at New Yo last spring, besides many creditable loc victories, a record of which any one mig’ well be proud. We have much pleas in congratulating him on his splendid su cess. : Harrow Shoot. Harrow (Oont.) Gun Club held annual blue rock shoot September The principal contests were for high 4 age and for the Auld Cup, tthe latter o: to Harrow shooters, and required to won three times to become the absol property of any shooter. High average | of 80 shot at, were J. T. Miner, Kin ville, 68; Cox, Detroit, 67 and Kingsville, 61. Oscar Pastorius of Harrow club won the Auld Cup with 16 out of 20, his closest competitor being Kenneth Ferris, who scored 15. 4 * * * fe’ Among the Canadian shooters who ¢ tended Parker’s shoot at Detroit, Ia month and gave a good account of the selves were J. T. Miner, Kingsville, W. and T. Reid, Walkerville, and gomery, Summerhays and Westbroc Brantford. Rod and Gun Ly y>-——y wu “ AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Conductediby H.$McBean Johnstone ea aOo o ( in Canada ad 7 - Canada and the Camera. NADA, probably more than any “country on the face of the earth, ‘owes a debt of gratitude to the camera. Were it not for the development of photography opular lines, the annual rushes of on to this wonderland of nature _ small in comparison to its pre- portions. At least two-thirds of aen who come here from the -and the Old Country bring cameras m, varying from those of the small varieties to the largest and ive instruments on the mar- a enthusiasts are doing much p new resorts in what has been amed God’s country. They are with snapping Niagara Falls pids and other similar civil- but they turn their faces from parts and seek out solemn fastnesses, that have never ck of the camera shutter. rdship and danger for the sake photogram of some particu- ing scene, and the result is that e daily being induced to desert the paths of travel to turn over more of the great book of nature. why leave all this for outsiders to ? Surely every Canadian kodaker can to advertise his country. To quote the December, ’99, number of Rod \ Sun’s photographic department: “O, eur, amateur, why waste your good 2s and time lying around Newport and g Branch, taking snap-shots at the r-fools who wear red coats, when ‘with a chum and a dog, or canoeing own the Ottawa or the St. Lawrence, and the same time adding to your stock of pictures that would not only est yourself and your friends for the year, but, sent to your acquaintances ss the border and in other countries, d show them that Canada is far more the ‘Lady of the Snows,’ and would ; them over here next “year armed cameras and plates galore to take impressions, more vivid by far, than ing could ever give them.” three ways. “These are some of the things you can do, and thereby learn how you have wasted your previous life.’’—Frederic Irland. Flashlight Portraiture. Portraits can be made at night by flash- light, that are fully the equal of portraits made in daylight, but the flash-light por- traits are much harder to get. One reason for this is the tendency of flash-light pow- ders to throw deep and heavy shadows, which unless overcome, will totally spoil the picture. Profile portraits are much easier to get by flash-light, than full.face or three-quarter face portraits. The cause of this is that if the subject looks anywhere near directly at the flash-light, the eyes wil! have an unnatural stare that will make the negative worthless. Profile exposures lend themselves particularly well to flash- light work. I saw a series of profiles a short time ago that I could not believe were flashlights until positively assured that they were. s The two main points in flashlight por- traiture, according to my idea, are the moderation of the shadows and the proper exposure, the importance of the latter, going, of course, without saying. Where the subject is seated with face three-quar- ters to the light, the shadows, which will be certain to appear if one of these devices is not used, may be lightened by any of A good way is to place the sitter so that a gas light will light the off side of the face. This will relieve the shadow very effectively, but it may be found necessary to give a few seconds ex- posure with the light lit before the flash is exploded. If the negative were develop- ed at this stage, that is, before the flash were made, the result would be a negative with one side of the face and figure faint- ly exposed and the balance, the side on which the flash is to be set off, clear glass. This first exposure will lighten the shadow that would be cast were the flashlight the only exposure. It is perhaps unnecessary to state that the subject should not move until the entire exposure is complete. The gaslight need not be extinguished while the flash is being made, but the camera should be so placed as not to include it in the picture. A double thickness of cheese cloth should be placed between the subject and the flash, far enough away from the _ powder so as not to take fire. That is one way: of lightening the sha- dows, and probably the easiest and most ioe! effective way. Amother way is to use a re- flecting screen. This should be placed ex- actly as if you were taking a daylight por- trait and wished to reflect some window light. upon the off side of the face. Its ob- ject, of course, is to catch some of the flash- light and throw it back again upon the dark side of the subject. Still another way of relieving the shadows is by using two or more flashlights. Professional photo- graphers who work much with flashlight frequently use this method, which is rather too elaborate for the average amateur to attempt. lt comprehends, say a flash set off on each side of the subject, one of course lighter than the other, so that one side of the face will be in partial shadow, and neither flat, being entirely unshadow- ed, or crude by being over-developed on one side and clear glass on tthe other. These flashes, and there are often more than two, must be exploded simultaneously, of course, and as I said the amateur can probably get equally good results from the simpler of the methods suggested. Now, regarding the relative positions of sitter, camera and flash. A very good po- sition is to place the subject three-quarter face to the camera. The flash should not be directly at the back of the camera, for that would produce staring eyes and flat- ness of face. Place the flashlight appara- tus two or three feet above the camera, and about the same distance to one side. Tf the sitter is looking to the right of the camera the flashlight should be placed on the left; in other words away from the sit- ter’s eyes. This will give you a face with full exposure on one side, but rather heavy shadow on the other. The shadow can be lightened, however, by any of the methods I have suggested. In making a profile photogram, the sub- ject should be seated side of face to camera, and ‘the flash should be placed in about the same position as before, two or three feet above the camera and say two feet to one side. Amateurs will probably understand that in taking profile the flash . should be placed to the face side of the subject rather than the hair side, so in other words, that the flash will shine to an extent directly in the subject's face. Lightening the shadows is not so important a matter in profile as it is not so necessary to give the effect of contour as in full face or three-quarter face portraits. A dark and rough background is the best for flashlight portraiture because the dark fabric prevents the shadows thrown by the subject from being so noticeable and its rough surface absorbs tthe light. The sub- ject should be placed from three to four feet from the background. Regarding the shadow on the background, care must be taken to lighten this. If the background is light and the subject is placed too close to it, the figure will cast a very vigorous shadow that is often a portrait in silhou- ette. Such negatives are worthless and 354 should not even be printed. Some shadow on the background is not at all objection- able, particularly in profile portraits, be- cause the holding of the flashlight high above the head throws the shadow low down and thus prevents it from interfering with or obscuring the real head in the por- trait. Where the three-quarter face is taken, however, there should be no sharp shadow, and this can be prevented both by increasing ‘the distance between the subject and the background, and by lighvening the shadows by the methods above described. The quantity of flash-powder means the exposure and as all powders are more or less different that will have to be judged by experience. The size of the room, color of the draperies and wall paper, the dis- tance of the flash from the subject, are the chief points to think of in estimating the amount of flash to use. There is one thing assured, it is much easier to under expose than ever expose a flashlight. I have very seldom seen a flashlight negative that was over-exposed. Use plenty of flash powder, therefore, and be careful not to over-de- velop.—Will ‘M. Rickert, in the Young Photographer. Relating to the Lines ot the Landscape. There is mothing more difficult than to explain in cold words how the “spiritual’’ of a drawing has been evolved, or of what it consists. Technique is a readily defin- able quality, easy of dissection and ex- planation; but touch upon the feeling—the soul—of a drawing, and the difficulty of writing about it is immediately felt. In- deed, if it were not for the fact that our photograms themselves can be reproduced in printers’ ink, the task would be almost hopeless. To those accustomed to photograph na- ture just as they find her, the idea that the artist may be able to treat the main lines of his composition enough to bring about a complete ‘transformation may seem to be almost verging on absurdity. It is a fact, however, thait by a careful treatment it is often possible to turn what were im reality patchy masses of light into effective lines, and still oftener iis it possible to come across spots that will only yield picturesque results when this whole idea is well thought out beforehand and the principal lines of the picture carefully arranged ac- cordingly. In looking at a picture that has been well arranged, the necessity is shown of centering the lines, not into space, but upon the illustrative point, in order that the attention may not be distracted from that point; and further, it can be seen how near it is possible to go to parallel lines in a composition. How many of the masses are killed, and how repetition adds to the force, makes the motive of the work ap- parent ait once. Rod and Gun in Canada But to commence at the very root of the - principles at the bottom of picture-making, let us know something about the outer edge or shape of our productions. As a rule, we make our pictures angular in out- line because that shape affords the best contrast with almost everything that we ean find out-of-doors, excepting possibly the only straight line in Nature—the hori- zon across water. From the rest we get curves of all sorts, and these curves all make contrasts more or less agreeable wiith our margin. Other contrasts are pro- duced by the arrangement of lines and masses, but when we speak of composition, we mean the arrangement and mutual re- lations of these, so that to say this and nothing more would finish the whole mat- ter and would be attempting rather too much at one blow. The horizon should be placed almost any- where, according to the relative interest of the sky and foreground. Ordinarily, in actual vision, the horizon comes near the middle of the view, unless we are looking downward, as when admiring flowers, or on some hillside, gazing on the wide pros- pect spread at our feet. The less frequent upward view, where ‘the division between sky and earth comes below the middle of the picture, gives a grand effect, especially on the open sea or in harbor, or on the marshes. In such cases the cloudscape, with its clustering banks of rolling vapor, piled mass upon mass, possesses a keener interest than the comparative tameness of the earth or the calm of the ocean. To sum up, however, the interest is never equal in sky and foreground and the exact *¢ Just as the Sun Went Down”’ Photo by W. A. Couse of being merely there to suggest locali middle line should be avoided at all | ards. As an illustration of this, look at the a companying photogram, “Just as the § Went Down.’’ The subject of the pial is the sunset, and though the tow-bar and schooner in the foreground are m aids to the picturesqueness, they are si ordinated to the principal point of inter by being placed on the side of the horiz which is narrowest. It might be conter ed that the boats themselves ought to hi been the subject, and very good argume: given to back up such a stand. The fi fact, however, that would be noted casual observer is the sunset, and hou from it his eye would naturally wander the boats, they would only be objects — secondary interest to him. This is mere a proof of that ofiten-stated fact, that t leading point of the photogram shou stand out enough to subordinate all o objects and give to them the appee Now, to come back to the original tion, the shape of the picture, it may noted that in this case it is about two a a half times as long as it is wide, and w. this fact it may be taken into consideration that all the principal lines, both in the sky a and foreground, are parallel, or nou with the long edges. The opposite s the high lights in the clouds, the boat q and even the lines in the water, from end to end of the picture, a to these facts that the impression of le ts owing. Had the width of the pict been increased, the general effectiven would have decreased on , such a result it would be extremely se to take one bit of interest. Though are other skies that would have we have in this case gone slightly to nes and chosen one that harmonizes y with the landscape. Had we sky of curves, much of the force dines in ‘the land and foreground ve been lost. The subject of however, will be treated more fully ial article. composing a picture on the ; let the first object be to de- lines are desirable and which cut out, and then by mov- to the right or left it is ble to considerably modify ‘The less complication in ints or lines of light, the from the general aim of the will be. This idea is well the illustration. Often by the view until nothing but the principal lines of the left we gain that decisive gives point to the scene we in attempting this we r landscape of some of its - lines end in producing in except to draw the eye . so that to finish the pie- culminating point some give it added interest. e well, we can choose aerial effect, or what ‘touch of interest. , a piece of meadow ams of water wend ny self-made channels hillocks. Here a fore- all but the widest of effective lines for the a little thought they es that will blend harmoni- same time we lost many of ts, so that the larger ones ] given the air of decision e have spoken. : already stated how the lines » effect of drawing the eye point, and that that should of interest in the picture can enied. Now, in placing this rest,our object is not to irritate of the onlooker by first carry- ig our streams and then start- esh at this point, which may . herd of cattle or. some other ob- is in keeping with the rest of the Our picture is to afford pleasure, ee To be able to point to a run of having exhausted interest in start again on the cattle, in a pic- kill the creation at once. The is to culminate interest in the eat- fanding knee-deep in the water, black t the sky and distance, and with this overflowed by rains, so — . strangely parallel and — Rod and Gun in Canada idea we can but place them on the final point of the lines. It is scarcely necessary to point out how much more effective an object is which breaks the horizon, than one which is sunk below it. - It is to the final point of the lines we in- variably run, and from there that we start to leave the picture. There are many other places that we might have placed the cattle, but it is only here that the full effect is shown. There can only be one point in any picture that really is a picture where the interest can culminate. The stronger the opposing minor points, the more distracted will be ‘the eye and the less effective and strong will be the chief object of the photogram. The works will also show less motive, and, should minor details be too strongly emphasized, there can be no possibility of the photogram ever rising beyond ‘the level of a mere re- cord of facts. Whait is wanted is education, self-educa- tion of the eye, the artistic talent, the power to see the picture in the material before you; the form, the shape, the limi- tations of the subject, till by intuition one seizes the vantage point that gives the best arrangement that can possibly be had. In the March, 1900, number of the Pho: to-American ‘there appeared an ilustration entitled, “Towing the Schooner,” by Fred. G. Fawkes, that perhaps illustrates the ar- rangement of lines, as last spoken of, bet- ter than the accompanying illustration, and the earnest student will dc well to turn it up and study it out. In it, sky, foreground and distance are so clearly shown and the distance so marked by the decrease in the width of the lines, as to make it as nearly a perfect picture of the class as could be secured—H. McBean Johnstone, in the Photo-American. * * * A: World’s Record in Photography. During the session of the Ohio and Michi- gan Photogravhers’ Association at Put-in Bay, on Aug. 21st last, a wonderful photo- graphic record mas made, demonstrating - the practicability of using artificial light in ‘this new art-science. A negative and finished print was made at ten o’clock at night, the experiment being conducted by C. H. Smith and David Rosser, of Pitts- burg. The negative was made with four seconds exposure by acetylene gas. The print was made with artificial light also. The total time consumed in the operation beginning with the exposure an‘ ending with ‘the finished photogram mounted on a card was eight minutes and twenty-four seconds. This is the world’s reeord. = * * The Quality of the Negative. There is a vast difference of opinion as to what a first-class negative con- sists of, but all rrinters will agree that the best negatives are 359 the ones that give the best result un- der the printing light. A negative should be clean, clear, soft and brilliant, and above all, have pluck and roundness. Many negatives are spoiled in developing, by not being developed far enough, many thinking a half-developed negative is meant whhen a soft negative is spoken of. A negative should always be developed far enough to have body and strength enough to hold the roundness and brilliancy under the printing light. A negative developed so thin that the arch of the high light has not strength enough ‘to hold up under the printing light, will never make anything but a flat, dis- appointing print, on any kind of paper. The utility of the negative to do the work required of it, that is to make prints (not to look at), depends largely on the develop- ing agent used in making it. We have of- ten been given beautiful negatives to look at, but were much disappointed in the prints of the same. The beautiful little catchy lights on drapery, seen in the nega- tive, were not in the print, but everything seemed flat and grayed down. We find negatives made with some deveroping agents do not have the quality to stand up under the printing light that others do. The high lights are not opaque, but the film seems porous and allows the light to filter through the negative and gray down the delicate catchy points of light and half-tones, and the result is a disappoint- ment in the finished photogram. The best negatives we have found to do the work have been developed with Pyro. There may be others just as good, but we have uever found them. In making’ a negative, the ability of that negative to make prints should be the question. For it is not the negative you sell your customers, but the prints from the same. The negative is only the means to an end, and if it does not accomplish that end it is not desirable. * Eo uw A Table of Comparative Exposure. The following table, compiled by Dr. J.. A. Scott, shows the comparative value of day light (under like conditions) for pho- tographic purposes at different hours of the day and seasons of the year. Hour of Day May| Apr| Mar Feb|Jan |: rar qua July|Aug|Sept Oct|Nov Dee wf 1dca) 13) da oh ae sa uy) 11 1] 1] ad} ad] 2a} 4d 5 10! 2} 1| 1} 34] 18 3] 5] 6 9| 3| 1] a 1) 2] 4 2 Pi6 g| 4] 1a} if} 2| 3 Po 71.5] 2| 2H 3| #6 6| 6| 23 | *6 5 71% | * 4] 8 |*12 Example.—If it is mecessary to give 1-2 second exposure in June, 12 M., under like conditions in December, 12 M., it will re- quire 2 seconds’ exposure. *The accuracy of these figures would be affected by yellow sunset. 356 Paradoxical as it may seem, flash-light photograms are much better if made in the daytime than at night. Daylight softens the shadows. In making a ilash exposure, either day or night, have all the other light you can get. * = Correspondence. Correspondence should be addressed to Box 651, Sarnia, Ont. 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They give so little react that one may shoot all day without bruised shoulder or headache.—Forest and Stream. CANADIANS ABROAD SAY Can you send over some Trap? I don’t mean to flatter but it is ahead of anything we get here.— A. W. W., Batavia, N. The Balmoral Hotel MONTREAL Offers special inducements to Tourists and Strangers visiting the city. Rooms large, airy and comfortable. Fitted with all modern con- veniences. Very central, being within easy dis- tance of railway depots, steamer landings, &c. A. ARCH. WELSH, Prop. eaceacsTroR In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most luxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two min= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, Toronto, Ont. Proprietors. CONTENTS. Frontispiece—Notch of the Montreal River near Lake Temiskaming. Editorial « 6. 2c. os Soe ee nis ol 2s roe Pierre Joseph, by Dr. W. H. 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PLT LT PT LN Ee Te ae eS OR - 2 Press: “Gentlemen :— x effect to the following resolu- solicit your hearty co-operation, Seared that not only will your istance materially help forward a rd of real ncy and public interest nd of general benefit to the community large, in the states and porcine spresented, but redound to your as a public institution : ereas the daily and weekly press zreat influence and is the best r reaching and informing the public on matters of current Ber 0 Ean ope tenn perme est, an Whereas it is extremely desirable to fe a universal sentiment in favor ‘the enforcement of Game and Fish vs, to disseminate correct informa- ‘tion respecting the value of Fish and “* Gaine resources as a means of attracting ‘non-residents and consequent large ‘‘ disbursements of money among the ‘* people, much of it in the wilder and ‘* poorer sections where its receipt is of ‘“‘ the greatest value, therefore, be it “ Resolved that a copy of this preamble ‘fand resolution, to be followed as soon ‘‘as issued by the proceedings of this ** convention, be sent toevery newspaper ‘in the states and provinces here repre- ‘“* sented and to the associated Press, and “that they be requested to give the ‘* subject of fish and game interests such ‘* editorial and other notice from time to ‘‘ time as its great importance warrants. ‘Chairman, Hon. 8. N. Parent, Que- ** bec, P.Q. ‘* Ist Vice-President, G. W. Titcomb, ** St. Johnsbury, Vt. ‘2nd Vice-President, S. T. Bastedo, ‘* Toronto, Ont. ** 3rd Vice-President, John Fottler, Jr., “ Boston. Mass. “ 4th Vice-President, Hon. A. T. Dunn, ** Fredericton, N.B. “ 5th Vice-President, Chas. FE. Oak, ** Caribou, Me. ‘6th Vice-President, C. H. Wilson, Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘* Secretary, L. Z. Joncas, Quebec, P.Q. ‘* Assistant-Secretaries, D. G. Smith, * Chatham, N.B., Rene Dupont, Quebec, “oe Pag.” The preamble correctly refers to the great influence of the daily and weekly press, which can do so much in creating a strong healthy public sentiment in favor of the enforcement of fish and game protection Jaws, and without which such legislation must always remain inopera- tive, for it is almost needless to remark that where public opinion is against or indifferent to any law that it will be difficult to enforce it. The daily and weekly press which reaches all classes can alzo do much to show the communit7 generally the value in dollars and cents of provincial game assets administered in a business-like manner,and as an example of such wise administration can point to Maine, which, as we have said before, with an area of wild lands of 23,(00 square miles, less than the county of Pontiac in this province, attracts annually thousands of sportsmen who disburse millions of dollars in Maine, and surely any good means which serves to attract non-residents and their money is worth protecting and looking after. Canada is essentially the summer and autumn out- ing portion of North America, and every feature of its manifold attractions should receive proper attention. But while suggesting to the press the general means whereby it may assist this excellent work, it is equally neces- sary for those specially interested in fish and game matters and conversant with the wrongs that need righting to per- sistently furnish and fully acquaint the press from time to time with the facts for publication. We feel sure that this information would in nearly every case be welcomed and. used judiciously and with excellent results. Seek to make as many as possible of our editorial friends interested in fish and game protection and they will do an amount of good work for the cause that will surprise you. © %o & An excellent idea is the set of rules for members of the Cameron Island Club of Walkerville, Ont., which are as follows, viz. :— ' Inasmuch as the yearly hunting trip is undertaken in search of health and pleasure, and the killing of deer is not so essential as to warrant placing human lives in jeopardy, through excessive anxiety to obtain the legal complement, it seems well to formulate rules for the better protection of the members of the party. With this end in view it has been thought wise to suggest : 1. That no rifles be loaded until the members of the party have crossed the river and are about to enter the woods. 2. That all rifles be emptied of their contents before entering the boat to be ferried to the island upon returning from the hunt. 3. That no one discharge his rifle at a moving object in the woods, or elsewhere, UNTIL HE BE CONVINCED THAT 304. WHAT HE SEES IS A DEER, OR OTHER GAME ANIMAL. N. B.—This rule is above all others the most important. The great majority of hunting accidents are occasioned by crim- inal carelessness in this respect on the part of inexperienced hunters. : 4. That after a member is placed in position to watch a certain runway he is, not to leave his station, even aiter the dogs have passed, or have gone In another direction, until called for by the hunter. 5. That whenever parties of two or more are together in the woods, or else- where, it should be the earnest endeavor of each individual to see that his rifle be so carried as to preclude the possibility of danger to the other members of the party in case of its accidental discharge. 6. That the rifle be never carried at full cock at any time, whether loaded or empty. eo It must be remembered that it 1s not an evidence of experience to disregard caution. The oldest hunters respect more than amateurs the capabilities and danger of the arm they carry. Caution is not cowardice, but the desire to guard as far as possible against the perils that necessarily surround the hunter when roaming the woods in quest of game, In common with numbers of others bent on the same mission. It is earnestly requested that these simple rules be consisvently followed. That being the case, the risk of accident will be very greatly minimized, and the comfort and pleasure of the whole party very considerably enhanced. Nov. 1, 1900. One of our correspondents, Mr. Frank Davison, of Bridgewater, N.S., has cer- tainly a very interesting situation for his office, as the following incident which he relates will show: “Our office window looks out on a good salmon pool, and last spring a seal came up and chased a salmon which an Indian had on his rod right in sight of our win- dow. This, I think, was a competition rarely seen, and I am very sorry a kodak was not at hand to catch the sight. For- tunately for my reputation, I had several visitors to witness the sport. It was the first time I had seen'a seal up river in a six-milé current at the head of the tide.” Prof. Kolthoff, the leader of a Norwe- gian Arctic expedition, recently returned to Sweden, bringing with him a male and a female calf of the musk-ox. Prof. Kolt- hoff believes in the possibility otf accli- matizing, domesticating and breeding the musk ox, and has a high idea of the value of this animal on account of its heavy coat of wool, which is said to be extreme- ly strong and fine. It is reported to be the purpose of Prof. Kolthoff, as soon as these ‘animals appear to be acclimatized, to set them free in the mountains of the North, where it is thought they will do well. Rod and Gun in Canada Perse r—nr—'1 PIERRE JOSEPH By Dr. W. H. Drummond CALEB SGML ION rarer wre It is related of Benjamin West, the American ipainter, that during his first visit to Rome, he was shown a statue of the Apollo Belvidere’ Running his eye over the magnificent and beautiful propor- tions of the statue, West at once exclaim- ed: “By Heavens, a Mohawk!” ‘The great artist had been born in the Mohawk country, and was wel acquainted with the, aborigines, whose deeds of daring form such thrilling chapters in the history of the American cont.nent, and I suppose never on the face of this globe has there existed a race possessing iat once such ex- quisiie symmetry and wonderful powers of endurance as the so-called North Ameri- can Indians. But these conditions only obtain when the Indian is found in his native purity, uncontaminated by Euro- pean vices, and living in what may be termed his natural condition. And this_ reminds me of a specimen of the Tete de. Boule tribe whose acquaintance I made during an exploratory trip in the St. Mau- rice region three or four years ago. “Ihe Tete de Boules are a comparatively un- mixed people and inhabit the wiids of the upper St. Maurice, some two hundred miles north of Three Rivers. It was to these fastnesses that the shattered rem- nants of the once numerous Hurons fled to escape their sanguinary enemies the Iro- quois, and whether the I'cte de Boules are descendants of the Hurons or not it would be difficult to say, but one interesting fact is known to ethnologists, namely, that the language spoken by the ‘I'ete de Boules is exactly similar to the mother tongue of the Crees, who dwell on the western plains, and it is quite possible that during the regular Indian migrations, a few fami- lies of Cree blood remained penind and became the ancestors of the present Tete do Boules. The camp of Pierre Joseph we discovered one evening in June, just as we - landed on the shores of Lake Souci, a - rough canvas tent, and at the door sat Pierre, the Indian, Pierre the outlaw, Pierre the man of whom we had al) heard, for was not his name continually cropping up in “Club reports” as the wilful slayer. of moose and caribou in and out of season. There he sat quite unconcerned, answering in English or French any questions put to him. ‘Well, Pierre, have you seen any moose lately?” Wall, I see some track, but I tink dey’re purty ole, mebbe, tree four day, I ketch some bear las’ week. You want see dat?’ and he exposed to our view a couple of bear skins in full coat, be- sides pelts of minor animals, such as mink and muskrat. About five feet nine inches in height, and perhaps thirty-five years a seph, until the innermost secrets of ‘unkempt garments as he bowed his age, Pierre possessed a frame indicatiy of “all round” physical qualities, such ¢ I have seldom seen except in the case | the full-blooded Indian of the Canadid woods. Here, if ever, was an example perfect acclimatization; all the heredity countless generations co-operating 1 gether to make of this mam a periect ere ture of the forest. A thousand years pa ing down, how much knowledge had be gained by the forerunners of Pierre rounding nature had culminated a come veritable instinct in the person of red man sitting in the doorway of the « vas tent? Here he was at home, and were we pale strangers of yesterday 4 we should disturb in his native sanctu this scion of the real first families America, this man whose tave puv 1 shame the maple leaf which frost and ra have reddened to the ‘hue of bronze from the hands of the sculptor? Pierre Joseph! In the city doubtless would have probably yielded to the tions of fire water, and tne audience Recorder’s court might possibly not notieed any suggestion of evidence ; and received with the stoicism of his the inevitable sentence meted “drunks” and “disorderlies,’’ but where every tree became a shrine, Pierre Joseph was the peer all. 'The night waned on but still a picturesque group in the glare which flashed far across the w Lake Souci. “Rising” fish along the s just near enough for a cast, almost unnoticed, and it was interest.ng t the eager attehtion paid by the men city and the street, to the merest uttered by the Indian Pierre Joseph Morning found us making an ¢ for Lac Fou; our destination lay leagues away in the hills, but the t Pierre Joseph still remained und Three or four hours later, toiling dry bed of an ancient water cou with only a bundle of ‘fishing rods I was suddenly roused from reveries of night before, by the patier, swiftly moving feet, and to my ¢ prise discovered Pierre Joseph under cover of his birch canoe; camp impedimenta, tent, blan pans, traps and provisious being stowed away in the recesses of d’ecorce, while in his right hand ried a Winchester rifle. My companion, a white-haired of many years in the woods, tu and remarked “oh he’s only p airs,” but not so, for Pierre Jo ed us at a trot which he preserv he disappeared from our sight curve of tthe river bed fully three yards distant. O, Pierre Joseph, | ne laws, ruthless slayer of moose and wibou, we have treasured against you in . Maurice Club Reports many a charge hich, officially, deserves heavy atonement, ; as you swept by on the portage to- bday 10 could not help envying the strength elasticity which nature only confers e children who live closely to her and when you finally succumb to vitable, may the mosses of your I conscientious!y question in the affirmative; s to know the spots where they nd p: ckerel, and bass are fairly in the vicinity of ith» Ope2nican t are very rarely caught in it, h one is supposed to bring all vil to the unfortunate fisher is lucky enough to catch one. y that personally I have never ‘ng a space of nearly th'rty oth of these cases some mem. z Aves ded afterwards, so it one themselves into the air. The natives also catch them in for the purpose. ‘The largest have s*%en weighed 67 lbs. As member, if was longer than I ere two cr thr-e v-reties of ite fish, but they are soft, and m come up to the edible stanit- : white fish of other lakes, Kip- s ‘n the Narrows in the days ed at the Fort. They were h hock and line through the fee, cold and cheerless method of fish- pover, they were sald to bo that is, having long white worms * flesh, which reputation, whether or not, effectually prevented me ting them. h of large size are caught in the Streams having clay banks, and TT A was a fish c.ucht this summer off’ rocks just north of Martineau Bay entirely strange te me. Unfor- I on'y saw the head, as the mon ht it had cleaned it ar1 eaten it heard about it. Had T b-en in ould have photographed it. With of the head and the description fan who caught it, I made a draw- which I showed to the Indians see FESS EDS RTH = but I have known of two being . Fie sw ft water at th foot rf. Rod and Gun in Canada at the head of the lake. Not one of them recognized it as like anything ther they had seen before, Fortunately for my repu- tation as an artist, others who saw it pro- ncunced it to be an exact representation of the original. It was caught with a troll, and weighed 5% Ibs. It put up a fierce fight whn hooked, acting after the manner of a bass. The scales were large and silvery, avd the flesh was hard and of a pink’sh tinge. Vhis I could see for myself by what was left on the head. The head was Ike the head of a bass, except in the coloring and the size of the scales. The man who ate it said that it “resisted ycur teeth,’’ and was more like meat than fish. He found inside it two very heavy lead 365 but a fairly long line. Paddle at a good rate, and have the winding stick convenicnt for throwing out in case the hooks ca ch on the bottom. Can any reader of “Rod and Gun” tell me the real difference bo- tween a pike and a maskelunge? I hardly think that the mark'ngs will count, for my experience has tented to persuade me that the coloring of a pike de- pends principally upon its environment. fish inhabiting deep, clear, well-shaded water (by “clear” I do not mean necessarily ““white’’ limestone water) have dark mark- ings, while those which live in shallow or muddy places are light in color, and more trridiscent, The Indian cannot help me. He galls them all ‘‘kenoojie,” or ‘“pike.’? ‘Mags-ken- oojie’’ would mean to him an “attenuated pike.” Can it be that English-speaking .Indian Encampment, Head_of,Bay Lake, Ontario; sinkers, apparently hand made, and by their weight more suitable for sea fishing, or at least for tidal water, than for an inland Jake, The principal feature about it was iis fhape. It had an enormous hump on its back, a most pronounced curve, unlike any fresh waiter fish that I have seen, far ereater even than that of a bass. I am enclosing with this the rough sketch that I made. Can any reader of ‘‘Rod and Gun’’ tell me the name of th’s fish? I think that I have enumerated all the various kinds of fish that are to be found In Lake Temiskdming, but of thes, ex- cepting the bass, the pike and pickerel are mest likely to interest the casual fis»er. The best places for catching pike are t1° rocky shores, where the water is deep and comparatively clear. Troll close to shore, within six feet if possible. Use no s‘nker, people have, by mistake, appiied this name to overgrown pike, thinking when they heard the expression from an Indian that it was another species? By-the-bye, I wonder why it is that there always seems to be such a uniformity in sive ard weight of pike, at least in these lakes, Suppose that I go fishing this summer in a spot where I fished two or three ye'rs "go, I am pretty sur> to catch the sam2 average s‘zed fish that I caught then. Why is this? Have the fish not grown? If they have, where do they go to? Can it be that an odd one, that has arrved at full grown fish estate, eats his smaller rela- tives, and thus a great increase of very large pike is prevented? I have occasionally seen large pike taken out of Temiskaming, but nothing in propor. tion to the numbers that there should be, if fish that have once survived their m'n- 366 nowhood are free to grow, unmolest:d for ever afterwards. The pike in its early stages of growth feeds on minnows. [t is probable that, as it increases in size, it finds minnows tod small fry, and looks for bigger game, Na- ture must arrange it in some way like this, or there would soon be more predatory fish in the lakes than the food supply would support. There is another strange thing about pike. It is the different average size of the fish caught in different lakes. Take, for example, Sharp Lake ani Mud Lrvke, close by. In the former the fish c*ught average about 2% to 3 Ibs. In the lat‘er from 3% Ibs. to 4 Ibs. Why is this? It is probable that the age of the fish is the same, and that the growth is more ripid in one lake than in the other, pe hips in re‘a‘ion to the food supply. Two years ago I saw the bead cf a fish caught in Mud Lake which must have we'ghed fully twenty pounds. I have seen hundreds of other fish cavght fom this lake, but the largest would probably not go over 5 Ibs. This seems to prove that each lake has its monster or monste”s in preport on to its size and supply of food. The p‘ke is notoriously a long l'ved fish, though it is a curious th’ng to wa'ch the different stages of health in them. ‘heir health seems to depend entirely upon th> size of the’r I'vers. If anyone who is curious will take the trouble to open one of the very lean kind he will find a very small liver and a very full gall, whereas in a very healthy fish the conditions are ex- eetly reversed. In fact, if he grad s the fich by the’r appearence of thrift, he will find that the size of their livers exac'ly corresponds with the state of their heel‘h. As with the pike, so w'th the peck rel. The peculiar conditions of the water in ‘Yem’skaming Lake s em to affect their col ring, and apparently their size, for they are very light colored and small, averagi-g atout 1% to 2 Ibs. I never saw a rea'ly large one, and I have caugit hundér-ds. yes, thousands of them. Though one my eateh them occasiovally anywhere, they are most plentiful where the water is swift, The best place for them that I know Is in the Narrows at the Old Fort, where they are caught in great numbers when the wind is blowing from the south. All that is needed is a sirgle hook and a short piece of line. The canoe is allowed to drift up the Narrows with the w’'nd, whi'e the baited hook trai's beh’nd. The b’st bait ‘s a piee> of the fish itself, taken frcm the threat. The reason why they come there is to follow up the shoals of m'nncws wich congregate in the Narrows when the wind is south. It is useless to aitenpt to fish when the w'nd is north. The gulls will let you know if the fish are there, for they hover over these shoals of minnows, and are as busy catching them as the pickerel are beneath the surfae>. So surely can the whereabouts of th> fish be determined by the acticas of the gul's, that I have often been ab‘e to locate the shoal in other spots by the gulls, ¢ven wien the wind was north. there ion. Rod and Gun in Canada ‘Rod and Gun” is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor y welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. Edltor—E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Foreury, for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian For- estry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R. H, Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Associaiion, Ottawa, Ont. The Bearing of Forest Preservation Upon Irrigation Development in Alberta. J. §. Dents, Deputy Minister of Public Works for the North-West Territories. O interest the general reading pub- lic in a matter which is new to them it is, asa general rule, nec- essary to deal with the subject from its financial aspect, and it is therefore intended to endeavor to show that by preserving the present forested areas on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, and in the foothills country form'ng the watershed of' Southern Al- berta, a direct monetary gain will accrue, not only to the present and future resi- dents of that desirab’e portion of the North-West Territories, but to the Do- minion as a whole. is perhaps, best known as the great ranch- ing or grazing district of the West, and its mild -winters and “chinock” winds are now sroken of a'l over the Domin- The agricultural possibilities of the district are not so genera‘ly understooa, principally because it has become an ac- cepted fact that during the majority of - years the natural rainfall is insufficient to mature crops. The introduction of irrigation during the past five years has, however, changed all this, and the farmer owning an irrigated farm in Southern AI- berta, and having at the same time the advantage of natural grazing during the whole year for his steok, is certain of a bountiful return for his labor. Irrigation in Alberta is primarily de- pendent for suecess upon a bountiful sup- ply of water flowing down through the natural channels. from the great Rocky Mountain watershed during the summer months, and this bountiful supply can only be assured by earnest and intelligent effort to preserve the present forested areas on that watershed and to encourage a new forest growth on portions of jt which have unfortunately been denuded in past years by forest fires. The part which the timber and under- brush upon any area play in conserving the moisture which falls thereon in the Southern Alberta and-applying it to their land shape of rain: and snow » not understood, but should be clear if sider a few facts. Everybody kno matter of elemental knowledge, ter will flow more quickly over a than it does over a rough the deforesting of any urea iene the difference between these two tions. Rain or snow falling upon ily timbered area is stored, as because the leaves and branches trees exclude the sun’s rays evaporation, and the underbrush moss and fallen timber provide tk ment of roughness which p water finding its way to the slow and more or less constant If the trees, roots and moss are practical result of this has no been noticed by many in- the vinces, who, looking back and cf some stream along which, — they fished or hunted in younger tinctly remember that the stre had a good flow of water during t summer and extreme floods course were rare. hese same sta to-day are in many cases i1 in the early part of the yea channels by midsummer, This ¢ dition has in many Bete : be cited, caused, not only se loss to those living along ie has also resulted in serious oe life. - When the residents ise the any stream are dependent upon of water therein, to enable th duce ther crops by diventina a principle of irrigation, any — results in reducing the flow oe the stream at the time the ed for irrigation brings disast irrigating farmer, and chief ai causes is the destruction of upon the watershed within y stream heads. Tn all the sections of Weste where irrigation is practised, © for the crops is required during tl tion of the year extending from < October, and in many seasons th / needed during the middle and to- the end of the irrigation season n the earlier months. If then the or is prevented from getting the his crops need it most, it is ction to be compelled to look 1e surplus flow which was run- ste in the ear.ier months of the ssibly in the shape of a_ flood iged his irrigation ditch or can- bridges, etc., along its course serious inconvenience to every- ts have in the protection s and in the footh Is coun- down by the Bow River, d Man R:ver, Belly River, and a large number of along the lower por- ite some two hundred dit- aprising a. length of miles, diversion of water from irrigation, and the own- s, as well as the owner ining water therefrom direct financial inter- m of the forests on the which the water to pro- by irrigation must come. as a whole the ques- dealt with, means mone- se anything which tends t portion of the Territories | added prosperity to the . ~~ nadians, as a_ people, educated to took upon value only for merchant: s condition is not to bz industry has played in opment. In the West, ww condition has arisen which ing timber acting as a the moisture, of infinitely than it would ever be as commodity, and there is at tion affecting the West of more thou.ht and con- the preservation of the for- upon the watersheds from ipply of water for irrigation d by the reservation as a the eastern sope of the .e international boundary, and is due the present Minister *, the Hon. Mr. Sifton, for up this question in the his Department. along or having to cross the. ; on the eastern s.ope of the. quantity to sli. ‘transplant successfuliy. pment and prosperity . we consder the large Rod and Gun in Canada press of multitudinal duties, resulting in the organization of a forestry branch of Much, however, re- mains to be done before the peop.e of both the east and west reach a ful) reali- zation of the important part which for- estry must play in our future national de- velopment, and in bringing abuvut a pro- per knowledge and understanding of the subject, the Forestry Association, organ- ized as it is on such broad lines, and num- bering as it does se many enthusiastic workers among its members, will play an important. part. he Raisirg Black Walnut Forests. By Thomas Conant, Oshawa, Ont. In .May, 1895, 1 planted about 5,000 black walnut trees on my lands about Oshawa. ‘The trees are not. all in one planting, but in four plantings, on as many different farms. 1 bought the young black walnut trees at Rochester, N.Y. My choice would have been obviously to buy them at home but 1 could not because no one had that In the nursery these trees had been propagated. ‘Lhese I pre- ferred because the black walnut, like the oak, is sure to have a long tap root, and hence it is usually the most difficu.t to At first they were transpianted as grown in clusters from the seed in the nursery. During this transplanting the tap root, although then incipient, had been cut and the tree for itself threw out latent roots which gave it a better chance to live on being transplanted. Hence, by all means I pre: fer black walnuts for planting which have been previously transplanted. Only 10 feet apart in rows each way I set these trees, and if I were planting again I would set them closer. ‘l’o cause the trees to grow hi.h and p-odace trunks and not branches is the object, and thick planting wiil accomplish that most desir- able end. The year 1895 was an ordinary one in the way of rains, and to help them 1 caused them to be hued during the hot and dry weeks of midsummer. No mat- ter how dry the weather may be, it is a recognized fact that to stir ‘the surface cf the land, never so lightly, produces moisture. In this matter 1 produced moisture for the young trees then about four feet high, and not by mulching or costly and tedious wate.ing. At a glance one can see that to water 5,000 trees sev- eral times in a summer, would be a her- culean task, and I did not attempt it. Not over five per cent. of these trees did I lose, nor have I lost since, From this _ low average of loss we may conclude thai the process of hoeing around the trees served all purposes of mulching or water- ing, and at only a tithe of the cost. After six years’ growth I must say, in exact truthfulness, that there are about 307 twenty-five per cent. which have not grown at all, only lived. Anuther twenty- five per cent. have increased in size about doubie from their originals, and the re- maining forty-five per cent. are large trees, fully fifteen feet high and three inches im diameter. Besides the pleasure which it constant- ly affords me to see these forests develop- ing, 1 can aiready see my pay on a cash basis. Before the trees were set out the lands were worth $100 per acre, and now today, after five years’ growth of the trees, I would have no difficulty in dis- posing of these lands at $500 per acre. In this manufacturing town of Oshawa, any fair quality of black walnut. is worth $180 per thousand feet. And even at that price they can’t get it, but use the veneer of walnut got from the mountains of ‘Tennessee, which costs at the rate of $400 per thousand teet. Not for myself did I plant these trees. As for that, I may remark that we do not live for self in other matters outside of tree panting; but to-day, these black , Walnut forests are valuable assets, and in: thirty or forty, or possibly fifty years from now they will yield a fortune. No alloy or anything in celluloid ever has taken the piace of black watnut, and its value cannot depreciate. Wulnouts I do not reckon upon for pro: fit. Probabiy there will be a little pro- fit 1rom that source, but 1adependent of that the financiai venture is sound, and besides I feel that 1 am doing good to our glorious and beloved country and my fellow-citizens. In another article at some future time I will speak of my labors in planting many acres of the walnuts themselves. A record of my experience in that parti- cular, and also of red cedar planting, will be sufficiently lengthy for a separate ar- ticie. Mr. Hiram Robinson has in his garden at Hawkesbury, three walnut trees grown from seed planted by himself six years ago. These are the only ones which came up from a considerable number of walnuts which were planted, but they are now vigorous trees of about four inches in diameter, and have attained a height of probably 12 feet. ‘The garden is some-. what sheltered, but the trees have not re- quired any other care, not even a speciai covering for the roots, which are the ch.ef point of danger for this tree in a chmate as cold as that of Hawkesbury. Pe Ontario Forestry Commission. The Royal Commission appointed by the Ontario Government in 1897, to investi- gate and report on the subject of “restor- ing and preserving the growth of white pine and other timber trees upon lands in the province, which are not adapted’ for agricultural purposes or for settle- ment” have concluded their labors, and 368 we are in receipt of a printed copy .of their final report. This commission consisted of E. W. Rathbun and John Bertram, two of the foremost lumbermen in the province; Alexander Kirkwood, chief clerk of the Lands’ Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Crown Lands; J. B. McWilliams, Superintendent of Forest Rangers for the Province; and Thos. Southworth, Onta- rio. Clerk of Forestry. Among the points brought out in. the report is one to the effect. that of the 142,000,000 of acres comprising the pro- vince, about 120,000,000 are still owned by the Crown, and as the most of this vast area is properiy classed as timber ‘and, it is apparent that one of the most im- portant duties of the province is with respect to the management of her for- ests. Attention is very properly called to the great destruction of timber, especially in the northern coniferous regions, by for- est fires. Reference is made to the necessity ol preventing the denudation of the ‘forest covering at the sources of rivers and streams. Another matter that is com- mented on is the favorabie pusition that the province commands with respect to the a.eas under license to lumbermen, ow- ing to the fact that the province has by these licenses in no way parted with the owrers.ip of the land, and that even while the license exists, regu.atioas may be adopted if desired to preveat the com- plete denudation of the timber. _ A further conclusion arrived at from evi- dence on the ground north of the height of land between the St. Lawrence Val- ley and that of the Hudson’s Bay was, that tie northern limit of the white pine was at one time considerably north of the pre- sent boundary as generaily recognized. ‘he report says: ‘The Commissioners in. ex- amining the district immediately north of the watershed found isolated’ white pine trees still living, of a much greater age than the prevailing spruce forest. These pines showed evidences of damages from fires years ago, having undoubtedly sur- vived the fire that destroyed the main forest: about. seventy years ago.” ‘he conclusion is that ‘‘white pine was indi- genous” and that it would now flourish, if seeded, as well north of the height oi land as to the south of it, at least as far as the rocky district extends. The following summary of conclusious is recommended: 1. A large portion of the Central Divi- sion of the Province is more profitabie from the standpoint of public revenue as forest land than under cuitivation for farm crops, and as in addition to this it contains the head waters of all our prin- cipal streams, all that part of this divi- sion found upon examination to be not well adapted for farming should be added to permanent Crown Forest Reserves. Rod and Gun in Canada 2, All licensed and unlicensed lands heid by the Crown where tourists, lumbermen or prospectors are permitted should be patrolled by fire rangers, and these ran- gers should be controtled directly by the Government. i 3. Suitable regulations should be enforc- ed to prevent too rapid or too close cut- ting upon lands under license. 4. No license in arrears for ground rent should be renewed, but. the. territory if not suitab:e for agriculture should be add- ed to the Forest Reserves. 5. Fire: notices in the English, French and Indian languages should be posted along the canoe routes throughout the ter- ritory north of the Height of Land. ; 6. License holders should not be ailow- ed to cut any trees for logs smaller than will inches across the stump, two feet from the ground, except measure twelve tory return to the Government, especially in view of the fact that it has not parted with the title to the land and will receiv also a considerable sum in addition on ae count of stumpage dues and ground rent a Railroad Forestry. A very interesting article which appe ed recently in the Railway Age is one on Railroad Forestry, by J. Hope Sutor, ge eral manager of the Ohio and Little K wha Railway. He calls attention to fact that, although the railway compa use such large quantities of wood for roa ways, buildings and cars, the question. future supply has not ‘been given the a tention ‘by railway managers that it é serves, and that practically no systemati effort has been made to ensure that needs of the future will be met. ‘To press the importance of the subject submits by special permission from the Depart- ment of Crown Lands and under the su- p-rvis‘on of the district forest ranger. This valuab!e report is concluded by an excellent treat s2 on Forests and Rain- falis by M. J. Butter, C.E., who also as- sisted on the commission and prepared a timber map of the province which ac- companies the report. The Ontario Government has recently sold two and a half square miles of pine timber in Nipissing for $61,278. Haifa square mile is said to be worthless, hav- ing recently been burnt over. The 1,380 acres of good timber have, therefore, brought at the rate. of $44.40 per acre, which must be considered a very satisfac- First Falls, Menjamagosipi (Trout River), Ontario. quirements of the railways in this r The mileage of the railroads in United States in 1898 was 247,532 and, atthe low average of 2,500 ties mile, there would be 620,000,000 cross in such roads. A common size for | is six inches thick, eight inches — eight feet long, making 32 feet board m sure of timber per tie, and comp their average life at seven years, would be 90,000,000 ties required ann for renewals or 3,000,000,000 feet measure of timber. It is consider conservative estimate that 200,000 of forest are cleared every year to ply the demand for crossties alone. total cost for renewal in 1898 was on there is the timber required’ for tele- “raph poles, bridges, buildings, cars, etc. Sutor continues as follows: ithin the experience of many operat- fficers, the cost of rail renewals ex- d that of ties many fold; now the tion has beén reversed. While the of ‘wails has been improved, tie s exceed the cost of rails, and are ing, yet the cause is not being no- r any measures being instituted to or improve the situation. Timber ming scarce and that of the best so that inferior timber, which inferior ties, is becoming the e of supply. No material has 1 found us’a substitute for the Rod and Gun in Canada could be grown for the timber required in the different railroad departments. The experiments with the Catalpa in the United States show it to be a quick grow- er aud a durable wood, and the results of experimental plantations -have been very satisfactory and demonstrates the possibility of growing the trees at a pro- fit, even with such expense as may be ne- cessary for the care of the plantations, especially in view of the probable scarcity and increased value in the future of tim- ber suitable for ties. Transferring Mr. Sutor’s calculations to Canada, we have, according to the last report of the Department of Railways, about 18,000 miles of railway in the Do- minion, which would make a total of il of preserving the life of the wood onging its durability has been dis- and, excepting the minor ques- properly seasoning and piling, the the tieplate, suitable ballast and drainage, with incidentally climatic ns, no serious considerations of the tie supply -has been made.” effort to produce trees for ties along ght of way of the railways has not attended with much success, as forest ions cannot be obtained and. the bevome branchy instead of produc- r trunks suitable for ties. Along ry railway, however, are tracts of land el! suited to agriculture which would desirabie wood lots upon which trees Camping, Lake Obabika, Ontario. 45,000,000 ties or 6,500,000 annually. This would mean an annual requirement. of 208,- (00,000 feet or the product of 15,000 acres. While this arca—but a few square miles—- “may seem small when compared witb the vast area of forest !and in Canada, the fact must not be lost sight of that this requirement is only for the roadway and does not include timber used for other purposes. Our railway mileage too is in- creasing steadily and the requirements grow with it. In the oid settled dis tricts and on the plains of the west, ac- cess to the supply is inconvenient enough to add materially to the cost, so that the possibility of arrangements for the future provision are worthy of attention, 369 The trees most largely used for ties in Canada are tamarack and ~hemlock, though most of the other conifers and also oak, are used, where most convenient. In. deed where wood of a satisfactory class is not abundant almost any kind is used, at least in the first work of construction, There should be no great difficulty in ensuring a supply in Eastern Canada and in British Columbia, as suitable trees can be easily grown and proper foresight and care in preservation will attain this end. On the plains of the west, however, the problem is a different one. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was being built across the Continent, one problem that confronted the company was the supply of- ties for the prairie section, and they had to fall back on Eastern Manitoba to furnish what was necessary, and recourse must still be had to outside sources of supply. ‘The railway companies at that time do not appear to have realized: the value of the timber supplies along their lines, and large quantities both in British Columbia-and the east were swept away by fires which care might have prevented. But can anything be done for the future supply in the west? Neither the poplars nor the Manitoba maple, which are the quickest groweis, 1s very suitable for ties, and the developinent of the hardwoody is too slow. The experiments with tam- arack at Brandon, show that it grows at a good rate, ou almost any soil, while the wood, both in endurance and firmness, has the qualities desired. The Branksian pine also makes a good tie and the condi- tions in the west should be favorable to its growth. It is indeed the so-called “cypress” of the Cypress Hills, Neither variety of the Oatalpa tree succeeds well in northern Ontario and there is no pos: sibility of making a success of it in the west, so that it may be dismissed from the question. Any experiments under- ‘taken should be with the most suitable trees indigenous to the country, as they and their offspring are the only ones that have demonstrated their ability to thrive, The process of raising such a_ supply cannot but be a slow one and its practica- bility cannot be considered too soon. for these changes cannot here cussed, but a marked benefit mus from the impetus givea by the intention of the newer organi: conduct steeplechasing more on ti of the Eng’ish clubs, and those on this sport to such perfecti neighboring Republic. A little h valry and commendable emulat unauestionably te product’ve of gov a sport for which Montreal has ii years heen the acknowledged centr Phen ‘more in eyidence than learned in the art of horse- 1 England. For centuries the and particularly England, looked upon as the radiating racing season of 1900, food for thought has been furnished and trainers by their Am- Beginning about a gene- breeders and racing and many others in the vers and riders. ‘he ear- this nature could: not be but these under- , until at the present seem to have completely and St. Leger, there r event jin Eng’ and } won by American € eys. eure the pre- it t being « an uncommon a handful of Ameri- ng from one to five ‘ ae the: increasing -American- bred horses, that on the 24th Courier,” the three- » modest sum or twenty- hammer at Tattersall’s the Hesd condensed of rain, and the colder the s in the case of our breath, the he result. When the spout w th the blowhole clear above the reaches the surface, a low foun- s from a street fire plug is formed the hole is close to the surface ment, a little water is sent up tail jet of steam. The doud n up does not disappear at once, but a little while, and is often seen to short distance with the wind— hing Gazette. red upon by such well - the comparative quali- bred horses and Ameri-' the shareholders. iebad 3 ‘by men of with Iroquois’ great the baa? ansabies meet-_ Col. Pepper, of Ken- three hundred — ($27,300). kod and Gun With the near approach of the annual meeting the Montreal Canine Association seems to have wakened to life again. A meeting was held the end of last month to neminate officers and executive for the coming year, at which there was a fair at- tendance, the president, Mr. Joseph Reid, being in the chair. The offices of secre- tary and treasurer went by acclamat on, the holders of the previous year, Messrs. EK. C. Short and Jos. Laurin respectively, having rendered such excellent service during their term that the members pres- ent insisted on their re-election, an action which will be endorsed by the whole ot For the other offices there is a plethora of candidates, especially so in the case of the executive committee, whence, from the number nominated, it is unavoidable that several good men will be left out in the cold. The committee ot last year, the great majority at least, worked zealously in the interests of the ‘Association, and made an unqualified suc- cess of the show, and we question whether a strong infusion of new blood, compara- tively untried in running a bench show, would produce any better results How: ever, it is for the shareholders to decide and stand by their decision, giving all the support they individually can to those who may be selected. 2 & * * The nice young collie bitch; Wishaw May, imported last year by Messrs. Moth- erwell & Roy, is now in grand form. At the late Danbury show she‘;ywon every- thing in her classes, and as a consequence her owners have received tempting offers for her from connoisseurs on the other side, all-of which have been declined. * “~ * We had a peep in at the Auchcairnie kennels the other day, and were rather taken by surprise at the number of well- bred stock the proprietors, Messrs. Smith & Kellie, have on hand, including collies, bull and fox terriers (both wire and smooth). Among the fox terriers is the well-known winner of many prizes, Long- face, which created quite a sensation at the Montreal show. The genial ‘Bob’ Kellie is always willing to show strangers the dogs. * * * The Craikstone Kennels at Petite Cote are now “full up” with young and matured stock, the merits of which the owner, Mr. John Cumming, takes delight in expatiat- ing upon to those who pay him a visit. in’ Canada Being a Scotchman, of course John swears by the collie, indeed he sometimes says it is the only breed of dog fit to be on the fface of the earth. He has reason to be proud of his own breeding, for there are some rare good ones amongst them. * * * The 18th October, which is popularly known in some parts of England as “Whip-Dog Day,” is said to have received the appellation from the fact that a priest, whe was about to celebrate Mass on that day, dropped the vessel containing the con- secrated bread. A dog, whose appetite was larger than its sense of the fitness of things immediately snatched up and made off with the bread. History does not re- veal whether or not the dog got a whip- ping, but as the offence was one which well merited castigation, St. Luke’s Day has since borne the name of ‘‘Whipping- Dog Day.” * © * The highest price ever known to have been paid for a dog was the sum given by J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, for the champion collie Southport Perfection, namely, $8,500. The next highest of which there is any record was $7,000, paid for a St. Bernard. Fox-terriers have been im- ported to the States from England at as high as $5,000, and there are many in- stances of sums slightly below that figure having been paid for dogs ot various breeds. * * * . At the Ladies’ Kennel Association show, held at the Alexandra Palace, London, Eng., £10,000 sterling was offered in prizes, besides many valuable trophies and specials. The show was a record one in regard to entries, and over 1,500 of the very ‘best. dogs in the United Kingdom were benched. * * * Of dogs who collect money for charities the name is legion. The king of all can- ine beggars is undoubtedly Gyp, a noble St. Bernard, who collects for a children’s bospital in New York. This fine animal has sallied forth every day to ask for alms during the past seven years, and he has collected nearly $25,000. * * * Blind men’s dogs in London form a large and most intelligent part of the very few dogs which earn a living or help their masters to do so. The manner of ‘their education must have puzzled many per- 372 sons who have seen them resolutely guid- ing their p-or master to his stand, or back to: his home, along crowded pavements and over the cross streets. Many of thes: dogs are taught by a half-blind man, whe makes this part of his humble livelihood. Others are taught by the blind men them: selves, especially if they have not always been blind and a sera a the streets and tur nings. * * ” Barry, the St. Bernard dog to whose memory a monument has been erected on Mount St. Bernard, had the splendid re cord of having saved within ten years the tives of forty persons who ‘had lost them: selves on the glaciers. On one occasion it found a child ten years o!d lying in the snow under the. influence of the fata slumber which precedes death. The dog first warmed the child with its ‘breath and then roused it from sleep by licking it. This much accomplished, Barry, by lying down at its side, gave the child an obvious invitation to, get upon its back and ride. The child did sv, and was thus carried to the convent. ‘The intelli- gent and useful animal was killed by some unknown person, probably in a mistake. The inscription on the monument is: “Barry the heroic. Saved the lives of forty persons, and was killed by -the forty- first.” * * * The following dogs owned or bred in Montreal and neighborhood have recently been registered in the Canadian Kennel Ciub Stud-Book:— COLLIES. 5369. Tom, whelped August 5, 1898, sable and white, by Roger Marvel out. of Perfection Queen (C. 5133); owner, George Hyslop, Lachine, P.Q.; breeder, Thomas Bradshaw, Danville, P.Q. 5371. Maple Leaf Perfeetion, whelped August 5, 1898, by Roger Marvel, out of Perfection Queen (C. 5133); owner, G. W. Clemons, St. George, Ont.; breeder, Thos. Bradshaw, Danville, P.Q. 5388. Rouglan Sandy, whelped August 5, 1898, sable and white, by Roger Marvel, out of Perfection Queen ('C. 5133); owner, William Stewart, Menie, Ont.; breeder, Themas Bradshaw, Danville, P.Q. 5399. Braehead Marcus, whelped May 9, 1897, sable and white, by Carrick Lad, out of Braehead Sweet Lassie (C. 3796); ewner, A. Stuart Ewing, Montreal; breed- eis, Braehead Kennels, Montreal. 5455. Heather Donald, whelped Febru- ary 26, 1900, sable and white, by Craik- stone Day Star, out of Rosie of Oraik- stone; owner, Charles Edward Gagnon, jr., Montreal, P.Q.; breeder, John Cum- mings, Craikstone, Petite Cote, P.Q. 5550. Spion Kop, whelped May 22, 1899, sable and white, by Auchcarnie Gun, out of Coi'a Meg; owner, P. E. Gravel, Mont- real, P.Q.; breeder, R. S. Kellie, West- mount, P.Q. 5556. Glencoe Lochiel, whelped July 20, 1900, sable and white, by Knight Er- Rod and Gun rant II. (C. 5348), May; owner, breeders, Glencoe Kennels. 5370. Richardson’s Daisy, whelped Au- gust 5, 1898, sable and white, by Roger Marvel, out of Perfection Queen (C. 5133) ; ewner, John Richardson, South March, Ont.; breeder, Thomas Bradshaw, Dan- ville, P.Q. 5382. Flora MacDonald, china April 1, 1899, by Braehead Marcus, out of Lady MacDonald; owner, R. M. Kenny, East Templeton, P.Q.; breeder, same. 5416. Nellie Osbourne, whelped August 5, 1889, sable and white, by Roger Mar- vel, out of Perfection Queen (C. 5133); in Canada out of Glencoe Sweet Garrett Hill, Montreal; Camp Scene—After a Wet Night. owner, James Boden, Tredennode, St. Anne’s De Bellevue, P.Q.; breeder, Thos. Bradshaw, Danville, P.Q. GREAT DANES. 5358. Bismarck II., whelped Nevember 20, 1898, dark blue, by Brutus, out of Olga I.; owner, Arthur Eecles, Almonte, Gnt.; breeder, J. A. Pleau, Montreal, P.Q. 5359. Juliette II., whelped June 29, 1897, light blue, by Brutus I., out of Dora; owner, Arthur Eccles, Almonte, Ont.;: breeder, J. A. Pleau, Montreal, P.Q. Deer Park Brownie; owner, R. G. Wai son, Montreal; eben a, L. Farewell, Te ronto. ; 5467. Ahab I., whelped March 25, 1900 red, by Red Cloud (C. 4710), out of Zulu; owner, breeder, Dr. blick, by Red Cloud (C. 4710), out O@m ST. BERNARD. P 5408. Prince Rudolph, whelped July 29, 1898, orange and white, ty Waterloo (GC) 3453), out of Queen Lil .(C. 4105); owner,” Bert H. Wills, Montreal; breeder, Ruy Colby, Toronto, ‘2 IRISH SETTER. 3 5504 Jessie II., whelped April 2, 1809,” red, by St. Elmo (C. 1429), out of’ Jessie (C. 4001); owner, David Ward, Toronto; breeder, Samuel Coulson, Montreal. COCKER SPANIEL. 5385. Willard IT... whelped January 28, 1900, black, by Willard (C. 5045), out of Z red, by Red Cloud (C. 4710), out of Zulu; owner, John: Littig, Montreal; Dr, F. L. Haszard, Montreal: breeder, 5468. Lobo, whelped March 25, 1s Mon F. G. Haszard, Montreal. 7 5559. Betty T., whe!ped July 10, 1900)” S. Arnold Finlay, : er, J. W. Tattey, Montreal; ‘Dr. F. L. Haszard, Oharlotte- “WATER SPANIBL. n Boru, whelped February 15, liver, by Ch. Mike (C. 3935), Ly G5 owner, Colin Campbell, reeder, IT. A. Carson, King- -EDALE TERRIERS. ‘Ranger, whelped June 15, 1 tan, by Briar Test, out of 1; owner, Jos. A. Laurin, r, ©. Horsman, Lisden, e Tease, whe'p.d April 10, tan, by Tone Jerry, out ; owners, Jos. Old Country papers late- ly :— y With the “dead season’? has also come a discussion on the immortality of animals. The arguers who favor a heaven for the brute creation confine th. mse ves prin- cipally to dom¢stic animals—the horse, the dog, and the cat. Animals to have a hereafter must have souls, because the theory of earthly bodies, ws.echer four- footed or two, in heaven, is untenable. Souls would hardly ‘have been given to aogs and denied to elephants, bestowed on cats and not on ‘tigers. I have never seen why an intelligent animal should not have as much “soul” as a human idiot, why the live-saving Newfoundland should not have an immortal part equally with jthe cannibal savage. The Christian idea is that all human beings have souls because they are human beings, and that the pos- session is entirely confined to the one type of life—man. But if the immortality of the soul is considered as compensation for suffering here below, these animals have a very strong claim. * * * A Memory. There’s a walk I shall always remember— A stroil I once went—with a dog! Une eve when the gold of September Was gilding each leaflet and iy When Nature, with brightest of brushes, Fell to sketching the sunset fast, And the band of: the iarks and _ the thrushes ; Played their best that’ sweet night of the past. Well, I went—with that —a-walking Where the light and the shade were at strife, Whi'st two bright eyes did all the talking, And an hour seemed enough for a life. I know that I vowed for the latter I’d be constant and faithful as he, And I said—-but it doesn’t much matter What I said when we sat by the tree ! Ah! Fido, you rascal, you’re winking ! Don’t turn your dim eyes to the fire, I’ve a notion what you are thinking— ’Tis a subject of which we can’t tire. There’s a tale you could tell of that roam: ing, ; Wihy it’s sacred you also cou:d tell, For you know in that soft summer gloam- i Your mistress came walking as well. So Fido, old friend, I still have you To call up a smile or a sigh, A keepsake from one who gave you To help me remember “Good-bye !” _ To recall me the joy and the sorrow Of that night and our walk through the of ee f t that to Ww o help me forge at to-morro Can’t Bring Gack the hours that are dead ! * * * A.—“Have you bought that dog to keep the burglars away?” B ME 2a4 A.—“Then you're not troubled any more at nights, I suppose?” B—“Only by the dog.” 374 Rod and Gun in Soni Medern Pigeon Shooting. In two recent pigeon matches between two well-known experts, each:match being at 100 pigecns each, all the p:geons were killed except one, that is 399 were killed cus of 400 shot. at. This leads. us to re- mark that there is something radically wrong about the present methods in vogue for trapping and shooting live _ birds. Where, as at present, the shooter stands at about 30 yards, with gun to shoulder, it is but the work of the fraction of a second for even the veriest “dutfer’ to cover his bird before it has had time to get under way, as a rule, and in many instances h2 has to wait for the bird to rise before giving it its quietus. Really sporting shots are rare under such con- ditions, and the killing 100 of these birds in succession, does not rank very high as a feat with the shot gun. To knock a block off a post at 30 yards 100 times in succession would not be considered a feat of marksmanship worth noticing, and yet some pigeon matches rank very little high- er. ‘ : The essence of one’s enjoyment witb the gun or r-fle, is the feeling that your game has a fair chance to put its pow- ers of flight and escape against your skill. and a true sportsman will decline to enter the cortzst where his quarry is unfair- ly handicapped. For this reason we think pigeon shooting might be raised to a high- er plane, if some means were devised to give the bird a ‘chance to get up some speed and to exercise to some extent the means of escape nature has given it. Some device by which the bird would be sereened from the view of the shooter until it had gained its speed, would be better than that now used, and it should not tax one’s ingenuity very much to ef: fect this purpose. One scheme suggested ‘is to trap the bird from the centre of a semi-circular screen, say, fifteen yards wide and five yards deep at the centre and raised 12 inches from the ground, and completely covered. This would be closed at the side next the score, and open along the whole of the other or circular edge. The bird would be released from one trap at the back and would have the whole range of the covered screen in which to get up speed and choose its course of flight. Trapping could be done from a pit at the back of the screen. This might not be a perfect scheme to effect a cure for the evil mentioned, but it might be a considerable improvement. If not, no doubt some of our ingenious sperting friends can suggest one. THE GUN > Conducted by “Bob White.” . Walkerville Gen Club. The following records were made at the Walkerville:Gun Club shoot on Saturday, Sept. 29th, A. W. Reid winning the regu: lar club event, twenty targets, by break- ing 19. Webster, in class B, won with.18: Targets? ..:. 22.10 10-10: 10 10 *20 Clarke SSRIs Sas) aes |i Minece’ re [eR ae Swiit Sto ube SLi Sree ne TS Readies: ca hook bd eae ae oe ed AS We Reid sae 3.3 Rope essa 2 OE Macdonald... Sight Sagan SEO 9 Allen iotin s Guees 6 6 14 Webster 535 6..88 + PI 2 18 Wears aa eae 10 WW Green «. 5. Serge): Hares 17 *Club event. The principal event of the day was the contest for the King trophy and Ks- sex County Championship between A, W. Reid and E.G. Swift, both of Walker: ville. , Mr. Reid had won the Trophy at the Walkerville Labor Day shoot, and this was the first individual challenge for it. The match, at fifty singles and ten jars, was won by Mr. Reid with the splendid score of 65 out of 70, Mr. Swift secring 52. The trophy has been up for ecmpetition several times, the best pre- vious score by any winner being 61. The following is the full score for the King Trophy:—_ SINGLES. A. Wy Reid 5058 1111111111— 1110111110— 1111111011— 111111111 1 111111111046 BE. G. Swift.. ~LIT1TI0172 111 1— 111101110 0— 1010011111— 010011101 1— F110011111-31 DOUBLES. Pr Nea" ban 50 s Peed ..11 10 11 11 11— 11 11 11 11 11—10 Bi 6 Swit. Hie s ..11 10 11 11 L1— ; 11 11 10 10 00—15 Total:— - AA. Reid: = Sure cee aoe 65. EG Switt see ae ae ee * * * Mr. A. W. Reid was called upon to de- fen] his title to the championship of ‘Essex on Oct. 13th, Mr. Thos. Wear being challenger, and backing his opinion with the customary deposit of $5.00. The re- sult was a second victory for Mr. Reid. The scores were: Reid, 58; Wear, 51. * * ; On Tuesday, Oct. 6th, W. R. Crosby defeated Fred. Gilbert for the “E.C.” cup fore sight comprising wires extendi with a score of 126 to 123 out of 100s gles and 25 pairs. . : John Formly, of Formly, England, | i secured a United ‘States patent on a me for sighting firearms by the eye ul This invention comprises a back si divided by vertical and horizontal w said horizontal wires being so space ' each corresponds to a known range, ar different direction relatively to s the spaces.in said back sight, the le part of the said double fore sight serve a means for enabling the scale of the t sight to be used twice over and ke the size of the back sight within rea able limits.. A framed back sight by vertical and horizontal wires’ spaced that each corre:ponds with a range, for use in conjunction. wit gle or double fore sight consist frame mounted on a barrel and wires diagonally stretched therein menner as to divide up the pier back sight. rote A back sight conbiatanie of. a frame having wires stretched and horizontally across ‘same, zontal wires being so spaced that responds with a known range, and : ing sight across same in combination a fore sight consisting of a single ble folding frame having wires «| diagonally across it or them and sight below same, the thickness metal forming the frames being in presented to the eye and the b the said metal ‘being disposed | ally of the gun, substantially as for the purpose stated. * * * a The following reply to a “qinery. ) ing to it is worth reading and noti appeared recently in the Lo ‘In order to enlighten our and others interested in the a 1 we have made a large number of ex ments. Three 12-bore shot b highly polished bores were woe three. different kinds of me Krupp’s special gun steel, W fluid pressed steel, and a very made by the Siemens-Martin — Both hard and soft shot were various kinds of wadding. The our trials may be summed up_ words. The leading of gun caused entirely by the absence of a § able lubricant. So long as the bari highly polished, it matters little metal it is composed. In the abse lubricant of proper consistency leads more than soft shot. Vario cants were tested, their value for. th pose being in the following order: M suet, Russian tallow, Webley’s Tdem,’’ vasseline, almond oil and oli Corroborative evidence of the abov t uined in the following manner: Two lid disks were turned up and their peri- 1€ highly polished in the lathe. One e disks was made of crucible cast stecl, - other of Bessemer. Bars of metal, e by melting and re-vasting hard and t respectively, were pressed alternately ; s of a lever and weight against the ipheries of the rapidly revolving disks he pressure employed being equal to > tons per square inch of the metals in n Bike bar made from the hard shot ; sed against the unlubricated disk was quickly ground away in the form er. The soft lead bar resisted this ration to a much greater extent. Jubricants above enumerated were esstully tested upon the disks, and * anti-friction qualities proved to be 5 peeier stated. Whether using the r soft steel disks, mo frictional dif- Dacia be detected. 7 "results confirm us in the opinion, f we have so often expressed, that | wadding saturated with grease invariably be used, in preference to d felt that is so generally employed. 2 ere ett ok ‘* * ters Cartridge Co. and the King I eto. of Cincinnati, have brought per edition of their rifleman’s score :. This edition gives one page for re- x the work of Schuetzen marksmen her Standard target, or German ring, e following page the Ist, 2nd and s United States arm targets for re- the shots of the military maiks- is for free distribution and can ) ed by application, with stamp, to * of the above named companies at ati, Ohio, or to T. H. Keller. man- w of the easterri department, at 380 mbers Street, New York. Union Metallic Carir: dge Company ed a little book entitled, “A Re- Ammunition in Shooting Contests different departments. of shooting. ins the great records with gun, ammunition and many remarkable tar: , also rules governing revolver and pis- oting, r'fle shooting rules and trap rules. It is for free distribution. * * * Donley’s fourth annual handicap ent at St. Thomas, Ont., will be ou the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of month, and fromises to be a _ affair. There will be target live bird cvents each day, and vents will be handicapped, in. tar- yvnts from 14 ‘to 24 yards, and ve bird events, 25 to 33 yards. ig live bird events are on the pro- , the Grand International Han- Rod and Gun in Canada dicap championship for the Gilman and Barnes gold medal now held by “He th Bates, Ridgetown, Ont., and the Canadian handicap championship for the Donley trophy, open to Canadians only. * + * Quail shooting opened in Southern On- tario. on the 15th October. Birds were plentiful, but with the usual large num- ber of “‘squeaters,” some being so young as to be hardly able to fly. These, of course, were proper marks for the pot hunter, and unfledged sportsman, whole bevies being wiped out in this way. * * * J. A. R. Elliott last month defeated Fred. Gilbert for ‘both the cast ‘iron medal and review cup. Hach contest was at 100 pigeons. In the former the score o/D is, in all cases, the same. A forked twi ig used, and the prongs of the fork are 1eld one in each hand with the fingers ee When the operator passes over any place where there is water, the twig turns downward of itself and even. against pressure, to keep it level. The use of such rods is as o'd as the Hindoo Vedas. It was practised by the Chaldeans and the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans, and is still flourishing in China and other eastern lands. The Druids were accustomed to cut their divin- ing rods from the apple tree, but the principal woods employed were hazel, osier, and thorn, and less frequently ro- wan and mistletoe. According to Aryan tradition, these trees were an embodi- ment of lightning, of which the forked ny Indian Canoes, 'Bay Lake, Ontario. was Ehott, 99; Gilbert, 98; and in the latter, Elliott, £8; Gibert, 97. ~ Elliott killed all his birds and Gilbert all but one in both contests, the other lost birds being dead out of bounds. The Divining Rod. The curious persistence of the belief in the virtues of the divining rod for the discovery of underground water or miner- als, has shown itself in the recent appear- ance ‘in the press.of accounts of a skilled manipulator of the rod who has made startling discoveries of water in England; and, not to be outdone by the Old Coun- try, Ottawa has immediately established a home industry and produced a philoso- pher no less skillful in locating hidden wate-courses. The method of procedure stick was the symbol, and it was thus that they gained their magic powers. Formerly the cutting of the rod must be done at particular seasons and with special ceremonies, as there was always something supernatural and magical con- nected with the use of it, but the advo- cates of its employment at the- present time have discarded the belief that the fairies or divinities have any influence in the matter, and in accordance with the more materialistic, though not less credu- lous spirit of the present day, ascribe its power, wh n they attempt an exp!anation, to el ct:icity or an’mal magnct'sm special- ly developed in the demonstrator. The annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Canoe Asso- ciation took place at Gananoque October 20th. 376 CORRESPONDENCE. ® The Ontario Game Laws. Editor of Rod and Gun: Sir,—I noticed in the August issue of your sporting journal that you wou'd like sportsmen’s opinions of the present game laws of Ontario. This led me to believe that I am not a'one in thinking that it is time we had a change. The present Ontario game law regarding big game is the most unreasonable on re- cord, and that is saying quite a lot, but I will give your readers my reasons for mak- ing this statement. At present we are allowed only fifteen days on red deer (open season) and our bag is limited to two deer. This simply means that we must all go in to the woods together, after our deer. amidst a hail of bullets, with big fcols and little ones shooting at every sound that is heard, consequently any man that values his life will not go a second t'me. Now, if the game of Ontario is so scarce that we should only be allowed fifteen days of open season surely we should not be allowed to shoot does and fawns, a thing no real sportsman enjoys doing anyway. «This is a, mistake which can and should be corrected. As to hunting red deer of “ntario it can’t be compared with that of hunting the great monarch of the woods, the moose, and here we have been with cur hands tied fast for the Tast ten years or so, and deprived of this great sport, which once experienced will never be forgotten. And still the moose are no more plentiful than they were ten years ago. Surely we have been experimenting long enough in this respect. The moose is gaine almost un known to the majority of the sportsmen of Ontar‘o, yet there is no doubt on earth but that there are more moose in the Pro- vince of Ontario than there are common red deer. This statement may be doubted by some who have hunted in the Muskoka cistrict, but they must consider that that hunting ground is only a handful of earth compared with the great moose-land to the north. Clearly, the man who pro- posed prohibiting the shooting of moose is perfectly ignorant of the fact that moose multiply as fast if not faster than the red deer. In my experience I have found two calves with a cow moose wore often than two fawns with a doe. Now, Brother Sportsimen, you who are interested in the matter, Y would like you to place yourselves with me on the north shore of Lake Surerior, and look cast as far as the Matttawa, and west as far as the Lake of the Woods, and consider that this country is from eight hundred to a thou sand mi'es long, and about four hundred miles in width, at least 300.000 miles of moose country, and a perfect sportsman’s paradise, lying idle. Deer are not plentiful Rod and Gun in Canada in this country on account of the wolves, but a man must go and see for himse’f be- fore he really will believe the number of moose that there are there. Why is it the moose have not increased during the last ten years? It is not because they have been killed by sportsmen, but because the settlers and trappers that are dotted over that country are obliged tu live, and they simply do as you or I would do if we were in the same position. ‘Chey shoot five moose for their hides, etc., and get for them what they would realize for one, providing the sportsmen were allowed to go in there and employ them as guides, One trip to those lumber camps will con- vince a man of what becomes of the moose. You see them eat moose meat in the name of beef, and around the fireplece in the evening hang.a waggion Icad of moose moccasins. This may look unreasonab’e to sportsmen, but it is true, for moose are simply bow-at.d-arrow game to these men, especially when there is four foot of snow and a nice crust, or in the summer month: when they van paddle noiselessly down the river and come up within ten fcet of him avound the curve of the river and see him busily engaged splashing himself to keep the flies off, or eating the lily pads. One of these men during the winter does nct consider that he has made wages unless he has killed from twenty to thirty moose, and so it will continue so long as thts country is kept, by the laws, as they are- now. What I would propose 1, at least, a month cf open season, say the month of November, on all kinds of deer, and that no deer be allowed to be killed unless it has horns over four inches long. The number should be limited to two, of any kind of deer. If one sees fit to shoot and kill two moose or two deer, or if he sees fit to shoot one moose and one deer, let him do so, and as long as the number is limited, let the .sportsman shoot them where he sees fit. Don’t say that because he is old and cannot tramp the woods ag we do that he shall not sit in a canoe and take a crack at an old buck or bull as he comes to drink. Because you and I would not enjoy such a thing, that is no reason Why: we should. deprive thos who do onidy it. They hiv2 as much right to look for their two bucks as we have. And again, you compel a sportsman to lock for a deer’s horns before he shoots. This will have a great tendency to keep him from. shooting a companion. There would be no excuse left for this mistake, and a man guilty of it should be convicted by any jury of manslaughter. Tf one of my party, under such a law, shot a doe or a cow, I wou'd send him down as quick as any one, if for nothing more than protec- tion to our party, for he would have no excuse whatever to offer, and if he shot a deer before he saw what it was he would be as apt to shoot a man. that I have often read articles As to the non-residence license, I | nothing particular against that, alth I am not in favor it, for this Past As it is now, now and then the et ment receive a $25 license fee, when guides in the north, those who | have it and are in need of it, 4 receive a hundred dollars. Do not look reasonable that this 1 encourage these people to p game, for as soon as sportsmen the fact that they can get moo time they come to Ontario, they wil ldll a few moose compared with w killed now, and avill leave hun 1 thousands of dollars in the country the settlers will thus realize the rea of this noble game and be anx tect them. ie Why should Ontario be behind t of Maine in this respect? The left over $300,000, distributed am guides, etc., in Maine in the year 18 certainly the game of Maine compared with the game of On as soon as the settlers realize the this game to them they will | anxious to destroy the wolves, red deer will become as plentifu the ©. P. R. as they are south present. ° ak Now, Brother Sportsmen, it papers, that were written © writer had an axe to grind in some 1 shape, but such is not the case t with me, for I am under no any man. I can build my own put my little 7 x 9 tent, stove, paddle my way up and dow across lakes, pitch my tent ground, and when I return I moose head, if I see fit, for my license, and buy others four seasons. Fortunately I pelled to do so, but I would like day when I can shoot a moose and two weeks is not long « season for it. A man can’t ¢ moose in Ontario if he is wale go every third year, as it tal to locate the hunting ground, wait of three years he would p to go and hunt another one or tirely upon the guides, * Editor Rod and Gun : Sir,—My chief complaint za game laws is the Ontario moc Nov. 1 to 15, once every thre obey the law, consequently shoots are ke: angels’ visits, between. Others I know cf s please, have done so last ard and will again. monizing of laws that will gi season every year. many moose left, Sir,—I see in the August number and Gun in Canada that you de- the opinions of your readers e laws of the province they reside in. for some time been dissatisfied mtario, laws. They seem to m¢ ‘severe in some ways and not in others, and I believe that ons for this northern part of t any rate, are too short and advantage be extended, pro- ; ¢ killing of game or fish in n is more c.osely looked af: id, for exampie, the open 3 and partridges is actua.- in Canada, though, of Uanada. My idea is ‘ open season the ordi- . far less ikely to want the game laws, which is parts of Ontario at the ario lately there has been change in the game laws, ry difficult to know exactly esent regulations; and, something be done to that the man who runs not require to bring in the puroverbial - Philadelphia @nd of Uctober | have he ice in front of me to ough the narrows of a e Indian wil not. stir can help it at that time_ is Ricchient: that the be the same, consisten: s of the locality. For in Ontario, five miles off oa Dram me into Quebec, 3 fifty imiles or less fur- “aed another territory, and int October, and lst Sep- vely, and what is to hia- he wants, killing a moose io and saying he killed it y north of Pontiac. Hav- open seasons makes it harder law. thik iteiace” ‘Ist us too moose season to begin, but t case make it end by 3lst ery disagreeable. Restrict, travel in the woods after ies for preserving game ; of season, and it will be. - poplar. -and two gold watches. aks me out of the County — s for the three begin on™ Rod and Gun as is done now, the killing of cow moose and limit the number of bull movse to one per permit. No reasonable sportsman can object, but give him a long enough time to hunt them, for it is not always easy for a business man to get away from h’s work for the miserable httle fortmghi that the Ontario authorities have doled out. Make the law easier to keep, and it will be all the easier to enforce the law, and then the moose and the othe game wil be a source of revenue to the whole country, for 1 believe that were the game resources of the country properly preserved and explowted there wouid be a steady flow of sportsmen every season bringing thousands of dvilars into the country which are ai present spent eise- where. L know this has been preached before, but it will bear repetition, as it does not seem to be recignized by those respons- ibie for the arrangement of the cose sea- son, else they woud have given us an open seasoa which cou.d be enjoyed wita- out compeiling the sportsman to risk his le trayell.ng thiouga ear.1y November ice. 1 am, yours faithfully, ; PAUL A. COBBOLD. Haileybury, Ont., Sept. 7, 1900. ucorge volinson, who tives 1our milest south ot Hiseville, Ky., went coon hunt- ing, and the dogs cuased a cvon up a large Aiter aaylight Mr. Jonuson cut the tree, and, aiter kuling tue coon, re- turned to tne stump to get his axe. In the hollow or the stump he found a stone jar whicn contained $3,7U0 gold coin ‘these were un- doubtedly placed there by the famous guerrilla, Bul McGruder. One of the watches is marked “J. B. L.” and has been identified by J. B. Lessenberry, of Glasgow, as his. Mr. Lessenberry was relieved of his watch in the spring of 1862 by Bill McGruder and his gang, who bound Mr. Lessenberry behind the coun- ter in a barroom in Glasgow, and after helping themselves to all the whiskey tuey wanted, went through tne cas drawer and took the watch. A few days later they were met by Col. Frank Wol- fered, who killed several of them and chased the others to the mountains of East Tennessee. * * * The Phoenix (Ariz. Ter.) Gazette relates that “Parties out deer hunting ran across an old ruin on the top of the highest mountain, nine miles north of Phoenix. It is of stone. and some of the walls are still standing ten feet high. ‘The old building, or buildings, covered an area of about two acres of land. ‘The large stones around the place are covered with hiero- glypkics.” in Canada bacy a Colonel B. B. Jackson, of Siskiyou County, Cal., tells this story:—“In 1849, | and eight other Oregonians ran across Kit Carson and General Fremont with a small force of men, near the sink of the Hum- boldt in Nevada. They had been rounded up by a lot of Indians, but we beat them off, and all went into camp together on the spot. Provisions had got precty low, and one day Carson proposed to me that we go out and try for some dee. We started out together, and met with poor luck, and while separated from Kat 1 took a shot at a fat buck in the brush, but he got away from me. Just after I fired I noticed a ‘intter.ng sound coming from the direction in which I had aimed, and upon investigation 1 10und a young goose, which had been sligh-iy inyured, but had become entanglcd in the chick underbrush and thus prevented trom es- caping. At this juncture Carson came up aad 1 proposed that we take a pest, at the same time telling him that [ was go- ing to mark the goose and .et .t go. For this purpose 1 took a tin tag which al- ways came around the percussion cap boxes furnished by Uncle Sain in inv.e days, and marked the initials of my name and the date on the tag in heavy and en- during characters with a fle which we carried to repair the iocks of our guns. ‘This tag was twisted around the goose’s leg in such a manner as to prevent ita failing off, and he was released. ‘Chat was the last I ever heard of the goose until May, 1894, when a letter informed me that Jim Sturgeon, editor of the Homer Index, had the goose in his possession, alive and well. My information stated that the tag was intact and that the initials were still Plainly visible.”’—torest and Stream. vr A curious law suit is exercising the minds of the judicial authorities of a French provincial town. Some time ago two sportsmen went scouring the country _round with guns, dogs, and ferrets, when suddenly they saw a rabbit bound out of a hole, and with it, wonderful to relate, a coin of the sixteenth century. ‘The sportsmen picked up the piece of money, and being unable to ascertain its age or origin,took it to the local cure and mayor. Being by this time enlightened as to its value, they returned the next day to the spot, and after groping about hit upon a number of other coins, accumulating a collection of about 106 specimens, almost all of Italian workmanship, and: bearing effigies, among others, of Francis de Me- dici, Duke of Htruria, 1585; of Ferdinand de Medici, as well as of Philip the Sec- ond of Spain, Henry IV., and other high and mighty potentates—both native and foreign. The owner of the ground has taken action against the two sportsmen for the recovery of the collection.—Yorest and Stream. Rod and Gun “These are some of the things you can do, and thereby learn how you have wasted your previous life.’’—Frederic Irland. Success and Failure. It is a funny thing that some amateurs who possess little or no artistic ability turn out photograms, which, from a tech- nical standpoint, are first class and be- cause they do not attempt complex. sub- jects, their work, at least, has no glaring errors in its artistic side. And then again there are other amateurs who are artisits to their finger tips as far as the taking of photograms is concerned and yet the mounted prints shown by them are miserable and sloppy »to the last de- gree. Why is this? Surely there is some reason for it. Well, the reason is simple enough and easily explained; it is just because the amateurs that turn out such results are not in earnest in their work and do not apply thems:lve; c‘osely enough to the art or technical side of photography if they are deficient. ‘They seem to im- agine that all that is necessary for thein to do is to turn out photograms that are up to the standard they have set—not the standard of good p! otogray hy. And yot, if you were to say to one of these peo- ple ‘You could easily improve” the chan- ces are that you would be told “My technical knowledge of this is said to be first class” or ‘‘my artistic temperament is pronounced to be fully cultivated”’; and in a.] probabi.ity you would find it im- possible to impress it upoa the photo- grapher, that his work could be ‘bettered in any way. Suppose you adopt differ- ent tactics. Ask him if he ever saw any technically excellent, but artistically poor, or artistically excellent but techni- cally poor work hung in a photographic or indeed in any art salon, and you will at once make him (be he ever so stupid;) see the force of your argument. Every amateur at some stage in his career gets a fad on doing landscape work. It?s so very simple, you know, and then the results are so effective. He never stops to think that he knows rather less than nothing about the laws of balance, composition, lighting, arrangement of lines and masses and the hundred and one other little necessary bits of knowledge that come into play in the making of a per. fect landscape photogram. No. He just starts out on a fine sunny day, sets up his camera, pointing at what, to his uncultured eye, (uncultured, photogra- phically) seems beautiful, and blazes away. Then he wonders why in blank his for - grounds lack that fine sketchy appearance of So and So’s, why everything looks so siiff and dead in the photogram when the ground glass showed plenty of life. Where did that ugly, ill-balanced effect come from, anyhow. It was not in the tandscape. Ah, yes, my friend, it was just like that, only your eye was not sufficiently educated to see it. You must start at the beginning by learning the rules of good composition from H. P. Robinson or some other great authority, and you must keep on trying to apply those ru‘es in ever} possible way, until you are able to han- dle your lines and masses dexterously and more by instinct than by a long course of reasoning. Then you are get ting on the right track. Amother thing, read the photographic journals and study tne half-tone specimens of landscape work in. them. You will not find them al] good, by any means, but by picking out the poor ones and knowing why they are poor, you are rapidly learning to apply the know.edge you haye gained and should be learning to avoid the same errors in’ your own photograms. You say this is all very easy to read, but is it practical? Certainly it is practical, but you must not expect to sit down and read a book on iandscape photography through and then inside of a month be turning out perfect landscape photograms. No, nor even ina year. ‘To the photographer who seriously aspires to do good landscape work, years of hard labor and constant improvement are not only, not a_hard- ship, but a source of ‘tong drawn out pleasure, and though it is but reasonable to suppose that his best work will be far outdistanced on the morrow, that is but the natural course of events, and he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has made the effort and has succeeded in bettering the cause of photography. Now for the other side of the question, namely, technical excellence, it is unneces-- sary to say much, only remember, no matter how much artistic ability is dis- played in any photogram no salon com- mittee would give it space if the work on it was poor and it had a botched and sloppy appearance. One cannot. say much about how to rectify this. It is work that must be done by rule to be done properiy and everyone knows or in Canada ‘to the professional, for though should know, that when work is d by rule, the rule is made to be folloy exactly. Manufacturers of plates — paper do not enclose printed slips of rections just for the fun of it. — directions are to mix developers toners in proportions that have be fully studied out and that wi best with the ingredeats used in making of the film with which the p or paper are coated. If you have thing better you intend using on s§ So’s paper, be sure that it is b fore you adopt it permanently. — Now, in conclusion, remember you intend to take up photograp ph 7 ously and as an art to your artis struction—if you intend ever to |] than a mere presser of the bu must study your subject in all until you have every detail of i finger ends, or in the note be your hat. Then success will - * ewe: Figures in Landscapes. For some reason or other the. seems to be the specialty of am photography, just as portrait wo ter is often able to turn out work of this class, the turn o former class is of a considera style on the average. : But amateurs are responsible deal of poor landscape work. beginner gets his camera and plates and goes forth with the all he has to do is to point his and snap it, and—behold, he h By and by, if his interest in deeper than a mere desire to Tom, Dick and Harry eating | or Susan Jane with her eyes s in the bright sunlight, he ou infantile stage and goes in class of work, and just here of every twenty amateurs get scape question. It is not to enter into a discussion photography in general, ‘but 1 fine these few irresponsible r one branch of the work in pears to be a sticking point ternity. That is the advisab ducing figures into our pho have a figure at ail? It is our picture possesses a charm “human interest,” so that if admitted they should be of | vundary importance and sub the principal idea. In this cas use may assist in intensifying | ance or point to the subject. \ be learned on this subject by a engravings of paintings by Turn then, Where? In this case intui- oftenest looked to as-a guide, but a best fact of The relative value of ure sometimes being miscalculated he focussing screen handicapping st by giving the image upside makes this means of determining ing of the figure, a very uncertain | suggestion has been put forward landscape be photographed alone a print taken, which could then lined at Wisare and the question vere the figu'e shou'd come, be ut. Then subsequently the scene re-photographed with the differ- the figure being introduced in the ided upon. ‘This plan though ‘troublesome, should prove very would give the artist an of proving just how much ttle art he possesses. place for figures is in the zen the mid-distance and the ound of the landscape, though | the d stance, if judiciously in- may often be the making of a For instance a man in the dis- country road is frequently the f an otherwise pointless photo- | for How. In posing your overdo it. In fact, don’t Learn to know the vaiuc power, simplicity and sug- .ave something to the imagi- seal Provoke inquiry and you may depend upon ctures wl! possess a fascination. ‘ou do avoid the commonplace. simple-and unaffected positions figures and remember that if pposed to be in motioa they more space before than behind dy variety in the posing of and rather let the modc!s ives at your instruction. In u will obtain much more grace jou say “stand so,” and give € constrained position that con- 2 observer an expression of head- gestion, with a slight attack own in. If the pose is easy : ul. Shun the convention- | remember that a ‘sympathetic mo- alone the kind to employ. in conclusion, the question “Are s beneficial to the appearance of a ,’ has not been asked. hey invariably are. But the reason many landscapes are spoiled by owing to a lack of fitness, first ss of the model and second in its These are the two prime fac- considered, and once they are ed and thoroughly understood you ened up a way by which it is pos- to give life and feeling to what otherwise be dead and_ pointless chanics productions—H. McBean- nstone in the Young Photographer. Rod and Gun in Canada The Photographic Journals for Octoker. The photographic journals for last month were, as is usual at this season of the year, full of good things. Anthony’s Bulletin contained “Photo graphy as Legal Evidence,” “The New Kngland Convention,” ‘Photography in Surveying,’ by J. A. Flamer and two ar- ticles on the business side of photography, one by Edward W. Newcomb and the other by John A, Tennant, both of whom ought to know what they are talking about. An article entitled “How the Mafeking One Pound Notes Were Made,” is especially interesting, and a number of translations from the German figure as usual. ; The St. Louis and Canadian Photogra- 379 fine. “October Days” by Dr, Geo. W. Nor- ris, is a marvel of autumn beauty and is an excellent type of the work of this great American landscape photographer. “The Nubian Girl,” by Geo. H. Van Nor- man, is also good. The Photo-American for October, an- nounces the re-appointment of Mr. Ed- ward W. Newcombe to its ed:torship, after an absence cf eight months. It con- tains “‘Prepa:ing So!utions” by Mr. New: comb; “The Fa!l and Winter Salons,” “The Massing of Light,” by H. McBean- Johnstone; “The Mounting of Photo- grams,” by Harvey Webber; Mr. New- cemb’s well kncwn “Chat Here and There” and a short humorous sketch ‘An Inci- dent from Life,’ by B. Jabers as well as much other interesting matter. “Little View on Lady Evelyn Lake, Ontario. pher contains “Falling Leaves,” by Abra- ham Bogardus, “Photography and Art,” by H. McBean-Johnstone, an account of the Ohio Michigan Photographers Conven- tion at Put-in-Bay, “Camera Devices,” by Robert B. Buckham, and many other articles and short notes. The illustra- tions are numerous. In the Photo-Era, that most beautifully gotten-up of all photographic publications, “Baby Photography for Amateurs,” by An McBean-Johnstone, heads the list, dnd is followed by “The New Movement in Photography,” by H. W. Taylor. Dr. R. W. Shurfeldt, contributes an excellent article on “Special Methods in Fish Pho- tography,” and F. R. Fraprie discourses on “Methods of Fixing.” The illustrations are, as is usual with this journal, very Barefoot,” is probably the best illustra- tion, and could have been better used for a frontspiece than “A W: eck in Bos- ton Harbor.” “The Young Photographer,” edited at St. Albans, Vermont, by Mr. H. G. Spaulding, begins its second volume with an anniversary number that sports an entirely new and much improved cover de- sign, Its illustrations are rather limited but of a very high grade,—quality, not quantity. The articles in it are: “Figures in Landscapes,” by H. McBean-Johnstone; “The Camera and the Home,” by Grace Conant; “Precautions,” by A. S. P. Hag gett; “Mezzotint Printing,’ by Royall Tyler Platt; and “Cloud Photogranhy,” by M. A. Scott. Taken all rou-d the 380 October number is an out and out winner, and makes a new epoch in the history of this enterprising little half dollar maga- zine. * a = Mezzotint Printing. Some t'me ago wh'le sitting in the litter- ed back room of an o'd photographer’s es- tablishment,; a place I frequent during my spare moments, Mr. Blank asked me if I had ever “pearled’? any photograms. My negative reply and eviderit curiosity. led him to show me about tlie process, and later experimenting proved it to yield very interesting and artistic results. Doubtless many amateurs have heard of mezzotint printing, but to those who have not, the following description may be of interest. The prints may be made on any toning paper. Drive a pin in the printing frame so that it will be at exact right angles with the plate. Place a plain piece of glass between the negative and the printing paper. Print in bright sunlight so that the pin casts no shadow, showing that the sun’s rays fall perpen- diculatly on the plate. Print and tone as usual, The sun’s rays are thus dif- fused just enough to soften ihe harsh lies and yet every: detail witl be pre- served, if care is taken in printing. Lowell says: “How many times I had lingere | to study the shadows of the leaves mezzotinted upon the turf.” The word is very we:] chosen and gives « good idea of the effect of this process. The effect on landscapes is at once pleasing and ar- tistic. Also in portrait work where the amateur is unequa! to retouching his own negatives, this mode of printing will an- swer to remove that coarseness which is due to the sharpness of the lens. . This is called mezzotint printing because the finished print resembles a mezzotint engraving. This process of engraving on copper or steel, invented by Van Seigen in 1643, produces a picture uniting “soft- ness with strength and finishing with free- . dom.”’—Royall Tyler Platt. When to Stop Development. Nearly every writer on the subject of development gives as a guide for the be- ginner the rule that a plate, be it nega- . tive, lantern slide or film, is developed to the fixing point when the high lights are just showing through when examined on the back.. A more absurd statement has never been formulated than this one, or been so often quoted, and I have never yet seen it contradicted, though any ex- perienced worker must know how ridi- culous it is. The fact whether the image will show from the back or not when de- veloped, depends on the speed of the plate, thickness of the emulsion, exposure and the subject, and is in no case a guide to correct development. Rod and Gun in Canada Fast plates are necessarily coated with thinner emulsion, which allows the image to develop through to the back more easily than a slow plate coated with a thick emulsion. In fact it is often necessary to develop a very rapid p!ate through to the back to obtain density enough in the high lights, while the same effect would be got with the thicker emulsion without showing on the back at all. Then this depends greatly on the amount of contrast. in the subject. A strong summer sky or a white-washed house will be sure to develop through until seen from the back before the rest of the view is developed. The same thing wi!l happen with an un- determined plate. The high lights have probably sufficient exposure, but the sha- dows being under exposed, develop slow- ly, allowing the high lights to become over developed before they show detail enough. With the overtimed plate we see just the reverse. biackens over the face, but an examina- tion of the back will show it white as ever. _ Then again, how is the amount of contrast, detail in the shadows, print-. ing dénsity:* ete., to be judged by seeing an indistinct outume-of the strongest high- lights from the back: This can only be decided in one way, and that is to hold the plate up to the light, looking through it. Then an accurate estimation can be made of the process of development. Lantern plates especially, being coated with a very thin emulsion, will show the image on the back shortly after develop- ment has commenced, and if the usual method adopted by well known slide- makers is followed, that is long exposure and weak developer, the stide will show “an image on the back and look much over- developed long iach sed reg omy density is acquired. * Try examination by hiking through the plate and you will soon notice a greater uniformity in the printing qualities of your negatives. * * s A Boon to Amateurs. Mr. U. Nebring, of New York, has recently placed on the market, a little case containing a set of fine lenses called Convertible Ampliscopes. To use them, unscrew the back lens of your camera, (it must be a focussing instrument) in- serS an ampliscope and then screw back lens in place as before. By the use of these ampliscopes an ordinary lens can be made a copying and enlarging lens, a wide - angle lens, a portrait lens, and a tele- ‘photo lens. There is also an orthocro- matic ray screen in the set. This is cer- tainly just what the amateur fraternity with small pocket books have been look: ing for. * * * New beginners in photography may con- role themselves with the thought that “He who never makes a mistake never makes anything.” The image flashes up and quickly | ‘sizes of their cameras, and full Become a Member. The world-wide photogram excha was founded February 1, 1898, by the retary. F. R. Archibald, Rock Gt Ohio. The first president was F. Sawyer, of Otisfield Gore, Maine, — a“ the first year, resigned in faye . E. Arnold, of Grenoble, Bucks | - Pa. The object of the society is to 2 members faciliiies for the collecti torical, pictorial, curious and m ous photograms from all parts world. Such a collection is most e mically acquired by direct exchang unmounted prints between the - by mail. The Photo-Exchange Bulletin, of Mr. F. J. Clute, of San Francise query editor, is published on of each. month. and addresses of those who have during the month previous, the nz Jars as to the prints they have to exchange. It also con month a number of first class ticles by practical photographe of contests, trade advertisements, To become a member of the W send the secretary twenty-five | will receive an application blank turn mail, Fill this out and the secretary. You will then on. the list and given a age eP receive the Photo-Exchange Bul one year. Foreign subseriptio Canada and Mexico, are forty cents f er extra postage. Stamps will 1 cepted. In withdrawing the slide of } nolder, and replacing ‘it again about sliding the end in si sparates the felt that is placed slides; light struck will be Sliding it in straight is the ' throwing a black focussing camera and slide is the best ® * * One of the best ways of eu picturesque in arrangement of ete. is to be confronted with of it in the finished picture, 1 ing the defects in the picture tha to notice when observing the itself. * * * Correspondence. Jack Lewis—You had better tographer to give you a prac tration. Yes, certainly. Thanks. Sanderson—We have already several acid fixing baths in this Ether is a liquid. The Canadian era Co. make the Glencoe camera W. B. J. W—It might be advis ial try it. Yes, I think it is worth righting. a r 6° Oamera Club Member—Wide lenses are short in focal length. 0. Back focus i is the distance a good illustration of how a brighten up an otherwise worth- pe. The lighting on the face nt. You might try metol or —We intend to use the argument about the word uerile. It ought in ‘the g. It is hopelessly over ex-: barkich has aimed the at- “Maine courts for the past ears, has evidently been commissioners are victor- an, one of the oldest gu.des of ithe ‘Rangeley ll liked by all whe have m, a good citizen and a ived the idea that the e constitutionality of the stat- h the indictment was found, exceptions as to the charge siding justice to the jury. On tions Snowman’s counsel ad- ask for a new trial, and in it so supported by brother guides ons of guides. The new trial but somehow Snowman has and at the present term of the Sreeiie he has withdrawn Rod and Gun in Canada The Sea’s Exchange. Down in the deeps of the wintry sea, Far from the tossing waves; Where the clinging weed is cha only meed, O’er the sailors’ silent graves. Down in the deeps an old crab squats, Watching with evil eye The trawl with its freght of the living dead As it passes slowly by. Above in the storm-tossed ocean trough, . In the mist of the blinding rain, ’Fore the scourg'ng blast the creaking mast - Groans loud as a soul in pain. . The craft heels o’er, and the sea’s long arms, Like tentacles seeking prey, fuck a man from the shell in the seething hell, The toll of the sea to pay. He saw Death’s hand so oft before, Its terrors he laughed to scorn; But oh! for the widow’s anguished moan At the break of the coming dawn. Yet the nets are heavy with scaly spoil, _ The harvest exchanged for life, And his mates must earn for his widow’s need What he would have earned for wife. Down in the deeps ’neath the turmoil wild ‘The trawl sweeps slowly past, Up from the quiet and ghostly calm To the force of the wintry blast; And down in its place come the form and face Of one who but lately laughed As he judged the weight of the scaly freight In the hold of his tiny craft. Whilst the old grey crab from his sandy bed -Crawled over the smackman’s breast. “More room for those who are left,” he said, “‘May the sea gods help the rest.” -Down in the deeps the old crab watched With active and evil eye, As the trawl made way for the lifeless clay, And drifted slowly by. —Kryptos, in London Fishing Gazette. The sable antelope, one of the largest and noblest of all African antelopes, is, from its splendid horns, high courage and the excellent sport it affords, always look- ed upon by all hunters with great admira- ‘ion. There is not a handsomer beast of chase in the world than the splendid. sable antelope bull, with its coat of glossy black, touched with chestnut, its snow- white underparts, bushy, upstanding mane and fine scimitar-shaped horns. These horns are highly valued trophies, and form striking adornments to a hall or smoking- room. The sable antelope stands about thirteen hands at the withers. When ‘as far north as Nyasaland. 381 wounded or set up at bay it twill charge savagely, and with a rew sweeps vf its dangerous horns slay half a dozen dogs. The female is somewhar smaller than the male, and her coat chestnut colored, in- stead of black. First discovered by the great hunier-naturalist, Captain Cornwal- lis Harris, in 1837, in the western portion of the present Transvaal country, the sable antelope has since been found to range over much of souchcast Africa and Westward it is found in fair abunaance in tne Fortu- guese territory of Angula. 1t runs swith) plenty of speed and bottoin, plentiful in the° eastern parts of Rho- desia; Mashonaland, where Mr, Selous dis- covered it in very large numoers, being still a favorite for this grand buik. Hith- erto the finest known pair of horns of the sable antelope, measured by Mr. Selous in Rhodesia, and recorded im “Records or Big Game,” extended to 47 7-8 in, Over the curve. Mr. Rowland Ward has, however, lately received a pair of horns for set- ting up which measure no less than 48 3-8 in. ‘Lhis head was obtained by Mr. John H. Hayes, in the Loangwa River country, Cen- tral Africa. A more perrect pair Of horns of the sable antclope, snowing beautiful symmetry of curves with great strength, we have never set eyes upon.—London L- lustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, ; * * Ld The Morning Chronicle, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, says :—‘B. Krank Hal, of Philadelphia, arrived in the city yester- day from Sheet Harbor, where he had been moose hunting with Alexander Mc- Carthy as guide. Mr. Hall brought with him the head and ‘horns of what hunters in the vicinity of Sheet Harbor said to be the largest moose killed in that sec- tion for twenty years. The estimated weight of the animal was between fifteen hundred and sixteen hundred pounds.” * * * Charles Emery, of Wichita, Kan., while hunting on the Cherokee Strip, forty miles — west of Pond Creek Station, found a gun barrel, on which, back of the rear sight was inscribed, “Presented to Mike Jones by Kit Carson in 1849.’ Un the side, just under the sight, was ‘‘Scalps,”’ followed by twenty-three file marks. The barrel was badly rusted and slightly bent near the middle. Near it were found two skulls and other evidences that the bodies of two men had been left there many years ago. * * * J. A. Spauiding and party, of St. Louis, while out hunting the swamps near Madi- son, Wis., discovered a female hermit who lives in a hollow tree in the centre of the swamp. She appeared to be about thirty- five years old and to be insane. She fled from the hunters, who were unable to overtake her. At is still . 382 Rod and Gun sin Canada Rice, Lewis & Son, Limited. RIFLES WINCHESTER, SAVAGE, MAUSER AND MARLIN. Revolvers & Pistols WEBLEY, COLTS, SMITH & WESSON, MAUSER. = = SHOT GUNS — GREENER, REMINGTOS CLABROUGH.. «=~ & AMMUNITION ®,4% Cor. King & Victoria Streets, = \ TORO The Angler and the Fisherman. The pastime of fishing seems to have fallen, very generally, under the ban of pepular ridicule, and, to a more limited extent, under that of condemnation. The aveiage editor, with hs keen catering to the mass of readers, does not consider his humorous column well “rounded up’ without a fling at the veracity of a man who» goes afishing. Again, and still more unfortunately, the acquaintances of an angler do not fail to take, cum grano, his deseription of a fishing excursion if it shows unusual success as to scores made. This popular opinion of the truthfulness of so large a class of trustworthy men, does not find public expression to the same extent in any other country than our cwn. With us it has become almost national in its character. Fortunately with less disastrous effect than that of many other popular prejudices, it has a similar origin; it was begot in ignorance and grows in strength through the indis- position of most men to study the breadth and bearings of any subject which the co.sensus of popular opinion condemns or ridicules. Again, the pastime of fishing is disap- proved by many, who consider indulgence in it, by a man, as merely the brutal in- stinct developed from that of his boyhood habit of killing flies, in the gloaming, upon the window-pane. No one, say these sen- timentalists, goes afishing except for the love of killing something. The angler enters his protest against both of these verdicts, although he. fully admits the preponderance of evidence against the class of men among whom he has been ignorantly placed by his censors. He frankly acknow'!edges that the quarry he pursues is often the same; that the lures he uses to entice the fish are some- what similar; that the environment of his pastime is often identical; but— and just here he draws the line—the animus of his pursuit is widely apart from that of the man who chucks his bated hook into the water and incontinently yanks out his victim. The one is a butcher, the other a ‘try shows. student of nature and of her water fauna. Doubtless on the 4th of July last, over a milion of fish-hooks were cast into the waters, fluvial and lacustrine, of the United States, but not one in a hundred who handled them felt the slightest inter- est in the life-history of the fish attract- ed by the lures thrown to them. ‘he greater number were pot-fishers, the less- er, anglers.—Field and Stream. In Baltimore the firm of Dumont & Co. had collected a large number of parts of gulls for shipment to New York milliners, but T. S. Palmer, assistant chief of the U. S. Biotogical Survey, stepped in and on behalf of the Government and the State of Maryland seized the whole stock and arrested those who are responsible. The new Lacey bill is working. Youth (whose dog has dropped over- boaid)—“‘Captain, stop the vessel.’ Captain—“I am not allowed to do that except when a man falls overboard.” Youth (as he jumps into the water)— “Now you can stop.” In recent years, Germany, France and Austria, as well as the United States, have become greatly interested in breed- ing the finer types of Belgian hare, and the demand thus created has drawn heay- ily upon the resources of English breed- ers and has raised the prices in England to a mark that seems extravagant. Three hundred dollars, or even more, have been paid for single specimens, to which price must be added the cost of bringing them to this country. The hare first attracted attention in America’ about nine years ago. A few specimens were exhibited at the World’s Fair, and later, at many poul- But no great interest was aroused until within four or five years. Now there are several associations threughout the country. Several large ex- hibitions have been held in Boston, New York, and other eastern cities, and at Los Angeles, in February, 1900, was held the largest and most successful exhibition ever held anywhere, ‘with the highest prizes. Los Angeles has thus bh within the past two years, the centre 6 the Belgian hare industry in Amer And within this period of two years least fifteen hundred rabbitries have b established in Southern California, a | tion having a population of only ab 300,000 people. There is only one nova Always the same and always to be relied upon, a scientific preparation containing the — whole nourishment of beef, in the form easiest of diges- tion and assimilation. . . ™Finest Canoe TI Inthe World 2% kaming and Temagaming should write to COBBOLD, wee Ont. (succe C. C Farr & Cobbold.) ; Motto— THE BEST.” GURD’ Ss GINGER ALE To be obtained from all first-class gro Please see that the label is on the b CHARLES GURD & CO., - - MON’ FOR YACHTS. STEAMSHIPSBOA MS CASKILL DOUGALL 8 : Standard Boat aSpar Varn MONTREAL. The open seasons for moose in the Canadian Provinces are as follows : QUEBEC, Counties of Ottawa and Pon- tiac (Kippewa and Temiskam=- ing Districts) : October {st to November 30th. NEW BRUNSWICK : September 15th to December 3/st. ONTARIO: November Sst to November 15th. MANITOBA : September 16th to November 30th. NORTH WEST TERRITORIES: November 2nd to December 14th. BRITISH COLUMBIA : September Ist to December 3/st. % All the moose lands are reached via the Canadian Pacific Railway. 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GUN IN CANADA does not assume any responsibility for, or endorse, any views expressed by contributors in these columns. munications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. committee appointed by the North American Fish and otective Association at its first meeting to report at the nual meeting on the possibilities of harmonizing the game laws of the Provinces and States represented in tiation will meet in Montreal, Dec. 13th. It isa strong sentative committee, and being for the most part of practical government officials of the fish and game ents, its members should know fairly well to what their respective governments will be prepared to accept ommendations. While the resolution appointing the does not specifically require the members to approach eral State and Provincial powers, as a body, it is feerally understood that the findings of the committee will hndor ibtedly be also the recommendations of its members to iret governments. The task before the committee arduous one. The close seasons not only vary consider- mut the climatic and settlement conditions are so different 9 one set of dates can be agreed upon to cover all Pro- d States, and we are of the opinion that it would be consider very carefully the propriety of making the the open seasons in the more northerly portions of sufficiently early and of duration enough for the n to visit those regions before there is any danger of iting off his retreat by canoe. Quebec’s dates are so ranged now, and we hope will not be interfered with. We Suggest to the committee that they should first lay own the principle ‘‘that we believe it is desirable to encourage he visits of non-resident sportsmen,’ and having so decided | fro ed on fixing dates and conditions that will go as far as ; pnsistent in so doing Limit the number of deer, caribou and ose, etc., each man may kill, as closely as necessary, but do not ke Short seasons that require thousands to go into the woods es two weeks. One animal per man with a one month season is preferable to two per man with a two weeks’ limit and the danger of the sportsman being shot by mistake is thereby lessened. Furthermore, do not decide to prohibit shooting altogether in immense areas where the game wardens never penetrate. It keeps out the non-residents who disburse money. in those districts, and it brings the laws into contempt. 1k The fire-rangers of Quebec Province in all cases hereafter will act also as fishery overseers and gamekeepers. This ap- pears to be an excellent idea, but it should be followed by the licensing of guides, each guide to be a fire-ranger and fishery overseer and game-warden in any territory he may be travelling in. The guides are interested in preventing fires and in pre- serving fish and game, and a proper knowledge of their re- sponsibilities will have a good effect. 1% The mighty hunter and celebrated author and naturalist, Frederick C. Selous, having heard of Canada’s big game, paid a visit to Quebee Province from Sept. 25 to Oct. 21, and hunted in the Kippewa region, from which he secured two fine moose heads. After leaving Canada Mr. Selous intended to hunt caribou in Newfoundland. Mr. Selous is well known on account of his writings and his eighteen years’ hunting in Africa. +. The committee of the North American Fish and Game Protective Association, to prepare a constitution and by-laws for adoption at the next annual meeting, will meet in Montreal, Dec. 13th. 1% The Lacey Act passed by the U. S. Congress (referred to | in our July issue) is stated to be having an excellent effect in preserving game. Briefly, it prohibits interstate traffic in the game from any state whose laws prohibit its export. — IHegal market hunters, therefore, find it very difficult to SBepOSy. of their game. The United States Department of Agriculture, Division’ of Biological Survey, issued Circular 381 on. Oct. 25th, giving ‘a résumé of state laws concerning game. From it we learn that twenty-eight States probibit trade in certain game and forty- one States prohibit the export of various game. Fifteen States require the issue of licenses to hunters, usually at $10.00 to $25.00, and one State, Missouri, makes it a misdemeanor for a non-resident to hunt therein. é % We have been able to ‘secure several articles, written not long before his death, by our lamented and valued contributor, Frank H. Risteen, the first of which appears in this issue. 388 A WOMAN'S TRIP TO THE LAURENTIDES. By Mary Harvey Drummond. A tropical night had dropped from the skies into the midst of a northern city and kept us tossing on our scorching beds till the small hours of the morning, when a light wind arose End of the Portage to Sandy Inlet, Lake Temagaming, Ontario and coming through the open windows, fanned us to sleep. We did not rest long, however, and dressed and breakfasted in time to catch the 8.45 train at the Canadian Pacific Railway station. At Three Rivers we made the only change in our railroad journey, and were soon whirled by the ‘‘local’’ within sight of the round white brick ovens of Les Piles, with the turbulent St. Maurice river rushing by. On the platform, Cyprien, the mail carrier, met and escorted us to the river bank, where a heavily laden raft waited to take us over. The crossing was slow work, but just then time was of little conse- quence, and the scenery of unsurpassed grandeur, so it was with something like regret that we felt the raft touch the landing, and saw Cyprien jump nimbly ashore, where, working with hands and tongue alike, he soon had his cargo safely on terra firma. We walked up a steep hill to a small house, where we sat down and waited, though for what, I, atany rate, did not know. ‘‘Tiens! Arrete donc!’ It was the voice of Cyprien ushering in the next feature of the programme, a mud-bespat- tered buckboard drawn by a big Canadian horse of ancient and honorable lineage. We scrambled into the back seat of the wondrous vehicle, and began the most memorable drive I ever took in my life. Through ruts, over trunks of fallen trees Rod and Gun in Canada and corduroy bridges for nine immortal miles, till we were black and blue. Any caution to our jehu only made his fage expand in a wonderful smile; he was too busy jumping now up to his seat in front, now down again as we came to a gentle rising, like a playful kitten. At last we stopped with a sudden jerk, which threw me up against the front seat and added some new tints to my colour collection. ‘‘ Where are we now??] asked anxiously, seeing only a small shed standing by the shores of a large lake, and hoping I wasn’t expected to share its straw-thatched roof with jehu and his steed. ‘‘ Voila Je Club House over dere?’’ Cyprien volunteered, and to my immense relief I saw on the other side of the lake a small red house standing alone, with suggestions of others through the trees. After making his horse comfortable for the night, Cyprien stowed us and our luggage away in a flat-bottomed boat. This time I had nothing to say against the mode of travelling ; it was simply delightful to sit there quietly and be rowed over this beautiful sheet of water, calm as the proverbial mill pond, and made picturesque beyond description by the lofty mountains rising sheer out of its depth on our left, and on our right the pretty group of houses owned by the club. All too soon we pulled up at the wharf, where the genial manager stood with outstretched hand to greet us. Dinner would not be ready for an hour, he said, so we were shown to our room at the top of a little red house on a hill, and proceeded to get out a change of apparel, made more than necessary by the mail carrier’s reckless drive. Short skirts were the rule in camp, and I felt as I donned mine that the new woman was after all no curiosity of mushroom growth, but a clear glimpse of the true woman yet to come. Our toilets completed, we made out way over to the dining-room, which stood alone in the middle of the camp, and was by way of variation painted green. Taking the only two vacant seats at the table, we did full justice toa delicious dinner of boiled lake trout. I never enjoyed anything more, unless it was the big nine pounder that fell a victim to my skill later on. After breakfasting next morning, fishing parties were organized, any of which I felt too tired té join, and sitting down in a quiet nook by the lake shore gaye myself up to restful dreaming. What a silence rules over woods and water alike! Those grey clouds stand before Sol’s genial face like a semi-transparent screen through a hole in which he every now and then peeps to wink his wicked old eye at the nodding world below. Then the wind wakes up with a start, sending a long shiver through the gentle silver birches, and making the stately pine trees wave their dark heads to and fro; then rustling over the placid waters, disappears through the narrow opening over yonder where the big lake passes to join her little sister. Close to shore two tame black ducks are pad- dling lazily by, and the wild goose on the wharf is too weary to move ; but is it possible that the morning has slipped by, and that I hear the clang of the luncheon bell? Yes, sure enough, that brazen tongue does not lend itself to dreamland, and 1 must leave my nook to mingle with the stream which flows towards the dining room. All meals at the Club were sans ceremonie, and each one got up as he or she had finished and walked off in whatever direction the spirit led them. I elected with one or two others to feed the bear, and watzh her gambols with Pratique, one of the guides, who played with Brunhilda like a child with a kitten. She thoroughly enjoyed the sport, which never grew too rough for her, and once or twice Patrique: was forced to damp her spirits with a stick, which made the lady beat a speedy retreat. But she was forgiving, and easily induced to leave her wooden hut for some more play. Just at dusk the fishers returned. ‘‘ What luck?’”’ some one shouted, . { | as they came in sight. ‘‘O fair!” was the reply, and an | immense string of true salmon fontilalis lay shimmering before | our envious eyes. In weight they varied from one-half to \¢lree and a half pounds, and when three more strings were | wlded to the first one, I resolve to waste no more time in ideal | dreaming ; so the following morning found me the first arrival jai the breakfast table, my light bamboo rod lying on the bench j oatside, and my fly book on the table beside me, just to let folks \know I meant business. A neat little parcel of lunch, and a fine looking French-Canadian guide completed the outfit. Then la few whispered words of kindly advice from the manager, and I was off. Up the steep mountain side, over boulders and lfallen trees, through swampy places and beds of dry leaves, with the blood coursing through my veins as never it coursed before, and my hungry lungs drinking in the pure sweet air, jredolent of pine and balsam, so healthful and invigorating to the weary city dweller. Ah, me! shall I ever forget that jexperience of a tramp through ‘the woods, or the wild excite- ment of playing my first speckled trout? “Mademoiselle can fish better dan some of les messieurs;’’? my guide remarked, when at least a dozen fish lay in the bottom of the boat. No idebt he thought he had paid me a great compliment, but my jwomanly pride was up in arms. | | **Some of les messieurs can’t fish at all, can they?” I jqueried a trifle scornfully. -**Non, mademoiselle, for sure you’re right! Only las’ week | go out wit’ one monsieur an’ every tam he cas’ de mouche he iketch somet’ing. But not fish, for sure!- Some tam my jersey, some tam hees hat, an’ noder tam de boat, and all de tam he ‘talk *bout de big salmon he was ketch las’ year !”” and Madore Jaughed heartily at the remembrance. | The last beam of light had just disappeared behind the ‘horizon when we returned to camp, I to be congratulated on papeeech, and Madore to display the same with visible pride. } The fatigue of backwoods life is a very different thing to | he weariness engendered by city toil. I was tired, it is true, but only enough to make rest a luxury, not a necessity, and my ‘Melight knew no bounds when it was announced that that same | liad long wished to see a specimen of this terpsichorean pan- omime, said to have come down through a long line of (Canadian hunters from the Huron warriors of old. The guests 4 ormed a circle round the room leaving the centre clear for the performers, and when all was ready and a cheerful fire crack- jing in the huge chimney place, the nimblest among th guides | ame in and seated themselves in a group near the door. Ata }ignal from the actors, the orchestra, composed of one fiddler } nd two jig dancers to keep time, struck up a peculiar ryth- nical tune and the dance began ; Tancrede Beausejour, the hunter, advancing cautiously in the direction of the unconscious he ibou, (Pierre Leblanc), who was quietly grazing in a corner ta the room, while pearing this mimic stalking i the woodland asion. Now baciacing, now retreating, Tancrede the relent- , gradually approached the unsuspecting animal, and when was followed by the clicking tongues of the hunter’s followers. Phere on the ground, kicking in the agonies of death, lay the infortunate caribou. Another shot proves a veritable coup de )jrace, and the monarch of the forest moaned no‘longer. Then he room rings with the jubilant voices of the chasseurs, as hey sing in chorus one of the old chansons du pays, at the con- ‘jlusion of which Tancrede the successful, executes a sort of Rod and Gun in Canada 389 triumphal solo dance upon the floor, and a few minutes later the whole company join him in a grand walk around, and the ceremony is over, barring the inevitable ‘‘ deoch an doris’ or parting cup of native usquebaugh, of which all partake with a graceful and dignified sulutation of ‘‘a votre bonne santé, mesdames et messieurs.”’ We women of to-day talk much of our rights, and while our tongues wag, we are letting slip by us the very things we clamour for. In the woods of Canada, equality with our brothers and husbands awaits us, and a share in the sports that give health to body and mind. But how many of us avail our- selves of such privileges? Too few indeed. The seaside resort with its second-rate bands, euchre parties, and boundless opportunities for the display of diamonds and dress, still reigns supreme favourite of the gentler sex, proving more strongly than anything else, that the day of emancipation has not yet dawned for women. ODDITIES OF THE BEAR. By Frank H. Risteen. There are two kinds of bears in this country, the sure enough bear and the fiction bear (Ursus Ananias). The stump bear is a harmless variety of the latter. The bush bear, which Making the Tepee has a habit of reveating himself along the side of country roads on moonlight nights, is now believed to be identical with the jag bear that disturbs the sleep of sportsmen. The funniest, queerest bear of the lot is the sure enough bear. People 399 who place implicit faith in all the weird legends told of the Ananias bear find the plain, unvarnished facts in regard to the sure enough bear a difficult dose to swallow. The renowned hunter, Henry Braithwaite, who has killed about 250 bears in the last twenty years, says that almost every bear is a species by himself. He says the longer he lives the less he knows about bears. ‘There is as much variety in the make-up of bears as there is in people at a circus. Some bears are short, chunky and cheerful ; others long, gaunt and dyspeptic. Some are like one of those narrow-gauge hogs in their habits, feeding mostly on roots, grass and berries, while others are fond of game. Dur- ing the open season the bear has the longest bill of fare of any animal to be found in our northern woods. It is harder to tind out what he dosen’t eat than what he does. He will load up with grass, mud, roots and insects of every description, even to hornets, bees and caterpillars. There is only one thing that makes him happier than finding a big nest of ants and that is to strike a hornet’s nest. While the hornets are letting off their fire-works around him, he just grins and yards them away with his long red tongue. You'd think they’d put him right out of business in a jiffy but it seems to be solid comfort for the bear. He is not so fond of bees’ honey as is commonly supposed, but likes to tear the combs to pieces and scoop up the young bees. He has got to have a mighty hungry stomach before he’ll touch tainted meat. When he finds a moose or caribou carcass that’s a little over proof, he pulls it to pieces, dragging out the choice cuts and throwing the rest away. There is one more thing he ought to get credit for: he never kills any more that what he needs at the time. Of course he has been known to climb into a sheep-pen and lay out a num- ber of sheep, but that is because the sheep were tearing and jumping all around him so he got kind of rattled and went it blind. When he kills asheepin the field he will not bother himself with the rest of the flock. He is very fond of fresh fish, and I have often seen him in hot weather sitting on a stone patiently watching for trout and suckers at the outlets and inlets of lakes, which he scoops ashore with a sudden stroke of the paw. ‘* Bears have a great reputation for killing sheep, but they get credit for many that are killed by dogs. After a bear has killed a sheep he seems to know instinctively that either a loaded gun or a trap will be prepared for him. He never approaches the sheep for a second meal without scouting around the spot, and getting squarely to windward so’ as to detect the scent of his enemies. About the only way to make sure of him with a gun is to climb. a tree within easy range of the bait. superior to the deadfall. It takes a lot of time to construct the latter properly, the bear will often go shy of it, and if you get a very large bear he is almost sure to work out. Most deadfalls I have seen are not built halfheavy enough. A bear can lift a great weight with his back, and the Indians tell of cases where bears have been found standing up in this kind of trap that had held up the weight of the deadfali all night. caught big bearsin the steel trap that had the marks of the deadfall on them. ‘-Bears are more than sociably inclined with regard to lumber camps in the summer season. . If the supplies are not properly guarded the bears are apt to make sad work of them. They will seidom enter a lumber camp through the door, pre- ferring to dig a passage through the roof or side of the camp. Sometimes the first thing a bear will do on reaching the camp is to break every pane of glass in the windows. Perhaps he Rod and Gun “tree. In trapping in the deep woods the steel trap is far I have often. in Canada sees his picture in the glass and wants to have it out with h imaginary enemy. They always have a great fancy for p: affine oil. On the Clearwater stream recently a bear went in a camp, climbed on the table, took down a swinging lam lugged itout in the dooryard, took off the chimney withe breaking it, removed the top and poured the oil on the grou which showed signs of his having remained there for seye days. They are very fond of rolling about where any parafi has been spilled, perhaps because it destroys the vermin: their fur. There isa place on the Miramichi portage whi some years ago, some oil leaked out of a can at the foot o For two years afterwards bears used to come and roll that spot. A bear will take the hoops off a barrel of POT a then remove the head as neatly as a cooper could do it. ‘** You can neyer tell what a bear will do when he stri acamp. I was travelling over my trapping line one day spring before last and when I got back to the camp I for that a bear had been there. He had carried away my and soap and never touched a round of pork that was hu on a nail not three feet away. I set a gun trap for him r the camp, using fresh meat for bait, and laid awake most that night waiting to hear the gun go off. He never went the bait, but when I got up in the morning I discovere he had carried off an old pair of moose-shanks that thrown out in the yard. ‘*T have never known a bear to show fight unless co Even ashe bear will run off and leave her cubs to sh themselves unless she is taken by surprise. I once h adventure with a she bear, though, that I didn’t get o quite a spell. I was running a line up the Nashwaak, going through a thick alder swale almost stepped on a sk with her two cubs before I saw them. I had no weapon. t kind. She made right for me, snarling and snapping her te together most viciously. All I could do was back up slo and keep my eyes upon her. Sometimes she got so cle I thought my last moment had come, and then I woul a move towards her cubs, which were a few yards away that seemed to distract her attention. She followed 1 mighty sharp, though, and it seemed like an hour be reached a kind of clearing on the edge of the swale. as I got out in the opening she dropped her fore paws down made off through the woods with her cubs likea flash. I dic feel much afraid while the thing lasted, but after it was sat down on a log and I guess it was twenty minutes or so I was able to walk. A ‘‘ Some of the Indians say that June is the mating tir the black bear, because in that month they scratch tl trunks in their wanderings. The fact is they will com strip the bark that way as soon as they come out of the and keep it up till they den again in the fall. The i sharpen or clean their claws, 1 guess, the same as in the. the domestic cat. Other Indians claim that the mating 1 July and August. I think there is no regular mati because the cubs are born at all times through the New-born cubs, with their eyes unopened have been foun¢ the den in January, and alsoin March. Asa rule the lb composed of two or three cubs, though I caught a spring that had four cubs with her. The female onl once in two years, which I suppose is nature’s way of p the balance of power. The muskrat breeds six times bear’s once. ‘* There is more diversity in the weight of full gro than of any other animal. They will run from 150 to pounds, averaging rather less than over 250. A 400 pou nd k 'a very rare specimen. The biggest one I ever saw measured rifle under eight feet from tip to tip. A bear with a long “ise is generally a tough customer. Some bears are distin- rmnished by a white spot on their breasts, and I have noticed that these have the best fur. _ “The time of year when bears take to their dens depends the food supply. If the beechnut crop is poor and grub in general, they will commence to den in October. The al time, howeyer,.is after the first snows, about the latter part of November. The old rangers stay out as long as they ean find anything to eat. As a rule, if a captive bear is well lied with food and shelter, he will show no signs of wanting en in the winter, A bear will sometimes roam for weeks irch of a suitable place for his den. Then he will select slow log or tree, a leaning root, the edge of a cedar swamp, “i 1 a the shelter of a bush. When the weather gets soft he le to come out and ramble around, and perhaps change ; In these rambles he will sometimes gather up and bark for the purpose of repairing his bed. He dislikes a wet bed and is apt to come out because he is by rain or melting snow. Asa rule he is very careful a dry site for his den. early springs I have known bears to leave their dens as the 10th of April, but the latter part of the month is time. They travel very little at first, sometimes ut warm sunny places where they can take a sun-bath e day, returning to their dens at night. When the out of the den in the spring he is fully as fat, if not | when he went in, but he loses from 20 to 50 pounds the next week or two. The first drive he makes is hole or water course where he can fill himself up and grass. I think he loafs around for as much as a before he tackles any solid food. I have never known touch a bait until he has been out of the den at least ae eae — 7 —— —— - — tp » nannies Le - “ é ~~ aE 4 _- e cubs follow the mother about two years and I think sir third year. I am satisfied, after carefully exam- subject, that the old bears sometimes devour their cubs, ypened she bears that had recently cubbed and found r of the cubs in their stomachs. The cubs might have accident, but that is unlikely. I have trapped a good bears in the spring that had lost their cubs somehow. other, of course, might have wandered off and left them. ow that partridge will often travel their young to death weather, when the chicks are unable to follow from hilled and tired out. e black bear is responsible for the death of a great ung moose and caribou. It is no doubt because of of the bear that the cows of these animals, when forth their young, retire to islands in the lakes and cluded spots. Last spring when trapping bears on st waters I found plenty of signs, in the stomach and ys, that the animals destroy the moose calves at that If the moose calf escapes until he is three or four years too lively on his feet for the bear to catch him, and is he wariest animals to be found in our woods. Pe PO Sige ae | fe Bates, - - - 16. D. Bates, - - 14. Emslie, - - Il. MacPherson, 13. Event No. 3.—20 targets; $2 entrance. Fulford, - - 18. Coffey, -.- 12. Crosby, - - 18. Westbrooke, 9. Fanning, - - 17 Wilson, - - 10. Biiath, S3:.- 19. Bent, 2 0B ' Parker, - - 16. Daniels, - - 14. Courtney, - 18. Mitchell, - - 13. ‘Kirkover, - 15. Fletcher, - - 15. Bates, - - - Ill. George, - - 10. MacPherson, - - 17. Event No. 2.—$1.50 entrance. Four moneys. Fulford, - 22 yards, 11. Wilson, - 18 yards, Crosby, - 22 yards, 9. Bent, - - 16 yards, Fanning, - 22 yards, 12. Daniels, - 15 yards, | Elliott, - 22 yards, 11. Mitchell, - 15 yards, - Parker, - 20 yards, 12. Fletcher, - 16 yards, | Courtney, 20 yards, 10. MacPherson, 18 yards, Kirkover, 20 yards, 8. Coffey, - 18 yards, Bates, - - 18 yards, Il. Emslie, - 16 yards,: George, - 18 yards, 9. D. Bates, - 15 yards, Westbrooke, 18 yards, 10. Cox, - - 18 yards, Event No. Parker, Crosby, Courtney, Norton, Elliott, Fanning, - Wilson, 30 yards, 32 yards, 30 yards, 28 yards, 32 yards, 32 yards, 28 yards, 1.—7 live birds ; $5 entrance. 5. Donly, - 28 yards, hi Werkes, - 28 yards, és Kirkover, 30 yards, G. Daniels, - 27 yards, 5. Cox, - - 28 yards, a. Westbrooke, 27 yards, 6. Bates, - - 31 yards, Four moneys. 12. Two moneys. Crosby, - 32 yards, 21. Parker - 30 yards, 28 Elliott, - 32 yards, 24. Donly, - 28 yan ; Werke, - 28 yards, 18. Fulford, - 30 yards, 2 Fanning, - 32 yards, 21. Westbrooke, 28 yards Wilson, - 28 yards, 19. Fletcher, - 28 yards, 2 George, - 28 yds,withdrawn Emslie, - 28 yards, — Bates, - 81 yards, 21. D. Bates, - 26 ya af Courtney - 30 yards, 20. J. Coffey, 28 ya Kirkwood- 30 yards, 23. Barnes, - 27y Norton - 28 yards, 22. Price, - 28 y: Abbott, 27 yards, 21. a Event No. 2.—15 targets, $1.50 entrance ; tout m1 Courtney, - 13. ‘Strong, - - I Crosby, - - 11. Coffey, - - Fanning, - - 18. Price, - - Elliott, - - 8. Reed, =e Parker, - - 12. Emslie, - - Kirkover, - ll. Cox, - 4g Bent, Seemed fs Dart, foe Wd Wilson, - - 13. George, - - $ Westbrooke,- 14. _ Fulford, - - ° Event No. 3—20 targets ; $2 entrance ; four Courtney, - 16. ‘Strong, «- -"— Crosby, - -- 15. Coffey,, - -. | Fanning, - - 17. Emslie, - - Elliott, - - 17. Cox, aie Parker, - - 1d. Reed, = ee Kirkover,- - 15. Price, se Bent, nee” ERE Fulford, -. - Wilson, - - 11. Dart, - - Westbrooke, - 15. MacPherson, Event No. 5—20 targets ; $2 entrance ; four mon Courtney, - 17. Wilson, - - Crosby, - - 17. Westbrooke, - Fanning, - - 17. Fulford, -- - Elliott, - - 18. Coffey, - - Parker, - - 19. . Price, - - Kirkover, - 18. Hie - - Bent, - - 18. Dart, eos Event No. 6—10 singles and 5 pairs ; $2 entra Courtney, - 14. _ Kirkover, - Crosby, - - 14. . Bent, |: oars Fanning, - - 15. Wilson, - - 1] Elliott, - - 12. Westbrooke; - Parker, - - Ill. Fulford - - NTO Ot Re St NI Cr Event No. 7—20 live birds; $15 entrance. Was ae Event No. 6 of yesterdaywas shot off to-day ; 20 li $20 entrance, for the Donly trophy. — H. Bates, - 18. Coffey, Wilson, - - 17. - D. Bates, Donly; =)" = 19, - Price, Emslie, - - 15. - Barnes, Westbrooke,- 17. George, Fletcher, withdrawn : Bent, 17. On shooting off the tie, Donly missed _ his first b Price killed his, thereby winning the Canadian Cha Cup. Coffey, withdrawn. MacPherson, wit Rod and Gun in Canada 403 f FOURTH DAY. Parker - - - 14 Coffey - - - 10 event of yesterday was finished to-day.—7 live birds ; Marks - - - 16 Dart- - - - 15 $5 entrance. Two moneys. Reed - - - 12 : Norton, on Crosby, withdrawn. Event No. 7—20 live birds ; entrance $15; $100 guaranteed. pverkes, - - 6. Brtea, = ~~ 66. Four moneys. Marks, . - - /. Aa ea Kirkover - - 20 Fanning - - 20 ae Bah. Seed Norton - - - 15 Elliott - - - 20 _ Kirkover, gen Be Fanning, - - 7. rinses CaS Donly - : - 18 ’s No. 7 event was also finished to-day.—20 live birds; Werkes- -- - 18 Peive “he eo) i $20 entrance. Four moneys. Crosby - - - 20 Fulford - - - 19 32 yards, 17. . Fulford, - 30 yards, 19. Parker - - - 20 CR ery 5 ee _- 82 yards, 18. Kirkover, 30 yards, 16. Marks - - - 20 28 yards, 19. Norton, - 28 yards, 20. RA ; 32 yards, 18. Donly, - 28 yards, 18. Toronto Traps. - 30 yards, 16. H. Bates, 31 yards, 20. 30 yards, 17. Marks, - 29 yards, 17. The annual pigeon match of the Stanley Gun Club, Toronto, held on Friday and Saturday, November 28rd and 24th, was in every way a success. The strong north- west wind blew directly across the traps, causing in nearly vent. —7 live birds ; $5 entrance. Two moneys O1 ~ = 6. Elliott, - - - ~I Bos v3 Kirkover, - - f every instance a hard driving left quartering bird, anda gale se oS - Marks, - - - A blowing from the east oa Saturday nearly all the birds went ") withdrawn. D only, a a straight away, consequently the scores are not nearly as good Ber cl- wid: a as might be had the weather been more favourable. The Bea 9: Fulford, - - 6. shooters were classified into three classes, viz., A, B, C, Westbrooke, - - 5. distance 80 yards rise, 15 birds per man, and 34 of the members 215 targets; entrance $1.50. $25 guarantecd. competed. At the close of the contest the prizes were pre- < ; Four moneys. sented to the winners by the president of the club at Mr. - 12. Kirkover, - 15. Chas. Ayre’s hotel. Following are the scores : men 24. Bent, - - - 12. a re oe me. 12: Westbrooke, 14. D. Bleaa- - - 15 D. Chapman - 11 Se 13 ; Fulford, Senin A. Stell - - 18 — Buchanan - - 11 Pet ty a C. Chapman - 13 W. Hulme ~- 10 ee tl. Reed, - - - 12. @ McGill - - 13 Briggs - - - 10 3.20 targets ; entrance $2. $25 guaranteed. - S. Williamson 12 Sanderson - - 10 By: Four moneys R. Fleming - 12 Felstead - - 9 ( - 15. Kirkover, - 18. CO. Crewe - +. 11 Kemp - - + -9 ere 18. Pent, > +s 16. J. Townson 11 Burgess - - 9 ing, - - 17. Westbrooke, Lge Peieiss a 9 - - 16d. Fulford, ~~ 14, Class ee - - 16. MacPherson, 18. Deyi- + <> 18 Gutier i °F m. > 15. Reeds i=. .- 05) 49. Ayre - - - 10 H. Townson - 6 .—12 live birds ; $10 entrance. $75 guaranteed. White = s=.<- 8 Elis’ = =" 7 3 ming, - - 11. Gays. -- = - 10, Harrison- - - 8 Howard - - - 6 a ey, - 9. Parker, - - ll. Kerr --. - -.-- 8 Thomas - - - 5 E - - 12. Fulford, - - 12. © f his Westbrooke, withdrawn. The Dutton (Ont.) Gun Club held a successful live bird ae 'o. 5 event.—Same conditions as No. 3. shoot on November 28th. 4 tney, - 15. Kirkover, - 18. : b. Meru =. 14, - ‘ Bent, - - - 16. Notes by E. E. e ier 16. Westbrooke, 14. The silverspoon handicap of the Westmount Gun Club was ig - - 2. Fulford, - - 15. shot off on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 24th, and was won by Mr. P aie YS. MacPherson, 15. C. Strangman. It proved very interesting as the score will 7 i. 18. Reed, - - - 15. show. The match for the Challenge Cup between Mr. W. : 10 singles, 5 pairs; entrance $2. $25 Galbraith and Mr. R. Lewis, was won by the former, who 4 guaranteed ; four moneys:— has now eight wins to his credit. Score :— -— Courtney - - 19 Kirkover - - 18 Strangman - 14 Ellin = 2. = 42 4 by - - - 19 Mange ss. .< 2 Kennedy - - 14 iN Cah Rae ieee oma as a ee 14 Westbrooke - 12 Galbraith - 18 Routh - - - 10 E Se bion Wg Fulford - - - 15 Lewis - - - 183 Hall*” )s) =. 5 ¢ 3 404 CORRESPONDENCE. The Ontario Game Laws. To tHE Eprror oF Rop anp Gun : I join heartily with your correspondents of last month in the general condemnation of the Ontario Game Law. I have thought very strongly on this subject for a long time, and am pleased to know’ that the sportsmen of Ontario will have an opportunity given them in your columns, of expressing themselves in this matter. The difficulty, with us in Ontario, is and has been, that we have no association of sportsmen and until now no Canadian journal sufficiently interested in the wants of Ontario sportsmen, through whom they could make their wants, as a body, known. Those who have assumed to mould our game laws, have done so, apparently, in entire ignorance of what sportsmen required, or in direct disregard of their wishes in the matter. When I say ‘sportsmen’? I mean what that word should always imply, namely, a body of men whose first care is for the preservation and propagation of the game, and with whom the sport of killing the game is a secondary consideration. Further, I think, the Ontario Game Commission, which must be looked upon as the step-father of Ontario game legislation, displays in the numerous game laws we are afflicted with a marvellous ignorance of the best methods of game preservation. No better instance of this is necessary than in the laws on the statute book regulating the killing of deer, whicb has been so emphatically condemned by all your correspondents last month. The idea of allowing only two weeks of moose hunting, every three years, with the immense moose territory possessed by Ontario, is too absurd for argument. Then why, in the name of common sense, is the hunting of red deer, as well as the moose, confined to only two weeks. If the number each licensee is limited to kill, as it is, what difference does it make whether a hunter gets his legal amount during the first week of October or the last week in November. Cut the limit down to one red deer each, if such is necessary to keep up the supply, but give a man an opportunity to do his hunting at a time most convenient for himself, and when the weather is most favorable. Not every one who would like to take a week in the woods can get away from business at the particular fortnight fixed for him by statute, and sometimes the weather during that particular two weeks is, as it, was in mooseland this year, too stormy for any decent hunting, in fact too bad most of the time to allow any hunting at all. In regard to other game birds and animals, the law might be not only made clearer, so that it would not require a Philadelphia lawyer to understand it, but might be improved in many respects. It should be made clear that the use of a gun in hunting cotton-tail rabbits during the close season of other game is prohibited. The present law may mean this, but it does not say so. It says: ‘Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any person may during close season take or kill the wood hare or cotton-tale rabbit by any other means than by the use of guns or other firearms ’’; and yet, in the whole Act, there is no close season on this animal, and the sub-section could certainly not be construed to refer to the close season on any other game. The open season on grouse and quail might properly be put two weeks later and the sale of all game birds and animals should be absolutely prohibited. It is, in my opinion, simply saving at the spigot and losing at the bung hole, to place such narrow restrictions on the hunting of game and allow the market hunter to get in his deadly work. ‘*BLUEBILL.”’ Rod and Gun in Canada THE RIFLES OF THE FOREST. As we lay on the damp, sweet-smelling fir boughs, feet the fire, my esteemed friend Bernard Wabis, whose win address is, by-the-bye, sixty miles from nowhere, up there the frozen north, beyond Temiskaming, gave me his opin upon rifles and the shooting thereof. e ‘Forty-four (W.C.F.) big enough for anything. Hit mo in right place, him dead, sure ; kill him 300, 400 yards. Fo five (45-70-405) make too much row ; hurt’too much,” Now, Bernard, though young in years, is old, very ol -experience. He may not know much, but what he does k was taught him in a school kept by Dame Nature, and i n establishment mistakes have to be paid for, and are not repeated by apt pupils. As for the pupils who are n they simply die, and there is an end to them. Knowin things, I always treat Bernard’s opinions on matters con with the noble art of hunting, with respect, though I ¢ believe he is sound in his geology ; because he says ston where they are, and laughed cynically at my claims recognition of an ice age, and of a great continental The ‘“‘ Old Indians,”’ as he calls his ancestors, handed d traditions of such things, which is proof conclusive in Be mind that I am mistaken. Neither is he an evolutioni the contrary, he holds stoutly to a liberal interpretation first chapter of Genesis, and believes that there wer any red trout in Temiskaming Lake, nor White Fish Gut Lake, simply because they were not put -there. Bernard has many a time when he was learning, dinner walk away from him on account of a poor sh often in later years feasted on moose muffle as a rey burning straight powder, so when he says that 44 W. good enough for any moose, you may take my word knows what he is talking about. There is but one he imposes, an you would have blood on the black k must hit the moose in the right place. This I confess” always easy. Moose have a most reprehensible he moving just as the trigger is being pulled, sometimes they are so wantonly depraved as to decline to await convenience, and one must shoot with a pulse flutt bad conditions and excitement, and then, of course, e pound elephant rifle might fail to bag. After ma his and many misses, I am forced to conclude, pi shot and taking pains is a surer way to moose steak venison pasty, than lugging about a great, clumsy whose only claim to preference is that it could probably big bull from stem to stern, and make a hole big enoug your fist in. 5 To-day most of our forest Indians are using the on moose, caribou, deer and bear, and are quite satisf their rifles ; in the mountains and on the prairie wh ranges are longer, the old reliable 45-70-405, or the 30-30 W.C.F. have the call, hence we may conclude, sa as a rib tickler, the W.C.F. is asuccess, and as far as po sufficient for our wants; not that I advocate the 4 myself ; its advantages do not appeal to me as much as tl to the Indian hunters, and Iam willing to sacrifice § for a rifle that will simplify the ever difficult problem finding, and to do the busines, even when the shot has placed just where it should have been. The point make is simply this: there is no absolute need to carry rifle of big calibre into the woods, seeing that a lighter do all that is needful, if held tolerably straight. _ For years my favorite rifle was a double .450 express was a magnificent weapon ; quite accurate up to 150 ya Bs aa ly so for an additional hundred and beyond that it was no ti ying to hit anything smaller than a haystack. It came up ea shot gunand was just the thing for running game, but its ‘ight, 9} lbs. and the terrific explosion each time its 120 grain bridge was fired, made it anything but an ideal rifle. Com- ed with a neat little 30-30 carbine I used last autumn it was junderbuss. With this carbine I could hit a blacktail at 200 s, either standing or running, and its stopping power was re than equal to that of the express. There have been many laints as to the effect of the-30-30 and even of the 30-40 on but i in every case that has come to my notice, the failure a long quartering shot, and under those circumstances big game in a forest country is improbable. Ifthe sufficient power to drop an animal in its tracks, except e, when presenting its hindquarters only as a mark, ory would be so high that shooting at a long, | range would be very unlikely to be crowned with 8 —~ - — cick it haan , the modern 30 calibre, with a steel clad bullet , pigh a moose or bear from end to end, but as to either, that is quite another matter. The rapier-like a jacketed picket, having a speed on striking of 500 feet a second, gives no shock whatever, and n or spine be struck the animal may be unaware of Ss injury, and run for miles after being mortally The old fashioned express, with its usual light ) grains for a .450 and 340 grains fora .400—too often want of penetration ; the modern small bore fails of striking force, unless the soft point bullet is used, virable work may be expected, though uot impossi- rather unexpected result of using these small-bore ‘th a Lee-Enfield, Mauser or any similar weapon ze of, say, 25 yards. You will blow the barrel to staves will fly apart with tremendous force, and red. In this connection, some remarks by Dr. G. S. f the Canadian Red Cross Commission, made before | Association at Ottawa on his return from South Speaking of the effects of the Mauser e Mauser bullet has justly been described as a merciful action upon human tissues depends, however, upon at which it is fired. It has been noticed that s fired at short ranges, within two hundred yards, an explosive character. The nickel case seems to d become detached, causing a severe lacerated and wound, which heals but slowly. If it strikes bone ; and destroys it. If fired at long ranges it makes illed hole in the bone, and if it strikes soft parts very small wound is made, there being little difference n the wound of entrance and that of exit, which bleeds le, unless an important vessel is injured. the case of the soft nose or dum-dum bullet, the wound more severe, for even where the soft parts only are the expansion of the lead causes great destruction of da huge wound of exit, the wound of entrance being When it strikes bone it pulverizes and disintegrates, Rod and Gun in Canada 405 If the range is very long, two thousand yards or more, the soft nosed bullet, ‘mushrooms’ and causes an extensive flesh wound.,”’ ST. CROIX. * NOTES. One often sees mention of ‘‘juicy moose steaks”’ in the sporting press, but as shooting cow moose or calves is forbidden, and that paragon of perfection and M.V. ‘master of virtue) the “true sportsman,” is not supposed to pull a trigger on Alces except during September, October or November, the said steak must in most cases have come from a bull moose shot during or shortly after rut. Verily ye sporting life giveth a strong stomach and a famous appetite. oS The wolf is supposed to be a hard beast to trap, but this is how one of my Indian friends got ahead of these pests of the northern forests. The bait, a tempting piece of vension, was hidden under a steel bear trap. The wolves did not appear to dread so obvious a snare, and in the attempt to scratch it aside, to get at the meat lying underneath, three were caught during the winter. 1k ‘‘And how did you know it was a silver fox,’’ I asked. The Indian lad started in astonishment at so simple a question. ‘“‘T found some of him fur frozen in snow where him sleep.”’ You may be ceriain that fox was soon gathered in. This is how the deed was done. Sure now that there was a silver fox on the hillside, the Indian made a trap similar to those dead- falls in which martin or sable come to grief, and which foxes are accustomed to rob with impunity, but of larger size. This was baited with the carcass of a beaver ; and two days later, a silver fox pelt worth $75.00 was one of the most valuable assets of a certain member of the Chippewa tribe. ¥ The native name for beautiful Lady Evelyn Lake (I can’t write it without working in at least one adjective) was Monzkaa- nwanang; which being interpreted means ‘‘ the place where we eat moose meat.’’ And hereto hangs a tale. According to Indian tradition there were many moose, long, long ago, all around beau—I mean Lady Evelyn Lake (just as there are now). Then they disappeared, and a generation grew up, knowing not the savory odor of roasted moose muffles nor steaming haunch; when, lo and behold, a hunter ran up against a new kind of beast, and, of course, shot it. And as this happened to be near — b— hang this habit)—Lady Evelyn Lake they called it Monzaan- wanang. By the way, moose disappeared almost totally from New Brunswick for 25 years, during the early part of the century, and then became abundant—is not the true explana- tion that they are nearly exterminated by a murrain when they become over numerous? This is the case with the northern hare in the west, which increases during a four-year cycle, and then suffers extinction except for a very few head in isolated situations. 3 ST. CROIX. The ‘‘ 1960’’ moose season in the Kippewa region has been very successful. A large number of heads have been taken out, the majority of them being of good size, and one exceptionally fine specimen by Mr. J.C. Bates Dana, of Worcester, Mass., has a spread of 62 inches. 406 Rod AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Conducted by H. McBean Johnstone ON PHOTOGRAPHING THE NUDE. Among the numerous classes into which art is divided, there is one which receives from photographers far less atten- tion than is its due. This is the photography of the nude. For some reason when classing the different branches of art, a painter would at once give this division a leading place, but nine out of every ten photographers would, if they named it at all, give it a very subordinate position. Undoubtedly there is no possibility of this ever becoming a fact for the great army of amateurs, unless by it we mean such scenes as boys in bathing | and even in such cases as this, their and Gun _and as a result they fall into the attitudes they have b in Canada of their class to allow himself to be photographed so, would y likely result in his shameful disgrace. More broad minded athletes, and allowed that conventional remnant of clothing, loin cloth, it is possible to obtain good figures well develag by manly sports and exercises. Still, in spite of all ama models, anyone going to make more état a superficial atu this branch of photography must regard the professional mo as the only one who ean be relied on at all times. From experience before painters, most professional models are dened with the defect of having a deep rooted tendency top taught, with a peculiar ungraceful rigidity that at once mai them. By the instantaneous process, photograms of action may be secured from even the most inyeterate pose but for all ordinary purposes where a careful arrangement desired, this so-called artistic model is almost certain to be himself. This brings up the question of out or in doors’ e : sure. The former is undoubtedly the best and most popul but climatic nr sons, the diffieul work can be much surpassed by those who have given the matter some thought. Only the earnest student, be he amateur or pro- fessional, can hope to succeed in this branch, as indeed in any other de- partment of photo- graphy. Very often the choice of a_ well- formed model pre- sents the first ob- stacle to be over- come. As a rule painters have lists from which they can choose, as well as a more or less constant flow of applicants from as a studied various other Oe ae Oe when by right, {3 sources,and though photogram sh n photographers also are able to do this in some cases, as a gen- eral rule the amateur model has to be relied on in small towns, Again even where professional sitters are obtainable, there is often difficulty experienced owing to a dislike that the class seem to have to posing before the camera. To what this dislike is due, would be hard to say for certain, but in some cases it is acknowledged that an objection is felt to an unidealized por- trayal of their features going down to posterity. Probably there are other reasons as well, but suffice it to note the exis- tence of the feeling. It is at once obvious that among amateur models one sex is shut out by social convention, and even the most. enthusiastic of us could hardly wish it to be otherwise. It is also well worthy of note, that nowhere is that curiously false modesty more strongly marked than among the laboring classes. Those, whom one would imagine from what is seen of them, to have entirely dispensed with all delicacy of feeling, are usually inclined to rank nudity as a deadly sin, and for one in thickly D On lated districts — securing the nee sary privacy, a the scarcity of t professional mod bring the latt more within reach of those w have not unlimi time and money their disposal — experiments, — Very often — difficulty is t when aiming t cure an impressit of nudity a distir idea of nakedn is far more e obtained, and 0: printed, is too : to be. h be only used as a means to an end and never go ow the studio walls. Ideal nudity possesses a charm wh. is entirely lacking in the other, but how to obtain ¢ effect which depends almost entirely on suggestion is not an easy matter. Although some argue it to be beyond power of the camera, there should be no reason, with 4 powers of suppression and accentuation, why something mig not be accomplished, and here the saying, ‘‘ Nothing vou nothing have,’’ hangs good. Not only are we denied the painter’s coloring to ‘ defects, but also, unlike him, we are entirely unable to cho a number of models and frum them take the best poit Another difficulty is the lighting, on which the graceful cur and modellings of the body are so dependent ; and also 1 complications of perspective which make a graceful pos difficult to obtain, and which are apt to transform a mi rounded and well lighted elbow, into a harsh and jagged pol hat bears no semblance whatever to any part of the human D ly. For far too long a time the profession have regarded apery so much in the same light as retouching—an excellent yvering for defects—that to suggest to an old photographer nat an ambitious attempt at an impression of nudity would cure him some wonderful and striking results, would probably g forth the inquiry: ‘‘ Why try at the nude, when drapery nises the risks and difficulties and secures just as effective es, though perhaps of a different class ?”’ he answer the form of another query:~-‘‘Is not the reprsentation of human form divine’ unadorned the highest point at we can aim?” It certainly is. Surely then when this dered, even a slight success in this branch is well worth ing for, and notwithstanding much trouble and disappoint- when our photograms fall short of the original ideals, we wly but surely paving the way to greater successes. must be again emphasized that nudity relies on idyllic on, vagueness, suppression of useless detail and other able sub- to distin- from the nakedness : too often Half the d nude pho- sensual naked _ that we may be taken right into nature, and the drapery be “only offender to the eye. Model, water, trees and ts are all in harmony but the covering, though gauzy and | transparent, irritates one by its superfluous appearance. the cultivated class, not the ignorant, that we are trying to , and we must bear in mind that the really artistic eye is ing. If we strive earnestly to win its approbation we must wor to suppress every jarring superfluous detail that ts from the easy restful impression of our photogram, nember that “ the line of beauty is the result of perfect it ye.” In studying such a picture on the ground glass we will find ; We are too apt to be led astray by color, and many of our nost sylvan fairies may develop into awkward people, minus pee: too much care cannot be taken to avoid such an tionable effect. The camera has a knack of emphasizing 2 wrong points and frequently misinterpreting expression Rod and Gun View on Lady Evelyn Lake, Ontario in Canada 407 completely so that intense excitement appears stolidity, grief more grotesque than pathetic, and adoration, rapt and ecstatic, looks like boredom. Such criticism as this would probably kill eleven out of a dozen photograms, but is it not better so? Only the best will endure, and why not cut the others out at once without waiting for Father Time to do it. Look at any but the best pictures of the world, and you will see how the fine dramatic movement and individuality of the subject has escaped the painter. It is the artist that is able to show this soulfulness in his work, that will make an enduring name for himself, and while other work may be catchy and run into a larger sale the chances are that in a few years all but its author will have forgotten it. Again there should appear in a real picture some individu- ality of the artist. In looking at a photogram it is not always easy to explain just where the charm or beauty lies. Some- times, though every detail of composition and lighting is perfect, for some unaccountable reason the result is deadly uninteresting, and reminds one some- what of a person who, though teem- ing with good qual- ities, is more or less of a bore. Then at other times, though feeling the charm of the pho- togram we find it hard to define the points of beauty. Lazy people rid themselves of the trouble by saying : “Tt appeals to me,”’ when it would be nearer the truth to say that there is some half - hidden individuality of the artist lurking in it, which appeals to everyone. Not only should the person- ality of the artist appear in photo- grams of the nude, but if it were paid more attention to by the profession, how soon would the great bulk of the work turned out rise in average excellence. Take for example those portraits of some of our most celebrated men and women photographed by the best artists of the camera, and we find them to be studies that compel our attention and lead us into all kinds of intricate speculation on the personality of the sitter. Contrast these with the regulation commercial article, that is still turned out of too large a percentage of our galleries. Here we have the shiny, smiling countenance that Kipling speaks of in his Mandalay as “ beefy face,’’ and about as much individuality shown in either the sitter’s appearance or the artist’s work, as one might well expect to find in a wooden Indian tobacco sign, or a painted tailor’s dummy. Though we all vaunt the beauty of the ideal human form, it must be acknowledged that from the experience of artists, the average human being is a long way from perfection. 408 Indeed it is not quite certain that, in the whole population of the earth, there is to be found one individual, perfect enough to be satisfactory, as a well-proportioned figure as a whole, and also perfect in each individual part. The use of boots and clothing demanded by civilization, all produce deformities more or less marked, and even the very carriage of the body is altered in unfamiliar nudity, when walking on even a carpeted surface. How much more is it reasonable to suppose it will be distorted, when the unusuai sensation of the bare foot treading on pebbly shores, or the stubble of the fields is encountered. Also the exposed parts of the body are apt to_ become redder while the rest of the figure has a white and bleached appearance, which the subtle tones of the photogram will record only too vividly. It is probably owing to frequent sun baths that tan the skin toa uniform depth of color, that the chief success of Italian nude photographs is due. There is a side to this subject so disreputable and so full of danger that any impression that we are speaking on other, than purely artistic grounds must be at once vigorously denied, and the firm statement made that the whole question is approached absolutely as a department of the study of art. The study of the human figure may, with the most jealous regard for propriety, be found of utility to art without being in the remotest degree an offence to morals. The question of whether these photograms should be placed on sale must in every case be answered by the artist, though if the question were put to me, my answer would be a decided negative. Such studies should be exercises in technical skill done by artists for their own and their fellow artists’ enjoyment, and not for the public, which is incapable of appreciating their real beauties and only too ready to be interested from very different motives. Should it be decided that they may be offered for sale, care should be taken that their character is well above suspicion. The average prejudice against the nude is repre- sented by the action of the Glasgow authorities, who have forbidden the public display of photogravures after some of our most celebrated modern artists. Those of us whoare constantly in an atmosphere of art and literature are apt to ignore this: old Puritanical dislike to the human form, but while such people must of course be narrow and uncultured, it is hardly fair to label them as purient people of nasty ideas, as some critics do. While one would think that nude studies taken for personal reasons are allowable, on the plea of photographers’ license, many, though conscious of absolutely clean motives, would hesitate before exposing themselves to legal action, which, however unjustified, would be an indignity in itself. To sum up, the photographer, be he amateur or professional, will find that as studies, and as a means of increasing his technical skill, he can find nothing better, than a close study of photography of the nude. ~ Ls A Photographic Diary. Did vou ever keep a diary? Lots of people do—for about three days. Then they commence to find that they can’t think of anything to put down in it, and to wonder why on earth they ever thought of starting such a thing. Well, now, you amateur photographers, did you ever think of keeping a photo- graphic diary? Get an album, preferably one of the “snap-shot type,’’ that will admit of enlargement from time to time as may be necessary, and insert in it photograms of all events in which you may be interested. At first you may not be able to see much fun in it, but as page after page keeps filling up it will grow more and more fascinating and not only yourself but also Rod and Gun in Canada all your friends and relations will be able to pass many ay ant hour, reading this illustrated a of your life. T You'll find it a success. a 1k An Excellent Idea. _ The G. Cramer Dry Plate Co., of St. Louis, are mak new departure in plate manufacture, by dating their boxes with a time limit. The public is warned that th pany will not guarantee their Crown. or Banner Brat earlier emulsion than 13.180 or Isochromatics further than 3.916. The action of the Cramer Co. in this matter be highly commended, for whilst plates will actually Kee many years, snap and Nilltasiies can only be expected fresh ones, and Isochromatics are, of course, more s decomposition than the ordinary ones. The Photographic Journals for Novem Anthony’s Photographie Bulletin for Novembe: “The Negative as a Factor in the Finished Print,”’ Whom Honor,’’ ‘‘ Professional Errors’? by Martin Fi a continuation of ‘‘ Advertising and Displays”? by Edwan Newcomb, ‘‘ Intensification’ by Fritz Hansen, a very int ing article on “ Aerial Perspective’? by ‘3. Albien, Useful Stains for Photographers ’’ by J. B. Haggart, an other interesting matter, chiefly translations from the The Photo Era is particularly rich in illustrati contents are ‘‘ William B. Dyer,’’ ‘“ Wild Cat in ; ‘“‘Notes on Aristo Platino,” ‘‘ Drawing on Negatives,” graphy and Art,’’ ‘Street Pictures with a Folding Car “How the Flyer took Its Own Picture’ and “‘ The graphic Plate.’’ The illustration, “The Day’s Work Rudolph Eickemeyer, Jr., is a particularly fine piece of) The St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, edited Fitzgibbon-Clark, contains its usual amount of b interesting, miscellaneous photegraphic matter. The Photographic Times also keeps up to its aver standard with numerous articles and TeprodncHaam grams of an interesting nature. The Professional and Amateur Photopmbher hea of contents with a practical article on “ Wastes”’ by W. Newcomb, who is also represented by his ‘‘ Chat There.”? Edmund Ernst is responsible for ‘‘ A few Have Noticed,”’ and Fritz Hanson takes the blame — able article on ‘‘A New Method of Intensification,’ whi articles are ‘“‘ Imogen, a New Developing Substance! Gaedickel, a lecture by Prof. Griffith, ‘‘ Retouching Use of the Knife’’ by John T. Brushwood, and various The illustrations appear to have been selected for qualit than quantity, for there are just enoye to make one more. In the Photo-American the article of probally est, is the one dealing with the identity of ‘‘ A. Smile clever humorous articles convulsed the photographie short time ago. Contrary to expectation the respo taken by Mr. Osborne I. Yellott. ‘‘A Conyenien Meter ’’ by Edward W. Newcomb, ‘‘ Landscape Phote the Arrangement of Mass’’ by H. McBean Johnston Spots on P.O.P”’ by G. A. Stanberry, ‘‘ Colored Trans by Absorption,’’ by R. Defays, “Velox for Amat Richard Hines, Jr., and various other regular depart form the balance of theissue. The trimming lessons, by the Editor, are a valuable feature of this journal. Green-Tinted Bromides. Now that the green oak is the vogue in framing, some eurs might be interested to know that they may obtain n-tinted bromide prints at small trouble. A contributor to n contemporary recommends the following, says the ry Pine ice pe! merse for a minute in potassium ferrocyanide 30 grains ; ounces. Remove and rinse for a second or two and s in iron sulphate, 20 grains ; water 2 ounces. When remove and well wash. Then immerse in sodium 10 grains ; water 2 ounces, and again wash. ‘ ™ Landscape vs. Portrait. ‘on and Exhibit of the Royal Society recently held are of special interest to us on account of the ontributors. Their work is described as ‘‘ most our English contemporaries, as in general it does e the English schools. The bulk of the English to be pictorial landscapes, while the American m to lend their energies toward the portrait school. i me Correspondence. idence should be addressed te Box 651, Sarnia’ Pyrol is a name given to a modification of pyro- , when the bulk is reduced by the heavy crystals, as s but one-sixteenth of the bulk of the feathery ones. in formule is necessary in using thisnew form. The ly correct as pyrogallic acid is not an acid at all. You might try the ‘‘ Agfa’’ reducer made by the f Germany. They also put out a ready-made | their goods are reliable. Yes. Camera Club.—We are always glad to hear from camera clubs and are sorry the secretaries do not of their meetings. The secretary of the Toronto | Mr. John J. Woolnough, 32 Cottingham S&t., Galt, Ont., also has a very progressive club. It is said that metol-hydroquinoue as a developer, ‘most correct color-value. It is also said to make s easier, as the color of the negative produced matches ‘ing lead. Your other query was answered by mail O ago. —Really I have not the faintest idea where it be possible for you to secure a position to do nothing but work. Such openings as that are very rare. In fact r of two that I have ever heard about, and they are Hed. .’—Probably you did not know it, but your nom- is the name of a camera that is intended to abolish kk room. Prof. Francis E. Nipher, of Washington Univer- ; uis, Mo.,. contributed an article on this subject to s Photo Era which I: think will interest you. This f doing without a dark room seems to be approaching m in the direction of ‘ reversal,’’ a subject which has some attention in the past. Competition—The Photographic Times gives a table of ize competitions on at the time, but is too long for n here. The Amateur Pointer, of 122 Fifth Ave., k, announces one to close January 31st, 1901, in which Id will be distributed. Write them for particulars. aie st pe ee 2 ft eee, eee Se Bee = Oe ee = gy ee ee } ‘ 4 we 5 - -j + x : 3 re oO - ee PL Ca ae Rod and Gun in Canada 409 Rk. N., England.—Janolin, a product obtained from the wool of sheep, is said to be an excellent remedy for bichromate or phosphoric poison. Buy it in the original 1 lb. packages or can, so that it is in its full strength, and then use it freely as salve. ‘* Photogram.’’—We cannot answer this question any more. It has already been answered several times. Velox—No, velox is not a bromide paper. of silver emulsion. No. 5490. To remove varnish from.a negative for reduction or intensification, soak it in a solution of ammonia, one ounce; alcohol, twenty ounces, and rub gently with a tuft of cotton wool to assist the process. Allow the negative to dry, which it will do quickly, and then soak in water till the film is uniformly swelled. Wobbly Edges.—You will find a shoemaker’s knife, a steel rule and a sheet of zinc an excellent outfit for trimming prints. Scissors are extremely unsatisfactory in results as well as very slow. Bromide Paper.—Vinco is a slow bromide paper, five or six times faster than velox. Use a yellow light to develop by. J.—Always dust your negative before printing with a camel’s hair brush, if you expect to get good photograms. The dust caused those white specks. " X. Y. Z.—Carbutt’s Ortho plates are guaranteed for two years. Harry.—One of the quotations was from Ruskin, the other from H. P. Robinson. It is a chloride Personal Sketch of Henry Braithwaite. By F. H. Risteen. I was 57 years old last January. My first hunting was with old Chief Gabe. I was about 12 years old the first time I went out with him. My trips with him were principally short ones, none longer than a few weeks. He used to hunt on Bull Pasture plains, Little River, Bear Brook and Burpee Millstream. I was about 16 years old when I started in for myself to make a business of trapping and hunting. I went to the same sections of country where Gabe used to hunt but went furtherin. I was hunting part of the time nearly every year. As a rule I worked in the lumber woods in winter and hunted and trapped in the fall and spring. I shifted to the Miramichi country about the year 1870. The first year I had Louis Sebattis, of Oldtown, Me, hired as assistant; the second season I had him as partner, and the next year had him hired again‘ That was in the Miramichi Lake and McKeil Lake country. I learned a great deal of practical woodcraft from Louis Sebattis, including the art of moose-calling. The call I use now is one that I learned from Sabattis, with some modifications of my own, gained from many years’ observation of moose. I never knew any other Indian caller to use the call Sabattis had. He used the low call a great deal, but would not call in the day time. He and I were hunting and trapping together for three years. After that I concluded I was Indian enough myself and generally had white assistants. One very good woodsman I had employed for some time was John Price, of Grand Falls. As early as 1885 I undertook a lumber operation for myself. Before that I was with Guy, Bevan «& Co. for, I think, three years, as lumber cruiser, and for about four years after that as ‘overseer, having full charge of their operations, chiefly on the Miramichi. From 1885 to 1887 I Jumbered on my own account, hunting and trapping between times. Of late years I have done nothing else but hunt and trap, except an occasional job — of lumber cruising. 410 Rod and Gun in Canada Rice, Lewis & Son, Limited. RIFLES: WINCHESTER, SAVAGE, MAUSER AND MARLIN. Revolvers & Pistols WEBLEY, COLTS, SMITH & WESSON, MAUSER. = = SHOT GUNS _ GREENER, REMINGTON, CLABROUGH. = = AMMUNITION i Cor. King & Victoria Streets, i) - __TORONT( THE NEW YORK AND OTHER HORSE SHOWS. By DOr. C. J. Alloway. The Madison Square Garden. Horse Show has been held, and being the last of the century it was meant that it should surpass all its predecessors in the style, elegance and merit of its appointments. Gotham’s wealth and beauty graced the occasion, the latter heightened by the accessories of magnifi- cent*costumes and jewels which an ultia-fashionable New York concourse displays on occasions it desires to honor, such as this, the grandest Horse Show inthe Western Hemisphere. The number and quality of the exhibits exceeded in ex- cellence those of former years, and the popularity of the event was beyond dispute, as evidenced by the largely increased attendance of the elite of New York and its neighboring cities. In its management and the conduct of its various details many improvements were apparent, and none was more notice- able than the horsemanship of those competing for honors in the jumping class. Competitive exhibitions of this kind, by arousing a commendable emulation, have worked wonders in the matter of raising the standard of equitation among lovers of the horse on this continent. Every American city, worthy of the name, aspires to have such annual exhibitions. . Their benefits and advantages are so: well recognized that almost every municipality of any considerable size, from Montreal to New Orleans, takes part in the succession of horse shows which rapidly follow each other throughout the entire year. Nothing tends more to improve the different breeds than trials of their mettle and qualities such as these events afford, and they certainly are worthy of encouragement and support. The horseless age, so confidently prophesied during the past few years, has not yet arrived, and from the signs of the times is unlikely ever to become areality ; on the contrary the horse has never been more valued, more highly priced, or more difficult to procure than at the moment. The local Horse Show held in this city last May was really a creditable affair, con- sidering that it was the first undertaking of the kind ever attempted in the province, at the same time a few detrimental features, which were painfully apparent, should not be lost sight of in anticipation of the coming Horse Show. The chief. of these may be mentioned as the inferior condition and per- formances of local contestants as compared with those from Toronto, London and other western cities: It is the intention to hold at the Arena Rink a Horse Show on a very much — improved scale during the early spring of the coming year, and it would be well for intending competitors to make their selections ‘in the near future and to keep their horses’ con- ' dition up during the winter. It would also be a great advantage if the building could be placed at the disposal of those intending to participate two or three weeks in advya of the opening, to afford an opportunity for practice, 4 enable both men and horses to become accustomed to the ri jumps and surroundings generally. BY It is highly desirable that no time should be lost i in) teresting the Government in this most laudable enterprise a appropriating means to insure its success. The time is certain opportune to call the attention of our local representatiy to the fact that the demands of this locality upon the Gove ment for agricultural purposes have for some years been slig no industrial exhibition having been held here for a number seasons. ; A liberal donation would be of immense value coward continuance of this much appreciated institution. Other loe ities by. substantial support practically endorse its usefulne and Montreal as the Canadian Metropolis should not pri herself less alive to the claims of the community in this rega than are other less a ponees points. There is only one ¥ % ¥ Always the same and always to be relied upon. A scientific preparation containing the -whole nourishment of beef, in the form easiest of di- gestion and assimilation. MOTTO-“The Best.” GURD’S GINGER ALE, SODA WATE APPLE NECTAR, ETC., ETC. To be obtained coin all first-class grocers. Please see that the label is on the bottle. CHARLES GURD & CO. - Montrea FOR YACHTS, STEAMSHIPS BOATS AND CANOES ~~ — NUSE eS MS co mparatively recent a date the Asiatic lion has diminished i grent rapidity until to-day it is almost completely extinct. srhaps unavoidable that the encroachment of the human Faod especially of the civilized portion of that race, upon b i lomain once reserved to the lower animals should result in tls final extinction, but it is well that some effort should be s to prevent the wilful and unnecessary slaughter of ious beasts. —Winnipeg Telegram. Ls The Salmon’s Term of Life. z What is the natural term of life among salmon? asks an lish writer. Fishculturists have settled all about their emer heed and arrival at maturity ; but it yet remains 80 2 one to answer the question with which I started this ) "That pike attain to a great age has been placed beyond ubt. It is not believed, in the present day, that the dary pike, 267 years old, ever had any existence. Two or < pike, bearing engraved rings, have been found dead; ere always were practical jokers, and the legends on these z8 can be taken cum grano salis. The size of the fish is y influenced by the food supply, and mere weight is et re, no real guide to age. The only itibhsbatioated s of old salmon, marked in infancy by rings or fin-cut- , give us nothing older than ten or twelve years. These u is ed salmon were all approximately 30 pounds in weight, 1 may therefore assume that they had attained their aaximum growth. How much longer would they live—barring revi ents? I have discussed this question with scores of | rent men who have been netting and trapping salmon all Svcs, and the concensus of opinion put fifteen years as ditireme limit of a salmon’s life. In that period he might become a 50-pounder, but there are giants and pigmies among mon as among men The size of the river of their birth p a ; some relation to the size of the salmon themselves ; and phe de of a small stredm may die of old age without x20 pounds weight. Pike undoubtedly live to the age bf f forty. or fifty years at the outside, but their lives are somno- ent by comparison with the arduous strife and struggles of a salmon’s existence. Be * A iar. LOOKING BACKWARD. ey By Mary W. Alloway. ‘The great nineteenth century with its wondrous achieve- s and magical developments has gone into that mysterious bblivion we call the past. So accustomed have we become to the enchantments wrought daily under our eyes, in the mastery of mind over matter and the laws governing it, that we no longer express surprise at the wizard-like results attained by the great inventors. It is only by a look backward and a ison between conditions in 1800 and 1900 that we ‘all in any measure appreciate the strides humanity has made, eyen as far as our own continent is concerned. he great cities of America, at the beginning of the century nad only the populations of what we now call frontier towns. “Om pea in Canada A421 Ohio was considered to be on the confines of civilization, and west of the Mississippi was an almost unexplored region. Our own North-west was given over to the Indian, buffalo and trapper. The Century was seven years old before a single craft propelled by steam sailed down the St. Law rence ; weaving was all done by hand looms up to the year 1800, when a machine was invented which was able successfully to do the work. A walk through our great cotton mills, with thousands of shuttles flying and all the delicate and wonderful machinery used in transforming the bales fresh from the cotton fields of the South into miles of material appears phenomenal to the uninitiated How much more is this true of the thousands of varieties of beautiful textiles, laces and ornaments now manufactured? The patent offices of Canada and the United States would form an interesting and astounding history of what has been accomplished, more especially in the last fifty years. It is only in this period that the great gold fields of the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains have been worked to any considerable extent. When the bells tolled in the birth of the last century, they rang over streets that were practically Mouth of Desbarats River, Longfellow Island on Left. unlighted, for eight or ten years of it had passed before lighting them by gas was found possible. Up to that time tallow and wax candles, the former often home made, were the usual means of domestic illumination. At that date plumbing and sewerage were of the most rudimentary kind, where they existed at all, and our grandparents instead of striking the handy match, or turning on the electric light, shivered by the hour with flint, steel and tinder to light their wood fires. That stoves and fireplaces would one day burn with gases made from black stones, as coal was sometimes called, would have been harder to believe than the tales of the Arabian Nights. Agriculture consisted in cutting the grain, which had been sown by hand, in handfuls with a hook, threshing it with a flail and grinding it in mills run by wind or water. Hay was slowly cut by a scythe. And now behold the vast army of farming machines, binders, reapers, threshers, sulky and gang plows, and automatic seeders, as well as the cream separators and the other wonderful machines used in the manufacture of cheese and butter. 422 The evolution of the gun keeps pace with everything else. The old flint locks of pioneer days are shown as curiosities in museums and private collections. What would have been the sensations of the old ‘‘Pathfinder”’ could he haye seen the breech-loading hammerless or used a Winchester repeater which are to-day so familiar on our hunting grounds, or of Wellington could he have seen at Waterloo the deadly field ordnance which have swept our South African battlefields. Sewing machines, wringers and the numberless contriv- ances for lightening toil now in universal use, were then entirely unknown. Cables, telegraphs, telephones and all the other marvels ending in phone were waiting for the last quarter or half century to appear. Kerosene, gasoline and all the family of useful enes were until then unborn. So few years comparatively is it since the railway came into being that it is simply staggering to contemplate what has since taken place through its means. Where once the canvas-covered wagon of the settler crept for months on its weary way, now the fiery horse runs up our highest mountains, crosses the valleys on frail trestles that turn the brain dizzy to contemplate. It tunnels the earth, runs on elevated tracks over the pedestrians’ head, has spanned our continents, crossed our rivers from the tropics to the Arctic circle and connected oceans by a few days’ run, and carries the sportsman quickly within a reason- able distance of his hunting or fishing grounds. The whole habitable world lies under a mesh of steel rails and beneath a cobweb of electric-charged wires, the seas are crossed by flying ocean greyhounds and their shores are bound together by cables. In the year 2000, perchance the inhabitant of Canada, looking down from his air-ship on cities lighted and heated by gasses made from the atmosphere, may consider these things which we now regard with such satisfaction and pride, as the puerile efforts of the boyhood of the race, but he will probably miss many of the game animals we have to-day. With this exception it makes one wish to have been born a century later, and yet even with the bewildering vista which another hundred years presents, it is no small thing to know that we have lived in the birth time of the grand age into which the world is sweeping. Instead of the old goose quills that penned the blue foolscap of other days, we have the steel pen and writing machines so perfect and prolific as to seem almost human i in their powers. Of all the transformations, perhaps none is more distin- guished by progress than the development in the modes of locomotion. When the husband once jogged slowly to town on market days with his wife seated on the pillion behind him, now they fly along with wings of steel on the bicycle or tandem. In New York, where the automobile runs over car and under elevated roads, the beaux and bells of colonial days were carried to balls and suppers in their sedan chairs. Then a journey between New York and Philadelphia required weeks for preparation and took two or three days for accomplishment and now is made in an hour andahalf. When it was necessary to go from Boston to Cincinnati, the traveller made his will, arranged his earthly affairs and bade his family farewell with greater uncertainty of safe return than now a run around the world involves. Postage was so expensive that correspondence was ranked among the luxuries. Letters were sanded instead of dried with blotting paper and sealed with heated wax. By its transcontinental railway, Canada has been made a great highway between Europe and the old civilizations of the Orient. The products of China and Japan are daily laid down Rod and Gun - ‘To THE Eprror or Rop ANnp GuN: in Canada at our thresholds, and our every day meal represents products of the world. We sit down to our family boa which are oranges from the groves of Jerusalem, gn perhaps on the same spct where King David walked in his gardens in the cool of the Syrian evening. We use sugar Hawaii, chocolate from Venezuela, nuts from Brazil, from Bermuda, coffee from Mexico, dates from Egypt, from Italy, bread from the plains of the North-West, fruits California, lemons from Florida, raisins grown in Ms of sunny France and Spain, and fish from every sea and These, with foods and products of a thousand kinds on our ti veritably bring the ends of the earth tos Victorian age is a great and glorious one. CORRESPONDENCE The Ontario Game Laws — Asa resident of Southern Ontario I can only sa far as this part of Ontario is concerned, the present is not as satisfactory as it might be. I recognize the of making a game law that will suit this locality and satisfactory to the more northern sections, but there visions, for us, that should be made which would no affect other sections adversely. If the season were a little earlier we mis oh 0 ing at snipe, rail, and shore birds, but these leave so the opening of the present season that we do not get chance at them. There would be no harm in m season-on these commence Sept. Ist. The general opini is that the season on ruffed grouse (partridge) an should be put two weeks later. It would be much have more shooting in December and less in October, both these birds are concerned, as regards both spo protection of the birds themselves. This year we had sor our finest weather for field shooting after the season el It was a great temptation to the conscienceless hunter and take a crack at them. A later season would farmer friends more particularly, as he is busy in where quail are usually found, in the early part of the and naturally does not relish the bombardment that around him every day, with an occasional charge thrown into him by way of variety. As a rule he | shoot a little himself, but has no time for this until close to the end of the season. If he stretches the law and hunts after the open season, he is, perhaps, not so blame as the law that makes it necessary for him to d The only argument against a later season on partridge that I have heard is, that should we. have winter, the pot hunter would be able to track and the birds. So long, however, as the market hunter is of the field, the pot hunter cannot do enough of his di to make any inroads on these birds, Comparing the — potted late in the season with the immature birds sl: in the first two weeks, will show a balance against t Theoretically, we could meet this difficulty by prohibit i use of shot-guns when there was snow on the ground. would still give the rabbit hunter a chance. Rabbit shooting should be absolutely prohibited the close season of other game. At present, ht this animal is often made an excuse for getting at other g arding big game, one word. Apart from the present k allowance, which every hunter knows to be absurd, | it not be better to devise some scheme to do away with esent system of requiring a license to go to hunt for game, ully the heavy one on non-resident sportsmen. My idea to let any one go into the woods who wanted to, he 1st October and 15th November, and require no from him as preliminary, whether he was a resident or Sut for every deer brought out of the woods, I would oper price. There is only one way of bringing the e and that is by rail and the package is big enough ous. In addition to freight charges, the railway could be required to collect from the shipper an rice sufficient to compensate for the loss of the The non-resident hunter could be got at, at the ed for export, and be made to pay an additional privileges he has enjoyed in Canadian woods. ® who buys a license and goes into the woods ne comes back with anything to show for the has invested, except a good supply of renewed man who pays for his outfit, railway ticket, &c., invested a good deal on the chance of bagging his he is successful he will willingly pay the additional ed, and if be isn’t, he shouldn’t be asked to do go. me such arrangement, it seems to me, would be sportsmen to go into our Northern woods and means of bringing into that country and leaving rger amount of money than at present, with more tory results to sportsmen and without hurting our game shing the revenue derived from our hunters of deer a CRoss-BOLT. cs oR OF Rop AND Gun: butions which I have seen from your subscribers n with the game laws of Ontario have given me ite upon a subject in which I take great interest, y in connection with the close season for moose. ced last spring that the Ontario Commissioners open season for moose from November Ist to ein every three years, I was simply dumbfounded, usted, and I cannot conceive why such a season met with favor by the commissioners. November mt month, generally speaking, and to hunt in rio in that season one has to meet with more or of the closing in of navigation owing to the formation is a serious matter for a hunter who may find distance from civilization and his only means of eation being cut off, perhaps in a night. The hunter , not for the sake of slaughter, but for the health derives from an outing in the woods and the getting a “‘ trophy”’ with the least possible chance bagged” himself. In the territory to which I am has to do considerable canoeing to get about with as before stated, after November lst the weather ‘commissioners cannot claim that it is the lack of | has guided them in framing the laws with regard to or it seems impossible that moose should instinctively when they have reached the imaginary line which Province of Quebec from the Province of Ontario ) on the Quebec side, where the commissioners Rod and Gun in Canada s owing to the severity of the weather and danger ch as to render canoeing anything but pleasurable. 423 certainly take a more reasonable, and what appears to me a more enlightened view of the matter, and they give a fairly good open season which has not worked detrimentally to the game interests of their province, for from all accounts there are more moose in the County of Pontiac to-day than there has been for years past. Short seasons are moreover dangerous to the hunters, for the reason that they crowd in at the same time within a very short season and the districts are liable to become overrun and accidents and mishaps occur which we read of in Maine every year. This certainly should have some bearing with the commissioners—they should not be neglectful of the hunters’ safety. JoHN Brown. * To THE Eprtor or Rop Aanp Gun: I am glad to see the letters about the Ontario moose law and beg to add my views on this interesting subject. I have hunted deer for several years in Ontario in the short season which our liberal Game Commission dole out to us, and it has always been a surprise to me as to why it is necessary or desirable to make every man go into the woods in two weeks and run the risk of getting potted by mistake, while a season of say Oct. 15th to Nov.15th would not only lessen the risk but let those who like myself preferred October to camp in, do so. However, I started to write about moose. I have looked forward for some time to going for a moose hunt, when the long, expected moose season arrived, and I even intended to take some risk of frost interfering with the canoe portion of my trip, because I thought a Peterboro would probably be all right, (1 wouldn’t risk a birch in ice). Serious illness in my family kept me at home in early November, and now our precious law makes a close season for 1901-02 to preserve moose in a country the greater part of which the game wardens I’ll bet not only don’t go into, but know nothing about, as the part I mean is inhabited by Indians and Hudson Bay people. Take that slice of land beyond the C.P.R. track, north of Lake Nipissing, and the French River, why I am told by what I have every reason to know is good authority, it is full of moose, and these law makers of ours talk about a two years’ close season ; it is nonsense. I hope there will be a reform in this matter right off ; we need at least one game commissioner who comes from the moose country—choose one from Liskeard, Haileybury, Mattawa or some place where they know what a moose is. And while I am at it, why are all our commissioners from the East—Fenelon Falls, Athens, Dunnville, Toronto? The West is absolutely given the go bye. The commissioners living in those places cannot be expected to know anything about moose, or caribou either. Let us have one western man anyway, for example, C. Rankin, Mattawa,or Geo. Marks, Port Arthur ; they wouldn’t make such blunders as we have been suffering from so long. Rosert THOMPSON. It is announced that the entire herd of buffalo owned by the Dupree estate, of South Dakota, consisting of forty-five full bloods and a number of crosses, will soon be disposed of. LS It costs a non-resident $20 for a license to shoot big game in New Brunswick, and a resident must pay $2. Up to Dec. 7 the income from these licenses was $7,000, most of which was paid by visiting sportsmen for the privilege of shooting a moose and a caribou. 424 FORESTRY ‘“Rod and Gun” is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association’ The Editor will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. Editor—E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R. H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. v THE NEW CENTURY. A look backward to the beginning of the century just end- ed shows Canada a land of apparently interminable forest, and the task before the men of the nineteenth century was to hew out from those great forests a home where they and their descendants might dwell in peace and comfort, to clear the fertile lands that should yield of their fruitfulness to the wealth of the nation, to open up the avenues of commerce and to make a place for the founding of our great cities. How well that work has been done is written plain ovér our great Dominion ; but, unfortunately, the war against the forest seems to have induced a blindness to its value which has not yet been removed. Asa result there is now many a tract of bare brulé which once was covered with noble trees, the destruction of which is an absolute loss without compensation of any kind ; there is many a homestead whose beauty has been destroyed and whose value has been seriously impaired by a too ruthless clearing of its sheltering trees. The dawning of the twentieth century brings the men of to-day face to face with the fact that our forest wealth is not inexhaustible, that much of it has been uselessly and needlessly destroyed, and that if this, one of the great sources of national prosperity, is not properly conserved the present century will see the wane of our pre-eminence as a lumber-producing country. The problems that are to be solved in the twentieth. century are not those of the nineteenth, but the same qualities of intelligence, foresight and perseverance are required to work them out. _ -The Imperial bearing of this great work is brought into clear light by the strong and stirring words of the Earl of Roseberry at his installation as Lord Rector of Glasgow University : Never, said the former Premier, had the Empire so urgently required the strenuous support of its subjects, because there was a disposition abroad to challenge both its naval and commercial supremacy. The twentieth century, he declared, would be a period of keen, intelligent and almost fierce inter- national competition, more probably in the arts of peace even than in the arts of war. Therefore, he added, it was necessary to undertake periodical stock-taking, to remodel the State machinery and educational methods, and to become more business-like and thorough as warriors, merchants and states- men. ; * Forest Botany in the Schools. One of the declared objects of the Canadian Forestry Association is to teach the rising generation the value of the forest. with a view to enlisting their efforts in its preservation. The Forestry Association is not, howeyer, a pioneer in this Rod and Gun in Canada work, as the question has been given attention by some ¢ more progressive of our educationists. At the meeting of the Ontario Educational Association in Toronto in April last, Dr. W. H. Muldrew, of Graven gave a paper on School Gardens, or rather, the teach Forest Botany in the schools, of which we give the fol summary from the report of the proceedings :— 7 ‘‘The problems of practical forestry were being @ very near to thoughtful observers in Ontario. What y schools of to-day doing to equip the next generation w knowledge and the interest necessary to ensure their i inte solution? Arbor Day, now permanently established i in Schools, and the teaching of Botany in High Schools m ust a wholesome influence in this direction ; but these fo to be broadly supplemented under the careful supervis' the teachers if the best results were to be obtained. that such was quite practicable under ordinary cond speaker described briefly what had been done wit years in connection with one of our smaller High § the co-operation of trustees, teachers and pupils. “Beginning with a school ground characterized rathet unusual extent, and an almost total absence tion, a systematic attempt had been made to re monotony of the scene by planting trees and shrubs profusion as circumstances would permit, and in such to permanently mark out walks and playgrounds. ‘ had been carried out largely by the boys, stimulat nominal grant per tree from the Board to the athletic and by an occasional part holiday. In spite of some 4 ments resulting from unkind soil and unfavorable se work progressed until several hundreds of speci become fuirly established and the number of species had suggested a complete collection of those natiy district. Already more than half the indigenous trees a of the locality were here to be found, and thus a rude, tive, arboretum was approaching completion. While mens were of necessity, in most cases, immature and with a new environment, so that their appearance means striking, they already afforded great assiste practical study of Botany, since the development flowers and fruit could be readily followed from daj “The speaker dwelt upon the value of identifica naming of species in sustaining the interest of lea recommended the use of keys or indexes based upon characters, and prepared, preferably by the science suit the forest growth peculiar to each district. This was illustrated by the distribution among the memh section of printed copies of such an index, which had itself by some years of service in the hands of beginne The index referred to is of the common native shrubs of Muskoka, and is based on the leaf cha: Dr. Muldrew has distributed an edition of over one copies of this index without remuneration, with th arousing an interest in the subject amongst educato his kindness we have also been furnished with a co index has been worked out by Dr. Muldrew hims trees of his own neighborhood, but it has been found almost equally well in other localities througho Ontario. The first part is’a systematic statement of acters in general as to kind, arrangement, veinin outline, etc. Asa sample of the plan by which the spe distinguished in the following part of the work, we ai first division :— a Rod and COMPOUND-OPPOSITE. x shrub, leaflets in 3’s, Clematis Virginiana.. 1 3 stly downy beneath, rubs. Leaflets 5-11, long- ring, stems soft, heart t Sambucus Canadensis. 21a 97 Sambucus racemosa... 21b 97 a as ked, not sharply Fraxi nus ‘Americana. 36a 181 eae. 3's 36b 181 column of numbers refer to a list of the common le trees at the end of the index, and the second the pages of Spotton’s High School Botany. option of the leaf characters as the main distinguish- in the classifying of trees has many advantages to to those who undertake the task of dealing with on a systematic, but at the same time, popular one that is simple enough to be easily grasped by Fraxinus pubescens... e to make the identification of species quite as other methods. As an example, three boys whom vy sent out one day returned with thirty-five species r result, and the mistake was not an unnatural one ryers. Anyone who has undertaken to work out plants without assistance must own that he has occasions to change his first decision, and the ror in the case cited is certainly small enough to the success of the system. Dr. Muldrew states hod of introducing Forest Botany to his students iccessful beyond all his expectations. same meeting of the Association, the attention of s was called by Mr. E. L. Hill, of Guelph, to the re observation done in the schools of the Province tia through the efforts of Dr. A. H. McKay, the dent of Education. a sheet on which is to be entered the description of in which the observations are made, as to area, m the sea, altitude, general character of the soil and portion and character of forests, etc. The dates of nees of plants, their flowers and their fruits are to | the sheet, together with observations of the migra- ds, meteorological phenomena, and farming oper- in general. One sheet is kept as a permanent record for ol and the other is returned to the Inspector for on to the Superintendent. Thus a very valuable obtained, and at the same time the pupils are stimu- open their eyes to the world of nature around them, tended that they should assist the teacher in compil- cord. The plan is found to have had a very beneficial n nature study and the general work of the schools. owledge of the names of our principal Canadian trees land as broadening to the mind of the youth of this as a knowledge of the leading men of Canada, or of the Gun Each teacher is given two | in Canada 425 great cities, or any of the principal physical features. How much more interested any person is in a name which he knows! How much more likely he is to make inquiry about it and to feel a stimulus to seek a fuller knowledge of what it represents! It givesa basis on which to work: out-to larger knowledge, to which the increasing mental stores can be attached, and by which they can be kept in proper order. If the scholars become interested in studying the trees, the desire to protect them will be aroused and the young minds will be more open to the arguments which both their beauty and their utility urge for their preservation. The Forestry Association will find here a field for its efforts which will yield the best possible results to its future interests, and it behooves it to give all possible support to those teachers who are striving to interest the scholars in our forest trees. If Dr. Muldrew at any time undertakes an index for a wider area he should receive the encouragement of all who are interested in Forestry. Possibly the time has not yet arrived for the establishment in Canada on any extensive scale of School Gardens such as exist on the Continent of Europe, but there is no reason why every school which has some land at its disposal should not give attention to the planting of trees and the beautifying of the grounds. Manual training is finding a place in our public schools, but, however much. mecessity there may be for train- ing the hands of the pupils by this means, the fact must not be overlooked that Canada is largely an agricultural and a forest. country and that the operations connected with both agricul- ture and arboriculture have also an important educative value, while they would bring graduates of our schools into a position where they would have some intelligent sympathy with the efforts made to advance the interests of these great industries. As our agriculture and forest systems require to become more intensive, advances will have to be made along these lines. The little expeditions to the woods or the Experimental Farm which are now sometimes taken by the scholars and teachers of our schools are beginnings which, as was the case in Leipzig, may lead to an appreciation of the desirability of botanic gardens for the schools. Ls The Preservation of the Forests. . By W. B. Smithett, Saltcoats, N.W.T. The following is a portion of an editorial by Mr. Smithett which appeared some time ago. Some advance has been made since that time :— The welfare and commercial interests of our entire Dominion are almost closely related to the preservation and proper management of the public forests, and we believe the first step towards a permanent and scientific forest policy would be to establish a forest commission with the following objects : : ist. To study the large bodies of timber lands on the ground, and to find out their extent and condition, quantity of heavy trees and dead wood, and number of species of trees. 2nd. To find out their relation to the public welfare and to the needs of the people of the locality as regards agriculture, supply of fuel, mining and transportation, and to ascertain what portion of the timber should be allotted for fuel and what portion for cutting into lumber. 3rd. To prepare a plan for the general management of the public timber lands, in accordance with the principles of forestry, and to recommend the necessary legislation. This commission would be able to gather most valuable data, and it should be composed of practical, educated men, 426 who, like civil engineérs or surveyors, know what it is to camp out and examine a country in detail. It is a matter of much financial importance, as the losses occurring every year by forest fires are immense. Canada has about twenty million acres of timber, and yearly one million or more are. devastated. by fire in different parts of the Dominion. In Assiniboia alone in the year 1897 over three hundred thousand acres were swept over. Some time ago the Dickinson limit, about 150 miles northwest of Yorkton, — comprising some 10,000 acres, was burnt, destroying about 75,000 acres. This is only a drop in the bucket. Take an acre of timber which will furnish say 2,000 trees, from six inches to twelve inches in diameter. Each tree is worth for timber, an average of $3, making $6,000 an acre, and if 75,000 acres were burnt on that limit it was a loss of $450,000. So much out of Assiniboia’s capital for thirty or forty years, or until a new growth can be made. This is only one instance. Can we afford to lose by negligence every ten years enough of our nation’s capital to pay for a war or to buy .a navy? Yet such a task might come upon us some day, and why waste in indolence our God-given patrimony ?. Nature has been profuse. Shall we burn up her bounty, or try to conserve it for the future ? . Fire, the axe, and wholesale vandalism have held sway over our forests, threatening their utter destruction. But now at this darkest time a light of a better day begins to dawn. Railroads carrying everywhere our rapidly increasing popula- tion have rendered every tree accessible to the axe and fire. At last the Government has taken alarm, and seems ready to adopt measures to stay wanton wastefulness and save our noble forests. Knowledge is gaining ground in the minds of the people that the forests are at once the most valuable and the most destructible part of the nation’s national wealth, and that they must not be left as heretofore to the mercy of every wandering hunter, sheep-herder or woodsman. The people are beginning to realize that the forests affect the climate and hold in store fertilizing rains and snows and form fountains for irrigating streams. Gold and silver are stored in the rocks, and can neither be burned nor trampled out of existence. The wealth of our fertile prairies and their productive soil are also comparatively safe. But our forests, the best on the face of the earth, are still exposed to the perils which have inflicted calamities upon many other countries, which by wasteful and heedless courses have lost their productiveness, and have thereby known famine, drought and sometimes pestilence. With the control of a competent corps of forest guardians our forests will be preserved and also used. The experience of all civilized countries that have faced and solved the problem, shows that over and above all expenses of management under trained officers, the forests, like perennial fountains, may be made to yield a sure harvest of timber, while at the same time all their far-reaching beneficient uses may be maintained unimpaired, Let every newspaper, every professional man, every merchant, every farmer, join hands in this momentous issue, and urge upon the Government to establish a safeguard for one of our greatest and most valuable assets. * A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Forestry Association was held at Ottawa on the 7th of Decem- ber, the principal business being the arrangements for the second annual meeting which will be held in Ottawa on the 7th March, 1901. Those present were Professor John Macoun, Mr. Hiram Robinson, William Pearce, E. Stewart and R. H. Campbell. The Secretary stated that the reports of the first Rod and Gun in Canada annual meeting, of which three thousand copies: had | printed through the kindness of the Government, had — distributed in every part of Canada, and with them hed sent a circular calling attention to the work of the Ass and asking the support of the recipients. A special ali circular had since been sent out to lumbermen and others the result that the membership stands at 139 (now 174). 4 Treasurer reported a balance of $140 to the cred t ¢ Association. The arrangements for the annual meeting then discussed, and it was decided that it was de have the forestry interests of every part of the brought before the Association on that occasion by the of papers or otherwise, and the Secretary was inst take the necessary steps to that end. Mr. Stewart in’ the Committee that he expected that some of the leadi bers of the American Forestry Association would a meeting, and it was suggested that as he would haye ¢ tunity of seeing these gentlemen at the annual meeti Association in Washington, he might be able to arran; evening lecture by one of them. An illustrated forestry of this nature would be, not only interes very instructive to the members of the Canadian / Mr. Stewart also stated that it was his intention number of meetings in the West in the early part of t to bring the question of tree planting before the set object being to arrange for some method of co-ope that the Government may assist the settlers in their e this direction. These meetings should be of the advantage to the West, and they will also bt very h the interests of the Forestry Association. . Southwe also arranging with the Canadian pane tas the 1 7 of the Institute to be held at Toronto on the 12th of Jar should be devoted to forestry. The Committee were ¢ opinion that a more active effort should be made during ing year to bring the Association before the public, and would be advisable to arrange for meetings to be h important cities in order to arouse as great an ini possible in the subject of forestry. Professor emphasized very strongly the necessity for making t of the Association as practical as possible, and cond effort to desert the experience of the past and the materials at hand for experimentation with things | untried, especially in tree planting. The annual meeting of the American Forestry A was held at Washington the 13th December, and was over by Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the New York Sta of Forestry, and Vice-President ofthe Association. F programme was the reading of the report of the board tors, which was accepted by the association. It sh during the year popular interest in forestry had grown ably, and the condition of the country’s formats bah greatly. Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department, w president of the association, delivered a brief address, welec the delegates to Washington. Subjects relating to tree pla the conservation, management, and renewal of forests, a climatic and other influences that affect their welfare brought up, and measures for the advancement of edu and legislative plans were considered. ta a Officers were elected as follows: Hon. James H. W president ; F. H. Newell, corresponding secretary ; and ‘ P. Whittlesey, recording secretary and treasurer. five o’clock in the afternoon the delegates were guests ception tendered by Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Leiter, and later ere entertained by Mr. Pinchot. mn. Andrews, of the Minnesota forestry department, g of the proposed notional park in Minnesota, said : ‘‘It ins a little less than 500,000 acres of land on ceded Indian va tion, mostly covered with coniferous forest, exclusive of r allotments and of water. It embraces inportant head- 0: the Mississippi, and the ancient and present home of oe nes, Fifteen hundred Indians are living there and If made a park it will be cared for by trained rs; the ripe timber cut, natural regeneration promoted, mung trees left to grow and a sustained forest yield main- If there are any agricultural lands they can be left > park will be a benefit to forestry and a blessing to e. But to obtain it will require a new agreement with by which they will be credited with a lump sum the pine lands being sold in forty-acre tracts as at i which the Secretary of the Interior says is un- “38 in. enate has passed a joint resolution for a commission men to investigate and report on the praticability of , and its passage will hasten the solution of the ns were passed by the association favoring the a reserve containing the California big trees and by the government of the Apalachian and Minnesota rks. Mr. Stewart, Canadian inspector of forests, n address on the forestry of Canada. The executive will consider a motion inviting the Canadian Association to meet with the American Association at g the Pan- ores Exposition. sor Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniére, Lieutenant- 4f British Columbia, has procured and sown in s from the east, of hardwood trees not native to imbia, such as sugar maple, butternut, black wal- ash, green ash, red oak, etc. He states that in that @ they are well supplied with soft-wood trees, but need dwood species. | increase of trade on the Pacific coast, owing to up of the Yukon and Alaska, has necessitated a ug increase in the number of carriers, and the con- e is that there has been quite a boom in ship building. ‘of the vessels are built of wood, and the demand for - has given a decided stimulus to the timber trade. y port on the coast where supplies of lumber can be is having its share, and the outlook for a steady de is very good. authorities of the United States are moving to set ‘two of its recently acquired islands as forest reserves. is sle nds are considered to be the richest in the world for oe 1 ‘or the last four or five years there has been a short rain ly in California with the result that there have been many is forest fires devastating hundreds of square miles of forest not reproduce themselves in a century. A specially tive fire, which was started by an irresponsible rancher brush and allowing the fire to get beyond control, ver the Santa Cruz mountains destroying the trees over extensive area. Rod. and Gun in Canada 427 KENNEL DEPARTMENT Conducted by D. Taylor Correspondence is invited on all matters pertaining to the kennel, and ttems of interest concerning man’s best friend, whether original or selected‘ will be welcomed. An effort will be made to furnish correspondents reltable advice as to the care and treatment of dogs in any case submitted. All communications for this department should be addressed to D. TAYLOR, ROD AND GUN IN CANADA, 603 Craig street, Montreal. Mr. Josh. Stanford, who has more than a local reputation as a breeder and exhibitor of foxterriers, has become the fortu- nate owner of a litter of nice puppies by imp. Longface out of a young well-bred bitch with a wide streak of Veracity blood in her. With ordinary luck Mr. Stanford will give the best of them a hard run at forthcoming shows. A % The Newmarket kennels have made a number of good sales recently, among others being Newmarket Hero to Mr. Fuller, Providence, R.I. ; Newmarket Beryl, a promising young bitch by Edgewood Dick, to Mr. C. J. Muenchingeo, Newport, R.I. ; Newmarket Queen, by Newmarket Marvel ex Newmarket Duchess, is going to San Francisco, Cal., having been sold to a gentleman of that city at a good figure. LS Montreal dogs were not by any means a numerous quantity at the Philadelphia show, still some of the breeders were repre- sented, if not directly, by others which have been bred at kennels here and disposed of. In bull-terriers we notice that Edgewood Aberdeen, a product of Newmarket kennels, got 1st novice, Ist limit, 2nd open and reserve in winners’ class to Woodcote Wonder, that marvellous dog which has been at the top for years. This promising dogis by Champion Little Flyer ex Newmarket Syren, and was Ist novice and 2nd limit in Toronto last September. In the same cass (over 30 Ibs.) another dog bred at the same kennels, Diamond Dick, a son of Edgewood Dick, was second in the limit class. Still another from the same kennels, Bay View Flyer, was placed reserve in - limit dogs. It will be readily understood that competition in the bull-terrier section was exceedingly keen when such prize- winning dogs as Fire Chief, the New York and Chicago winner, Col. Steele, who swept the board at Toronto, Princeton Chief and Princeton Defiance, besides many other good dogs were beaten. % Mr. James L. Kernochan, the well-known American breeder, is sending Growler, a son of champion Go Bang, to compete at the first-class English shows. In all likelihood he will be accompanied by Richmond Flower, a smooth bitch which has found favor in the eyes of the judges. Mr. Mayhew, another equally well known fancier is also sending a dog or two of his own breeding to enter the lists against the English cracks. % Mr. Jas. Smith, of Montreal, has sold his imported bulldog bitch, Dreamless, to Mr. Mackay, Astoria, Long Island. She is a daughter of Dimboola King ex Kitty Warmsley, who is a grand-daughter of champion British Monarch. Mr. Mackay will in all probability show her at New York in February. 428 Buffalo is to have a show this year in connection with the Pan-American Exposition beginning on August 26th, just one week prior to Toronto’s annual fall fixture It is announced that Mr. E. M. Oldham will superintend, which announcement is sufficient to guarantee that everything in connection with the show will be up to date. Those engineering the enterprise are ambitious to make it the show of the year and every inducement will be held out to fanciers in the way of liberal classification and good prize money. M. Oldham is at present in England but on his return will set to work at once in the interests of the show. ™ In connection with the foregoing it appears to us that this is a golden opportunity which should be taken advantage of by the Montreal Canine Association to get into the circuit. If a show was held here immediately after Toronto there is no doubt a goodly portion of the best dogs exhibited in both cities would enter here, provided a judicious selection of judges were made and all opportunity for hippodroming avoided. We hope the officiais of the Association will take the matter seriously into consideration and act promptly in securing dates, otherwise some of our go-ahead Western friends will get there first. x The Canadian Kennel Gazette has the following :—“ We are sorry to chronicle the death of Dr. John Robinson, a staunch supporter of the Canadian Kennel Club, and an enthusiastic dog lover, especially of the English foxhound. Through Dr. Robinson’s hands went the pedigrees of fox- hounds and beagles, printed in last year’s Stud Book, and we can vouch for his careful scrutiny and intelligent care. Dr. Robinson was for many years assistant resident physician at the Insane Asylum, Toronto, and by his quiet, simple and honest character, endeared himself to many. Amongst other foxhounds — he owned at various times was that excellent dog, Pattern.’ ™ Mr. John G. Kent, president of the Canadian Kennel Club, has sent a pleasant reminder of the season in the shape ofa Christmas greeting to prominent members of the local fancy. It was greatly appreciated by those who had the privilege of receiving it. LS The Canadian Kennel Gazette has the following, which is self-explanatory : ‘‘ At the last annual meeting, the secretary of the C.K.C. was instructed to write to several well known dog owners interested in the field trials. He did so, of course, but has been favored with but one reply, and that not by any means an encouraging one. There is no earthly reason why we can not be of mutual assistance, but the help cannot all come from one side. We should be glad to hear from others interested in the matter. “* Yours received, also copy of Gazette with resolution re Field Trials. I really can’t see what can be done in the matter unless the C.K.C. offers medals or prizes of some sort to Field Trial winners. Such action would certainly have the effect of making sportsmen think tbe Kennel Club men, who are asa rule non-sporting dog men, take some interest in sporting dogs. Right or wrong, the opposite is thought to be the case now. Sportsmen think that non-sporting dog men only want them as a ‘‘ fill gap,” and try to put up non-sporting judges over sporting dogs. If the C.K.C. will consult the wishes of sports- Rod | and Gun in Canada men, where their interests are concerned, and also induce show committee to do the same with regard to judges of sp ing dogs, a better feeling will be brought about. As an inste I would refer you to the interest in the sporting classes at and last year’s Toronto shows. Yours truly, [ W. B. We tts, Chatham, © % is It is understood that Mr. James Mortimer, who is kt to almost every dog fancier in the States and Canada as ot the best all-round judges of the day, has the refusal of Kennel editorship of ‘‘ Turf, Field and Farm.’’ Sho Mortimer accept the position we have no doubt his eritic will be in accordance with his decisions—kindly, fair anc partial. ‘3 . >. ee ee Ce oe” 1% Mr. C. Y. Ford, of Otterburn, Kingston, Ont., the recent Philadelphia show in the Kennel Gazette, to say :— “The management of the show must indeed feel at the great success of their venture. Over a thousand at a five dollar fee, to win a ten dollar prize in many does seem a bit steep, considering the long distan bined with heavy railroad and living expenses. It 4 seem as though dog shows in this country would eyer be sp ing events, when professional handlers—two or number—supply over two-thirds of the show. Howe hibitors are very fortunate to have such men as Dole, Klein, Thomas and others at their disposal. The amateur is quite out-done in his effort to show his sin against such odds. - ‘‘The show was well patronized and must have money maker, though I believe, the majority of t motors are multi-millionaires. _ ‘‘The heavy work fell on Mr. James Mortimer, w intended the show in true metropolitan style. May long in his present post as ‘ King of the Fancy!’ T two in number, were simply miniatures, and the stewards a sea. It is high time this matter was regulated in some defi way. To them may the blame be laid for prolonged juds In this case, specials were still being judged at five o’¢ the closing day of the show, as it seemed impossible to dogs into the ring. Mr. Mason had far too much to | stuck to it manfully, as day after day, hour after hour, f If he did not fully examine each dog, it is not for lack Mr. Henry Jarrett, who judged all the Toys, and many Terriers, went about his work ina mostskillful wa judging was most satisfactory, and many exhibitors of he did not judge, hope they would soon haye an oppa of showing under him. And why not, considering th youth and ability, backed up by along and successful ea as an exhibitor? The remaining judges were specialists. The Paris edition of the New York Herald. con news that Mr. Frank Gould has just added to his al tensive St. Bernard kennels the smooth-coated dog B Sunridge and the rough-coated bitch Conyent Abbess. — were purchased from Mrs. Jagger, who has bred many fan specimens of this breed. The Baron is a big winner annexed four firsts and specials at the Alexandria show, September last. Convent Abbess was also a w the same show. oteworthy case of instinctive canine devotion is related nch sporting paper. A woodcutter was plying his n on a mountain at the foot of a low wall, not far from hotel, when a heavy snowslip from the roof of that ‘struck him, and burying him up to his shoulders, held and quite unable to extricate himself. He had with faithful dogs, who, seeing their master’s predicament, scrape away the snow with their paws. But the snow ind heavy, so their efforts proved futile. Then they (o hold council together, and all at once set off for the lage—a good four hours’ walk away—where their ther lived. They cover d the distance in an y repeated barking and howls attracted the man’s d aroused his anxiety so that a search party was After seven hours’ toilsome climbing up the moun- party reached the unfortunate man, now uncon- f-dead with exhaustion and exposure. The two ied on in advance, and were seen crouched near head, licking his face to give him warmth and back to consciousness. A little later and he would n beyond all human aid. p : ™ ighter, but a Poor Judge of Dogs.”’ 's got grit “nough,” said Shorty Sam decisively. acks is judgment. He’s like Hawkins’ brindle ’ ay. rs ae ‘i Seah Brooks. ‘‘ Howd’y mean ?”’ Ola man Hawkins was out’n front too. Sez | man :— of yourn don’t seem to be much of a fighter,’ always gettin’ licked,’ sez he. rou gamble almighty hard that-away,’ sez Hawk- ou do, kee lose qour wad. That air pup’s one fighters y’ ever see,’ sez he. ‘ Yes sir,’ sez he, fighter, but he’s a d——n poor judge of dogs.’ ””— Tenderfoot”’ in Field and Stream. 1 Son of the English Field has been called to a 1g dogs which has attacked animals in some parts d in certain districts in England. Correspondents 9e uncertain from the symptoms exhibited whether ‘is some form of distemper or derangement of the ns. The accounts received are to the effect that s have a discharge from the eyes and nostrils as in er 5 that they lose the use of their hind quarters, and baffor considerable pain. They entirely lose their fuse all food ; waste away, and, as the Field cor- expresses it, die a lingering death. Our English esays: ‘ We first heard of this affection, which was ly introduced into this country a few years ago as pre- n some parts of the Continent. Ata veterinary com- March 31 ult., the principal of the college presented ‘miscellaneous diseases, and among others he referred se in two dogs which had died after exhibiting of interior inflammation of the stomach and intes- Rod and Gun in Canada 429 tines. The post-mortem examination and history of these cases indicated that the animals in question had been affected by an hitherto unnamed disease of the dog which prevailed in several places on the Continent of Europe during 1898, and occasioned very numerous deaths. Experiments, it was stated, were being made with the object of ascertaining the cause of the disease. Reports, it was said, had been received at the college showing that a great many dogs had died from it in Bristol during the last few weeks. “In the subsequent annual report from the college to the Royal Agricultural Society, a more detailed account of the malady was given. It was stated that it began to attract atten- tion in this country first of allon account of a report of a disease of a fatal character in a German veterinary journal. The comparison of the symptoms and the lesions described in the German article, and those observed in the outbreak in this country, soon made it quite clear that the affection was the same in the two countries. It appears that the first serious outbreak took place in Stuttgart during the autumn of 1898, but it is said that the same disease had been observed in several other German towns, notably in Frankfort, Hamburg and Wiesbaden. “The malady showed itself in Stuttgart shortly after a dog show had been held there, and it was surmised that the affection had been introduced and spread by some of the animals exhibited at the show. Whatever may have been the origin of the disease, there is some reason, the writer remarks, to believe that a case of the same kind occurred in Scotland in 1898, some months before the Stuttgart outbreak was detected. The chief symptoms described were those of extreme prostra- tion and constant vomiting. There was also noticed what might be considered a very valuable symptom for diagnosis— ulceration of the lining membrane of the mouth, attended with peculiar discoloration of the membrane and a fetid character of the breath. About 75 per cent. of the dogs attacked died, the average duration of the illness in fatal cases being from four to six days. Post-mortem examination disclosed intense inflam- mation of the stomach, and usually of some portions of the intestines also. ‘‘The attack is always so sudden, and the symptoms indi- cated are generally so extremely severe, that the owners of the unfortunate animals are commonly under the impression that their dogs have been poisoned. The suddenness of the illness and the pain which exists seem to favor this view. In describ- ing the cases of dogs so suddenly attacked, they mention the © following symptoms: The animals have their back arched with their legs apart; they are almost unable to move, and they convey the impression in many cases of suffering from rheumatism of the muscles of the loins. When the forelegs are lifted up so that the dog is standing on its hind legs, the move- ment is evidently painful, and the animal cries out as in acute rheumatism. From the very first vomiting is a constant symptom ; the matter ejected in the beginning is a frothy fluid, but it ultimately becomes of a greenish yellow and brown ; may be finally streaked with blood, and occasionally appears to be of a purulent character. The tongue also becomes gangrenous in portions, and sloughing of the mucous membrane occurs.’” * Jones—‘‘I understand, sir, that you referred to me as a ” Brown—‘‘ No, sir! You are misinformed. dog man’s truest and most faithful friend.”’ dog. I consider a 430 Conducted by ‘Bob White” BRANTFORD TOURNAMENT. A very successful live pigeon and blue rock tournament was held at Brantford, Ont., on Dec. 11th, 12th and 18th, by © the Pastime Gun Club of that city. There was a large attend- ance of shooters, including among the number many of the best known crack shots of the United States and Canada. All events were handicaps and judging from the scores some of the well known experts got more than they could take of. Mrs. Dracey, the crack lady shot of Galt, was present and did some remarkably good shooting. Among the well known experts present were: H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, Ont., winner of the Grand American Handicap ; J. S. Fanning, New York, representing Laflin and Rand Smokeless Powder, whose record of 231 straight targets has never been equalled ; Jack Parker, representing King’s Smoke- less and Peters Cartridge Co’s ; Forest H. Conover, Leamington, Ont., representing Dupont Smokeless. The weather, the first day, was cold and blustery with occasional flurries of snow, and unfavorable for high scores, and it was not until the sixth event second day that a straight score on blue rocks was made, H. D. Bates being the shooter to break the ice. This shoot promises to be an annual affair. The following is the score :— First Day. Tuesday, December 11th. First event, 15 targets—W. McDuff, Dutton, 8 ; Mrs. Dracey, Galt, 8; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 11; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 10 ; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 10; H. T. Westbrook, 7; E. Dan- skin, Brantford, 10; H. Bates, Ridgetown, 5; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, 9; M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, 6; A. Bixel, Brant- ford, 8; J. Quirk, Brantford, 7; Geo. Benwell, Brantford, 6 ; John Wallace, Brantford, 6; H. Fick, Simcoe, 11; Joe. Mud, Galt, 8; J. E. Thompson, Woodstock, 12; J. 8S. Fanning, New York, 9; W. Frazman, Dunville, 5; C. J. Montgomery, Brant- ford, 10; Gen. Grant, Woodstock, 11. _ Second event, 15 targets—W. McDuff, Dutton, 9; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 5; C. J. Mitchell, 10; F. Westbrook, 12; H. T. Westbrook, 9; E. Danskin, 10; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 8; D. J. Lewis, Brantford,7; M.J. Miller, Winnipeg, 8; A. Bixel, 9; J. Quirk, 4; George Benwell,5; John Wallace, Brantford, 6; Joe Mud, 8; J. Thompson, Woodstock, 12; J. 8. Fanning, New York, 11; C. Montgomery, Brantford, 14; Gen. Grant, 10; H. Fick, oe 5. Third event, 7 live pigeons—W. McDuff, 6; H. Marlatt, Simcoe, 6; R. J. racy, 6; George Stroud, jr., Hacsilions 6; John Stroud, Hamilton, 6: C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 4 ; E. Westbrook, 7 ; H. T. Westbrook, 6 ; C. Montgomery, Brantford, 7; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 6; J. E. Thompson, Woodstock, 7; George Benwell, Brantford, 6; Mrs. Dracey, Galt, 6; Ed. Mack, Simcoe, 5; W. Frazman, Dunnville, 5; J. Crooks, Hamilton, 7; W. E. By, Hamilton, 6; H. Fick, Simcoe, 6; Gen. Grant, Woodstock, 4; J. S. Fanning, New York, 5. Fourth event, 15 targets—R. J. Dracey, Galt, 9; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 12; D. J. {Lewis, Brantford, 14; H. D. Rod and Gun THE GUN in Canada Bates, Ridgetown, 10; J. Fanning, New York, 12; F. Wi brook, Brantford, 14; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 10; J Thompson, Woodstock, 11; F. Horsman, Brantford, 10 ; Montgomery, Brantford, 12; George Stroud, Hamilton, 12 Danskin, Brantford, 11 ; ; Gen. Grant, Woodstock, 13 ; E. 1 Simcoe, 9; Mrs. Diacey, Galt, 6; J. Crooks, Hamilton Ely, Hatailipn: 10. Fifth event, 20 targets—W. McDuff, Dutton, 135 Mitchell, Brantford, 15; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 15; Westbrook, Brantford, 7; ; C. Montgomery, Brantford, 173, Thompson, Woodstock, 19; J.S. Fanning, New York, VW J. Dracey, Galt, 18; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, 18; A. - Brantford, 13; Gen. Grant, Woodstotvk, 14; H. Fick, | coe, 10. Sixth event—Not finished. Seventh event, 5 pairs sniping—F. Westbrook, Br 2; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, 3; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, Fanning, New York, 5; G. Fick, Simcoe, 1 ; Gen. Grant, stock, 2; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 6; M. J. Miller, peg, 6; J.B. Thompson, Woodstock, 2 ; BE. Danskin, Bre ant! 4; H. Marlatt, Simcoe, 2. ag Second Day. Wednesday, December 12th. First event, 15 targets—F. H. Conover, Leamingto 9; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 13; M. J. Miller, Winn W. McDuff, Dutton, 8; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 10; F. ¥ brook, Brantford, 8; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 9; H. D. Be Ridgetown, 12; E. Mack, Simcoe, 6; D. J. Lewis, Bri t 9; J. S. Fanning, New York, 9; H. T. Westbrook, Brantf 8; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 7; C. J. Montgomery, Brantford, 11 Pasin. Brantford, 10. Second event, 15 targets—R. J. Dracey, Galt, 12 Montgomery, Brantford, 6; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, Emslie, St. Thomas, 13; E. Danskin, Brantford, 8 ; Bates, Ridgetown, 12; M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, 4 ; Woodstock, 6; H. Fisk, Simcoe, 8; Mrs. R. J. Dracey 14; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 10; R. Coffee, St. Th George Reid, Dunnville, 8; H. T. Westbrook, Bran F. Westbrook, Brantford, 13; F. Jones, Montreal, Grant, Woodstock, 8; Geo. Stroud, jun., Hamilton, ‘ Fanning, New York, 7; F. H. Conover, Leamington, - Third event, 10 birds—H. D. Bates, Ridgetoy Emslie, St. Thomas, 8; W. McDuff, Dutton, 5; R. | Thomas, 10; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 7; C. J. Mit Brantford, 8; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 4; C. J. ¥ gomery, Brantford, 9; Thos. Donly, St. Thomas, 10; F Dealtry, Dunnville, 6; G. Reid, Dunnville, 7; J. 8. Fan New York, 10 ; G. Robins, Dunnville, 5; M. J. Miller, W peg, 7; R. Deeming, Brantford, 5; J. Stroud, Hamilton, Frazman, Dunnville, 7; G. Danskin, Brantford, 6; R Dracey, Galt, 8; E. Mack, Woodstock, 6 ; D. Miller, stock, 4; H. Marlott, Simcoe, 7; H. Fisk, irbeoss 6 merhayes, Brantford, 7; J. Wisdler, Paris, 5; W. Ka hes 8; F. Horseman, Brantford, 7; H. Thompsons, stoe a Fourth event, 15 targets—K. J. Dracey, Galt, 7 ; D. J. Li Brantford, 8; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 12; C. J. Mit Brantford, 10; C. J. Montgomery, Brantford, 8; BH: Te brook, Brantford, 11; C. Summerhayes, Brantford, 9 Wheeler, Paris, 6; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 12; R. Coffee Thomas, 10; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 11; C. J. Fam New York, 14; F. H. Conover, ae aaeiety 10; Mrs. Dr Galt, 10. oe event, 20 targets—H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 16; M. J. Winnipeg, 11; H. Westbrook, Brantford, 12; D. J. snii 12; C. Summerhayes, Brantford, 13; C. J. |, Brantford, 16; ‘A. Bixel, Brantford, 14; J. Walters, a aceman, Brantford, 13; E. Pansat: Brant- R. Coffee, St. Ph gree, 18 S-B. Eitislie, St. Thomas, i0‘ , Dutton, 16; J. Gilitks Brantford, 7; H. Fisher, 15; W. Kerr, Brantford, 7; J. Wheeler, Paris, 8 ; Simcoe, 9; D. Miller, Woodstock, 10; Cen. Grant, 18; C. Hacker, Boston, 13; G. Reed, Dunnville, tbrook, Brantford, 14; C. J. Montgomery, Brant- §. Fanning, New York, 13; Mrs. R. J. Dracey, ent, 15 targets—C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 11; R. omas, 8; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 13; R. Coffee, '; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 15; D. Lawie: Brant- Grant, Woodstock, 6; H. chor, Brantford, 9 ; rook, Brantford, 11; M. Westbrook, Brantford, 6. é Third Day. Thursday, December 13th. ; 1 event of Wednesday, 15 live pigeons—Thos. Don- ymas, 12; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 15; F. West- 11; J. 8S. Fanning, New York, 15; R. Emslie, J. Stroud, Hamilton, 13; W. Kerr, Brantford, ville, 13; A. Bixel, Brantford, 9; C. J. Mit- , 13; G. Robbins, Dunnville, 12 ; H. Westbrook, ; R. Coffee, St. Thomas, 13 ; J. Wheeler, Paris, 11. :of Wednesday, 5 pairs, sniping—J. S. Fanning, . J. Montgomery, Brantford, 4; F. Westbrook, T. Westbrook, Brantford, 6; F. Horseman, J. Mitchell, Brantford, 5; H. D. Bates, Ridge- slie, St. Thomas, 8; A. Bixell, Brantford, 6; ford, 6; M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, 2; Jack 7; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 4; D. Miller Wood- ay, Galt, 5; J. Wheeler, Paris, 2; G. Dan- 3; Mrs. Dracey, Galt, 3; F. H, Conover, Ek 5 Sack Pikes. Detroit, 14;F. H. Neate ; D. J. Lewis, pereaviort, 10; R. Emslie, St. Bixell, Brantford, 6; H. Woethirodk. Brantford, r, Brantford, 8. 1 event, 15 targets—J. S. Fanning, New York, 13; Brantford, 13; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 13 ; F. ntford, 8 ; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 10 ; .C. J Brantford, 7; R. Emslie, St. Theinke, 9; Jack W. McDuff, Dutton, 10; Dr. Wilson, Hamilton, brook, Brantford, 4; J. J. Cline, Hamilton, 10. nt, 10 live pigeons—G. Reid, Dunnville, 8 ; Fred. Brantford, 9; J. S. Fanning, New York, 10; H. T. Brantford, 5; W. Kerr, Brantford, 5 ; H. D. Bates, 9; C.J. Mitchell, Brantford, 9; R. Emslie, St. M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, 5; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, s Quirk, Brantford, 9; A. Bixell, Brantford, 9; Dr. ailton, 9; J. J: Cline, Hamilton, 8; Jack Parker, D. J. iota, Brantford,.8. event, 10 targets—J. S. Fanning, New York, 5; C. ery, Brantford, 4; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford; 9; Rod: and Gun t, 12; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 13; D. J. pore: in Canada 4.31 Jack Parker, Detroit, 8; F. H. Conover, Leamington, 6; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 6; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, 6; W. Me- Duff, Dutton, 8; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 5; 8. Westbrook, Brantford, 5; M. J. Mills, Winnipeg, 4; D. Wilson, Hamilton, eid os Eline. Hamilton, 7; J. Weber, Pai is, 5; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 6; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 7; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 8. Fifth event, 20 targets—J. S Fanning, New York, 12; F. H. Conover, Taaaniniete, 4; ace Parker, Detroit, 19; T. Westbrook, Brantford, 14; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 12; C. J. Montgomery, Brantford, 11 ; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 14; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, 14; W. McDuff, Dutton, 17; Dr. Wilson, Hamilton, 12; J. J. Cline, Hamilton, 15; J. Wheeler, Paris, 9 ; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 16; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 14; F. Westbrook, Brantford,'16 ; George Reed, Dunnville, 9: Sixth event, merchants’ and manufacturers’ shoot, 15 targets—Jack Parker, Detroit, 9; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 10 ; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 8; C. W. Page, Brantford,'7; B. Fisher, Brantford, 9; F. H. Conover, Leamington, 9 ; D. Lewis, Brantford, 8; F. Martin, Brantford, 8 ; W. McDuff, Dutton, 11 ; A. Sayles, Brantford, 1; H. T. Westbrooke, Brantford; 12; J. Wheeler, Paris, 6 ; Moose Westbrooke, Brantford, 5; Ed. Dan- skin, Brantford, 7, H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 12; C. J. Montgom- ery, Brantford, 6; M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, 9; Shorty Munn, Paris, 4; John Wallace, Brantford, 5; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 10; W. Hunter, Brantford, 6; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 13; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 14; A. Bixell, Brantford, 1 ; C. Hacker, Bouton, 12 ; George Reed, Dunnville, 10 ; J. Moir, Brantford; 5; John Smith, Brantford, 13 ; J. Quirk, Brantferd: 0. Seventh event, 15 live ‘pigeons Taek Parker, Detroit, 14 ; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, 12; George Reed, Dunnville; 12; J. 8. Fanning, New York, 14; F. Dealtry, Dunnville, 9; Dr. Wil- son, Hamilton, 14; J. J. Cline, Hamilton, 7. - Eighth event, 10 singles, 5 doubles—J. S. Fanning, New York, 13; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 12; H. D. Bates, Ridge- town, 15; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, 12; C. Mitchell, Brantford, 10; Dr. Wilson, Hamilton, 12 ; Jack Parker, Detroit, 14 ; F. H. Conover, Leamington, 14; H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 10; H. Westbrook, Brantford, 12; J. J. Cline, Hamilton, 9; R. J. Dracey, Galt, 12; George Reed, Dunnville, 11. Ninth event, team shoot, 10 targets—A. Bixell, Brantford, and H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, 12; M. J. Miller, Winnipeg, and Dr. Wilson, Hamilton, 14 ; J. Quirk, Brantford, and J. Wheeler, Paris, 2; D. J. Lewis, Brantford, and M . Westbrook, Brant- ford, 10; C. J. Page, Brantford, and J. 8. Fanning, New York, 16; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, and F. H. Conover, Leaming- ‘ton, 16; R. Emslie, St. Thomas, and H. Coffee, St. Thomas, 12; W. McDuff, Dutton, and Jack Parker, Detroit, 13; F. Westbrook, Brantford, and H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 15. ey Galt Tournament. The Newlands Gun Club of Galt, Ont., which has been recently organized, held their first annual tournament Dec. 7th and 8th, which was very successful, financially and otherwise. H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, was high gun first day, with 87%, and J. Wayper, Hespeler, second day, with 90%. The following is the score :— Event No. 1—10 targets, entrance $1—R. Dracey 7, J. C. Schmidt 8, R. Patrick 6, J. Wayper 6, C. Mitchell 6, F. West- brook 8, H. D. Westbrook 9; A. Thompson 6, Summerhayes 6, Cutliffe 9, Mack 4, Canvasback 8, Gen. Grant 6. Event No. 2—15 targets ; entrance $2—F.: Westbrook 13, Dracey 11, Mitchell 10, H. T. Westbrook 11, R. Patrick 12, Summerhayes 13, Wayper 13, Singular 10, Collingridge 3, Cutliffe 432 11, A. Thompson 10, Gen. Grant 12 M. A. Willis 5, B. Brown 12, Mack 10, J. C. Sch nidt 11, Canvasback 11, Collingridge 13. Event No. 3—20 targets, entrance $2.50—Mitchell 11, F. Westbrook 17, R. Patrick 14, Summerhayes 12, Wayper 16, Mack 16, Canvasback 13, Cutliffe 18, Gea. Grant 12, H. D. Westbrook 17, Singular 12, F. Bernhardt 7, B. Brown 10, J. C. Schmidt 15, Collingridge 1, H. A. Willis 10, R. C. Patrick 11, A. Newlands 14. Event No. 4—7 live pigeons, entrance $3—F. Westbrook 5, Singular 4, J. C. Schmidt 4, H. T. Westbrook 6, A. Thomp-* son 6, Bowman 2, Mack 7, Patrick 5, Porteous 7, Summerhayes 5, C. J. Mitchell 5, Vogt 6, Canvasback 5, B. Brown 5, Cutliffe 7, Bernhardt 1, Collingridge 5, Ed. Seagram 6, Kuntz 4. Event No. 6—15 targets, entrance fee $2—Mack 9, Gen. Grant 9, R. Patrick 10, J. Wayper 4, F. Westbrook 10, H. T. Westbrook 11, Bowman 9, Summerhayes 11, Willis 2, Canvas- back 12 , Mitchell 10, Vogt 11, Mrs. Dracey 8, Cutliffe 11, Sea- gram 7 "Knots 5, Dracey 14, Singular 12. Ey onk No. 7—10 pairs, entrance fee $2— Wayper 16, Dracey 16, Cutcliffe 15, A. B. Smith 15, Singular 12, A. Thompson 14, Summerhayes 15, R. Patrick 15, F. Westbrook 15, Mitchell 8, H. T, Westbrook 15. Event No. 8—10 live pigeons, entrance $5—Mack, Wood- stock,4 ; Wayper, Hespeler, 8 ; Collingridge, Guelpi:, 5; Singu- lar, Guelph, 8 ; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 7; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, 9; Mitchell, Brantford, 7 ; Seagram, Waterloo, 6; Kuntz, Waterloo, 7; Cutcliffe, Brantford, 9; Thompson, Galt, 9; Mrs. Dracey, Galt, 7; Jones, Hamilton, 10; Vogt, Galt, 8 : Schmidt, Berlin, 6 ; Summerhayes, Brantford, 8; R. Patrick, Galt, 7; MeConocochie, Galt, 10. Event No. 9—20 targets, entrance $2—R. Dracey, Galt, 17 ; R. Patrick 13, Cluff 18, Summerhayes 17, F. Westbrook 15, Vogt 17, Jones 18, Wayper 18, Newlands, Galt, 13 ; Mitchell 14, Mrs. Dracey 15, Bowman, Hespeler, 10 ; H. T. Westbrook 12. Event No. 11—10 targets, entrance $1- F. Westbrook 9 Wayper 10, Mitchell 6, Dracey 7, Mudd 5, H. T. Westbrook 7’ Jones 10, Cutcliffe 10, Thompson 4, Summerhayes 10, Patrick 8, Bowman 6, Mrs. Dracey 8. Event No. 12—15 targets, entrance $1.50—F. Westbrook 14, Mitchell 11, H. T. Westbrook 11, Newlands 9, Dracey 12, R- Patrick 10, Summerhayes 14, Cutcliffe 12, Thompson 8, Wayper 14, Vogt 11, Singular 12, Miller, Woodstock, 9. Event No. 13 -7 live pigeons, entrance $3—Singular 6, F. Westbrook 6, Wayper 6, Mitchell 6, Miller 5, H. T. Westbrook 5, Dracey 7, Schmidt 5, Barber 4, Summerhayes 6, Cutcliffe 7, Patrick 4, Thompson 5, MeConocochie 6, Mrs. Dracey 5. Event No. 14—20 targets, entrance $2, with $5 added— Summerhayes 14, F. Westbrook 18, Mitchell 14, Cutcliffe 15, ve 20, Singular 14, Vogt 14, H. T. Westbrook 18, Dracey 18. Event No. 16—15 live pigeons, entrance $6, with $10 added— Miller 15, Cutcliffe 183, McConocochie 12, F. Westbrook 15, Mitchell 11, Thompson 14. Ailsa Craig Shoot. The annual shoot of the Ailsa Craig Gun Club was held on Thursday, Dec. 6th. The weather was perfect for the occasion, and many outside shooters were present. The scores were as follows :— Blue Rock, amateur match, 12 rocks—S. Pedlar, 0; M. Me- Ewan, 7; D. A. McEwan, 5; G. Maguire, 7; Allen Brown, 3; G. Haskett, 6; H. Holmes, 0.. In this match M. McEwan took first, Maguire second, Haskett third, D. A. McEwan fourth and Brown fifth. Rod and Gun in Canada Blue Rocks, first event, 15 rocks—Doc Cantelon, 6; ° Ketchum, 10; C. Hovey, 14; T. Stephenson, 8 ; F. Miller, W. Charlton, 0; Dr. Kennedy, 10; A. Mahler, 14. Q Blue Rock, second event, 15 rocks—M. C. Kehna ¢ Stephenson, 3; Dr. Kennedy, 4; ©. Hovey, 8; F. Milles A. Mahler, 14 ; Doc Cantelon, 9. Blue Rock, third event, 15 rocks—M. C. Ketchatail Miller, 9; Dr. eneeAy, 9; T. Stephenson, 3; C. Hovey, A. Mahler, 12; I. Bice, 11 ; Doce Cantelon, 7. Live bird pabch: 15 birds—M. C. Ketchum, 8 ; Doe € 6 lon, 11; F. Miller, 12; C. Hovey, 12; I. Bice, 12 ; J. ©. Bow 7; T. Stephenson, ia: B. Munro, 8 ; H. H. Weaver, 10 Mahler, lis De: Kermedy, 11, , *% = Toronto Rifle Club. “a The inaugural meeting of the Queen City Off- hand ] Club, which is practically a reorganization of the late Tot O. H. R. Club, was held in the committee room of the bine Hotel, Dec. 7th, and the following officers were ele the ensuing year :— Three Sisters, Rocky Mountains, Canada President—D. W. Hughes. Vice-President—Charles Seymour. Secretary-Treasurer—Thomas Wisker. : A standing Executive Seanenatiee and two Audito Ss also elected. : 4 The meeting was a decided success in every respect largely attended, and permeated. swith an: interested and é siastic spirit. The club enjoys the distinction hbeihe the only one kind in Toronto, having private ranges v up to 300 yard, w cannot be beaten by any similar organization in Cana that, too, within a few minutes car ride of the city thus offering unexcelled facilities for practice to any bh or any lover of target rifle practice. Any communication addressed to the Secretary, 2 street west, will receive an answer directing the necess cedure to become a member. — The outlook is good for an enjoyable winter in this p pa lar line of sport. : $4 SP a Notes by E. E. i Experts on Guns and Shooting, by G. T. Teasdale-Buckell, rated, has been published in London by Sampson Low; on & Co., Limited. It is a royal octavo volume of 500 and in thirty-six chapters are treated: The Evolution Shooting During the Century ; ; Shooting Schools ; The For- jon of Guns; Two Eyes in Shooting ; Sights and Ribs to ; Style ; The Shape of the Stock and Handiness : Castoff end; The Use and Abuse of the Try Gun ; Chokebores inders ; Pigeon Shooting ; Game Shooting ; Heat of Gun wrels and the Effects Upon Them of Various Powders ; Cap ing ; Shotgun Patterns ; Hidden Dangers in the Shooting d; Past Masters—Joe Manton, Joseph Lang, Henry Atkin, yn street, Frederick Beesley, Boss & Co., E. J. Church- gswell & Harrison, Gibbs of Bristol, Stephen Grant, W. er, of Birmingham, Holland & Holland, W. P. Jones, r, James Purdy & Sons, Rigby, Mr. Watts and the Sporting Park, T. W. Webley, Westley Richards ; On ling of Cartridges with Various Powders. er Winans, who so often distinguished himself by fine ‘shooting in England, has secured another triumph in On Noy. 1, at Gastinne-Renette’s gallery, he made the possible 15-shot revolver score under dueling conditions, asa 15-shot possible score on stationary figure series. ved a medal for each performance. Marlin Fire Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., has issued little calendar for 1901. It is of ordinary envelope size will be sent free to everyone applying for it with a stamp | England the Farnham Rifle Club, recently organized, d its first match as a club, the first shot having been y its first woman member, Lady Mary Arkwright. Westmount Gun Club. e match for the Westmount challenge cup, Saturday noon, Dec. 15, was between C. Strangman and J. F. Hansen was won by the former on the last shot, so that it proved acting. The score : : Rod and Gun in Canada WEODBOE 256 Folie ay caus 5 pektie Seaa eee ee 13 At the annual meeting of the Westmount Gun Club the following officers were elected for 1901 :—- Hon. President—Geo. Boulter. President—-W. Galbraith. Vice-President—C. Strangman. Captain—R. B. Hutchison. Secretary-Treasurer—F. J. Elliot. Committee—J. F. Hansen, R. Lewis, W. J. Cleghorn, J. K. Kennedy, F. C. Nash. Annual subscription $2, payable Ist January each year. The match, Dec. 22, for the club challenge cup was won by C. Strangman again. Score :—Strangman, 16; Kennedy, 15. The Cote St. Paul Shoot. The Cote St. Paul Gun Club had a very enjoyable and successful day at their annual Christmas shoot. The weather was threatening in the early morning, but the day turned out fine and could not have been better for this sport. The members having twenty birds to shoot at in the ‘‘elub shoot,’’ made the following scores : D. Kearney, 17; A. Aubin, 17; J. Evers, 14; J: Madden, 13; V. Henrichon, 11; T. J. Evers, 11; M. Murray, 10; C. Aubin, 10; R. D. Dunn, 10; G. Traux, 10; J. Murray, 9; J. P. Evers, 9; C. O. Clark, 9; G. Prevost, 8; B. W. Higgins, 8 ; J. Murray, 8; W. Clark, 7. Oren Suoor (Lapres).—Having nine birds to shoot at, they made the following score : G. Dumont, 8; C. Aubin, 6; V. Henrichon, 6; J. Cooke, 6, D. Kearney, 6; F. Aubin, 6; H. Candlish, 5; J. Madden, 5; D. Murray, 5; L. St. Jean, 4; A. Aubin, 4. Rifle shoot—B. W. Higgins, Ist ; C. O. Clark, 2nd. The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., of New Haven, Conn. has issued a booklet, entitled the how they give one the idea that he is looking into and at the photogram. Here by placing the extreme high d darks together a keynote is secured which accentuates mass and contour of the picture and. secures the on ali things ; but the breathing, animated, exulting e to wave—glowing, or flashing, or scintillating n losing itself in bewilderment, and doubt, and, Rod and Gun in Canada 435 utmost limit of effect, and so by opposing the extremes of sunshine and shadow the eye is enabled to gauge and behold the most delicate half-tones in other parts of the picture. Also by bringing the lightest part of the picture into direct use as a background for the darkest part, a fine sense of atmosphere and space is gained.—H. McBean Johnstone in the Photo-American. * The Scrap Bag. When passing squeegeed prints onto cards or an album, the need of a dry, unsoiled paper for each proof is felt, other- wise we get paste on the face of the next one pasted. Don’t ruin yourself on buying a lot of blotters or your prints for the want of something proper, but use an old magazine and turn . over a leaf each time you paste the back of a print. There is nothing that will spoil the appearance of a photogram more than « lot of paste on its surface and it is moreover a fault that there is absolutely no excuse for whatever. When you are in a rush and want to make prints from wet negatives, use a developing paper like Vinco, Velox, ete. Dampen the paper; place in contact with negative; give it a few strokes with a straight edged squeegee ; place in printing frame ; close back; wipe water from glass side; and expose. If several prints are to be made, the negative should not be allowed to get too dry, and it is hardly necessary to add that the hypo must be removed from the negative before trying to make the prints.—W. W. P. B. To remove varnish from negatives, soak the plate in ammonia, one ounce; rubbing gently with a tuft of cotton wool occasionally to assist the process. Every particle of the varnish must be removed before intensifying or reducing is attempted, or spots will result. Allow the negative to dry, which it will do quickly ; and then soak in water until film is uniformly swelled.—W. W. P. B. A negative that is a failure technically is not turned into a success by printing it on rough paper and entitling it ‘‘ A Misty Autumn Morning.’’ Misty mornings are charming things— when they originate in front of the lens.—Photo-American. Be careful to wash your negatives for at least an hour to every ten minutes that it is in the hypo bath, if you expect them to be permanent. More negatives are spoiled by being improperly washed than by any other reason. Amateurs are far too careless in such matters. It is an excellent practice to save pictures cut from maga- zines and when there is nothing better to do try what can be done by pasting figures and the like in the foreground and skies or trees in other parts. One finds out a lot about where figures, etc., look well ina photogram by practicing this and studying the results, and after a while the good of it shows in our pictures when we take our cameras out. JOHNNIE’S FIRST MOOSE. hide de moon, but dere’s plaintee light above innie, steady—kip your head down low, ddle leetle quicker, an’ de ole canoe we’ll shove ‘T’roo de water nice an’ quiet ___ For de place we’re goin’ try it Is beyon’ de silver birch dere You can see it lak a church dere ‘passin’ on de corner w’ere de lily flower grow. correc’ w’at I’m tolin’ you jus’ now? — ie, steady—kip your head down low, ll watch behin’—me—an’ you can watch de bow n’ you'll see a leetle clearer en canoe is comin’ nearer she is—now easy, easy de win’ is gettin’ breezy, not’ing smell us, till de horn begin to blow. ago w’en ma fader tak’ me out, steady—kip your head down low, takin’ you, sir—hello? was dat a shout ? s to me I t?ink I’m hearin’. net’ing stirrin’ on de clearin’ 2 it stan’ de lumber shaintee it’s true, den you’ll have plaintee a minute, if de moose don’t start to go ! de shore, let us hide de ole canoe, steady—kip your head down low, - rushes, dat’s bes’ t’?ing we can do ole boy may be closer n’ look out you don’t be shakin’ ‘de bad shot you’ll be makin’ | ’ sam’ way too, me, w’en I was young also. eall? Here goes for number wan, steady—kip your head down low, iow nice I do it, an’ how it travel on it reach across de reever ? Il geev’ some moose de fever ! ‘ait now, Johnnie, don’t you worry bein’ on de hurry answer ; it’ll come before you know. mp lak dat? Wat’s matter wit? your ear? steady—kip your head down low, off de trigger ; dat was only bird you hear *t you tell de pine tree crickin’ Or de boule frog w’en he’s spikin’ ? jon’t you know de grey owl singin’ r a de beeg moose w’en he’s ringin’ enge on de message your ole gran’ fader blow ? boy to-night, wit’ hunter man lak me! ie, steady—kip your head down low, lH about it! H-s-s-h! dat’s somet’ ing now, I see, Dere he’s comin’ t’roo de bushes So get down among de rushes - Hear heem walk! I t’?ink by tonder _ He mus’ go near fourteen honder ! eller I been watchin’ all de evening, I dunno. anoder call! jus’ a leetle wan or two hnnie, steady—kip your head down low, see dere’s no wan waitin’, I wonner w’at he’ll do! Rod and Gun in Canada 445 But look out for here he’s comin’ Sa-pris-ti ! ma heart is drummin’ ! You can never get heem nearer, An’ de moon is shinin’ clearer, W’at a fine shot you’ll be havin’ ! Now, Johnnie, let: ‘her go ! Bang! Bang! You got heem, sure! an’ he’ll never run away Nor feed among de lily on de shore of Wessonneau ! . So dat’s your firse moose, Johnnie! Wall! remember all I say Doesn’t matter w’at you’re chasin’?’ ~ Doesn’t matter w’at you’re facin’ Only watch de t’ing you’re doin’ If you don’t, Ba Gosh ! you’re ruin ! An’ steady, Johnnie, steady, kip your head down low. —William Henry Drummond, in Montreal Gazette. CORRESPONDENCE. The White Flag. To THE Eprror or Rop anp GuN: In an article under the heading ‘‘ The 1900 Deer Hunt,” by J. S., in your January issue, the statement is made that when a deer raises its white flag after being shot at it always indicates a perfect miss. This, although generally the case, is not invariably so. I recollect once standing by a runway as the dog, a common collie, was driving a deer. It was just after a November snow storm, and every tree and bush had a heavy coating of white. It was prior to the era of the breach loader. My weapon was a single barrel, percussion cap, fowling piece. The deer, a fine doe, came bounding gracefully forward, passing within some twenty paces of whereI stood. I gave a shout, and, as is invariably the case unless very hard pressed by the diate, when a deer hears a shout and cannot see its apparent source, it stopped short. I raised my piece, aimed behind the shoulder and pulled the trigger. The gun snapped. I hastily pulled back the dog-head again (there was not time to fit another cap) took hasty aim, pulled the trigger, and the old thing went off. I never saw a flag more deliberately and grace- fully raised, ora deer start off with more graceful and easy lope —and I saw her make several before she was out of sight—than that doe did. I said nothing but thought words which you would not care to put in type, to say nothing of the blessings bestowed upon that old gun. I proceeded to load up again -before moving, and while doing so the dog passed, and, greatly to my surprise, immediately stopped giving tongue. As soon as I had loaded up I started along the track. The second or third bound my doe had made carried her between two clumps of hazel. I found each of them splashed with blood, as if it had been squirted on with a sprinkler, indicating that the lungs were perforated, and that the bullet ( eighteen to the lb.) had passed completely through the body, I took back every unkind thought that had Rese through my mind about the old gun. I found my doe _ lying stone dead i in less than one hundred yards, and when she was being drawn it was discovered that the lead had passed through the lungs, and had also completely parted the jugular vein. I have never killed many deer, nor done much hunting, and this is the only instance of the kind that has come under my personal notice, but I have been told several similar cases by old hunters. James Droxson. Fenelon Falls, 19th January, 1901. 446 Rod and Gun in Canada NORTH AMERICAN FISH AND GAME PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIO The second annual meeting of this association was held at Montreal, January 30th to 31st, 1901, with the following in at- tendance :— N. O. Tiffany, Buffalo, N.Y., Hon. David Millar, Lockport, N. Y., C. H. Wilson, Glens Falls, N. Y., J. Warren Pond, Chief Game Warden, Albany, N. Y., Gen. F. G. Butterfield, Derby~ Line, Vermont, Chas. F. Burhans, Warrensburg, N. Y., Dr. J. D. Deacon, Pembroke, Ont., E. A. Dunlop, Pembroke, Ont., J. MeCombie, Temiskaming, Que., Edward Tinsley, Chief Game Warden, Toronto, Ont., W. J. Cleghorn, Secretary of the Que- bec Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, Montreal, Que., Dr. Brainerd, Treasurer of the Quebec Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, Montreal, Que., F. K. Sweet, Lockport, N. Y., L. Z. Joncas, Supt. of Fish and Game. Quebec, Que., J. W. Titcomb, Fish and Game Commissioner, St. Johns- bury, Vt., Chas. E. Oak, Fish and Game Commissioner, Augusta, Maine, Dr. John T. Finnie, Montreal, Que., D. G. Smith. Chatham, N. B., L. B. Knight, Chief Game Warden, St. John, N. B., N. E. Cormier, Chief Game Warden, Aylmer East, Que., C. Rankin, Mattawa, Ont., F.S. Hodges, Boston, Mass., A. Irving, Gouverneur, N. Y., C. H. Anthony, Gouverneur, N. Y., E. F. Bradley, Vermont, N. P. Leach, Swanton, N. Y., E. A. Davis, Fish and Game Commissioner, Bethel, Vt., C. E. E. Tssher, G. P. A., C. P. R., Montreal, Que., L. O. Armstrong, Montreal, Que-, R. E. Plumb, Detroit, Mich., Philip H. Roy, Montreal, Que., G. A. Farmer, Montreal, Que., S. T. Bastedo, Deputy Fish Commissioner, Toronto, Ont., H. R. Charlton, Ady. Agt., G. T. R., Montreal, Que., Hon. Nat. Wentworth, New Hampshire, Hon. F. B. Latchford, Commissioner Fish and Game, Toronto, Ont., Henry Russell, Detroit, Mich., Hon. Mr. Shurtliff, Lancaster, N. H., E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec, Gen. Wm. H. Henry, United States Consul, Quebec, Dr. Wm. H. Drummond, Montreal, Que., Hon. S. H Parent, Premier of the Province and President, Quebec, Que., E. N. Cusson, Montreal, Que., Joseph Brunet, Notre Dame des Neiges, L. V. Laporte, Montreal, Que., Dr. T. A. Brisson, Montreal, Que., Achille Ber- goin, M.P.P., Montreal, Que., John E. Bentley, Central Ver- mont, Rd., St. Albans, Vt., Andrew C. Cornwall, Alexandria Bay, N. Y., W. H. Thompson, Alexandria Bay, N. Y., R. P. Grant, Clayton, N. Y., Chas. Bramble, Montreal, Que., Joseph Riendeau, Fishery Inspector, Montreal, Que., L. E. Carufel, Colonization Dept., Montreal, Que., H. G. Kearney, Papineau- ville, Que., Isaac H. Stearns, Montreal, Que., C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont., Jas. Rochefort, Valleyfield, Que., Réné Dupont, Quebec, Que., A. H Harris, Quebec Southern and Rutland Railways, Montreal, Que., J. W. McGeary, Burlington, Vt., Martin F. Allen, Vermont. Two States and one province have joined since the first meeting and the association now consists of the following, viz., Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hamp- shire, New York, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Vermont. The principal business was the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, and the consideration of the report of the com- mittee on harmonizing the laws as amended and adopted, both of which are printed on another page. It is a high testimony to the wisdom and thoroughness of the committees on constitution and by-laws, and on harmoniz- ing the laws, that their reports were adopted with only ty three small changes—the latter committee, especially, ha very difficult task to perform. ‘ Officers were elected as follows :—President, John Titcomb, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Vice-Presidents, Maine, | H. Stanley ; Mass., John Fottler, jr.; Michigan, R. E. Plur New Brunswick, Hon. A. T. Dunn; New York, C. H. Wil Nova Scotia, J. W. Longley ; Sinkatios Hon. F. R. Latchf Quebec, Dr. T. C. Brainerd; Vermont, Gen. F. C. Butterf Executive Committee: Hon. L. T. Carleton, Maine ; | F. Hodges, Boston, Massachusetts ; Henry Russell, Detroit, Mi gan; D. G. Smith, Chatham, New Brunswick ; Howl : Shortliff, New Hampshire ; David Miller, Lockport, New Yi 8. T. Bastedo, Toronto, Ontario; C. E. E. Ussher, Montr Quebec ; E. A. Davis, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Member: Committee : E. T. D. Chambers, Quebec; Dr. W. H. Dr mond, Montreal; Gen. W. H. Henry, Quebec. Auditi Committee : L. 0 Armstrong, Montreal; W. J. Cleg ho Montreal, President Parent having resigned was unanimou re-elected, but not being able to serve, owing to the he demands on his time since his assumption of the duti Premier of Quebec, he was elected an honorary life mem with the title of Honorary President. The following resolutions were passed : Whereas, the results so far, show that the tederadial the fish and game interests of the eastern border states | provinces which at present constitute the North Ancriog « Game Protective Association has accomplished and will excellent work in the ciesosns set forth in the Constituti this Association, and Whereas, although we desire to further the objects of: Association by the accession of all of the western border s ta and provinces, we believe the long distances separating th and necessitating many miles of travel to attend meetings | prevent the practical operation of an association embracing the border states and provinces from the Atlantic be Pacific, and Whereas, it is our belief that the objects for which association was formed can be furthered by the formatio: soon at it can be arranged conveniently, of such other gr ro or federations of the fish and game interests of the border st or provinces, as may be suitable, with an extension of thes idea, at such later date at it may be feasible, to cover all! No America with such federations, and oh. Oe a SS oN ee ee Whereas, it is desirable, if such federations be fo “ne ' that those which are contiguous should keep in touch to extent at least of sending one or more delegates to each oth annual meetings, therefere, be it Resolved, that the Secretary of this Association is instructed to send, as soon as printed, a copy of this prea and resolution, together with a copy of the printed proe of this meeting and the Constitution and By-Laws to the ef game and fish authorities of Minnesota, Manitoba, No Dakota, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Washingtol and the Northwest Territories of Alberta, Assiniboia and Sas- as a respectful suggestion from this Association for t consideration. this Association draw the attention of the Department ior of the Dominion of Canada to the fact that large moose, and caribou, are being destroyed in the itory, and recommends in the general interest of some protective measures be adopted and put in t region. this Association favors the amendment of the Act of sed May 25th, 1900, known as ‘‘ The Lacey Act,”’ as to prohibit, under ae of forfeiture of goods, which any such fish or game, or furs, or “ae s unlawfully be in possession, or which it should > have in possession under or by the laws of the ty such fish or game, or furs or fur-bearing brought into the United States. ssident of this Association be and is directed to of this resolution to the Hon. Mr. Lacey, Mem- with the request that he make such efforts as ‘the resolution into effect. Fr sense of this Association that the members es of Canada shall urge their several govern- Jaws similar in scope to the Lacey Act of Con- with the above proposed amendment. sense of this Association that it should in no s an advertising medium for any sportsman’s ; goods, railway or steamboat lines, or anything merchandise or transportation. the general laws of adjoining states of the Ameri- pting New York ) andthe Provinces of Canada bec ) prohibit the spring shooting of wild fowl, on of this Association it is desirable that such be prohibited by laws of all adjoining states, that this Association respectfully petition the f the State of New York, and the Province of laws that will proi:ibit the spring shooting of hat state and province. _ Also _ Finnie’ s resolution, pages 8 and 9 of printed of last annual meeting be re-affirmed. The reso- her divorced from politics ; l, that we believe a persecution for infraction of ; laws should be pushed to a conclusion as soon as , that. we strongly object to the pernicious practice f payment by Provincial or State Governments, ers of fines imposed on offenders, or of suspended any other device of which the intent is to defeat ustice, for any reason, political or otherwise. was decided to hold the next annual meeting in it, the place to be named by the president. evening of January 30th, President Tetcomb gave sting and instructive lecture on fish culture, which ustrated by aid of the stereopticon. The lecture ‘ : Rod and Gun in’ Canada 447 was highly appreciated by the many members who attended. Mr. Chas. A. Bramble concluded the evening’s entertainment by reading an excellent paper on moose, which we reproduce elsewhere. The following is the report of the Committee of the North American Fish and Game Protective Association, appointed on 2nd February, 1900, on the ‘ Possibilities of Harmonizing the Fish and Game Laws of the Provinces and States”’ together with the two amendments put and carried at this meeting : To the President and Members of the North American Fish and Game Protective Association : Gentlemen,—Your Committee on the ‘ possibllities of har- monizing the Fish and Game Laws of the Provinces and States,”’ appointed on the 2nd of February, 1900, has the honor to re- port : That it was convened to meet in the city of Montreal on the 13th December, 1900, where it remained in session during the greater part of two days; the members of the Committee present having been Messrs. C. H. Wilson and J. H. Seymour, of New York, Hon. Mr. Dunn and Dr. G. Smith, of New Bruns- wick, General F. G. Butterfield, of Vermont, Dr. G. A. Mac- Callum, of Ontario, and L. Z. Joncas and N, E. Cormier, of Quebec, besides the following members of the Association, who being in attendance, were duly invited by resolution to assist the Committee: namely, Lieut.-Governor Fiske, Vermont, and Messrs. John W. Titcomb, Vermont, Chas. F. Burhans, New York, C. E. E. Ussher, Chas. A. Bramble, Dr. Drummond and Dr. Finnie, of Montreal, and E. T. D. Chambers, of Quebec. That the Hon. Mr. Dunn, New Brunswick, was called to the chair and E. T. D. Chambers acted as secretary. That in accordance with a mode of procedure adopted by your Committee at the commencement of its first sitting, the gist of all legislation recommended was submitted for discus- sion and vote by written resolutions, and that with the slight exceptions, noted in detail in another part of this report, the findings of the Committee were unanimous upon all the propo- sals submitted to it. That in accordance with such conclusions, your Committee has the honor to recommend the desirability of certain changes in and additions to the existing Fish and Game Laws of the border States and Provinces, both with a view of har- monizing the same and also to give practical effect to the belief of the members of your Committee, expressed and fully re- corded in a unanimous resolution of the General Meeting, Feb. 2nd and 3rd, 1900, ‘‘ that the fish and game of each Province and State is a valuable asset which in each case should be ad- ministered so as to produce the greatest possible revenue to the States and Provinces, and that it is a necessary feature of such administration that the visits of non-resident sportsmen, which result in disbursing large sums of money among the people, much of it in the wilder and poorer sections, where it is of the greatest value to the inhabitants, should be encouraged in every way, and suitable open seasons arranged for that purpose.” Wherefore your Committee respectfully recommends :— That the open season for moose, caribou and red deer in all the border States and Provinces should generally be from September 15th to November 30th, inclusive, but that for cer- tain sections of a Province or State, where moose are decreas- ing, it may be desirable to make partial or entirely close sea- sons ;—that it is recognized that in northern districts a longer season for caribou is desirable, though great care should be ob- 448 Rod and Gun in Canada served in extending it beyond that for moose ;—and that. in districts where red.deer are few in number, it is desirable that the open season be further restricted. Where, however, in the opinion of State or Provincial offi- cials having charge of the preservation of moose, caribou or deer, a still shorter season is desirable, the Association ap- proves of such restrictions but within the limits. That the numbers of moose, caribou and deer killed by one hunter during a single season be limited to one bull moose, one caribou and two deer, and that hunters do all in their power to protect calves and females of such game, and that the pursuing: of moose, caribou and deer with dogs be prohibited. That spring shooting or killing of game birds be abolished. That the close season for beaver should be extended until 1905 in all the States and border Provinces. That the open season be from September 15th to December 15th for all species of grouse with the exception of ptarmigan, for woodcock, snipe and duck of all kinds, including swans and geese, rail, plover, and other birds known as shore birds or waders. That every State and Province should adopt laws limiting the number of game birds that may be killed by each hunter per day, and the number, weight and size of fish game which may be caught by each angler. That a permanent protective law be urged against the destruction of insectivorous birds and other birds useful to agriculture. That the exportation of speckled or brook trout be totally prohibited, save with the exception of fish caught by any tourist or summer visitor, the total weight of such fish not to exceed thirty pounds net, and limited to the lawful catch of two days’ angling. That in all the waters dividing the states and provinces, the open season for black bass shall be from from July 1st to January Ist. That all net fishing be prohibited i in Lake Champlain, in the spring of the year, in New York, Vermont and the Province of Quebec. That in the publication of the game and fish laws of the different States and Provinces by the departments or officers in charge of the enforcement thereof, the open season, as well as the close season, should be stated. That the pursuing, shooting at or killing any of the animals or birds specified in the foregoing recommendations, should be entirely prohibited at all other times than those specified in such recommendations. That the tag and coupon system in use in Ontarhs and Michigan be adopted by all the provinces and states, and that market men, game dealers, buyers, sellers and tanners of deer, moose and eirthod skins, and proprietors of hunting camps be duly licensed,—if such a system can be legally arranged,—by the chief game authorities of the States and Provinces, to whom they shall periodically report. That the possession, sale and exportation of all game, birds and animals should be prohibited after the expiry of fifteen days after the close of the open season for the birds or animals, as the case may be, in each State or province in which taken or killed, each article to be accompanied by a coupon from a license authorizing the killing or capture of the same in such State or Province. That a bounty sufficient to ensure the trapping of wolves should be offered in Quebee, Ontario and New Brunswick, dent representing the State or Province in which where these pests are sufficiently numerous to be a to the game supply, and that the minimum amoun bounty should be fifteen dollars. a Your committee would further a that Dr. McC of Ontario, voted “nay, until further consideration,” resolutions of the Committee to recommend the changes in the laws relating to the close season caribou and deer, and that with these exceptions recommendations embodied in this report approval of every member of the Committee ati sittings. Wherefore, also, your Committee has the honor mend that it be an instruction from the Asso incoming officers, and a request to its membership t upon the governments of the various border Provinces the adoption of such legislation as W suggested amendments to existing laws recomm present report. ee Constitution of the North American Fish a Protective Association. ARTICLE I. Section 1.—This ozganization shall be known as American Fish and Game Association. Section 2.—Its objects shall be : (a) The harmonizing of the laws of the diffe of Canada and the contiguous States of the Ameri (b) The preservation, propagation and p 0 Game and Bird life, and the maintenance and im laws relating thereto, and mutual assistance ine and Fish laws on the borders. of the various Bist inces. (c) The preservation of forests. . (d). The promotion of Fish culture, the introdi species and varieties of Fish, Game and useful hb dissemination of information relating. thereto. ARTICLE II. Sattion 1; _The officers of this Association s ident, a Vice-President for each State and Provi in its membership, a Secretary-Treasurer, an Execut mittee of one member for each State and. Provin 2 re in the Association ; in addition to the aforemen a Committee of ‘ices on Membership and an mittee. Section 2.—The officers shall be chosen by annual meeting and shall hold their respective co) year, or until others are chosen in their stead. may fill any vacancy occurring during the : year. e/ of a vacancy occuring in the office of President, the nual meeting is to be-held, shal] succeed to the until next annnal meeting. Section 3.—The President shall preside at all 3 m the Association and the Executive Committee, wher be his duty to enforce the by-laws and his oaivllogs & g casting vote in case of a tie. He shall have the po or request the Secretary-Treasurer to call a general meeting whenever it may seem to him expedient _ i 1 ae ests of the Association so to do, and he may at any time special local Committees. Bc _ Section 4.—The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of ; he meetings of the Association and perform such other duties ordinarily appertain to the office of Secretary-Treasurer. He hall receive and disburse all moneys of the Association, under e direction of the President, and shall present a detailed nancial statement, showing the receipts and expenditures of e Association during the year. He shall furnish guarantee : s from some incorporated guarantee company to the satis- m of the President Expense of said bond to be defrayed e Association. tion 5.—The Auditing Gorthittes shall audit the Secre- easurer’s accounts and certify in writing as to the cor- of the same, and to that end shall examine the vouch- receipts. Section 6.—The Execu- ye: Committee shall h-ve h » power of a Board of yrs and shall exercise jeral supervision over affa irs of the Association herwise provided for. | 1, t 4 > ee “a ¥ ARTICLE II. _ Section 1.—Any person ay become a member of sociation who has suched for by a mem- good standing and been approved by the littee on Membership. ill sign the Constitu- d by-laws. Provided ersons who have been as members are itted to forward their #8 on slips of paper to "Secretary, requesting ‘signature to be placed book of membership. its” payment has been ed for by the member said proposition. ; te y Fish or Game Asso- ation in Canada may. be nted in this Associa- y as many of their members as they duly accredit thereto, he e regular annual assessments must be paid for each such sentative. tion 2.—Any member of this Association who has been ted of any wilful violation of any Fish or Game Law, e » expelled, and be deprived from membership for at five years, if five or more members at any regular meeting so yote. For any other offence any member may be ex- Z led by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, pro- de d the aforesaid member shall have been notified of such swnded action at least four weeks before the vote of expul- joe dealt with. Rod: and Gun President North American Fish and Game Protective Association in Canada 449 ARTICLE Iv. Section 1.—Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum at meetings of this Association for the transaction of all business, except for the expulsion of a member or the amendment of the Constitution and by-laws, for which thirty members of the Association shall constitute a quorum. Five members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum at its meetings. ARTICLE V. Section 1.—No alteration or amendment of the constitution shall be made unless thirty days’ notice in writing shall have been given to each member, stating fully and clearly the changes proposed to be presented at the next annual meeting of the Association. BY-LAWS. 1, The admission fee shall be five dollars, the pay- ment of which will exempt the member from assessment for the current fiscal year, and any person proposed within three months before the annual meeting in each year shall be exempt from the assessment of the suc- ceeding fiscal year. Three dollars shall be the annual assessment. 2. The payment of fifty dollars shall constitute a life membership, and shall ex- empt from all future assess- ment. 3. Persons distinguished for their scientific knowledge in matters of interest to this Association, or who have contributed greatly to further its objects, may be elected honorary members at any meeting on recommendation by the Executive Committee, but no name shall be pre- sented for honorary mem- bership until it has been voted upon at a regularly called meeting of the said Executive Committee and received a majority of votes recommending the same, and any one admitted under this article shall be exempt from the pay- ment of the admission fee and all assessments, but shall have no vote in the proceedings of the Association, unless said honorary member shall have been previously a member of the Association, in which case he shall have all the rights and privileges of other members. 4. The fiscal year shall commence on the first of January in each year, and all annual assessments shall be due and pay- able at or before the annual meeting. 5. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association as soon as practicable after January 1st of each year, and such 450 other meetings as the Association or Executive Committee may direct. Annual meetings may be called by the President, and special meetings may be called by the President or Executive Committee, or on the written application of six members stat- ing the object of said meeting. Four weeks’ notice shall be given of all meetings. 6. (a) Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. (b) Reading of communications. (c) Reading the report of the Secretary-Treasurer and of the Auditing Committee. (d) Reports of Committees. (e) Election of officers. ? (f) Unfinished and new business. 7. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held when directed by the President, or on the written request of five members of said Committee tothe President. At least fourteen days’ notice shall be given. The time and place of said meeting to be fixed by the President. * The following paper was read by C. A. Bramble before the members of the North American Fish and Game Protective As- sociation : THE MOOSE. The animal we know as the moose is probably identical . with the elk of Northern Europe. I have had opportunities of studying each, and have failed to notice any greater difference than is found among animals from the various provinces of the Dominion. For instance, antlers from Quebec and Northern Ontario are finer than those from Manitoba, although the ani- mals themselves are no bigger. It is possible that the giant moose of Western Alaska may not be identical with the typical species, but this remains to be demonstrated, as increase or de- crease in size of antlers seems to be a mere local characteristic, and one having little significance. The animal is found in more or less abundance throughout a forest-belt 4000 miles in length and having on average breadth of 600 miles. In this enormous area—2,400,000 square miles— the conditions are in general suitable to the habits and necessi- ties of the moose, and the population is so scanty that it amounts to but a fraction of a man tothe square mile. In many parts of this gigantic territory there are actually now fewer hunters than was the case an hundred years ago, owing to the decrease of many Indian tribes, and the partial or com- plete civilization of the remainder. Here in Montreal, with all the luxuries of civilization within reach, it must be difficult for many to realize how closely the wilderness hems us in to the northward. Within 100 miles of Montreal there are tracts of wilderness unnamed and unmapped, where the bark of the tree shows never a spot or a hack, and where you might live your life out without ever being visited by a fellow man. Game in such places is as abundant as ever, and there is not the slightest danger of it becoming extinct through human agency. Sometimes game grows scarce even in the wilderness. Moose, caribou, beaver, lynx and rabbits are abundant or the reverse in cycles, and no doubt Nature steps in and does the necessary thinning whenever a ground threatens to be over-stocked. Moose increase very quickly, as they have few enemies, are fairly long lived and prolific. If left alone they, sooner or later, appear to suffer from an out- break of disease, which practically exterminates them through- out the region in which they were most numerous. Rod and Gun »“ Provinee. This territory extends from the Quebee boundary o ~ «to the Manitoba boundary on the west, a length of about 700 the great river water-lilies grow thickly. in. Canada ‘Such an outbreak. occurred in Norway in 1896, 2 nd. determined to be anthrax, a contagious disease to which ¢ ¢ are also liable. In all probability our Canadian moose su intervals from the same disease. a ‘Notwithstanding that Canada has been occupied: byt the most enterprising exploring races of the world for than 300 years, much yet remains to be done. Wild travel, though fascinating and delightful to those whe learned to cut down weight of equipment, is ard especially so when the recognized canoe routes are— from. Thus it is that immense areas yet rem examined, and in many of them game in all probabil abundant. In this connection a short extract from th Bureau of Mines Report for 1900 will bear me out. “ During the present season ten exploration parties have be ‘“‘to make a careful examination and report on the northern r ‘its area is about 90,000 square miles, or about 40 per cent. « ‘* Province. It is one and a half times larger than the State “but excepting along the line of its canoeable waters it is as ‘as the Conyo Free State in the heart of Africa.” : Quebec is even less known than Ontario, in fries, exception of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prin Island, there is no Canadian province or territory w not hold tracts of land awaiting exploration. I have touched upon this matter because of reference to vanishing game in the newspapers. It in the Great Republic to the south of us, game, ex enlightened New England States, is decreasing very If we had a population of 70 millions, no doubt our be in great danger too, but as it is, with one of less millions, Canada is a vast game preserve to-day. | Contrary to the general belief, moose are seldo1 ally numerous in an area of heavy, upland, sp forest. I have in my mind’s eye a country belove moose and pre-eminently suited to its wants. It is of a great northern river. The water is turbulent o1 by turn ; sometimes dammed by glacial debris, and points of obstruction expanded into lakes and s waters and bogans, choked with a rank growth of alder, and knee deep in coarse marsh grass. Above of the highest spring flood a stretch of second gri extends back to the different hills, made up large spruce, balsam, white maple, birch, poplar, rowan a wood, affording most abundant feed for the animal. the shallow valleys of the low bordering hills are hardwood, or mixed bush,.and in the oozy back cha: There such valleys in the northland, and in some of them of a white man’s voice hardly ever breaks the stilln you run across the big, black bull, feeding greedily floating lily leaves, he is in no hurry to go. He gaz advancing canoe full of curiosity, but not of fear, treacherous flaw has carried your scent to him, in he will not tarry upon the order of his going, and shanks of his will be used to some purpose. - In such a vailey as this moose will be found f! the year, changing their quarters with the seasons, roaming very far. At the risk of respinning old just touch upon the way the seasons are passed, the river is open the cow, now almost ready to caly society of the bull and retires to an island, there in sty to give birth to two calves. The island selected is willy separated from the main land by a swift stream, one “igs which no beast of prey is likely to venture. Moreover, ‘waters open earlier than more sluggish ones, and in the ‘north the cow is due before the lakes are clear of ice. The ing very soon learn to take care of themselves, and if you capture a moose calf your chance is to secure it during two days of its life, otherwise it is more than likely it ge to give you the slip. While the calves are very e cows keep away from the bulls, and at this season— ring and early summer—the bulls travel a good deal er, sometimes as many as five being in one band. Their e already well started, but they themselves are in poor on, and feed greedily upon the tender shoots of willow, ich, rowan and such tender browse. Just as soon as oo begin to pemaete toward the surface, and the (RSET Ny Rod and Gun in Canada 451 ribs of a young, active rival. Indians saya fight generally ends in the victory of the younger animal. While a rut is going on you may meet a moose anywhere ; the bulls are constantly on the go looking fora cow, calling at intervals, eating little, and losing weight and condition very fast. The rut seems to be governed by the temperature of the air, just as the spawning of trout and salmon is determined by that of the water. So long as the weather is warm the bulls do not come into seascn, but a few cold nights set them travelling, and occasionally the rut does not end until the lakes are frozen and snow is onthe ground. In the lower provinces the rut begins and ends earlier than in Ontario and western Quebec. The bulls do not all come on simultaneously, hence the season may extend to two months, but I do not think any individual remains in season more than a month or so. At the close of the rut the bull is a dejected, spiritless animal, poor in a) ion of the iis “by rubbing against bushes and small trees. Many S imagine the bulls select the hemlock and alder ' unt of the dye contained in the bark, so that the horn ume a pleasing color—but this is giving the moose or rather too much artistic perception, and, moreover, I ‘of places where the moose use the young tamarac trees it purpose, there being no hemlock and few willows, and horns of these bulls are fully as dark as those cleaned ing against willow or hemlock. The brown color is by the blood stains remaining on the horns, when the of the burr has cut off the blood supply of the velvet. trary to what might be expected, it is not the biggest hich succeed in getting the pick of the cows; the two ee year old bulls, with their sharp and less unwieldy $ are more than a match for the old fellows. The spike 0-year-old inflicts a terrible wound, whereas, the heavy, antler of the old bull does not so easily penetrate the he , Falls of the Riviere Rouge, at Huberdeau condition and. as rank in flesh as a fox. His horns drop off, being no longer needed — indeed they are now very much in the way, and bulls, cows and calves look out winter quarters in some sheltered nook, where there is both water and browse. There is no deep design in a moose yard, in fact it is only in regions where the snow fall is heavy that moose yard at all; in Mani- toba and the Ter- ritories the ani- mals rove at large through the win- ter. The yard at first covers many acres, but with each additional fall of snow it become smaller, as the difficulty in keeping the paths broken increases. By March it is a very small affair and as the animal cannot leave it owing to the great depth of snow, they are sometimes hard pressed for food. When the balsam trees are stripped of their bark, as is sometimes the case, you may be sure the moose were on short rations. By the bye, there must be considerable nourishment in this same balsam bark, as the Indians in northern British Columbia, in times of scarcity, live upon it. The squaws make it into a kind of porridge. Sometimes the moose will shift their quarters early in the winter should their favorite browse give out, but they are reluctant to do so in February and March, and never, to my knowledge, leave the yard unless alarmed by the near approach of danger. On such occasions they make for the nearest ice, and if successful in reaching it, unless the snow is very deep, 452 | Rod and Gun in Canada soon leave danger behind. They willtravel many miles before opinion demands it, therefore, as was said: before, iret a yarding again. to the education of the public. Calves remain with the mother until the spring succeeding Another happy thought was that prompting Mr. Us their birth. After that they are independent. . The horns of a resolutions regarding the sphere of action of the Associ bull moose are poor trophies until his third year, then continue Pride goeth before a fall, and a haughty spirit before de to improve until a certain age is reached, possibly 7 or 8 tion. Having done so much, and done it so well, dur years, but each season after having reached their prime deter- year of its infancy, the Association is possibly in ¢ Ee iorate, becoming thick and nobby, neither having the we'ght overating its own powers. Mr. Ussher would limit i nor the spread they once had. to the bordering states and provinces from Nova Without the moose the great part of the Canaaian wilder- Manitoba. He suggested, and his suggestion met ° ness would have been uninhabitable by the Indians. Moose immediate and unanimous support of all present, that hide for moceasins, leggings, shirts and mitts, babiche for work of game protection west of the great lakes s snow-shoe filling, and a thousand and one other things, assumed by other associations. As we all know th together with several hundred weight of meat are assured extremely impatient of anything approaching dictatio whenever the old Hudson’s Bay piece does its duty, and goes east, and, moreover, western men are far more likely t off on time. Give a good Indian hunter a gun, ammunition, stand the niceties of the requirements of their game t axe, crooked knife, tea and matches, and the moose and the those having their homes thousands of miles further white birch will supply most of his remaining needs. Ussher, in his speech introducing this resolution, pre ey formation, if possible, of at least two such protective the one having control of the prairie region, the ot ™ THE AFTERMATH. charge from the Rockies down to the coast. It is to The North American Fish & Game Protective Association is steps will be taken at once to put these ideas into already a very vigorous and thrifty young organization, though which event there would be eastern, central and. its friends hope and believe its growth and influence is destined associations, each having its one particular field, but to increase still more rapidly than has been the case. since” the ope vers: legitimate means its sister organizations. _ first convention in February, 1900. ‘There is enough enthus- | » That, the work of the committee on harmoniza iasm in the Association to accomplish almost anything, and the” niet laws of. bordering states and provinces was } outlook for more efficient game protection in the border States proved, by the” ‘few and ° unimportant. amendments and Canada is very bright. So much of the limited space left carried at this last: meeting. “The conclusions of the available just on the eve of going to press, must. necessarily be ~ were, only” arrived at ‘after a very careful weigh ing devoted to a report of the proceedings of the second convention evidence of madly disinterested. and competent mei of the Association, held in this city on Jan. 30 and 31, that conefu sions having. x now been indorsed by the A there is little room left for comment, but we hope to discsise ~ becotnes. the evident duty of each member to accept several of the more important questions brought ‘up during tbe his guide, ‘and so set his standard thereby. meeting in our next issue. ~ For such an: organization to prosper there must e $ One of the most yaluable hints dropped by any soaks _-real willingness to sacrifice personal inclinations forthe was the Hon. F. R. Latchford’s dictum that public opinion good. It isto be regretted that even an insignificant n must first be educated. This is essential. The Association is. were to be found willing to stand up in defence of primarily asuggestive body ; its conclusions may only become June bass fishing, and’summer woodcock shooting, | law through the action of the legislative bodies of the states in nearly every case the members who attempted and provinces interested, and the pressure which moves legis- these inexcusable practices, at. least partiall lature is public opinion—the will of the sovereign people. It themselves by supporting all the other resolutio will avail little that a few thoughtful men be convinced as to in time they will become just as staunch suppo the advisability of such and such enactment, unless the man on hounding and too lax fishing laws as the remai the street shall be made to see things in the same light. Now, Association. Asa matter of fact the Canadians 2 the man.on the street (as well as the man on the farm) is a much for the good of the cause, when they ask that a stc very reasonable and level-headed person, asarule. Once you be putto spring and summer shooting. There are have enlisted his attention, and gained his sympathy, you may which wildfowl hardly tarry on their way sout be tolerably certain of his loyal co-operation. As the Associa- they remain for weeks in spring. The big bags of tion is disinterestedly working in favor of preserving andincreas- been made in April and early May—not in all p ing the wealth of game and fish, nature has given with so gener- Dominion, but in a great many which might be ous a hand, it should, and no doubt will receive the support ofall Moreover, with us the woodcock is largely a summer right-thinking, sensible men. All that the Association has to When we say there shall not be a trigger pres do is to take good care that the objects its members have in September 15, it means that we are willing to efface view are brought before the public, together with the reasons and allow our cousins to kill the birds, rather.than justifying the ends sought to be attained. This must be done chance to murder young grouse under the guise repeatedly. There can be no let up untileveryone understands shooting. his duty. Keeping everlastingly at it brings success. No doubt the most remarkable speech delivere ' Mr. Drummond had an inspiration when he asked the the meeting was one in favor of hounding by Association to re-affirm Mr. Finnie’s motion, made at the first gentleman. After dwelling upon the horrible crueltie convention. The enforcement of the game laws must be hunting, the speaker did his best to dispel the gloom n divorced from politics. But this will not obtain until public stamped on every countenance by assuring the Associ strong effort will be made in the Quebec Legislature this sion to prohibit still-hunting! Should this gentleman and lis friends succeed in rendering still-hunting illegal, they might ext petition the legislature to give every voter a deer hound +. But after all is it not rather too late in the day for such lish proposals to be made seriously? It was chilly outside, solutely torrid as compared with the frost the gentleman stion found himself wrapped in ere his little taik had whe Lake of Cazeaux in France is surrounded by marshes, ; snipe, ducks and water fowl are always to be found. ; high rubber boots are a necessity, for in these marshes re some places where the inexperienced sportsman may ry unpleasant mud bath. Let him beware of spots green grass seems to invite him to place his feet. They Rod and Gun in Canada 453 We give herewith a few notes by Mr. D. Hysop, chief gardener for the western division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, of the results of his experience with the planting of trees in the West :— “T have experimented on a great many varieties during the last fifteen years.in different places, between Brandon and Field in the mountains. In that distance I find several climatic changes. The trees that I find most successful are the Russian poplar, the ash leaf maple. the white ash, the cotton wood, the elm, the mountain ash, the high-land spruce and the Balm of Gilead. Birch, poplar and oak come next. Due care must be taken in all cases to have the ground properly prepared for the different kinds of trees. Failing in this causes agreat many failures. The digging and planting must also be done with great care as also the pruning and watering. Some trees require more water than others. The Russian poplar, I find, ydeceitful, - ; at grass is . ya crust of h 6 inches sk, under ) is black a PRE SerekeiaeStsees 5 you sink in place do sportsman, saregular. to join us. The first morning we went out he was in a beautiful white flannel suit, better for tennis than snipe shooting. His friend told him he etter put on an old shooting suit, and advised him ea guide. He laughed, saying that he knew all shooting dresses, marshes, meadows and snipe shoot- We started, and instead of keeping company with us he by himself. Ac first we did not pay attention to it, but a while, not seeing him and not hearing any gun report, an to feel uneasy about him, knowing that some places if not exactly dangerous, bad enough for an inexperi- man. So we hunted for him, and finally found him in a hole, trying to extricate himself, but unable to do so, and proud to call for help. We came just in time, for he was xhausted. Our men took him out of his bad situation. au what a sight! Black from foot to head, he looked as if he had been cleaning stovepipes.—London Field. Near Sharprock*Portage, Lake Temagaming does best when never pruned. All the others require pruning carefully. Some people cut the top clean off before planting. I do not approve of that custom. I prefer leaving a top the shape I want it to grow. Some, and a great many, dig up the. young trees in the falland bank them. In my ex- perience, that does not have anything like as good re- sults in this west- ern country as the spring digging. The fall digging does better in the east where more rains fall. For hedges I like the Caragana and the Maple—I mean the Ash-Leaf— properly pruned. I never saw anything better— close, compact and — handsome, If trees are put in, as I see many are, without observing the above rules, it is no wonder there are so many failures. Ido not approve of bringing trees a great distance. I prefer raising my own, as I have been doing. The shock is not so great removing them from one spot to another. i. The Canadian Kennel Gazette looks well in its new shape. It is full of good things of interest to every dog fancier. A fine photo of the popular C. K. C. president adorns its pages. It is reported that an effort will be made to amend the game laws of Illinois, at the coming session of the legislature, in such a way as to prohibit the killing of prairie chickens and quail for five years. It is probable that the clause in regard to prairie chickens will receive a hearty support, but some oppo- sition is expected to the change relating to quail. 454 FORESTRY ‘‘Rod and Gun” is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association. The Editor will wéleome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. Editor—. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R. H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The second annual meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association will be held at Ottawa on the 7th of March next, and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance of the members, and that all will co-operate to make this conference a complete success so that the resultant stimulus may lead to a great advance in the important objects for which the Association is working. An effort will be made to deal with the forestry problem from as many points of view as possible, so that the interests of every section of the Dominion may receive consider- ation, and arrangements are under way with that end in view. They are not far enough advanced to make a definite announce- ment at the time of going to press, and fuller information will be given to members of the Association at a later date by circular. We are, however, able to announce that the railway companies have been good enough to repeat the concession which they so kindly granted last year, and to agree to allow the members of the Association attending this meeting a single fare rate, with the usual arrangements as to certi- ficates, which will have to be obtained when the ticket to Ottawa is purchased and be signed by the Secretary of the Association there, but with the important additional privilege that this concession will be allowed without regard to the number attending the meeting. This kind action of the railway companies deserves the very best thanks of the Canadian Forestry Association, and it is hoped that the niembers will show their appreciation by taking advantage of it in large numbers. The Secretary should be advised of any important resolu- tions, papers, or other matters requiring discussion, which any of the members may wish to bring before the meeting, so that arrangements may be made to give them proper attention. It is desirable also that the Association should have information of experiments or investigations in forestry oy tree planting that have been undertaken, and the Secretary will be pleased to have notes of any such work that has been done by members of the Association or others. In connection with the official organ the editors have to announce that they will be prepared to answer as far as possible any question relating to trees or forestry, which any of the readers of Rop anpD GuN may wish to ask, the replies to be given through this department. They will be assisted in this work by Dr. Wm. Saunders, Director of Dominion Experi- mental Farms, on questions relating to tree planting ; by Dr. Jas. Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, on questions relating to forest. insects; by Professor John Macoun on questions relating to forest botany, and by Dr. Wim. Pearce on questions relating to Southern Alberta. With the assistance of these Rod and Gun “ that it may be a year of progress and that its close m8} in Canada gentlemen and other specialists with whom arrangements 1 be made later, we hope to be able to aid those of our memk who may wish to avail themselves of the knowledge which already been gained. Arrangements have been made for reviews of Eu a and other systems of forestry, and also for othér special arti The largest share of attention will, -however, be devote Canadian subjects and the department will be m ad comprehensive as the space and means at our dispos: permit. With this number the Forestry Department it AND GuN completes its first year’s existence, and with March number a new year will have commenced. a. 4 many of the initial difficulties which have hampered the 2 so far fully overcome. * Lake Temagami Reserve. ' A very important step, and one which illustrates y progressive spirit which animates the Government Province of Ontario, is the passage of an Order-in-Cou that Government on the 8th of January last, setting a area of about 2,000 square miles, or 1,400,000 acres surro Lake Temagami as a forest reserve. This tract is situ: the Nipissing District, some twenty or thirty miles n Lake Temiscamingue. The soil is of a very poor being mostly rocky, and is best suited for tree growing. now covered by a forest largely of white pine, whi effort will be made to protect. One of the important objects to be served reservation is the preservation of the water supy this district is the feeder of a number of streams as the Sturgeon, flowing into Lake Nipissing, Montreal and Metabichouan, flowing into the Ottawa Ri The great prominence given to the water power at ‘Stu; Falls through the operations of the Pulp and Paper Comp at that place, and the differences of opinion as to the e damming back the waters of the river have made evide a regular supply of water to these streams is a very i consideration. Another object is that this may be a bendtl healthful resort for our people for all time. An the chief attractions of this region are the lakes, the » of which are Temagami and Lady Evelyn, and described as of the greatest natural beauty. These and o smaller lakes connecting them occupy a large area and favorite canoe route. Any raising of the level of tk which would destroy the trees along their edges render them not only unsightly but exceedingly repel any person who had to effect a landing on their shores, be strongly opposed. And the Government are fully the importance of that question. The nearest rai present is the Canadian Pacific, but the James Bay — for which a charter has. been granted, will pass thro district, and it is probable that construction of this 1 commence before a very long period. But the most important point in connection with reservation is the fact that no portion of it is under lb and the Government has therefore here an opportun dealing with the timber as may seem to it wise without hampered by any vested or other interests. And here I crucial point. Two thousand square miles is a large are: set apart from the most profitable domain of Ontario , is even now, and will become more so in the future, accessible. Considerable expenditure will be required otection from fire. A large revenue may be obtained by ¢ the timber under license in the ordinary way. What tive is there to offer to such a eourse? The timber can- allowed to remain useless and be left to die of old age. peley of masterly inactivity would be more utterly sive than any system of license could be. Some use ‘ aede of the forest crop, and the only other method of ing with it would be to have a thorough study made of the sin the reservation and to have asystem of cutting carried der the supervision of competent forest officials in such s to provide for the regular reproduction of the trees. “means the expenditure of money in the employment ned staff to carry out the necessary investigations and nd the cutting, and when this stage is reached it will ry to have public opinion sufficiently educated to be ‘support the Government in undertaking this work. ian Forestry Association should not lose sight of it a field has here been provided for the making of ment, the success of which would have an important the whole future of forest administration in Canada, effort should be made to see that such an intelligent ion is created as will warrant the Government in er progressive steps. ™ Tree Planting in the West. itoba and the northern part of the Northwest the problem of tree growing is not such a difficult Assiniboia and Southern Alberta. The discoveries tigations of Professor Hinds’ expedition in 1849, show ere growing on all the elevations and in the river far west as the Little Souris, from that north-west to le and the South Saskatchewan about 52° north. He the country south and west of that line as a level or ulating, treeless plain with a light and sometimes occasionally blown up into dunes and not, in its on, fitted for the permanent habitation of civilized Te, however, registered his opinion that, if the annual ich devastated these plains were to cease, trees would em rapidly in most places. ickinson of that expedition reported as follows: annual extension of the prairie from this cause (tire) remarkable. ‘ihe limit of the wooded country is ear by year less, and it appears from the almost prevalence of small aspen woods that in former times country extended beyond the Qu’Appelle, or tive x es of latitude south of the present limit, it being y borne i in mind that the term wooded country is applied r in which prairie or grassy areas predominate over occupied by young aspen woods. A fire lit on the oy eggs ee a = aaa iach aeeclaei ra aiken ie aie saat ie Ae ete eae E a) 7 4 ¢ es q ch of the Saskatchewan may extend in a few weeks, \ days, to Red River, according to the season and the tion and force of the wind.” he portion of the Territories lying within the arid region described as follows :—Bounded on the south by the nal boundary, on the west and north by a line cing at the intersection of the 102nd parallel and from thence north-westerly to latitude 51° 30/ and west to the Rocky Mountains, and on the west by the Mountains. This district contains about 80,000 square or upwards of 50,000,000 acres. The principal elevations Rod and Gun in Canada 455 are the Wood Mountains and Cypress Hills, the ravines in which are more or less timbered in places. The mean precipi- tation for this region, as calculated in the Irrigation Report of the Department of the Interior for 1894, from the.data then available, including snow reduced to rain, is 10.91 inches. Some experiments in tree planting in this district have been made, and we give this month an illustration of the results of the work done by Mr. Pearce, vice-president of the Forestry Association for Alberta, at his residence near Calgary, which has an elevation of about 3,400 feet above sealevel. My. Pearce planted a few trees in 1888, but his efforts on any extensive scale date only from 1890, so that the age of the trees shown surrounding his house is ten years. The trees selected were the spruce and poplar found already growing in the country, and these particular specimens were brought from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. No special preparation of the soil was made in this case, except by removal of the sod, but a thorough cultivation and rotting of the sod would have been an assistance to the starting of the trees. A top dressing of stable manure was, however, applied a few times in the earlier years. Water was supplied from time to time by means, first of a windmill, and afterwards from an irrigation ditch, but the trees have now reached such a size that watering is really no longer necessary, although Mr. Pearce still occasionally turns the water upon them in order to give a more vigorous growth. Before Mr. Pearce commenced his efforts, the place where his home is was a bare plain, and his success has demonstrated that the native species at least may be grown where proper care is taken. Mr. Pearce’s experience with the Manitoba Maple or Bex Elder, leads to the conclusion that this tree cannot be depended upon for satisfactory growth in the semi-arid district, although it grows vigorously in other parts of the Territories and Manitoba and is found in the valleys as far west as’ Maple Creek. The influence of the Chinooks appear to be unfavorable to the development of this tree. The efforts which the Dominion Government: may put forth to assist the settlers in the semi-arid district may well be confined, for the present at least, to our native trees, and as the shorter distance trees are transplanted, the more likely they are to succeed, if some of the land, which hold a fair degree of moisture were set apart for the purpose of forming supply nurseries, trees for setting out could be obtained at but little cost, with all the added advantages of acclimatation and proved adaptability. L Forestry Meeting in Toronto. Through the kindness of the Canadian Institute a joint meeting of that Society and the Canadian Forestry Association was held in the building of the Institute in Toronto, on the 12th of January last. “Mr. James Bain, President of the Institute, was in the chair, and the first paper was one by Mr. E. Stewart, Rupert: tendent of Forestry for the Dominion. Mr. Stewart pointed out the vast extent of the unpenied lands controlled by the Federal Administration, it being an area estimated at 2,456,500 square miles, or three times the total area of the public lands controlled by the five eastern Provinces and by British Columbia. The general impression of those whose only information is derived from a trip across the continent on the Canadian Pacific Railway will be that most of the North West consists of prairie land, and that after leaving 456 Ontario on the east till we reach British Columbia on the west there is no timber worthy ‘of notice. Now, this is not incorrect so far as the country through which the railway runs is concerned, but we must remember that this railway traverses the full length of the prairie section of the country. If how- ever, the traveller, instead of continuing straight on along that line, would at almost any point within this prairie section turn at right angles and go north, he would not be able to proceed more than 200 or 300 miles from the United States boundary, before he would have left the prairie behind and entered what is known as our great northern or sub-arctic forest belt, which extends from there far north to the limit of tree growth. The prairie section may be roughly estimated at 250,000 square miles, and the treeless land of the far north at 1,000,000 square miles, and this, taken from the total of 2,456,500 square miles will leave 1,186,000 square miles as the area of the timbered lands, or over 300,000 square miles more than the total area, both cleared and timbered, in these Provinces. In the northern districts much of the timber is spruce, which is of so much importance to the pulp industry. Referring to the statement that the value of the pine trees destroyed by fire to that of those destroyed by the lumbermen is as ten to one, Mr. Stewart went on to say that during the past year a system of forest fire guarding has been undertaken by the Dominion Government, differing in some respects from that adopted by the Province, but it is believed that it is one well adapted for the purpose, and so far seems to work well. The plan is as follows : Forest fire rangers are selected from men residing in or near the district where they are employed. They are notified that they will be under the direction usually of the Crown Timber Agent, regular forest ranger, or home- stead inspector for the land agency in which they are employed. When this supervising officer considers their services are required he notifies them to commence work, furnishes them with a copy of the first act, a copy of general instructions defining their duties, and also with notices for posting up and distributing, warning the public against the careless use of fire. Where horses can be used they are to supply themselves with them, Their remuneration in such case is $3 per diem, which includes expenses for both man and horse. When the super- vising officer considers it unnecessary for the ranger to continue the work he recalls him and instructs him to make out his account, which the former certifies to be correct, and on forwarding the account to the department with a diary detail- ing how he was employed each day it is paid. By this system the ranger is employed only when his services are considered necessary, and in case the season be very wet he may not be employed during the whole season. Where there are timber limits. under license within the area guarded the holders pay a proportionate amount of the cost, but the greater part of the country is still held by the crown, and consequently the Government bears the larger part of the cost of guarding it. The exploration of the country in advance of settlement was also urged, and the setting apart of the land best adapted for timber for forest growth ; the protection of the forests on the watersheds, and a system of cutting which would give recognition to the ascertained facts as to tree growth and the requirements for forest reproduction. Mr. Stewart alluded to the value of windbreaks and shelter belts of trees to the prairie settler, and urged the co-operation of the Government with the farmers in planting trees, adding that it is expected that during the coming season a regular Rod and Gun - a portion of which is as follows: along the fences and along the edges of swamps in Canada a system of afforestation will be commenced by. whieh Government will endeavor to do its part, in co-operation the settlers, to bring about the desired results. One fes tg this will be the instruction of the people regarding tre ing, d In conclusion Mr. Stewart urged his hearers as ¢ ; who were deeply interested in this enormous asset of country to take an interest in the subject and urge their r sentatives in Parliament to ,help in establishing a ] system. He added a few words in conment=as Canadian Forestry Association. Professor Macoun followed with a very interestit ‘* Sixteen years ago I had the honor of dining” w Lansdowne, our Governor-General, at Rideau H asked me what was the chief occupation of Ca answered without much thought: ‘Their chief oce the destruction of our forests.’ When I said dest meant that no thought of protection had entered minds of the general public, and the Government hi to think about to trouble itself with the subject. A teach what he does not know. A man coming public must know of what he speaks. Let measkt how does nature reforest? Ifyou observe the first tz land, you will see how the process commences. | asked the question, when the forests have been section of Ontario, will they be replaced again ? people have said to me that after the forest had over the same species of trees do not grow again. — not grow? Ifso, itis because the fire has bu: Tyndall told us some thirty years ago that every parent. You cannot have spontaneous growth th burned lands in Ontario. Go back to the old homes there is a piece of forest land with the trees just as t left after taking out firewood. If it was a maple : forest, it is covered with small trees of the same s owner says: ‘If I burn this over the next gro maple and beech, but briar bushes, weeds, poplar and he says it is because the land will not bear the Why do they not come? Tf maple seeds fall and they cannot vegetate, but if they fall and get in the year, they remain moist and will germ applies to hardwood will apply to pine, and I fear of successful contradiction that every f reproduce itself again, unless the seeds are dest is far harder to replace beech and maple after has been burned over than it is to repro It is much easier to burn maple seeds and than pine seeds). Why? Go intoa pine forest in part of July or August and you will find that the s over the trees getting the cones. The mice and g carry the seeds of the pine into logs and stumps. forest is burned over, however, the seeds remain as only the outer portion of the old logs and stumps Next year the whole land is covered with firey bushes, poplar and bird cherry. You do not see pine trees at all, and the unobservant man says there trees. Let him go to the old logs and he will find pine trees coming up. If he comes back in five years, four feet high, but a man standing on the outside and in sees nothing but poplar, birch and cherry. After OU ears from the time that it was burnt over he will find the pine ees showing above the others. I am not giving an ideal ketch. This is what I saw last year in Algonquin Park. The rest near Catfish Lake was burnt over about fifty years ago, ind the pine trees are now fifty to one hundred feet high. If jov wish to protect the forest you must keep out the fires, “When you go north of the height of land you find eight ne ecies of trees—black and white spruce, balsam, tamarack, spen poplar, balsam poplar, white birch and Banksian pine. he absence of Banksian pine over a large portion of that ountry shows that the district is loam and clay, Therefore, ne time will come when the fact that that section of country sa ble land will be so perfectly established that the growlers 5 ventral Ontario will be dead and buried. “Tn connection with the reforesting of the Western plains e three great features to be given consideration are heat, noisture and alti- a a Rod and Gun in Canada 457 him a field of grain growing upon a slope where it was hardly thought possible that it could be grown with success, but the explanation was that three feet of snow had lain upon the land in the winter, and Professor Macoun made the statement that where there was three feet of snow upon the land, the next year grain could be grown without irrigation. Mr. R. F. Stupart, Superintendent of the Canadian Meteorological Service, then exhibited a number of views of the North West Territories, which showed the relative positions of the areas of high and low pressure which cause the Chinook winds over Southern Alberta. The median line of the Chinook winds is about the International Boundary and Mr. Stupart is of the opinion that the greater width of the treeless area near the boundary is largely owing to the fact, as in proceeding north in Alberta the prairie country becomes very much narrower and in that portion of the district the Chinooks have 1 de. As you go | all the ner is covered ni 2 or less with » but when ‘ls gins to get a 1... living 5 ceases to grow n the lower — [ yund and keeps forking up the liside until fin- ly it gets so far orth that the onditions of owth are over- ome by the hy- rometric condi- ions. Trees leave heir usual posi- ions as condi- ions change.”’ Professor Ma- on enumerated he elm, the red r green ash, the ak and bass- Wood, as trees that were found growing vigoronsly in Manitoba, and stated jhat the reforesting of Manitoba was a mere matter of detail. Dn the second prairie steppe the trees are the same as ce found in Manitoba, with the exception of basswood. the third prairie steppe in the centre of Western SAE icin are the Cyprus Hills. Professor Macoun exam- jned these hills for the Government, twenty years ago last ummer and found that all along the slopes fine streams Were coming out of the ground near the summit of the hills, and there was a continuous forest around the whole leyation of aspen poplar, white birch, fine large spruce and yalsam poplar. Five years ago when he again examined the ‘ountry the remains were still there. The country is a fine, olling, broken prairie, without a twig. The reason is that the rees were burnt off. The speaker showed the importance of belts of trees to hold the snow by quoting the statement made o him by a settler in the Pincher Creek district, who showed First Falls Menjamagasipi (Red Trout River) very much legs effect. The inju- rious effect of these winds upon the growth of trees is generally ascribed to the warmth inducing a flow of sap in the trees, which are consequently frequently injured by following cold weather, but Mr. Stupart. considers that the effect is more due to the fact that the Chi- nooks thaw the snow during the winter, instead of permitting it to lie upon the ground till the spring when it would have an opportunity of soaking into the ground in place of flowing away on the surface. In the Alps the Chinooks are given the name of ‘‘ snow-eater.”’ Mr. John Bertram then addressed the meeting, and while expressing his concurrence with the tenor of Professor Macoun’s remarks, said he considered that hardly credit enough was given to lumbermen who had already been making an effort to adopt conservative methods oflumbering. He also stated that his observation would lead him to the conclusion that pine seeds which germinated after the fire had passed over land were probably distributed from trees which had not been destroyed at the time of the fire, but which might subse- quently have disappeared. Mr. Bertram went on to say that as to the necessity of growing forests, we have a large area in Ontario which is unfit to grow anything but trees, and the desirability of looking into the question is shown by the experience of other countries. In the state of Michigan about 4,000,000 acres, or ten per cent. of the area of that State, has 458 been disposed of and, unlike the system adopted in our own country, the land has been disposed of in fee simple. They are now setting to work to find by what means they can cover that land again with forest. They have many sand flats and ridges, and after cutting the wood from them there is nothing left, and the land is unfit for agricultural purposes. If we had the same proportionate area to reforest, it would be 14,000,000 avres, or one half the size of the State of New York. Mr. Bertram also pointed out the very great necessity there was to have arrangements made for a supply of seed. After an area is burned over it is altogether likely that there are some. jn former years it certainly sustained its right to be calle re trees left. The pine tree usually grows on higher soil, and, as the cone opens in the fall, when the wind storms occur, they help to scatter the seeds. The pine tree does not seed oftener than every third or fourth year at the lowest estimate. It is the trees with far-flying seeds like the poplar or white birch that come up most quickly. The poplar will make a growth of six and a half feet in one year. In conclusion, Mr. Bertram praised very highly the work done by the Ontario Government in setting apart forest reserves. The discussion was continued by Mr. Gilchrist, Mr. Harvey and Professer Doherty of Guelph, the last of whom showed a specimen of a portion of a tree which had been affected by a timber disease-which he is now investigating. 1% We-have added another life member to the Canadian Forestry Association in the person of Mr.. F. ©. Todd, Landscape Architect, edie Mr. E.. Stewart, fenton of Forestry for the Dominion, has left for the West with the intention of holding a number of meetings at different points in order to place before the settlers the plans in regard to tree planting which will be undertaken by the Government. The Government proposes to assist-as far as possible in making tree planting in the West a success, and- will enter into arrangements with such of the settlers as may desire to do so, for assisting them in betting out treee for shelter belts or wood lots. 1k _ A very interesting conference in the interests of Forestry was that held at Queen’s University, Kingston, on the 21st and 22nd January last. It was opened by a public lecture by Dr. Fernone, Dean of the New York State College of Forestry, on the eyening of the 21st, followed the next day by a meeting for general discussion. Lack of space prevents our giving an extended report of the proceedings in this month’s issue. We would only hint that the outcome may be the appointment of a Lecturer on Forestry in connection with the University, if not the establishment of a School of Forestry. _ Another prominent sportsman and writer of the old school —Mr. George A. Boardman, of Calais, Me.—has gone to join the silent majority. Mr. Boardman died January 11th, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was an ardent naturalist, a friend and collaborator of Audubon, Prof. Baird, Dr. Coues, Dr. Brewer, and other -men eminent in science and literature. He was a man of charming peremmalty. and varied attainments. % At the annual meeting of the U.S. Revolver Association a motion to join forces with the National Rifle Association was negatived. “Rod and Gun in’ Canada THE GUN Conducted by ‘Bob White’’ GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP, The Hamilton Gun Club held their 11th annual li and target tournament Jan. 15, 16, 17 and 18, and this biggest shooting event in Canada. The attendance this year was very large, as was anti from the very attractive programme™~prepared by ti officials. The chief event was the Grand Canadian Handi to all, at 20 live birds. Entrance $15.00, $600.00 guaran This was won by a Canadian from Scotland, Oxford Co Mr. A. C. Eddy, who was the only shooter to make a - score. Mr. A. C. Courtney, Syracuse, N. Y , the well representative of the Remington Arms Co., promised warm competitor for first place, making a straight sco the first day, but he fell to pieces on the second ten, kil half his birds. Mr. Courtney was one of the eight stra’ at the Grand American Handicap last year. Among well-known experts Mr. Eddy had the satisfaction of were R. O. Heikes, J. S. Fanning and Jack Parker. Among the other experts who attended the shoot wi L. Colville (Swiveller), Wilmington, Del., and F. H. © Leamington, Ont., American and Canadian represe respectively, of Dupont smokeless. som The scores in the different events are as follows: GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP, - Name and Address. Handicap. ‘Score. A. C. Eddy, Scotland, Ont., (27) 20 J. R. Hull, Meriden, Conn., (29) 19 R. O. Holkes. Dayton: O., (82) 18 J. Quirk, Brantford, (26) 18 BR, ‘Dealtry. Dunnville, (26) 18 ( H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, (32) 17 : J. S. Fanning, New York, (32) 17 ( H. T. Westbrook, Brantford, (28) 17 ( C. A. Montgomery, Brantford, (30) 17 ( H. Graham, Hamilton, (28) 17 ( C. Burgess, Hamilton (27) 17 ( Wm. Noxon, Pr. Edward Co., (27) 17 | F. T. Westbrook, Brantford, (29) 16 C. J. Mitchell, Brantford, (28) 16 f Dr. Wilson, Hamilton, (28) 16 : Geo. Bent, Shetland, Ont., (27) 16 i Geo. Robbins, Dunnville, (28) 16 H. D. McConkey, Galt, (28) 16 J. E. Cantelon, Clinton, (30) 16 J. Wayper, Hespeler, (30) 16 Thos. Donly, St. Thomas, (28) 16 : John Stroud, Hamilton, (30) 16 John Parker, Detroit, (32) 16 M. Reardon, Hamilton, (29) 16 ‘ A. J. Courtney, Syracuse, (30) 15 M. Virtue, Jr., Woodstock, (28) 15 a H. D. oe Jr., Fredonia, N. Y. , (81) 14 ; J. L. McLaren, Highgate. (27) 14 GRAND CANADIAN HANDICAP.— Cont. Handicap. Score. ; (27) 14 (27) 14 (27) 14 (28) 13 .27) 12 (28) 12 (29) 12 (29) 11 ; (27) 10 FIRST DAY ‘a event, 15 birds— yards), 14; Montgomery (19 yards), 14; Hull (19 ikes (22 yards), 12; Fanning (22 yards), 12; M. yards), 12; Morris (18 yards), 11; Graham (18 ‘kover (20 yards), 10; Uourtney (10 yards), 10; ok (18 yards), 10; Conover (10 yards), 10; Cline Mitchell (17 yards), 9; McLaren (17 yards), 9; , 8; Eddy (16 yards), 7; Biel (19 yards), 5; |, 5; Wallace (16 yards), 3. 20 artificial birds, $2 entrance— 20 yards), 19; Fanning (22 yards), 18; Graham ; Miller (16 yards), 17; Mitchell (17 yards), 17; rds), 17; Mahler (17 yards), 17; Heikes (22 s (18 yards), 16 ; Conover (19 yards) 16 ; Mont- yards), 16; Pent (18 yards), 16; Sherrick (17 17 yards), 15 ; Cantelon (18 yards), 15; F. yards), 14; Dr. Wilson (19 yards), 14; Deniker McCarney (17 yards), 13 ; Courtney (19 yards), yards), 11; H. D. Westbrook (17 yards) 11; p31. 20 artificial birds, $2 entrance— yards), 19; Dr. Wilson (18 yards), 18; Mahler J. Mitchell (17 yards), 18; H. Graham (17 rds), 16; C. A. Montgomer (19 yards), 16; s), 16; Hull (19 yards), 15; C. Edwards (17 ‘Courtney (19 yards), 10; H. D. Westbrook, (17 snnett (16 yards), 8. (18; Kirkover (20 yards), 17; Heikes (22 Mahler (17 yards), 17; Sherrick (17 yards), 7 yards), 16; Courtney (18 yards), 15: Fan- s). 15; Hull (18 yards), 15 ; Conover (19 yards), (17 yards), 15 ; H. Graham (18 yards), 15 ; G. is), 15 ; Miller (16 yards), 14 ; Fisher (16 yards), (17 yards), 14; Cantelon (18 yards), 14; Patrick 14; H. Cull (17 yards), 14; C. A. Montgomery (19 Westbrook (18 yards), 13 ; Norris (18 yards), 12; Mee 16 yards), 12. a No. 5, 20 artificial birds ; $2 entrance— 22 yards), 17; Fanning (22 yards), 16 ; Kirkover ; Hull (18 yards), 16 ; F. Westbrook (18 yards), t (16 yards), 16; Cantelon (18 yards), 15 ; Con- tds), 15; Deniker (17 yards), 15; Dr. Wilson (18 J. Mitchell (17 yards), 14 ; G. Bent (18 yards), Rod and Gun in Canada 459 14 ; Courtney (18 yards), 12; Mahler (17 yards), 12; Upton (16 yards), 9, SECOND DAY. Event No. 6, 20 targets ; $2 entrance—Fanning (22 yards), 17; Norris (18 yards), 16; Graham (18 yards), 16; Wayper (19 yards), 15; Heikes 22 yards), 14 ; Kirkover (20 yards), 14 ; Wilson (18 yards), 14; Conover (18 yards), 14; Mohler (17 yards), i4 ; A. Smith (16 yards), 14; Cantelon (17 vards), 14; Sherrick (17 yards), 13 ; Mitchell (18 yards), 13; Cull (17 yards), 12; Bent (18 yards), 12; Courtney (18 yards), 12 ; Deniker (17 yards), 12; Patrick (18 yards), 11 ; Westbrook (18 yards), 11; Bent (16 yards), 11; Lang (16 yards), 9; Mont- gomery (18 yards), 9; Hull (18 yards), 7; Price (18 yards),6. Event No. 8, 20 targets ; $2 entrance—Heikes (22 yards), 18 ; Stevens (16 yards), 17 ; Westbrook (16 yards), 16; Norris (18 yards), 16; Deniker (17 yards), 16; Bent (18 yards), 16 ; Mitchell (18 yards), 16 ; Courtney (18 yards), 15; Kirkover (20 yards), 15; Bowron (18 yards), 15; Hull (18 yards), 14; Montgomery (19 yards), 14 ; Graham (18 yards), 14; Fanning (22 yards), 13 ; Wilson (18 yards), 13 ; Mohler (17 yards), 12; Smith (16 yards), 12 ; Cantelon (17 yards), 12: Westbrook (18 yards), 11 ; Swiveller (16 yards), 11 ; Sherrick (17 yards), 11; Conover (18 yards), 11 ; Parker (22 yards), 9. Event No. 9, 20 singles ; $2 entrance—Mohler (17 yards), 18 ; Heikes (22 yards), 16; Wilson (18 yards), 16 ; Mitchell (18 yards), 16; Deniker (17 yards), 16; Norris (18 yards), 15 ; H. Westbrook (16 yards), 15; Conover (18 yards), 15; Bent (18 yards), 15 ; Hull (18 yards), 14; F. Westbrook (18 yards), 14 ; Wayper (19 yards), 14; Kirkover (20 yards), 13; Fanning 22 yards), 13; Dr. Grant (16 yards), 13; Patrick (18 yards), 13; Courtney (18 yards), 12; Miller (16 yards), 11; “49” (17 _ yards), 11 ; Montgomery (19 yards), 11 ; Graham (18 yards), 11; Cull (17 yards), 10; Cline (17 yards), 9. Event No. 10, 20 targets : $2 entrance—Fanning (22 yards), 18 ; Kirkover (20 yards), 17 ; Wilson (18 yards), 15 ; Swiveller (16 yards), 16 ; Stevens (16 yards), 16; Norris (18 yards), 16; Thomas (17 yards), 15; Mitchell (18 yards), 15; Bowron (18 yards), 15; Courtney (18 yards), 14; F. Westbrook (1S yards) 14 ; Clifford (16 yards), 14; Price (18 yards), 14; Heikes (22 yards), 13; Cull (17 yards), 13; Bent (18 yards), 13; Green (17 yards), 12; Mohler (17 yards), 12; Reid (17 yards), Tz Snelgrove (16 yards), 10; Conover (18 yards), 10; Upton (16 yards), 9; McGill (18 yards), 8; Hull (19 yards), 8; Fisher (16 yards), 7. Event No. 11, 20 targets ; $2 entrance—Heikes (22 yards), 16; Mitchell (18 yards), 16; Saltmarsh (16 yards), 15 ; Court- ney (18 yards). 14; Kirkover (20 yards), 14; Fanning (22 yards), 14 ; F. Westbrook (18 yards), 14 ; Swiveller (16 yards), 14; Norris (18 yards), 14; H. Westbrook (26 yards), 14 ; Price (18 yards), 14 ; Wilson (18 yards), 12 ; Green (17 yards), 12; Cull (17 yards), 12; Stevens (16 yards), 12 ; Conover (18 — yards), 10; Clifford (16 yards), 10; Sherrick (17 yards), 10; H. Dynes (16 yards), 10; Mohler (17 yards), 8, Deniker (17 yards), 8; Bent (16 yards), 7. Event No. 12, 20 targets ; $2 entrance—Hull (18 yards), 18; Fanning (22 yards). 16 ; Heikes (22 yards), 16; F. Westbrook — (18 yards). 16; Kirkover (20 yards), 15 ; Conover (18 yards), 15; Price (18 yards), 15; Swiveller (16 yards), 15: Courtney (18 yards), 13; Mitchell (18 yards), 13; Graham (18 yards), 12; Deniker (18 yards), 12 ; Wilson (18 yards), 10. THIRD DAY. Ten pigeons, $100 guarantee ; entrance $7—Fanning 10, J. Stroud 9, A. D. Eddy 9, H. T. Westbrook 9, G. W. Price 9, . 460 Daniels 9, Donly 9, Cantelon 9, -H. D. Bates 9, J. Wayper 8, Montgomery 8, H. Graham 8, M. Reardon 8, Swiveller.7, F. T. Westbrook 7, D. Miller 7, C. J. Mitchell 7, J. R. Hull 7, J. Quirk 7, G. Reid 7, T. Upton 6, Heikes 6, R. Taylor 5, J. Dealtry 4 Event No. 14, 20 artificial birds ; entrance $2—Heikes (22 yards), 19; Hull (18 yards), 17; Wayper (19 yards), 16; Kirkover (20 yards), 15 ; Ranhing 22 yards!, 15; M. J. Miller (16 yards), 15; C. J. Mitchell (18 yards), 15; Bent (18 yards), 15 ; Parker (22 yards), 14 ; Courtney (18 vandal 14; F. West- brook (18 yards), 13; Mohler (17 yards), 13; Conover (18 yards), 12; C. A. Montgomery (19 yards), 11 ; Dr. Wilson (18 yards), 9; Graham (18 yards), 8. Event No. 15, 20 singles; entrance $2—M. J. Miller (16 yards), 19; Heikes (22 yards), 18 ; F. Westbrook (18 yards), 17; Hull (18 yards), 17; Courtney (18 yards), 16; Fanning (22 yards), 16; Mohler (17 yards), 14; Mitchell (18 yards), 14; Conover (18 yards), 14; Parker (22 yards), 14; Price (18 yards), 13; Swiveller (16 yards), 18; Deniker (17 yards), 13; Kirkover (20 yards), 12; D. Miller (16 yards), 12; Sherrick (17 yards) 10; Bent (16 yards), 9; Graham (18 yards), 6 Harrison (!6 yards) 4. Event No. 16, 20 singles: entrance $2—Heikes (22 yards), 19; D. Miller (16 yards), 17; C. J. Mitchell (18 yards), 17; Kirkover (20 yards , 16; Fanning (22 yards), 16; F. West- brook (18 yards), 16 ; Price (18 yards), 15; Hull (18 yards), 14; H. T. Westbrook (16 yards), 14; Wayper (19 yards), 13; Swiveller (16 yards), 12; M. J. Miller (16 yards), 12; Mohler (17 yards), 12 ; Bowron (18 yards), 11 ; Courtney (18 yards), 10; H. D. Bates (17 yards) 10; Saltmarsh (16 yards), 9; J. Parker (22 yards) 7 ; Jones (16 yards), 6 Event No. 17, 20 singles ; entrance $2—Kirkover(20 yards) , 15 ; Mitchell (18 yards), 15; Courtney (18 yards), 14;. Wayper (19 yards), 14; F. Westbrook (18 yards), 14 ; Mohler (17 yards), 13; Swiveller (16 yards), 13; Huli (18 yards), 12; Fanning (22 yards), 11; M. J. Miller (16 yards), 11 ; Conover (18 yards), 10; Price (18 yards), 10; H. T. Westbrook (16 yards), 10. Event No. 18, 20 singles ; yards), 16; Swiveller (16 yards), 16; Kirkover (20 yards), 15 Hull (18 yards), (18 yards), 14 ; Haikes (22 yards) 13 ; Courtney (18 wards). 12; Fanning (22 wanda), 10 ; Conover (18 qanisy 6 FOURTH DAY Ten live birds, $100 guaranteed : $5 entrance—Thos. Donly, St. Thomas (28 yards), 10 ; Geo. Reid, Dunnville (27 yards), 9 J. S. Fanning, New York (32 yards ,9; H. D. Bates, Ridgetown (32 yards), 9; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford (27 yards) 9; H. Graham, Hamilton (28 yards), 9; G. W. Price, St. Williams (29 yards), 9; F. Westbrook, Brantford (29 yards) 9; T. Upton, Hamilton (26 yards) 9 ; J. R. Hull, Meriden, Con. (29 yards), 8; W. Stroud, Hamilton (28 yards), 8 ; R. Daniels, St. Thomas (27 yards), 8; J. R. Cantelon, Clinton (30 yards) 8; C. J. Mitchell, Brantford (28 yards), 8; R. O. Heikes, Dayton, Ohio (32 yards), 7; A. E. Eddy, Scotland (27 yards), 7; D. Miller, Woodstock (27 yards), 7; J. Stroud, Hamilton, (30 yards), 7 ;. J. Quirk, Brantford (36 yards), 6; F. R. Dealtry, Dunville (26 yards), 4 ; Donly got $12.80, those who made nine $7.60 each, and the eighta $5.20. Ten pigeons, sweep ; $7.00 entrance—Dr. Wilson, Hamil- ton (28 yards), 10; R. O. Heikes, Dayton, Ohio (32 yards), 10; J. S. Fanning, New York (32 yards), 9; J. R. Hull, Medea: Conn. (29 yards), 9; F. Westbrook, Brantford, (28 yards), 9 Rod and Gun in Canada _ (26 yards), 7; H. T. Westbrook, Brantford (28 yards) 7; H ES entrance $2—M. J. Miller (16. 14; F. Westbrook (18 yards), 14; Mitchell - C. J. Mitchell, Brantford (28 yards), 7; Jas. Quirk, Brantfc Bates, Ridgetown (32 yards), 7; T. Donly, St. Thomas yards), 6; R. Daniels, St. Thomas (28 yards), 6; H. Gra Mi sailton: (28 yards), 6; G. W. Price, St. Thomas (28 yar 4; Dr. Wilson and Hoeikes got $24.50 each, Fanning and I $14. 70 each, Upton and Westbrook $9.80 each. : Sniping match, ten targets, thrown two ata time ; at with two barrels, contestant to be walking all the ti Fanning, New York, 6; R. O. Heikes, Dayton, 5 ; H.T. ¥ brook, Brantford, 5; R. Daniels St. Thomas, 5 ; C. J. Miteh «Brantford, 4; F. Westbrook, Brantford, 3; J. E. Cante Clinton, 3; M. Thomas, Hamilton, 3 ; G. W. Price, St. Willia 1; Wm. Brown, Hamilton, 0. Jonn Stroup v. H. D. Bares. At Hamilton, on Monday, Jan. 14th, the day be big shoot opened, John Stroud, of Hamilton, and H. | of Ridgetown, shot a match at 50 live birds, $50.00 which resulted ina victory for Bates, who scored 49 to St 44, Bates’ lost bird being dead out of bounds. of Toronto, acted as referee. The score : Bates - - - 222222222222222222222 222202222222222222222 Stroud - - - 22.2222200022222228224 022222222022202222222 J. Srroup v, GrorGE W. Price. On the last day of the Hamilton tournament a match was shot off between J. Stroud, Hamilton, an Price, of St. Williams, at 50 birds, $50.00 a side, which in an easy victory for Stroud, Mr. Price retiring after round. The latter had lost his bearings completely only 3 out of his first ten birds, and threw up the race less. The score: . Stroud - - - 91922929229122220221 Price-) =: -=. 4. 00220008) aan Hespeler rack Club. The Hespeler Gun Club has adopted a new system bird scoring. It is the idea of Mr. Josh. Waype known trap shooter, who claims that the present scoring is unfair, for ifa bird is shot inside the bour falls a foot outside it is lost, whereas if it falls a foot of course, is scored. Mr. Wayper thinks that a bit out of bounds,” if gathered within the time limit, y counted as halfa bird. The Hespeler Gun Club will — adopt this rule, It was tried for the first time, with the ing result : A. Hergett, Waterloo - 1001100101010 J. Wayper, Hespeler - ITLLLILLIZLILII1I O. B. Ellis, Hespeler - $111101111101 M. Andrick, Waterloo - L1L1L14$13$31100 E. Bowman, Hespeler - 0010011001000 cat. K Bradford. The Bradford Gun and Rifle Club, Christmas w their opening pigeon shoot of the year on their ground a team from Barrie, which resulted in a victory fort club by 12 birds. The club is in a very flourishing ¢ and open to receive challenges from clubs for live b rocks, and rifle or combination matches. Gun and rifle mat can be arranged by corresponding with the secretary, Mr. Nielly, Box 207. a London Traps. e Cavite Gun Club held a shoot on the McArthur farm, London, New Year’s day when some excellent sport was ‘The scores were :—_ BOE Giese ee o cls <8 3 as Papa ok: Ol 2 2 0-7 ree he Scale digi Sng Pers 0:0. 0:1 21 26 ERR ESRB OR ee ae ees. 0 1.0 1 1 0-6 oo a PSNR 2 eer caw ok 2 0 1 O 1—7 eG eae sath alts bs Pee Oo Oct. 0-0 1 —3 Meni ele a ke Pee le OD O2 O 1 1—6 Bet eiste atlas ss ohaes Ct. 2°20 2.0 0 1 16 Re eee ic as tisig ye fine OO 0 1 0 1-5 Nk -spy wish os texte. 0 0-0 0 1 OS meee yilsa's toc bee 2 0:.0°..0 —2 DUS serpin se we EL 0-1 0-1-7 Edie» Liga tGo da) 2: 2.7 —5 MES ss Sie «o's a oi5 Oe eega 1.1 0. 0:27 SE ae eae AA Bek. 1 2) 87 oe an OF OO O...0. 2 —2 oat we. O 2? yd —5 ee Ot 1. bo 2-0 04 ™ a Essex Pigeon Shoot. nk Stenlake, proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel it. held a pigeon shoot, Dec. 28th, under the auspices Gun Club, which was very successful. There were H. D. Bates and F. H. Conover, the genial of Dupont Smokeless. It must have been a great best shots and never failed to do good work. oting was hard owing to a recent fall of snow and t the birds were a particularly lively lot. following is the score :— vent—miss and out.—Donaldson, 3; Perdue, 2; ; T. Rogers, 2; Youngblood, 4; Wear, 3; Smith, 3 ; ,1; H. D. Bates, 4; Agnew, 0; J. Pastorius, 2. event—5 birds.—Donaldson, Windsor, 3 ; Wood, Clark, Walkerville, 5 ; Rogers, Cottam, 2; J. Wigle, ; T. Reid, Walkerville, 5; M. Burke, Ridgelows, 3 ; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ‘4 > 9PDOODODOOODOOODDOOOGGOOOOOOOOSO.9HG GAME FISH.... TO LET | Rivers, Lakes} and Huntin: Territories ©: Hunting permits, fee: $25.00. Fishing permits, fee: $10,00. LANDS, FORESTS AND FISHERIES, QUEBEC pe < p~ 9 aa C ~- > “~ = ~ Number 10. 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McBean Johnstone.......... 485-487 The Gun, conducted by ‘‘Bob White”........0 22.5 5 esses eeteevees 488-490 Kennel Department, conducted by D. Taylor.........--..-0 cesses see. 491-493 Ovis Fannint. 2.3. 2006 050 eS Ly ee i Ra ans Sea 494 LABATT’S ALE“ PORT IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. » CUT FLOWERS Special Rates to Club Members. Floral designs for all occasion L. H. Goule) Member Canadian Hunt Cheb | 1911 St. Catherine Street, | : DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. Per Annum. MONTREAL, MARCH, 1905. Single Copies Ten Cents. DUCKS AND DUCK SHOOTING ON 4 LAKE TEMISCAMINGUE. Cc. C, Farr, ys of yore Lake Temiscamingue used to be a famous uck shooting. But the sport has deteriorated of late ing to the rapid advance of civilization. When I speak emiscamingue, in this respect, I do not mean those bound stretches which characterize the lower part of t the grass grown flats, fringed with dense growth brush, at the head, which are submerged in spring, d with a coarse kind of beaver hay during the onths. These are ideal spots for nesting and, except ibsence of wild rice, natural feeding places for wild now, though I am told that the migratory flocks and geese, both in fall and spring, which congregate lessened considerably. Numbers of the big brown continue to breed here and good sport can be y those who know how. y-eight years ago this spring I was stationed at the ke Temiscamingue, on the Indian Reserve. There y Indians and half-breeds there in those days, and not many of them permanently settled. They used to ther in the spring for the purpose of making sugar sft maples, which abound in great’ numbers on the and shooting ducks and geese. There were men t their hundreds of ducks in the season; men who 1 on the duck harvest as we count upon our grain t harvest. Iarrived there in the middle of April and , and it was an interestingexperience. I learnt, in that more about the Indian methods of shooting ducks, uck lore generally, than I could by hearsay in ten years. he April sun begins to melt the snow from off the flats ks begin to arrive from the south. The ice on the d for some way out into the lake, disappears and then commences. Indians, with one gun between them, which is by the one in the bow, is the complement for each and each man has his own allotted task. Both are on the watch for the fowl and as soon as a flock is ted the man in the bow puts up the ‘‘Ned-us-sitchigan.”’ alight frame made of lath, interwoven with brush, set up immediately in front of the man in the bow. a peep hole in it, through. which the man thrusts the of his gun and also through which he watches the and is then able, by signs with his hand, to give ons to the steersman. The dbject now is to prevent the ‘s from catching sight of their natural enemy, man, whether % until the middle of May, hence I came in for the duck | he be in the bow or in the stern. One sight of him will start the flock to flight, hence the steersman usually watches for his instructions and is quick to act uponthem. The paddle is held close to the canoe and never lifted out of the water but so manipulated that it acts as a propeller without the sound of a ripple being heard. Thus to the suspicious ducks the canoe has the appearance of a piece of brush being born down on the flood, no uncommon thing in spring. Presently the man with the gun takes sight, and this isthe signal to the steersman to either cease paddling, or at least to make as little vibration as possible, so as to enable the other to steady his aim. The report quickly follows and then all disguise is thrown off. Down coms the “Fly” (for so the screen is called by the English-speaking half-breeds) and the paddles are plied with vigor, so as to secure birds which have been injured, for as the shot has been fired probably into a flock, there may possibly be a few ducks wounded, but prepared to dive for their lives. It is astonishing the amount of execution that can be done amongst ducks by men skilled in the art and I often wonder that the device is not more generally used. Decoys are frequently employed. They are made of cedar, and sometimes painted, but more primitively blackened by charring in the fire. A funny Indian extracted considerable fun for himself and his friends by getting me to shoot at his decoys. They were anchored in the shallow water which was rising fast over the flats.. It is true that I was in my ‘‘salad days and green in judgment,’”’ but the sight gained by peering with one eye through a hole in a brush-bedecked hurdle is not satisfactory and in my own mind I considered the take in a greater compli- ment to his skill in fashioning his wooden decoys than a slur on my keenness of sight, but unconsciously and unintentionally I got even with him, for the recoil of the gun, sitting as I was in acramped position, and not yet well used to canoes, upset us, and a ducking in the ice-cold water of spring was, I considered, more trying on his ancient constitution than on mine. Indians dearly love a joke of this kind, and little does the inexperienced sportsman know how he is criticized by his apparently obsequious Indian guide. It was not until I had learnt the Indian language that I knew this myself. There is a very keen sense of humor in an. Indian, but it is of a dry kind. He is not the grinning imbecile that he often yets credit for being, and when the inexperienced white man is thinking that the Indian is laughing with him he is often really laugh- ing at him and thinking what a fool he is. I must not forget the shooting of geese, for it was on the number of geese slain that a man’s reputation for skill was built. These Indians and half-breeds can imitate the cry of a goose to such perfection that they can almost beat the goose at its ownery. They can bring them within shot by the call, and 476 arrest the flight of a flock when nearly a mile away. The plan usually adopted is to build a little brush shelter on the grassy flats, place a few decoys within shot and wait for a flock to come within sight and sound. Then the game com- mences. The hunter sends forth a cry which catches the ears of the geese, and the leader of the flock wheels in his direction, taking a wide circle. If the caller is skilful the radius of the circle is gradually lessened, and man and geese keep up a discordant concert, until the latter, now, flying low, come within range of the gun. The rest is easily imagined, and a skilful sportsman will probably bag a brace of geese, sometimes more, for though shy, geese are silly things and will often return within range of the gun with a view of alighting alongside of those that have fallen, especially if the leader happens to be numbered with the slain. It is at Moose Factory and other Hudson’s Bay Company’s posts on the coast of James Bay, where the killing of geese is an important industry. They are killed there by thousands, and salted down for summer use. They are to the inhabitants of those places as salt pork and bacon are to us. The Hudson’s Bay Company, when issuing weekly rations to their employees, instead of giving out so many pounds of pork, gives so many salted geese. a man’s weekly ration of meat, but I think that it is somewhere about two. There are two kinds of geese, the large grey goose and the “ wavy,’’ the latter being somewhat smaller, but the mention of ‘‘ Roast wavy’’ to the old Hudson’s Bay man makes him smack his lips, and if he has moved from the coast inland, he pines for his lost ‘‘ Roast wavy.’’ So they must be good. I once asked a native of the north to give me the Indian names of the geese and different kinds of ducks. I have my notes lying before me, and I will now transcribe them, as they may interest some of the readers of Rop anp Gun. I give them as they are written, without further comment of my own, except an occasional etymological explanation. The Indian names I have spelled phonetically, according to the English alphabet. Neekah—Goose. Mahnk—Loon. Ashemahnk—A smaller species. The Indian word for duck is ‘‘she-sheep,” as an affix, “‘ship.’’ Niniship—(‘‘ Nini”’ or “‘inini,’? a man, the real thing). The real duck, a big brown, nearly black duck. Apishininiship—A smaller edition of the above. Asig—Saw bills ; generic term. Ininisig—The real saw bill. Manahsig—Lesser saw bill. Keen-ah-Konayship—Smaller still. (Keenah konay—Sharp bill). Kenogwayowayship—(Kenoah, long ; Okat, leg) Long legged duck ; pintail. Fide bwalboship—(Wiagtewahk—Arrow) Arrow headed duck ; a duck with a very large head. Kah-Kahn-de-quay-ship—( Kahkahndequay—Going backwards and forwards) A black duck that keeps its head moving backwards and forwards as it flies, making much noise with its wings. Quayskosheship— Quayskoshe—W histle) Whistling duck. Wabiship—( Wabi or waba—White) White duck ; feeds on snails ; seen only in fall and spring. Ah-hah-we—(The noise it makes, ah-hah-hah-hah-we) Beak white and brown ; large flocks ; the last of the arrivals from the south ; does not breed here. Rod and Gun in Canada I forget the exact number of geese that constitute - Mahkahtayship—(Mahkahtay—Black) A large black au c seen in fall and spring. See-ah-moo—Like the teal, only larger, dark wit! colored markings. (Widgeon ?) . Shingopis—Small divers. These are my notes and I leave it to others to ¢ cla more perfectly and add more to the list, if any are_philol inclined. 7 : An English Sportsman's Opinion The route we had taken was the main highwa: Arthur to the sea. But on both sides of it there a lakes and rivers innumerable, the home of the mas weighing up to 60 lb. or 70 lb., of high-leaping o lordly salmon and of speckled trout, of sturgeon,” whitefish. You can pull your canoe into the duck—mallard and canvas-back, redhead and pintail, green- winged, biue-winged and cinnamon teal ; plove curlew and pelicans ; geese and swans—till your gu to hold. On the marshy shores you can see the m knee-high in the water, you can hear the vee of t or follow the track of thecaribou. You may meet the Bay factor travelling i in pomp, in a large war-can a numerous crew, with his camp-equipage folle summer evening on the Assiniboine I was start! unmistakable notes of a bagpipe in the far aistiaisee the bend of the river came a fleet of canoes, with agent’s leading, and a piper industriously warbl airs in the bows. Tell it not in Inverness, but half-breed. And all of these things you may see on British having once seen them, the memory thereof will you forever.—C. H. Wititams in Blackwood for ¢ ™ Desbarats Islands. By Straw Hat. “To him, who in the love of nature holds communion forms, she speaks various languages.’’—Bryant. Canada has many lovely spots, but there ins like Desbarats. Its predominating feature is v variety of natural beauty, and to call it an artist’ no means exaggeration. The members of that hood, whose love of beauty binds them by the s sympathy with nature, will find a realm of art this ever-changing and ever-fascinating region. ‘‘The Meeting of the Waters.’’ A channel from Lake flows into Lake Huron, and on a fine day one can s top of the great pine-clad bluffs, which rise in m along the shore and inland, a vista picture of * and mountains stretching many long miles horizon. To this same channel flows the little De after winding silently in graceful curves past the same name, which, by contrast, enhances the bea surroundings. For him who would study pione life and character of the red man, here are excel ties. The inhabitants are farmers, miners an part of the Algonquin tribe which not many ye almost the whole of Ontario and parts of Michigan Minnesota, and almost all the Canadian West up jhe Rocky Mountains with its trails. Historical as part of the Sault Ste. Marie country, has a history. By studying the map furnished by t. Ethnology, Washington, one can see that it is m situated in the “‘ Land of the Ojibways.”’ ‘here is at present a great demand for the woods in ace to the seaside or the springs for a summer sojourn, y for such sylvan localities as furnish well-stocked , Takes and streams. To meet thisdemand the Canadian gl is being organized, the site chosen being in the s Islands on the north shore of Lake Huron, at 3, and on several lakes north of that station, one mile } a forest on the mainland. This is a section which , wild woods, and which, through the nature of the a vill remain so for a long time. Desbarats is on the frontier, 29 miles east of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, ), by rail or water, about 400 miles north of Chicago sr, about 40 to 60 miles north of Mackinac Island on the e, and about 300 miles northwest from Detroit by water. its situation amidst the great fresh water seas at on Point, with its deep water dock on the north shore uron, see the chart issued by the hydrographic of the United States, which can be bought from the louse collectors at the various ports. This chart gives lation exactly, although Desbarats station, which has n opened in the woods, is not marked thereon. About ‘the northern part of the chart is the Walker, or yer, and on that river, one mile from the lake, is ation. is a twenty-room hotel at the station, which is way between the islands on Lake Huron and the to the north; so that the situation could not be ent. are five cottages and camps on the two hundred the mainland, two of the cottages being substantial with stone foundations. There are three or four cellent water, and the River Desbarats meanders ile through the meadow lands to the lake. ition to this there will be provided, for next season , at Kensington Point or on McQueen Island, a , with bed-rooms, artists’ studio, twenty Indian camps, one steam yacht, a sailing yacht, bath house, nh from Kensington Point to the hotel, saddle horses, bark canoes, Peterborough canoes, etc. tural attractions of the place are its wildness and ass, combined with every facility of access by rail. There are here one hundred islands in a e furthest not being over five miles from the railway nd less than three miles from the dock, where a of steamers call. These islands have great variety nd outline. They are situated in a lake of clearest st drinking water. The islands are owned by the 0 Government, and are sold at $5 each and upwards to size, with building conditions, so that speculators hold of them. A camp worth $200 must be built ied sometime during the summer. When this is anty title is issued by the Government to the — Some of these have been bought by gentlemen of yho compose a very attractive local society. ere is enjoyed here open water for yachting, which is, ess, well sheltered, and there are absolutely sheltered d channels among the islands for boating, where i -and children can row to their heart’s content in . The bathing, yachting and boating are din America. is plenty of fishing in Lake Huron itself, although vel are a little too plentifal there. About one mile from fel is an excellent bass lake, and further back are Rod and Gun in Canada 477 several bass and trout lakes very well stocked. Both east and west of this little station in the woods are other stations with excellent fishing within easy reach on foot or by bark canoes. There are pleasant side trips to be made with little expenditure of time or money. One of these is to Lake Temagaming, the heaven of the Algonquin-Ojibway Indians, even as Desbarats is called their playground. There are beautiful drives, both on the mainland and on St. Joseph Island, which is twenty miles long and fourteen wide. Many of the roads are excellent for bicycling. The water in the bays and on the sand beaches is very pleasant for bathing. The water registers about 72 degrees in July, August and the first half of September. The entire region here near the shore of the mainland and among the islands is a paradise for artists and photographers. Views with wonderful color effects on land and water are to be had everywhere. The country is healthy in the extreme ; hay fever is driven out of the system in this climate, residents do not know what it is. The most enjoyable seasons at Desbarats are in the months of May, from the Ist to the end; July, from the 5th; all of August, September and wp to the middle of October. June is the least attractive moath on account of the mosquitoes, which leave in July. Fishermen expect to get flies and mosquitoes in the fishing season. Flies will not frighten them away in June, but to those to whom flies are very objectionable, June is a month to be avoided, except on MeNab and McQueen and other small islands on which flies of any kind are never troublesome. The mosquitoes are becoming less troublesome every year as the country becomes inhabited. Desbarats is becoming famous because of the annual presentation of the drama of Hiawatha, which is the Ober- Ammergau of the Ojibways. % How to Build a Bark Canoe. By Henry Braithwaite, written by F- H. Risteen, The best time of year to get bark suitable fora birch canoe is July. This is what is known as summer bark, which can be peeled from about the middle of June till the middle of August ; winter bark from April 1st to Oct. 1st. Winter bark is really the firmer and stronger for the purpose of building a canoe, but it is now very scarce and hard to find. Some summer bark has good wearing quality ; more of it is shelly and wears right out. In looking for bark suitable for a canoe there is no trouble in finding it wide enough but it is difficult to find it long enough and free from knots and blemishes. How do I make a bark canoe? First, I clear off a piece of ground perfectly-level the length of the canoe, rounding it up a little in the centre to fit the shape of the canoe. Next I make the frames or gunwales of the canoe, then I lay the bark on the ground with the inside downwards; lay my gunwale frame on top of that, weight it with stones or other weights to press it as solidly as possible. Then turn the edges of the bark up and drive stakes all around the gunwale from 2 to 3 feet apart, tying the tops together with cedar bark, spruce roots or any kind of string. Then if your bark is not wide enough, as is usually the case, you have to sew a piece on each edge in the centre of the canoe to make her deep enough. This will require some hours work. When all this is done she wants to be left a day or so to get the bark in press to give it the mould. Then you sew your pieces on the sides where the bark is not wide enough for the sides of the canoe. Then you raise your gunwales about eight inches in the centre up the 478 stakes towards the top of the bark. Of course at the bow and stern you raise them more to give them the proper curve and mould on top and still keep the weights well on the bottom so as to preserve the shape of the canoe. I should have said that as soon as the canoe is in press, you go to work and make your ribs and that gives the bark time to form. It will take a day and a half to get them made ani bent. Cedar makes the best ribs. Sometimes we have to use fir, but it is very hard to make a good job of it unless you have a steam box. make the canoe, of course, any size you like. The average size is about 18 feet long, 8 inches deep in the centre and about 30 to 32 inches wide. Exact dimensions are a matter of fancy. I face my canoes inside with pitch with a layer of cotton on top of that. This strengthens the canoe, and if you break a hole through the bark there is something behind it. Besides, it adds practically nothing to the weight. To build a bark canoe takes from 4 to six days according to your chances and the material you have to work with. After you have raised the gunwales and given the canoe tke right mould on top, you draw the bark up tight and bend it over the gunwales and tack it down, and then you put in a top strip and nail it to the gunwale, also a side piece of cedar or fir along the sides of the gunwale. When this is all complete, you take your weights out and turn your canoe up side down and shake out all the dirt, chips and shavings. She is now practically complete except the frame. Turn her over again on asmooth bottom, puta bunch of moss or shavings under the bow end of her and spring it upa little. This is the time when you put on your facing of pitch and cotton. When that is done you lay strips of cedar or fir about one tenth of an inch thick lengthways of the canoe, each of them being made a little over half the length of the canoe, so they will lap over in the centre, where the ends want to be shaved off so as to make the joint as neat and level as possible. Then you commence at the end of the canoe fitting in your ribs. You get the right guage after you have cut one or two. You slip them in under the gunwales and drive them in place witha mallet—a half round mallet with flat side. Keep on driving the ribs until you get to about the centre of the canoe then you reverse the ends and commence at the other end again. When that is done all you have to do is to turn your canoe up, put the pitch on her and fix the ends. The Indians use strips of cedar split to fit the shape of the bow, but I prefer a spruce, cedar or fir root made to fit the shape of your bow and stern. I set that in and then tack the bark solidly to it. Rosin and cotton are then put over the bark at the bow, and if you want to make a good job of it, it is better to place a piece of zinc over that, letting it run well under the bow to guard against striking stones &c. when you are going ashore. 1 Chips. By C. A. B. No more interesting bird is found in the Canadian back- woods than the loon. Each little lake holds its pair of breeding birds in summer, but, unless in the case of exceptionally large sheets, there is rarely more than the one couple. The nest isa mere depression in the moist moss, and is never found except upon an island. Two eggs are laid early in June. The young, éven when no larger than pigeons, dive with great ease, and show remarkable endurance. They may, however, be run down in ten minutes, if pursued without intermission by a well handled canoe. Each time the bird appears, shout at it, and splash with the paddle; it immediately dives, and at length Rod and Gun You can* ‘the interesting statement in regard to black bass tI in Canada becomes nearly asphyxiated. . Under no, circumstance ~ or unsound, will a loon, young or old, seek the land chased. The deepest water is always sought. It ig October before the young loons can fly. The moth solicitous as to their welfare until they are able to tal . but after that the old birds do not seem to recognize t spring. The quantity of fish loons capture is very great would be well for the fisheries were they reduced in mt Netting is the only practical way of getting the old bird ‘Sad A large carriage sponge is very useful on a cano Birch barks always leak, sooner or later, and the t usually employed as a bailer fails to keep the canoe as it cannot take up the last few pints from betw: By leaving the sponge in the stern it absorbs the enters, so that an occasional squeeze over the side e canoe. LJ The angler should preserve, for scientific exami unusual fish. In a great many wilderness lakes t species unsuspected by the museum naturalists. | summer a fish was taken in Lake Temiskaming, which the “‘ oldest inhabitant’? had never seen. Th who caught it, promptly put it in the frying pan ; the many arare prize. Any angler of an enquiring turn ol should be provided with a small quantity of some p so as to save anything of value he may. catchy: following receipts are valuable :— a (1) Acetate of soda (dry). Dusted over the 1 fis should then be wrapped in cotton cloth. (2) Formaldehyde (solution ; 1 part to 19 ofa ) to be bottled in this, if possible; if not, soak fish, cotton and keep moist. (3) Alcohol (solution ; ‘2 parts to 1 of wate directed for (2). “ * Never be without a book to read in camp. "Tab cut-and-come-again sort. ee Should you happen to find yourself by a lake, full of fish, that will not take any notice of fly, b which sometimes happens while the water is warn catch many a one by the following device. Shoot small animal (a shellduck is best ; and they ought anyway), throw it into the hot schon and singe thoroughly. Sink it by a stone and string, after ha and bruised it with the axe, in some promising spot, ground bait. A few hours afterwards, approach ve and throw your fly, or bait, over the defunct duck. be almost certain of a rich reward. This plan is most k the bait is sunk overnight, and the spot visited at s In view of the increased importance of the st and the rapid destruction of this valuable com Professor Prince, of the Fishery Department, Ottay wa, mends the establishment of a close season for it. The p also recommends that the close season for bass and mas be changed, so to make it from April 1st to July 1st. Mr. Oak, of Maine, at the meeting of January North American Fish and Game Protective Associ parent bass will protect their young until such time think they are able to take care of themselves, when tl turn round and eat the same pig fish. FORESTRY ” is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. =. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and cretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. -—R. H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. TRY CONFERENCE AT KINGSTON. nee on Forestry was held at Queen’s University, etor of the New York State College of Forestry. W gave a very interesting sketch of the development ‘from the carboniferous era up to the present day, interesting illustration of how forests had been d destroyed successively, he showed a cut of two et in Yellowstone Park, which displayed fifteen above another, which had been successively lava eruptions. Some ofthe trees in these forests six feet in diameter, and parts of the trunks of the thirty to forty feet are in existence. The lecturer io show the struggle made by the trees with the force nd other conditions, as shown by the mangrove on and the bald cypress in the Southern swamps, aim the land and prepare the way for succeeding : cactus and mesquite, the pioneers in the dry, hot 2 south-west ; and the mosses and lichens, followed es and ericaceous plants, which prepare the way growth in the most northerly districts. The eter of the tree growth of the different portions of nerica was also illustrated by scenes from the luxuriant the Southern States and the magnificent giants of Coast to the far north where the last few straggling : are left looking out over the barren lands to the snows of the North Pole. The contrast was then shown e proper methods of handling the forest crop and methods which have been so largely followed in up till the present time. At the conclusion of the 1 hearty vote of thanks was given to Dr. Fernow, and speakers referred to the desirability of the establish- 2 a School of Forestry in Canada. The Hon. Mr. |, Minister of Education, stated that he was delighted hat the question of Forestry was ‘receiving attention at ey: Queen’s, he said, had the reputation of under- new projects, and it would be a grand thing for the ‘ were a school established at Kingston. Tuesday morning a discussion of the practicability of tion of improved forestry methods in Ontario was the beginning of this discussion an address was . Fernow, which was substantially as follows : ® broadest definition of forestry is the rational treat- BE Soresta. But what is rational? It may be perfectly 0 a al to burn up a forest or to cut itdown. Rational means plication of reason, judgment, skill‘ knowledge. The aise is that you really mean to have a forest, to have it manency. The agriculturist who removes the forests ke of his crops is not practising forestry, but he is —S — = = OD S SS ue ee ee oe ee {SY ON SR IS. ST sc 4 ee 3 , —~ @ ? Rod and Gun in Canada 479 rational. The rational treatment of forests refers to the use ot forests as such ; the object which is in view and the use which is made of them. A forest answers several purposes which may be stated broadly as: first, protection of the soil ; second, game preserves ; third, business forests. There is a different object in view in each of these. A business forest is for the raising of wood crops. Forestry is the business of raising wood crops as much as agriculture is of raising food crops. Is it necessary to apply any ski! or knowledge for this purpose ? We have natural forests. If there is a small population and large resources of forests, it would be ridiculous to go into forest raising as a business. The necessity of such application appears only on the basis of statistics of supply and demand, and results from the improper use of the natural resources of the forest. There are different degrees of skill and knowledge that may be applied under different conditions. The first simple knowledge is that if we burn the forest we cannot use it. Protection from fire is therefore the beginning. When you grow a wood crop you care for the future, for you will not harvest it in your own lifetime. In considering the lumber supply the coniferous trees are the most important. The annual supply of lumber in the United States is forty billion feet, and two-thirds of this is coniferous material. The deciduous trees may therefore be left out of consideration. No exact calculation can be made, but it is probable that the supply of coniferous trees in Canada and the United States may last for ten or fifteen years. The calculation depencs upon so many changeable data that an exact estimate cannot be made. For instance, within a short time the standard of logs that are merchantable changed from twelve to eight inches, which made a considerable increase in the supply which is available at the present time. ~~ at; Professional forestry has two sides, There is the producing side and the business side. There is technical knowledge required to produce the material and business. knowledge to produce the revenue. Silviculture is the treatment of wood crops or forestry in practice. Thé.knowledge required for this purpose is botanical. You have to know the crop you are going to raise. You must know the species. There are four hundred and fifty species of trees in the United States and Canada. A selection from these must be made. There -are tree weeds as well as other kinds of weeds. Nature has not had the economical point in view and has therefore. not always made selection of the most profitable species. The second ‘thing is the condition for growing a crop: the plant, the soil and the climate. You must know the soil. In connection with the New York School of Forestry we have thirty thousand acres of land covered with maple, beech, birch, ash, elm, black cherry ; of coniferous trees there are white pine, red spruce, hemlock, cedar and larch. Of the deciduous trees the ash, elm and black cherry are the most valuable, but of these nature retained only a few. We must subdue the larger forest of maple and beech and help along the few. The lumberman takes out the valuable species and leaves the weeds. It should be noted that although trees may not be found in a particular place, it does not follow that they will not grow there. In the Adirondacks we use the European spruce ; first, because it is cheaper. We can get one thousand plants for $1.25, while for the native spruce we have to pay $8 per thousand. Then the European spruce grows faster, produces better material and is better adapted to the climate. Engineering skill is required for removing the crop, in the construction of roadways, etc. Then there is the question of reproduction. Ifthe erop isa natural one you reproduce by removing the old trees and 480 Rod and Gun in Canada leaving the old seed to reproduce. How fast should air and light be given to young seedlings? The reproduction of the beech is a matter of importance in the German forest.. How often does the beech produce good seed’? In different localities it varies from three years to twenty years in the northern country. A few years before the seed year the forester thins out the forest in order to allow air and light to enter and decompose the seed-bed. That takes the place of ploughing in _ agricultural operations. In the Adirondacks it is necessary to open up the forest cover sufficiently to allow the seed to sprout. The first year you must begin to remove the old crop ani give more and more light. Perhaps in five years the seedlings will be ready to be relieved of all shade and the old crop may be taken off entirely, leaving a new forest growth of beech. Of course the entire crop might be cut off at once and the ground resown and replanted. Then there is the question of revenue production. A forester has a business ideal which he calls the normal forest. ‘cut clean and replant. There must be degrees in the of crop to be grown I came to the conclusion that white was the king of the woods and would ‘always be require would also spruce. So my policy was to concentrate o r two with whatever hardwood the land now produce ed. there was no market for hardwood, and it was necegss create a market. I got Gaakalachinaes of staves and alcohol to build a railway to get out the products, The y wood inthe hardwood forest represents nearly three tin bulk what the logs represent. To get rid of this two-thi the difficulty. We solved it by putting the wood aleoh there. A contract was made for a fixed annual supply takes all material down to three inches in diameter. cut the annual output over the whole area, but theshortn my capital requires me to confine my operations. I hay cation of forestry dey i There must be first, Ds otec and afterwards utilization.”’ Dr. Fletcher, the Dominion Entomologist, called oi to the fact that the on necessary is definite kno Fishing Club House, Lac des Bates (Nominingue) When does the crop ripen? There is only one way of deter- mining it, that is by mathematics. When will it be most profitable to cut it isthe main question. The crop takes at least sixty years to make useful timber. In round numbers one hundred years will represent the greatest value of crops. An intermittent businessis not good for forestry any more than for any other business. The ideal forest is one in which there are trees of different ages growing side by side. The wood capi- tal must be preserved and only the interest taken off. Forestry” means the curtailment of the present revenue for the sake of future revenue. The question of profitableness cannot be answered in general. It must be answered in each particular case. The New York College of Forestry has thirty thousand acres which they hold for thirty years. In selecting the tract the first thing I looked for wasa market. I located the tract in relation to two railways in order to have railway competition. It was also located near a river. In considering the question We must find out what we done and what we are and must provide for fo education. The one have to aim at is to ¢ people what we wish to: sentiment in regard to entirely different in this co from what it is in ang To cut a tree there is alm sacrilege. In one Co England, Kent, the pen cutting an ash pole is t tation for life. The t are required for hop they are appreciated o of the knowledge of t One important advance ada is the adoption of ranging system. At estry conference held ii real eighteen years ago stated that over one dollars’ worth of timber was being destroyed — and now we all n improvement by the f we have not the smoke from forest fires which was ly so common. In deciding the question as to a school of forestry is practicable we must consider the time is ripe and the Government will gi money. We have to consider carefully whe time is ripe. The one demand is definite kne We must know what forestry is and what are t branches. We must understand the different § which come into this question. We must haye knowledge. That isa false distinction which is mad what is practical and what it scientific. The man himself practical is usually an ignoramus. Do I lumbermen for cutting their crop, only restraine requirements of the market? No. They may be @ use their resources. Why have the lumbermen the they have been granted? Because we wanted to get off the land. We know that we have land that cou for the growing of trees, but we had not then the definite ledge and information which we have to-day. The work f has been done in Canada is only beginning to bear fruit. mly now that a general interest is being awakened in the st of forestry, and it is important that public opinion | be aroused in the matter. The Government holds back | is forced to take action. It cannot go before public » Assistant Secretary of the Forestry Association spoke s of the phases of the forestry problem in Canada, and ention to the work that the Canadian Forestry Asso- . was trying to do in gathering together information on sstion and awakening interest. : Grant said that in his opinion what was required te and continuous action to keep up an interest in But how was that to be obtained? What we want gather together all these different lines of knowledge them in one centre, until public opinion is stimulated d. This man must be 1 with all who are inter- fies 4 | re 1 6 | ie } c1pa. Rod and Gun in Canada 481 1790-2, and up to the time of the surveys it was an unbroken, dense wilderness of very tall, thrifty trees, mostly hardwood. ‘‘ Unbroken”’ the wilderness was, because there are no swamps or waste places hereabouts where trees would not grow. Among these great, tall, straight, thrifty hardwood trees were scattered white pine trees. By way of comparison of those occasional pines with the pine regions of the north, these pines were giants and of the very best quality. My forbear came here from about Boston, Massachusetts, in 1788, fleeing from the most deplorable struggle between the colonies and the Mother Country. Deeds were granted ‘to him by the Imperial Government when the first surveys were made of lands in this locality and at first always upon Lake Ontario shore, Some naval men, it appears, had voyaged along these Lake Ontario shores while that struggle before mentioned was going on, and saw with wondering eyes the enormous, straight, tall, white pine trees along the shore. In those days all the masts in the Royal Navy were of wood, and officers were always ‘the subject. He should those in the lumber hints from them, and would be in a position vice. This would give ystematic effort. sor Goodwin said that do now was to look ground and see how ganize the forces. In lace there is a growing nong the lumbermen can improve their practice. The Dominion ncial Governments have move in the direction of the people in the of trees. The setting forest reserves by the Government and by io Government is edu- One important ques- -a school of forestry is ved, is where the gradu- ld obtain employment. rmation given at the seems to have settled sstion fairly well, but I would like to have some in- miitiom from Dr. Fernow as to how this part of his arrange- las worked out in connection .with the New York I may also suggest that there are a number of ready in the lumber business who might be bene- attending a short course of lectures on the subject, but vould not require to take a full course in forestry. . Fernow stated that he had felt the same difficulty in ig a School of Forestry at Cornell, but they had found yhen the time came for obtaining positions for graduates nd had exceeded the supply. ae” e Re-afforesting Older Ontario. By Thomas Conant, Oshawa, Ont. This part of Ontario about Oshawa and Bowmanville was i settled by white men in 1788. The lands were surveyed in a ae Chebahge Lake, Ontario on the lookout for masts, always difficult to be found tall and straight enough. They found them here, however, and conse- quently all the Crown deeds reserved to the Crown the right at any time to enter and take away pine trees for masts. So far as I know, however, very few pine trees were taken by the Crown. These pines were just lightly squared and sent in rafts down the St. Lawrence to Quebec, along with enormous sticks of rock elm and white oak, and then were taken upon the timber ships to Great Britain. Along with the trade in furs, this timber trade brought the first ready money and prosperity to Upper Canadians. White oak, when not sent off by rafts, was cut into ‘ shooks’’ and sent away to the West Indies for making large casks for molasses and rum. Shooks were white oak strips about five feet long, three inches wide, and one and a half inches thick, and they also brought good money for the - struggling settler here. 482 Sawmills cut up pine not quite good enough for masts, and it found a ready market in cities along the Lake Ontario shore in the United States. White maple, beech, and all other woods were quickly logged and burnt upon the lands. Thus were these lands almost entirely denuded of the forests. Very few copses of the original forest remain. Here and there an old- fashioned landowner, who is not always trying to find out what his last dollar would amount up to, has kept his forest. When such landowners die, these forests are almost invariably offered. for sale by public auction. At the last auction sale here the wood upon the land alone brought one hundred and forty dollars per acre, and there is no limit to the sale at thaj high price. Odd landowners are now turning their attention to re-afforesting these before described denuded lands. As to the whole, one in a thousand would be a fair estimate of those who have been trying so to improve their lands. This is done mainly by planting the young maple in the spring. Going to a grove where the maples have come up thickly from seed, the young maples are dug up and the roots cut off to within a radius of 18 inches from the bole of the tree. In like manner the limbs are cut off, leaving the tree bole quite bare and a straight stem. And while at first they are not pleasant to look upon, being simply bare poles, this plan is found to succeed best. That is to say the limbs must be cut off in proportion as the roots have been cut in digging up the tree. Usually all such tree planting has been done, as I said, in the spring. It is, however, well to remark that latterly our winters have been very broken. Since our lands are denuded of the forests, our snows are not at all to be depended on, and ‘winters frequently pass without snow available for use. Rains have not been held by forests. Fall storms have come, it is true, but the water has run off quickly, while during the pre- ceding summer the lands were heated from the long period of sunlight, and no tarrying waters have cooled them. Manifestly when the snow falls the ground is too warm to retain it, so that it melts and is gone, and not infrequently the frost comes out of the ground in toto during a ‘‘ warm spell’”’ of the winter. For planting trees, then, this is the best possible time, notwith- ‘standing the fact that those planted in the spring have succeeded fairly well. And the cause is not far to seek. Before hot, dry weather comes on, spring rains have washed and solidified the ground about the roots of the young trees and filled every cayity, and when drouth and heat do come they can withstand it bet’er by far than those not so well solidified about the roots by spring planting. Usually they are set in rows about twelve by twelve feet, and invariably they have succeeded. Personally, I have had unqualified success in planting out many hundreds and thousands of maples. Mr. Daniel Lick (deceased), of Oshawa, likewise planted-largely. Of some five acres in one grove they all grew except on some bottom lands therein, subject to floods. Our maples, of which we are so justly proud, will not stand the wet. To .attempt to water trees during a dry time is to court failure. Somehow the trees won’t take the moisture when put on their roots by the bucketfuls. In my own experience watering the maple, hickory and spruce, has been an almost total failure. To stir the ground lightly with a hoe, daily if possible, during a dry, hot time is far better than watering, and very much less trouble. When a forest has been cut off, the old roots of the trees are still in the soil, and they will grow most vigorously if we will let them. In two instances I have caused such forest- Rod and Gun in Canada in reserving forest areas. denuded lands to be fenced and cattle to be kept the One grove of eighteen acres, cut sixteen years ago, no me trees, maple mostly, averaging ten inches in dian sixty feet high. Another grove of eight acres, cut years ago, has run into pine and oak along with maple. of course, have grown most and ure eighteen inches ind while the other trees are quite as good as in the i mi groves. It occurs to me that words are not necessary a desirability of re-afforesting a portion of our old Onta The desirability is, I think, like an axiom whic Indeed, I notice that my tenants are not slow to my efforts at re-afforesting by sowing winter y shelter of groves, and I notice, too, that they u when many exposed fields of fall wheat usually Only two years ago I was in old Spain and hi: their raisin-grape lands. In many parts I found cut off the cork timber. This they did for two re money at once for the cork, which is always ve plant the raisin-grape on the cork-freed lands. Th was, their rains ceased or came so irregularly, tk not grow grapes, as the result of cutting awa To-day there are tens of thousands of acres in are in Arabia, Egypt and the Holy Land, barren which I haye seen and which were brought to. valueless wastes by being deforested. Before this issue reaches our subscribers meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association of the past. A report of proceedings will appear number. The programme includes the follo ‘* Forest Insects,’’ James Fletcher, LL.D., Domi ogist; “ Forestry in British Columbia,” J. Deputy Minister of Agriculture for British Colam Management in New Brunswic:; W. P. Fley Surveyor General for New Brunswick ; “ The P Relation to our Forests,’ J. C. Langelier, Sup Forest Reserves for Quebec ; ‘f White Pine and Management,’’ John Bertram, Toronto; “ Fore Planting in the West,’’ E. Stewart, Dominion § of Forestry. : A most interesting report is that of the Dom tendent of Forestry, published in. the annual Department of the Interior. Mr. Stewart functions of governments in connection with ti comes to the conclusion that the Government is This is naturally f description of the timber reserves in the West interesting views from which are included in the importance of tree planting, not solely for th wood, but for the effect on agriculture and for sh is particularly dwelt upon. We hope to give a notice later. een. 2 % a The Winnipeg Forestry Association has been result of the meeting held there recently and hasa the Dominion Association. The officers are: He dent, Lieutenant-Governor McMillan; Presid Bryce; Vice-President, Mr. A. P. Stevens Treasurer, Mr. G. H. Greig ; Directors, Messrs. D. | C. J. Thompson, F. Schultz, E. F, Stephenson, Wn Barelay and R. T. Rielly. permanent decline in the pine lumber products of the ‘mills of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota is graphically rayed by the report of the output of those mills for 1900, c omparative table giving the product by districts and the d totals for aseries of years. These statistics have now sompiled for twenty-eight consecutive years, and form the last year the product passed the eight billion mark and now it has dropped below five anda half billions. nd totals for the last eleven years, in round numbers, follows : 1890, 8,597,000,000 ; 1891, 7,880,000,000 ; 1892, 90,000 ; 1893, 7,326,000,000; 1894, 6,821,000,000; 1895, 000; 1896, 5,726,000,000 ; 1897, 6,233,000,000 ;. 1898, 900; 1899, 6,056,000,000; 1900, 5,485,000,000. The 1 for last year is 5,485 (261,000 feet. @ the last two years there has been every inducement mills to turn out a heavy product; and yet there was a fal Sie off in 1899 as compared with 1898, and a heavy se in 1900. Every resource was strained to make a heavy but without result, except to prove that at last the s of the white pine industry of the northwest, as magnitude, are at hand. With such results it must that the product will decrease annually until it ae where by the adoption of preservative forestry sit can ered be maintained.—American follows pine and where soil is good the growth of the ne is from one and one-half inches to three inches in- diameter in ten years. These measurements were irom trees eight to thirteen inches in diameter. We 1 lumbermen will heartily co-operate with the Govern- leaving all healthy young trees standing where too logs, instead of stripping the ground as they do.— die, President of the Ontario Lumbermen’s Associ- 43 Canada Lumberman reports that the Sault Ste. Marie ce, balsam and tamarack, and paying $2.50 per cord ed at the Soo.- Ifthis refuse can be disposed of in this at a profit, one of the difficulties in the way of the adoption er system of forestry will be removed andthe clearing > débris made possible will do much to prevent the of fire. The San Jose Scale Act passed on the 18th March, 1898, yes authority for the prohibition of the importation of any shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, cutting of buds, commonly i nursery stock, from any country or place to which the yplies. By Order-in-Council of the same date the Act is d to apply to the United States of America, Australia, n, and the Hawaiin Islands, and the following classes of Paisexcmpted from its operation :—(a) greenhouse plants | the exception of roses or any other woody plants ; () perennials; (c) herbaceous bedding plants ; (d) ers; (e) bulbs and tubers. By Order-in-Council of 6th , 1901, a relaxation of the prohibition is made and all aCe BOUs v Rod and Gun and d Paper Company are said to be buying the refuse of. in Canada 483 importations thereof are permitted to be entered at the Customs Ports only of St. John, N. B., St. Johns, Que., Niagara Falls and Windsor, Ont., and Winnipeg, Manitoba, between the following dates in each year: 15th March to 15th May in the spring, and 7th October to 7th December, in the autumn ; and at Vancouver, British Colurabia, during the winter months only from 15th October to 15th March, at which ports they will be thoroughly fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas by a competent government official in accordance with the most approved methods. All shipments made in accordance with the above will be entirely at the risk of the shippers or consignees, the Goverment assuming no risk whatever. Packages must be addressed so as to enter Canada at one of the above named ports of entry, and the route by which they will be shipped must be clearly stated upon each package. As it is well known that well matured and thoroughly dormant nursery stock may be safely treated, but that there is danger of serious injury to the trees if fumigated in the autumn before tl.e buds are thoroughly dormant, or in the spring after the buds have begun to unfold, all stock which when received is immature or too far advanced for safe treatment will be refused entry and held at the risk of the shipper. 3 The secretary of the Ontario Lumbermen’s Association, in his report presented at the meeting held at Toronto recently, comes to the conclusion that the price of white pine is likely to remain firm if it does not increase. He quotes the following figures for the Georgian Bay District: Total quantity produced, 1899, 351,000,000 feet; 1900, 476,000,000 feet; increase 125,000,000 feet ; decrease in product in Michigan mills hitherto supplied with Canadian logs, 92,282,000 feet; net increase, 82,718,000 feet. Decrease for 1900 in product of mills in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, which compete in the same market, 478,603,000 feet. The estimated production of the Georgian Bay District for 1901 is 501,900,000 feet, an increase of 25,900,0). The estimate of the Crown Lands Department of the cut of pine over the whole of Ontario for this season is 750,000,000 feet, an increase over last year of 100,000,000 feet. Mr. Nelson O. Tiffany, President of the Erie County Society for the Study and Protection of Song Birds, Fish and Game, points out a clerical errorin our last issue. In our report of the meeting of the North American Fish and Game Protective Association we gave the wording of the latter part of section one, article three, as follows : ‘‘Any fish or game association in Canada may be repre- sented in this Association by as many of their members as they duly accredit thereto, etc.”’ The words in Canada should, of course, be stricken out, as all societies, whether having their headquarters in Canada or in the United States, are equally welcome. ra One of the worst of our Canadian poachers is the merganser, usually spoken of by the back settlers as the ‘* shell duck.’’ From the day they emerge from the egg the young mergansers prey unceasingly upon fishes. They seem to have no preference and devour indiscriminately young salmon, trout, bass, pike, whitefish and chub. A charge of shot is never wasted if it has been fired at ashell duck, but after August 1 comparatively few allow themselves to be caught within range. The season for thinning the broods is from June 20 to July 25. The loons and mergansers together do far more damage to our fisheries than any one would think, unless he had studied the habits of the birds. 484 DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA & & 4 & PUBLISHED MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Seah ans ONE YEAR, - - = % oh - F S1x MONTHS, - . - eer i 2 = PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ONE DOLLAR. FIrty CENTS. ADVERTISING RATES: Two DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. A discount of 15 per cent. on annual contracts, Communications on all topics pertaining to fishing, shooting, pectin the kennel and amateur photography, will be welcomed and published, if satisfactory. All communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, however. ease RopD AND GUN IN CANADA does not assume any responsibility for, or necessarily endorse, any views expressed by contributors in these columns. All communications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. Taken all in all, it will be conceded by most Canadian sportsmen, that the game and fishery laws of New Brunswick are eminently common-sense and practical. They are not perfect but they are considerably nearer perfection than those of the other provinces and territories—and, as the New Brunswick authorities readily admit, the provincial laws are almost identical with those of the State of Maine, from which they were derived. New Brunswickers, as well as their fellow-country- men, owe a debt of gratitude to the farseeing and enlightened Maine men who have done so much for game protection ; there is not a province in Canada which would not benefit by a little sensible game law legislation. The Report of the Maine Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game for 1900, makes most interesting reading; it forms an admirable model for our official documents. As far back as 1867 a resolution was passed by the legislature relative to the restoration and protection of sea and inland fisheries—there were already a few men, wise and far-seeing enough to discern that the State had a valuable resource in its fish and game, and that they must be given some protection. From the passing of this resolve to the present time it has been the settled policy of the State to enact and enforce needful, restrictive and protective laws for the propagation and protection of its fish and game, and there has been an appropriation made by the legislature annually for that purpose. The State went into fish hatching in 1868, buying the first salmon eggs from us at a cost of $44.80 a thousand, and to-day salmon have become so abundant in the tidal waters of Maine that any quantity of eggs may be obtained at a cost of $1 a thousand. The Commissioners would like an appropriation of $25,000 for fish propagation and protection, and it is quite possible they may get it ere long, They say ‘“‘Our fish is worth more to our people than the game. Although the game of Maine is well worth preserving and affords a good revenue to the State, yet we believe that the fish is many times more valuable than the game. Given the means,. fish can be artificially propagated without limit, game cannot; nothing can be done for that except protection, which is very difficult in a large part of the State, as itis scattered over a very large territory.”’ Rod and Gun in Canada From a commercial point of view a State can rarely made a better investment than did Maine, when she wise aside certain monies for game and fish protection, Tr there were twelve hundred private cottages and six ht hotels, hunting lodges and camps in the State which never have been built had there been no such things ¢ and deer. These buildings, together with their ft and attendant boats and canoes, have cost more thar million dollars. To these come each season visito number is variously estimated by those best qualified t as from fifty to two hundred and fifty thousand, an emallest amount of each one’s average expenses could ha: placed at less than $50, so from two and a half to ty a half millions of dollars must be left in Main sportsmen attracted by her game and fish. All the trustworthy authorities incline to the greater total. __ * aa The following extract from the Maine Farmer i ticularly commended to those who represent our { farmers in the various legislatures: ‘From the mome visitors step upon the soil of Maine until they depart, t spending money, and when the dollars are in ¢ everybody getsa share. Three times a day the ery up, and through the invigorating influence of pi exercise it proves no less as the days pass. Here benefit the farmers are realizing from the generous ¢ which has been given the State by railroads and hot In some country towns, the home market is the best State, and everywhere it is more active because of th influx from the cities.’’ x ira A Maine moose may not be shot, lawfully, until it h tines or prongs to its horns. It isclaimed, and rightl that the value of a moose is not in its carcass, but asa of the chase, that while its meat is not worth more th real value in not less than $500, seeing that this repres average sum spent by the sportsman who is s fortunate to secure one. * In eonclusion the Commissioners say: “It generally admitted that Maine has the best code of of any in existence, and many states and other cot rapidly patterning after them. After the peo familiarized themselves with them we do. not deem make frequent changes, ‘tinkering the laws’ s avoided as much as possible.”’ i It is very encouraging that a healthy sentiment i itself in Ontario against the killing of deer in the provision making such slaughter illegal is already in operating admirably in the Indian Peninsula of the Bruce. There were 5,600 licensed deer hunters in woods last season, and tke lowest possible estimate bagged is 6,500 ; this is a heavy strain upon the stoc but the forests are so extensive that the game can pro its own, provided the butchery of helpless animals i 1 Quail are said to be growing few in number in th of Essex and Kent, Ontario. The open season is noj September 15 to November 15, but Mr. T. L. Pardoe, for West Kent, intends introducing a bill into the. Legislature shortening the season by a month, | advocates the removal of any protection for hares, as th too numerous and do considerable damage ; moreover th said to be increasing somewhat rapidly. a ae “ae MATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Conducted by H. McBean Johnstone s to the twenty-year professional as to the twenty- ur. I have run the query column in one of the teur journals for about four years now, and I know re, and just where the erring lambs have gone astray. trouble, in fact, the trouble of which the others are Basta, is that the amateur simply won’t follow 8. Maybe he thinks that the plate manufacturers just wrinted slips of directions because it somehow manages them pleasure, or perhaps he thinks it is just done for s sake because it is customary. Well, that’s right fool yourself, amateur. Those directions have all lly studied out in order that a developer may be d with ingredients in the proportions that will agree e ingredients used in the making of the film with plate is coated. And then the other directions such ing to temperature and illumination of the dark tended to be followed too. That is if you want atives. it three weeks ago an amateur acquaintance of mine > me with a long tale of woe of how all the plates he had ped during the last month had been covered with a thin g. They had made printable negatives, you under- ‘ somehow they seemed to lack that brilliancy so } fin good negative. Icould not understand it. I knew 6 be an earnest and careful worker and to follow the ns given to the best of his ability. Where could the Well, to cut a long story short, we took his camera out and made an expcsure and then went up to his room to develop it. Dark-room appeared to be all right, d for a while I couldn’t locate the trouble. Finally I jim what plate he was using and the cat was out of the socromatics,”’ he said. ‘‘Why, you idiot,’’ I cried, g since you quit using Cramer Banner? This ruby oder your results are fogged.’”” Yet in the ordinary sense of : word he was what I would call a very careful worker. ther fault I find to be very common among amateurs, not so among professionals, is a too sparing use of the ig brush. Most amateurs have one—they get it on the Jecause the salesman said it was a necessity—and they ; laying on the table with the rest of their tools. I the reason they keep it laying there is to give it plenty rtunity to gather dust and hypo and whatever else may e Now let me suggest a little scheme—or rather not st but recall it, for I picked it up out of a journal some ago myselfi—have your brush hanging from the ceiling by 300d stout cord, so that it is about on a level with your elbow, por have reduced its power of accumulating dust to a tum as well as haying fixed it so that it can be found when eeded. I know of nothing more aggravating than to be le to find the dusting brush when you have your plate box ders open and all ready to load. It’s apt to make a feel like saying ——! ——!!——!!! Just a word on its Rod and Gun in Canada u have is about twice too strong for an isocromatic. No . 455 use. Nineteen out of twenty amateurs seize it and run it hurriedly across the face of the dry plate and imagine that they have improved matters. Well, they haven’t. They have instantaneously electrified the surface so that all the loose particles of dust in the air are thereby attracted and the condi- tion of the plate is worse than if you had let it alone. You have to run it across slowly and lightly to remove the dust. And say, do you dust out your plate holder each time, just the same as you dust off your plate? No? Well, you should, or if you don’t you might just as well be without a dusting brush, because that little holder can hold more than the plate. It can hold enough dust to create a most magnificent pinhole effect. I know pinhole photograms are said to be very effective, but not this kind, During the summer months, if you take a picture, and then re-pack the plate for davelopmant a couple of months later, you will have to be careful in the re-packing. I saw a box of pines done up once and a piece of newspaper laid on top of each one as it was put in, to prevent its scratching from contact with the next, and I remember the day we opened the box how one snap-shot of a drunken old toper clinging affectionately to a lamp-post, bore the word in big reversed letters across the top, ‘“McKinley.”’ Investigation showed that the paper that had been in contact with that plate had a heading on it with McKinley’s name in big letters. Another thing you’ll have to be wary of, is finger marks. I know you are careful not to touch the film with perspiring fingers, but are you as careful about the backs? I guess not. And then you put your plates away, all of the film side down as you would negatives, and the consequence is that when you come to develop you find great big finger marks on your choicest negative. It’s always the best that is spoiled, you know. You can easily remedy this by packing them film to film. I remember getting a letter once from a chap who wanted to know what the little brown specks were all over his negative. Of course I’m expected to know all these things without ever seeing the negatives. If I didn’t I wouldn’t be running a query column. Well, I sent for the negative and examined it and for a few minutes was just about as puzzled as he was himself. The cause was so simple that I couldn’t think of it. ‘Then I wrote to him and told him to tie a piece of cotton flannel over the faucet to keep back the pipe rust and sand, and after each negative was thoroughly washed to rinse it off and gently pass a soft wet sponge over its surface—taking care, of course, that the sponge was really very soft and wet. That fixed his trouble all right, but its surprising how a little thing like that will often prove a big stumbling block. Iam frequently asked why it is that some negatives are more brilliant than others, and occasionally I am sent two negatives for comparison. The first question I always ask is, ‘Were both exposed correctly ?’’? and usually that locates the disturbance. It is also well to remember that thorough fixing and thorough washing followed by quick drying assists greatly in the producing of a fine printing quality, and that if the negative is weak then it can be re-wet and dried in a slight heat to intensify it. This plan will often answer too, where it is desired to only slightly intensify a negative. How many negatives do you develop at once? One or six? When you started you only developed one, of course, but now you are getting bolder, and you’re running up—two, three, four—just whatever you happen to have on hand when you start work. Now, do you think you can produce as good results and watch four or five as you can where you only have one in your tray? O yes, I know that Mr. Shinitype, the pro- 486 fessional, develops five or six at a time, and makes good negatives, too; but, my dear friend, Mr. Shinitype is quite satisfied if he secures a certain amount of excellence in his results, and as long as his customers are pleased why shouldn’t he be? He’s not working for the advancement of his art. Not much. It’s his pocket that he’s looking after. Anyhow, old Miss Jones will never know that he could have improved on her phiz if he had just given it a little care during development. And as long as she doesn’t know it she’s not going to make a * kick, is she? So why shouldn’t he save time? But you’re not that way or.if you are you shouldn’t be. You should be looking for the opportunity to improve on each detail of each negative and you certainly can’t do that if you go at it ina wholesale way. I think that there are more half bad negatives turned out each year by amateurs just through trying to hurry than from any other cause—and you know amateurs do make a lot of failures from other causes too.. No, sir, you go back to your small tray and develop one negative ata time and see how your work will commence to improve. It can’t help it. But I’m not going on to give the various ways of treating weak negatives, or strong negatives, or yellow and mottled negatives or negatives that are failures from a hundred and one other causes. Why should I? Doesn’t every plate manufac- turer do it in the printed slip of directions he issues. Yes, sir, he does, and that’s just what I want to impress upon you. He puts out directions suitable for the manipulation of his plates, and if you will insist on trying to use somebody’s developer on somebody else’s plates, you certainly have no cause for complaint when you get inferior results, Now, this is the beginning of a century and the time for making good resolutions. The best resolution that every amateur photographer can make is to ‘‘ follow directions.’’ And right to the letter, too—that’s what they’re there for.—H. McBean Johnstone in ‘‘ Camera Craft.” /- A Puzzled Photographer. A photographic journal tells the story of a trick recently played on a portrait artist. A man came to the studio to have his portrait taken. The photographer’s assistant attended him. Two plates were exposed and then the assistant went into the dark room to develop them. Presently he returned and asked for another sitting, explaining that two spoiled plates had been accidentally used. Two more exposures were made and the assistant after a few minutes in the dark room, came out witha pale face and hurriedly went in search of the photographer. On his arrival he told the sitter that there was a peculiar mark on each of the photographs which his assistant had taken, and asked to sit again, when he would operate himself. The sitting was granted, but with no better success. The photographer was in despair. He showed the plates, each of which bore the same blemish. It was a well defined skull and cross bones on the forehead of the sitter. The photographer said he was not a superstitious man, but that kind of thing frightened him, and he would not attempt to take another likeness of his patron. The explanation given of the matter is that the young man is a druggist and had been playing a joke on the photographer. Bisulphate of quinine is a chemical which is white in the naked eye, but seen black by the camera. Anything that is painted on the skin, therefore, with the chemical will be ordinarily invisible, but will come out prominently in a photograph.— Professional Photographer. There’s nothing like good clean dishes, such as developing and toning trays to help to turn out good work. You can spoil the very best of work by a little filth. *Nuf sed. Rod and Gun in Canada — reflected light. ‘For occasional enlargement work it is entirely un A Postcard Novelty. It consists in printing, by the ferro-prussiate process, backs of postcards, leaving sufficient space for writing space is then darkened by exposure to light, and the y done when the prints are finished and dry, with a pen « in a solution of caustic potash—the writing appearing br. white on the blue ground. It has the merit of novelty, practicable and costs next to nothing. With a little tas the postcards can be made to have quite an artistic ap) pe The sensitizing solution consists of :— A.—Potass. ssuie enti eee Water ee oo 5s Crea ha 0s weet B.—Ammonia citrate of iron............. Be WV MOOT 6 occ0s pane sal eave eee Tae Keep in the dark and when required for use A with one part B. Coating is done with a tuft of © applied lengthwise and crosswise. It is best to do i it and the cards can be left to dry at a distance from a fire, as quick drying gives brilliant results. — glazed postcards. Printing should be carried on till shadows assume a ‘copying ink pencil’? apy After printing it is only necessary cards in water till the high lights become clear. A fine point should be used for writing, and a little ¢ added to the caustic solution to make it flow e Toner in the ‘‘Am. Photo.” * The Scrap Bag. Very serviceable trays can be made from One can take some squares along when touring and on to a folding frame when wanted and thus econ pay out six or eight dollars for two large trays, as perfectly serviceable and lasts a long time. Edward W. Newcombe says that “ pants”” and are the two most vulgar words he knows of. ‘ trousers and take photograms.’’ Good boy, Ned. If you have a box of negatives or lantern slides, 2 to always keep them in the same order without t brain too much, just fill the box full, index it brushful of glue paint run a diagonal across the having been done, an erroneous replacement, it is out of the question. What’s all this talk about ‘‘artistic’? and photography? It means ‘“‘fuzzy types,’’ does let’s drop it all and commence to make pictures trying to hide our bad workmanship by printi wrong side of the negative. Other fellows do it. we? ; When you have made an exposure use one lawyer’s seals (the seal is red, not the lawyer), make sure of the fact that the plate is exposed. exposure on it, the subject, if you care to, and sti on the holder in such a manner as to make iti open the holder again. See? That E. W. W. spotting medium is the one kind on the market that will spot a negative up so yc tell where the scratch was. And an amateur can U after he has once ‘tried it. You know there’s nor earth why you — have your photograms all e ( pin holes. A couple of days ago I landed in an amateur’s dark-room set me thinking. Or to be more correct, it was the dirt not the dark-room that I thought about. Why not clean nee inawhile? It pays. Now, you spill a dish of hypo er bother to wash it up. May be you think that’s the . Well, itain’t. The blooming stuff dries up and the erystallizes into a fine dust and gets into the developing ng frames and everywhere else. A stitch in time don’t like too much ‘‘ yaller flesh tints’? in mine. ‘© use spoiling a good platinum print with mercury. hia, thus tinted, appeals to me, but ’tis certainly e practice save in the most expert hands. at danger in interior work will be under-exposure d lighting. Never take an interior with strong ynt ofthe camera unless you use a non-halation n the light should be screened by a shade, an better for you. And keep to a two solution ways. You havyen’t much control over one that is graphic Times, says: ‘‘ Regularly, on the approach read in one or more of the photographic journals . . hing is of a more or less monotonous white to the , Somehow, it is the kodaker—the pocket kodaker nost careless of all photographers, who seem to take ered advice most to heart, and with loaded kodak out, with every fresh fall of snow, to waste another Yea, verily, the desire for snow-covered landscapes more disheartening failures than any other subject I . And all for the want of a little common sense. been told, or we have read, often enough that reflecting require a quicker exposure than an ordinary wooded and that a sky covered with light clouds, such as we ‘in winter, gives out a stronger light than a blue, sky. Consequently, with the average snow-landscapes, need to use a very rapid shutter and a very small stop ragm opening. With lots of fresh snow on the ground sun shining fairly briskly, towards the end of January, a.m., I have found that f-128 and the speed set at 100 is not 100th part of a second, mind you) on a Unicum er will give me a pretty fairly timed exposure. The ‘ity of failures, however, result from over-exposure. The ner reads in the instruction book (save the mark), which ies his camera, that in winter the sun is very much than in summer, and that exposures must consequently much longer during the short, cold days. Nothing is out the strong reflecting action of the snow, and the tless beginner accordingly gives half-minute exposures he twenty-fifth part of a second would suffice. The non- n or double-coated plate is perhaps the best to use for nes. The latitude in exposure is so great with these t @ may oyer-expose to a considerable extent and still get @ very passable negative.’’ Rod and Gun in Canada ent issue of the Camera, Mr. Juan C. Abel, ex-editor - e particularly when the snow is lying on the ground | 487 As an old hypo bath or as worn out gold bath often works hardship to plates and paper and fills the amateur with anguish over the spoiled negatives or batch of prints, so will a weak and worn out developer often give the amateur negatives that are inferior. If new baths are essential to work along other lines of photography, why should not the new and fresh developer work better and give better results than one that has been partially worn out by previous use. When you make an exposure on a man five feet from your camera, always try to remember that you’ve got to give a longer exposure than if he was twenty-five feet away. And don’t give hazy landscapes or distant. mountains too long an exposure. There is not enough ‘‘ doctoring”’ of negatives done by the Americans. A little blue patted on the heavy shadows on the back, a smooth piece of cepa (a very fine transparent tissue) pasted over the front of the frame and touched up a trifle with gumbage, a brushful of spotting color, etc., etc., might make you all open your eyes. Did it ever strike you that stock dealers get tired of answering questions? It didn’t? Well, they do. I wasina supply store a day or two ago when an amateur came in and bought a pound of hypo. Then he asked the clerk if he could develop with hypo. The clerk (Heaven help him), said ‘yes.’ Goodness knows whether he tried it or not, but if he did I’d like to see the results. Don’t know as I'd like to hear the result though. ; The height of the camera relative to the head of the sitter is a matter of importance. Beginners often use an ordinary tripod, of height about five feet, and place their figure seated, and bring the camera far too close to the sitter. The result isa deformity of the figure and an earthquake-like effect of the ground. Asa rule the height of the lens for head and shoulders should be about on a level with the middle of the head. For a standing full length figure, the lens may come about opposite the chin. If the camera is above the head it seems to give a humpy-back high-shoulder effect. If it is too low, the neck may come unduly long and the head look too large about the lower part. It is seldom pleasant to show the under part of the nose and nostrils. . Correspondence, Correspondence should be addressed to Hubert McBean Johnstone, Box 651, Sarnia, Canada. Say, you fellows, I wish you wouldn’t write on both sides of your paper, or else number ’em, or fix it somehow so that I can find out where I’m at. Royal Mary.—Rodinal is a good developer, but I rather think that if I were you I would prefer a two-solution mixture. One has more control over it. A. M. Carple.—The speed of the No. 6 Low shutter when set for instantaneous work is about one-fifth second. Bert.—An hour ought to be long enough to wash prints. Of course I take it for granted that you wash them in running water. Johnson.—Paint labels on bottles with melted paraffine wax. While not permanent this will last for some time. Jones (testily)—‘‘I say, mister, your dog has bitten my boy severely. What are you going to do about it?”’ Brown (mildly)—“ Well, sir, if the dog don’t get sick I won’t do anything about it.” 488 Conducted by ‘Bob White” SOME FAVORITE LOADS. To those who load their own shells, the formulagiven by the . Winchester Arms Co., as being the loads adopted by some of the champion trap shooters of America, in their little pamphlet, “The Trap Shooter’s Guide,’ will be interesting. For the benefit of our readers we give the loads, as follows : Elliot’s Live Bird Load.—Winchester Leader Shell, 12- gauge, 2}-in. long, 43 grains Hazard ‘‘ Blue Ribbon ’’ smokeless powder, 1} oz. No. 7} Tatham chilled shot. Wadding: One 12-gauge Winchester nitre felt wad and one 9}-gauge §-inch Rod and Gun THE GUN in. Canada Crosby’s Live Bird Load.—Leader shell, 12-gauge, § long, 48 grains of E. C. smokeless powder No. 1, 1} oz. of No,’ Tatham chilled shot. Wadding: Three 12-gauge }-inch bl ; edge wads over powder, and one ‘‘C’’ card over shot. ‘ Orosby’s Target Load.. Leader shell, 12-gauge, 3-in. I 44 grains of E. ©. smokeless powder No. 1, 1} oz. of Ne Tatham chilled shot. Wadding: One 12-gauge greas se-] and three 12-gauge }-in. black edge wads over the pow ry one ‘‘C”’ card over the shot. 4 TORONTO TRAPS. Dufferin Club’s Shoot. The Dovercourt and the Brunswick Gun Club — amalgamated, and will be known as the Dufferin Gun ( They held their first successful shoot on Saturday, January 2 at 25 targets. Score: R. Waterworth, 24; S. Nowberry, George Mougenel, 22; I. Lawson, 20; C. Mougenel, | Habberly, 17; C. Moore, 7 3 Grainger, 16; J. Patterson, 1. Falls of the Kiamaka, Quebec Winchester white felt wad over the powder, and one 12-gauge Winchester “C’’ card wad over the shot. Elliot’s Target Load.—Leader shell, 12-gauge, 23-in. long, 40 grains Hazard ‘‘ Blue Ribbon”’ smokeless powder, 1} oz. No. 74 Tatham chilled shot Wadding: One 12-gauge nitro felt wad and one 9}-gauge white felt wad over powder, and one 12- gauge ‘‘C’’ wad over the shot. Gilbert’s Live Bird Load.—1l2-gauge Leader shell, 3-in. long, 33 drachms Dupont smokeless powder, 1}:0z. No. 7 Tatham chilled shot. Wadding: One 12-gauge ‘‘C” card wad and three j-in. 1l-gauge black edge wads over powder and one 12-gauge ‘‘C’’ card wad over shot. Gilbert’s Target Load.—12-gauge Leader shell, 23-in. long, 38 grains Dupont smokeless powder, 1} oz. No. 74 Tatham chilled shot. Wadding: One 12-gauge ‘‘C’’ card wad and three }-in. 11-gauge black edge wads over the powder and one ia, nd over the shot. Turner, 15; Fred! Peacock, 16 Currie, 13. 4 The Stanley Gun Clut The members of the Stanle Club have been making creditable scores lately, som which we give below: : Scores in 5th and 6t Target Series. Sweep No. 1, 10 targets. - Townson, 9 ; Herbert, 9; Plun 9; Friend, 8; Ayres, 7; Wi Sweep No. 2, 10 targets. bert, 9; Plunkett, 9; a“ Ayres, 7; Wilson, 7. Target series, squad Ne targets. —H. Townson, 15; J son, 18; Buck, 15; Edwa Ilerbert, 20; Simpson. 17. No. 2, 25 targets.— MeClu J. Townson, 17; Pearsall, 18 wards, 16; H. Townson Green, 21. Squad No. 3, 25 tai —Green, 19; Alexander, Me: Clure, 17; Buck, 16; Pearsall, 15. Squad No. 4, 25 targets.—Gre 19; Pearsall, 15; McClure, 17; Herbert, 20; Alexan 21; Felstead, 19. ; Score in 7th Target Series. Sweep No. 1, 10 targets.—Simpson, 9; Herbert, 8 Townson, 8 ; Bonaon, 7; Friend, 7 ; James, 7. 5 Sweep Na 2 2,5 mews “there. 5 ; Townson, 4 ; Fel 4; Plunkett, 4; James, 4; Benson, 3. Sweep No. 3,5 arrow. —Charles, 5 ; Townson, 4; 4; Benson, 4; James 4. Sweep No. “€ 5 pigeons.—Plunkett,5; H. Townson, 4; ] 4; Benson, 3; Roberts, 3. q Target stick: squad No. 1, 25 targets.—Simpson, McClure, 20 ; Edwards, 17 ; Herbert, 17 ; Pearsall, 15, Sq No. 2, 25 targets.—Alexander, 19; Green, 18; Felsted, Charles, 19; Edwards, 16. i) a : “Medal series, 10 pigeons.— Herbert, 7; Simpson, jlexander, 6; Green, 9; J. Townson, 9; Felsted, 8. 8; McDowall’ s Annual Tournament. ~ McDowall & Co. held their annual tournament at the Yoodbine Park, commencing February 26th. There was a attendance and all the events were well filled, visitors eing present from Brantford, Hamilton, Hespeler, Bowman- ille, Uxbridge and several other places. _ The scores :— _ Event No. 1, 5 pigeons, purse, $50 ; entry, $2.—G. H. Briggs, SE Sanderson, 4; W. Kichardson, 3; H. T. Westbrook, 5 ; | Wingfield, 4; C. Montgomery, 5; W. Marshall, 5 Rod and Gun in Canada 489 Moose in Western Quebec. Captain Jones, commodore of the Lumsden Line, visited Montreal one day last week, and had some excellent news for sportsmen. It appears that a man in the captain’s employ ran across a herd of six moose—five cows and a bull—within two miles of Opemican, Lake Temiskaming, on January 7th. Another herd of seven was seen higher up the western shore of Temiskaming between Opemican and the mouth of the Kippewa river. There are fully as many moose within a very short radius of the ©. P. R. track at Temiskaming as in more remote regions, >. Miller, 4; D, Blea, 5 ; C. Burgess, 4; W. Vint, 2; C. F. Mitchell, 2; W. Lewis, 5; Fred Westbrook, 5; J. y | 4; J. Wayper, 5; J. Phillips, 3; G Musson, ; C. Fish, 8; J. Bellamy, 4 | Event, No. 2, 10 sparrows—J. Bellamy, 8; W. spence, 9; W. Smith, 10; W. Richards, 8 ; G. H. Brices. p; W. Wint, es. J. Te rec, 10; D. Blea, 9; J. Way- e610; J. Phillips, 9; Fred. Westbrook, 9; C. Burgess, ); E. Sanderson, 8 ; D. Miller, 7; C. Bi ilcounsry. the: 9 | Westbrook, 8. ‘Event No. 4, 10 blue rocks—F. Westbrook, 9; J. Shompson 56; ©. € Mitchell, 9; H.T. Westbrook, 9; J. Vayper, 10; C. Vint, 5; C. A. Craw, 8; Ross, 8; Fish, 8; Montgomery, 10 ; W. Marshead, 9; D. Miller, 93:0, Bui yess, 7; J. Coulter, 8 _ Eyent No. 5, 15 blue rocks—F. Westbrook, 14; C. (Mitchell, 14; E. A. Montgomery, 12; Westbrook, 14 ; }W. Marshead, 14; D. Miller, 14; J. Wayper, 1+; {Phompso~, 14; J. Phillips, by ies BS. ‘Brow, 13; F. Ross, \ iJ. Bellamy, 13; C. Turp, 13; D. Jones, 13. _ Eyent No. 6, 95 blue socks = T. Westbrook, 25; C. fontgomery, 24; J. Bellamy, 20; J. Thompson, 24; C. \F, Mitchell, 23 ; HL. F. Westbrook, 22; J. Phillips, 18; . Wayper, 28 ; -D, Miller, 20; C. Turp, 20 ; W. Marshead, ; D. Jones, 21, | i: Harold Money, Amateur Champion. - Harold Money of Oakland, N.J., a member of the Carteret Gun Club, of Garden City, L.I., won the amateur .- ipigeon shooting championship of Aaseribas on Feb. 22nd, from a field of seventeen contestants, with a score of 88 | kills out of a possible 100. Col. Thomas Martin, of Bluff- ton, $.C., and Harry S. Kirkover, of Fredonia, N. Y., tried for second honors with 87 kills each, and Dr. F fk IC. Wilson, of Savannah, Ga., and C. A. Painter, of Pitts- : burg, tied for the fourth phice with 86 kills each. _ Each competitor puts up $100, which was divided among tis four high guns. All contestants shot from the 30-yard mark. Money won $680; Martin and Kirkover divided $680 and Wilson and Painter got $85 each. Essex County Championship. _ An interesting contest took place at Walkerville on Saturday, Feb. 9th, for possession of the King Trophy, emblematic of the championship of Essex County, Ontario, between E. C. Clark of Detroit, the holder, and J. E. Pastorius of Kingsville, the challenger. The contest was at 50 sparrows, each, 21 yards’ rise, 30-yard boundary, and was won by Mr. Pastorius with a score of 42 to 40. Mr. Clark promptly challenged his opponent for another match, this time at live pigeons, and the contest, which, no doubt, will be an interesting one, will be held at Kingsville at an early date. i —— The Luncheon Hour but Captain Jones, as well as all other law -abiding sportsmen, would like to see the present systematic out-of-season slaughter stopped. In every lumber camp on the Montreal River (Ont. ) and the lakes of the Kippewa chain, (Que.), moose meat is served regularly under the guise of ‘‘ beef.” These dishes of beef are costing the Province a pretty penny. It w ould be far more economical to supply quail-on-toast gratis to all the hardy bush-whackers who are tired of salt pork. CS The Grand American Handicap will be held this year at Interstate Park, New York, on April 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The conditions governing this big shooting affair will be practically the same as last year. The Montreal Canine Association will hold a bench show of dogs in the Victoria Rink on May 29, 30 and 31. 490 Peterboro vs. Birchbark. By St- Croix. It is almost heresy to suggest that after all the birchbark canoe is not quite perfect. In the popular mind it is invested with qualities and perfections utterly beyond the possibilities of boats built by skilled white labor. You may go to the most cunning artisan, open your purse strings, and direct him to fashion an alluring craft planked with white cedar, finished with _ mahogany, and clenched with the best lake copper—yet do not be so foolish as to suppose that the man in the street will ever credit your canoe with one-half the excellencies of the alleged fairy craft of the forest. Now, I myself am a heretic—without desire for repentance or wish to be shrived. I, too, once worshipped at the shrine | of the birchbark ; knelt in spirit before the creation of the Indian ; believed in Longfellow’s panegyric, and scoffed at those practical men who hinted at any imperfections in it. But I have had a change of heart. A cedar, or basswood canoe may be made considerably lighter than a birchbark of equal length and capacity, even when each craft is new, and after they have been a couple of weeks afloat there may be forty pounds difference in a 15-foot canoe. A 15-foot cedar-rib canoe, 31 inches beam, weighs 60 pounds, new, and becomes little heavier, even after several weeks’ flotation. A birchbark of equal length weighed 78 pounds at the beginning of a cruise last summer, and tipped the beam at 96 pounds three weeks later. Birchbark absorbes water and rapidly increases in weight. When compelled to use one of these canoes for a long voyage, it should be painted or varnished. But the old Indians never did this! No, because, you see, they had no paint or varnish. For similar reasons they did not use brass screws, nor copper rivets, nor electric lights. As to speed, the lines of a birchbark are not what a naval designer would call ‘‘ fair.” That is they are full of hollows and swellings, highly prejudicial tospeed. Given equally good men in a cedar and in a birchbark canoe, and on still water the former will draw away from the latter one foot in every ten. Against a current the advantage will be still more marked, *‘But,”’ say the advocate of the more primitive craft, ‘a peterboro (generic term) cannot live with a good birchbark t in a gale on open water, nor is it so handy in a rapid. Such arguments do not seem to me to have much weight, It is merely a question of model. If a peterboro be designed with too straight a floor, she will not be handy in a rapid, and unless she has sufficient depth, her gunwale will not be carried sufficiently high to escape the crests of swells caused by gale or rapid. These are mere details, and a cedar canoe may be had surpassing the birchbark in every respect. The latter is a good enough make-shift, but an exasperatingly imperfect craft, with scarcely any of the admirable qualities with which romantic minds have invested it. There is no unnecessary glamour about a dead-slow and leaky old birchbark, Vd Notes. It is a great mistake to hire guides, canoemen and cooks, through any business firm, especially if the latter is to pay them. More often than not the men are in debt to the said firms, before they start, and are well aware that when their pay be- comes due, they will receive it minus more or less heavy deductions. This makes them listless and without vim or interest. Far better hire and pay your own men, whenever possible, and always fix the scale so low that you may promise them a certain bonus for good service in addition without Rod and Gun in Canada ruining the market for yourself on future occasions or f that may follow you. . New Hampshire has a revenue of $4,947,000 from h he! mer visitors. Her area is 9,000 square miles. That of r is 345,000 sq. miles, and of Ontario 220,000 sq. miles. therefore many times larger than New Hampshire, inferior to that State in summer climate or scenery, an dition furnishes hunting and fishing such as no Ame can give. Under wise direction, what is the amount provinces should receive annually, from visitors, by another decade or so? Fresh meat hung in the shade, even during the é dries without putrifying in the Mount Trembling regi: shows the absolute purity of the air. If you doubt th tion ask your medical man for his opinion. Were germs or micrubes in those northern forests this ce The best fishing in any of the lakes of Northern or Quebec, is always to be had when the nights Big catches are rarely made at the full of the moon, Most men find seven hours open air sleep s summer, even after the longest and most gruelling’! day Mere muscle fatigue is easily overcome, but brain-fag matter. The more fresh air the sleeper gets the bett rest. In hot weather a closed tent, damp with dew, ing with the exhalations of the inmates, is an abom If you would reap the full benefit of the ozone-la the Canadian forest do not mew yourself in a canvas ] see to it that the sweet scented breath of the pine re lungs, and cools you brow with its soothing caress. If you wish to study conditions of life entirely those of the big cities, go back among the French habitants. You will see oxen yoked to the plou; ovens for baking the family bread, big enough owner and his numerous offspring, and many ot! give you room for reflection. There you will millionaires nor dyspepsia, and will run across more contented persons than you doubtless ever a this side of the grave. re Answers to Correspondents. X. Y. Z.—Pemmican is beef mixed with a Ge quantity of fat. The meat is first dried in the sun, pounded in a mortar. After being placed in som receptacle such as a tin box or hide bag, melted tallo’ . and the whole closed in from air, In the days of the the half-breeds usually added service-berries (A. ¢ a flavor. Hunter (New York).—The Canadian hunter’s weighs from 11 to 15 lbs. There are several patte usual Indian toboggan consists of one or two thin birch boards curled up at the front ; but many whi prefer a sled with 23-inch runners. Some choose as sled, and others a long narrow one, and there is also @ of opinion as to the merits of maple shoes and those of though owing to the difficulty of procuring the latter t seldom seen. After the thaws of spring have set in, runners are decidedly preferable, but during the ext of winter, a maple shoe glides more easily. KENNEL DEPARTMENT Conducted by D. Taylor e is invited on all matters pertaining to the kennel, and est concerning man’s best friend, will be welcomed. An effort to furnish correspondents reliable advice as to the care and dogs in any case submitted. All communications for this should be addressed to D. TAYLOR, ROD AND Gun IN CANADA, _ THE NEW YORK SHOW. eatly to the credit of Canadian breeders that dogs orable mention. This is all the more creditable ne in mind that the classes in most breeds were large, comprising the very cream of dogdom from nited States as wellasfrom England. The judging ncipally by specialists, breeders for years of the - were called upon to judge, and the inference is ore usually high standard of merit was set. The xceptionally well patronized, the élite of New York g out in large numbers, so that even with the that Madison Square Garden affords, the aisles benches were at times uncomfortably crowded. been a great financial as it was a social and canine w are some of the awards which came to Canada : riers.—Geo. Caverhill, Montreal, Ist and 2nd with een and Diamond Queen, respectively. s.—T. C. Mead, Toronto; G. Bell, Toronto ; George odstock, Ont.; George Dunn, Woodstock; C. J. on, Ont. —Jos. Reid, Montreal, $300 challenge cup for best red and silver medal offered by Canadian Kennel ne Ist and three second prizes. il Terriers.—Mark O’Rourke, Hamilton, Ont., with orth Beaut, sired by Edgecombe Dick, of the Newmarket s, Montreal; Fred. Miller, Trenton, Ont. ¢ Terriers.—Norfolk Kennels, Toronto. eld Spaniels.—T. C. Mead, Toronto. h Setters.—E. A. Carson, Kingston. edales, Mr. Jos. A. Laurin’s fine young dog, Brian and Colne Princess were in the money, while t addition to his kennel, Ch. Dumbarton Lass, ned the reputation she has gained in England as one of st Airedales ever shown, by being placed at the head of ‘in all her classes. St. Bernards, Prince, belonging to Mrs. Belasco, of Prince eet, has a V. H.C. and an H.C. to his credit, which e taken as a great compliment, indeed, when the fact is that there were 113 entries in all of the saintly breed. udge on this occasion, Mr. Arthur Trickett, of Kansas J if 0., 4 prominent breeder and recognized authority, gave is above stated, and we understand that size alone was is having a better position. j * e annual meeting of the American Collie Club held in Rod and Gun in Canada 491 Amateur vs. Professional Judging. With the example set by the Westminster Kennel Club in appointing amateur specialist judges, the new fad is likely to be taken up by other kennel associations. The question of what constitutes an amateur or professional judge is being pretty well ventilated in American kennel papers just now, and tne following is what Turf, Field and Farm has to say on the subject in a recent issue : “The amateur judge question is one that will engage the attention of the Mascoutah Kennel Club, as they announce that amateurs will be engaged at their next show. The amateur judge question has never been thoroughly discussed for the reason, we presume, that it is difficult to tell where amateurism ends and professionalism begins. There is no recognized definition that we know of, and it would benefit the fancy if those who know absolutely what constitutes the amateur in judging affairs would give the information to the public. In sports the amateur law is clearly defined, but it can in no way apply to the judging question. A professional judge under the law would properly be one that judges for a livelihood, and we know of none that would be willing to accept so poor a living as judging alone would afford. It goes without saying that the best judges are those who have kept in touch with doggy matters in a practical way, and it has been proven time and again that those known as judges, who had not acted in that capacity for years, when called on, seemed to be all at sea as to where the ribbons should go. ‘* Between the amateur and the so-called professional judge there has been no distinction except as to ability, and that ability is recognized by the specialty clubs and bench-show committees of the best shows. A judge that appeals to the exhibitor by reason of his knowledge and qualification to judge properly is the judge that bench-show committees and specialty clubs seek for, and he is usually what is termed a professional. The amateur cry is frequently made not always for the sake of better service, but frequently foreconomy. There are men who will agree to judge at a show when they have had very little experience. These are amateurs, and they will never be anything else, because the knowledge they think they have prevents them from learning anything more.” Mrs. Oughton Giles, of England, who was one of the judges at Providence, R. I., was, according to all accounts, not an ungualified success. She made the unfortunate mistake of putting one dog over another in one class and vice versa in the next. Mrs. Giles is well known in kennel circles in England, being a regular exhibitor at all the principal shows, and her famous pack of toy beagles is celebrated far and wide. All of them are under 12 inches high, most of them under 10, and their proportions and shapes are exquisite; in fact they are ideal hounds in miniature. Mrs. Giles is also a great admirer of the whippet, one of her dogs winning the race held in the Crystal Palace Grounds last October. i A London, Eng., paper relates the following story of the intelligence of a dog, which was told by the owner, an ardent sportsman: ‘‘ Would you believe it?”’ he said, ‘‘when I was walking into the city he suddenly stopped and pointed at aman by a book stall, and nothing 1 could do would induce the dog to move. So I went up to the man and said: ‘Would you oblige me with your name?’ ‘Certainly,’ said the stranger, ‘my name is Partridge.’ ”” 492 The annual show of the Canadian Fox Terrier Club will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 21-23 in the Horticultural Gardens, Toronto. Mr. James Mortimer will judge, and from his popularity with the fancy will likely meet with a large entry. . Bloodhounds are now a part of the equipment of the Oregon Short Line. The hounds will be kept at certain stations in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, where their presence is thought to ~ be most needed, the character of the country and the small number of inhabitants affording excellent opportunities for the operations of train robbers. The moment that word of a train robbery reaches the railroad officials a special engine and car containing a pack of hounds will be sent to the scene at full speed and with absolute rightof way. The Bloodhound Special will stop at nothing until it arrives at the spot where the bandits were last seen. Experienced men in charge of the dogs will put them on the trail. < On Dog Training. There never was a more fallacious idea than that of whip- ing and cowering a dog, under ‘the belief that he could be taught better to obey. It is true that a dog may be made to crouch and crawl, tuck his tail between his legs and slink around by this process, but a noble-blooded, high-spirited dog can never be induced to exercise his noblest faculties by any such means. The dog is anxious. to please his master and to do just what he wishes him to do, and usually tries as hard to understand his master’s wishes as his master tries to make him understand. The trouble usually is with the trainer and not with the dog. The first thing required in training a young dog is to gain his affection, and the second important thing is to have his respect. Calling up a dog three times a day and feeding him liberally, and providing him with a good warm kennel is quite humane and desirable, but it is not the way to gain his affection—he considers this as a simple matter of duty to him—one of his rights. But if you wish a dog’s love you have to associate with him, talk to him, travel with him, take a snack with him when on the highway—you and he sit down for a little rest and lunch—and talk to him just as you would a child. You will be astonished at the result if you carry out this idea of assuming that your dog is your com- panion and friend. You will find that he comprehends your manner, your feelings, and hundreds of your words. I recall an old friend, who, many years.ago, was a veritable Nimrod, and kept all manner of dogs. He never called his dogs or gave commands to them in the usual style, but always as if he was addressing a fellow huntsman. On one occasion several of us were resting from an old hare hunt, under some walnut trees, in the Fall, when he said: “ Boys, I believe I have rested enough.’’ This was said in a quiet tone, and, I thought, was addressed to us who composed the hunting party ; but no sooner had he said it than his three lazy-looking hounds, who had been spread out as flat and as dead looking as sleeping dogs could look, sat right up and regarded their old master with intense interest. They not only understood these words but were on the lookout for further directions. No more striking example of love from association can be found than in the ‘‘ nigger’s dog’’ among the blacks of the South. These poor brutes are usually half starved, live on the crumbs that fall from the darkey’s “ashcake,’’ with an occasional lop of pea liquor, sleep on the ashpile or under his log cabin, and are altogether miserable in body and soul (for I believe the dog has a soul—often a larger one than many men . Rod and Gun in Canada This animal will follow the shiftless negro all day long game, run it down and guard it faithfully until his be friend and companion (the inferior biped) comes up and it from him with a kick and a growl. It. is- pretty: tov the dog, but he loves to hunt and be around with his frie he forgives him and soon gets up another ‘‘ old hy. : Bryce, M.D., in the Amateur Sportsman. The Pacific Kennel League has adopted what is pi the A. K. C. classification, the only exception being t! class, where the age at which they may~be shown is at four months instead of six. This is altogether too certainly increases the danger of infection from com diseases while exhibiting at dog shows. The St. James Gazette relates the following extrao story, which comes from the village of Eagleahaiael D miles from Glasgow : ‘‘ Two or three weeks agoas cey there had occasion to visit the Glasgow Cattle Mark by his dog. Business over, he had arranged to at at Perth on the following day, and as he had no p; for his collie there, he resolved to leave him with Glasgow till he returned. Scarcely had he gone imprisoned animal, seizing its opportunity, jum window two stories in height, and was at his h Eaglesham moors before his master had arrived City. The farmer, who had bought another col called on his return to Glasgow at his friend’s, and. his dog’s successful leap for liberty. He concluded gone home, and on arriving at the farm accompa new dog his old canine friend was evidently much d This was adding insult to injury. That very night he house in a ‘ huff,’ and has never been heard of since.” — Vs The Dachshund. The writer has long been waiting for an op write upon this breed, as he was impressed by it in t which it has been most successfully cultivated, | work has hitherto prevented, and must now communication within very narrow bounds. Wh me most in Germany was the regularity of type, t rather small size, and the spirit and workmanlike. of the dogs one sees at shows. Of size more later. shy, and still more, the nervous dog is extremel, fact the way in which the German Dachshund we largest dog, as though quite his equal in impor striking, and one quality frequently wanting in breed on this side of the water. Perhaps nothing cries out for improvement as the “ character”’ of o Dachshund. I saw very few dogs at German ches ben horribly thin condition too often painfully evident They were generally “ fit,’’ as the English say, in degree. The ideal types show that muscular deve tention (tone) so frequently lacking in our dogs. It is in connection with young and imperfectly animals that the specialist judge is apt to go astray from of admiration of certain parts. oe Not a single specimen shown lends the slightest su the view that the Dachshund is a hound. The wor simply means badger dog. The German Dachshund is a Terrier with somewhat hound-like ears, so far as their . This fact is the key to the standard. His peculiar tion enables the dog to burrow more rapidly than any ier, and though no coward he understands how to it of unnecessary trouble. Indeed he has few equals in er Number One. He is worthy of more care and than he has received in America.—-Wesley Mills, M.D. 1 Gazette. + Paxtent to which dog shows are held in England may zed from the fact that Our Dogs, the English doggy reported no less than 420 in Great Britain last year, } amber of thoroughbred dogs must be something seph Reid, of hecan’ s Farm, has sold Clover little sister of his famous prize winner, Heather » Mr. Palmer, a wealthy American, for $100, and has offer from the same gentleman of $350 for the latter jon, Eng., dispatch announces the death of the orite bulldog, Peter. This dog was run over by a sworth, and besides a broken leg sustained internal om which he died, in spite of the best medical Wing anecdote of a dog, taken from an English ished in London, is a little fishy, but amusing. A entleman, who was in the habit of giving his dog delicacy on leaving for the city each morning, forgot one.occasion. As he was going out of his house the bis master’s coat tails in his teeth, and leading him den, stopped at a flower bed. The flowers growing : ae ee note: ‘ed thusiasm in the dog line is certainly growing in vicinity, is proven by the fact of a meeting called pe renety 12, in Windsor, for the purpose of giving y. sometime about the Ist of April. There is no will I be made to get as many of the stud delebrities 5 in and pointers as pone, arpish should prove a great ferring to the Prince of Wales, now Edward VII., King land, a. daily journal says of his fondness for dogs: ; Edward is as fond of a good dog as of a good horse. n nels at Sandringham, are fourteen in number, built of 1 nd iron, with every modern improvement which cts and dog fanciers could suggest. Among his are the quaint Basset hounds, dogs of great intelligence ming manners. Sandringham Count, a good looking, ed St. Bernard, of enormous size and possessing a s bass voice, is another dog which he prizes highly. breeds at the Sandringham kennels, are Newfoundlands, 1 deerhounds, collies, spaniels, dachshunds, fox, rat and rriers, Mexican and Chinese dogs, pugs, bulls, Pomer- sand many others, altogether some seventy dogs. Most the imals belong to Alexandra, but Albert Edward has a voc 1 lc ot of hisown. An inscription over the entrance to the els furnishes a key to the feelings of Their Royal es toward the intelligent and kindly dumb beasts that bit them, ‘ Love me, love my dog.’ ”’ Rod and Gun in Canada 493 Humberstone Bristles, who captured open and winners’ classes, for wire-haired fox terriers at the Westminster Kennel Club show, has been sold by George Raper to G. M. Carnochan, who judged the fox terriers, for $1,200. Raper has bought on private terms from G. H. Gooderham, of Toronto, the smooth fox terrier Norfolk Trueman, placed third in the limit class to his own dog, Rowton Besom, and Norfolk Mainstay. Norfolk Trueman will be taken to England after the Pittsburg show the first week in March. * A. Grayson, a colored coachman for a private family in New York, has sold the rough St. Bernard puppy, Colonel Shelby, winner of the first prize in its class over Frank J. Gould’s Lyndhurst Choice, and eight other dogs, to the Cedar Kennels for a long price. The new owners resold the dog to Louis Rosenstein, of the Hotel Marlborough, for $1,00. This is said to be the record price for a St. Bernard puppy. 1k Wanted—A General Purpose Dog. We have been been favored with a communication from away up in the wilds of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., which speaks for itself. If any of our readers has such an animal to trade or dispose of, kindly inform the conductor of this department : ‘“‘T am in want of Hound Dog that will run Fox Lynx & Wild Cat Bark up a tree in a Log and Hole in the ground and ~will stay on a Fox all day and not loose trail; quite long Legs as the snow is deep up here. I will trade an English Setter for such a Dog this setter is a first Class Dog broke fine 3 years old very staunch on Point great scent a first class all round Dog Please send me Catalogue Descriptions & your Prices by early mail.’’ How to Build a Trappor’s Camp. By the late Frank H. Risteen. It is a rough and ready camp I build. I put down two posts in the gronnd about 6 or 8 inches in diameter, sharpening off the tops to a flat point. I lay a couple of logs six feet back of them and one log on each side. I put on a rafter dovetailed on to the top of those posts running up about two feet beyond them and resting on the logs behind. These I spike down if I have spikes, or pin down if I have not. I then lay four ribs across from one rafter to the other and they would be the better for spiking down or fastening in some way. Then you can suit yourself as to covering. Birch bark is preferable to spruce, as the latter lasts a very short time, and is dirtier. Little strips of cedar or fir about six inches apart are placed over the ribs to support the bark. If you use shingles, instead of bark, you put the shingles right on to the ribs. Then I put a frame up in front about 11 feet from the back of the camp: That is simply two posts and a ridge pole. Ispike a piece from them up to the top of the other rafters, making a peak to the roof; then board in with splits-—fir, cedar or spruce—on the front and two sides, standing the splits on their ends. The reason for standing them on their ends is that the camp is not so likely to smoke, because the current of air has a tendency to follow the grain of the wood. I have noticed that when the cracks run up the air coming in carries up the smoke, while if the cracks are horizontal they stop the smoke at every step. In wet weather, of course, the rain more readily reaches the ground where the grain is vertical. This is an ordinary trap- ping camp which I build about 10 or 12 feet square. I have one of them located about every 6 or 8 miles along my trapping lines. 494 Rod and Gun in Canada Rice, Lewis & Son, Limited. RIFLES Revolvers & Pistols WINCHESTER, SAVAGE, WEBLEY, COLTS, SMITH & | CLABROUGH. = 2 MAUSER AND MARLIN. WESSON, MAUSER. = = AMMUNITION, SHOT GUNS - GREENER, REMINGTO: Cor. King & Victoria Streets, = ‘i TORONTC Ovis Fannini. Within the past twenty years the wild sheep of North America have been studied in detail by competent authorities, and as a result several species have been discovered. The earliest known to civilized explorers was the typical Ovis montana, which is well distributed in the mountain ranges of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Southern British Columbia. In 1884, A. W. Nelson discovered a pure white mountain sheep from the Sea Alps of Alaska and Northern British Columbia, it was christened Ovis dalli, in honor of Professor Dall, of Washington, D.C. In 1896, two additional species were described, one Nelson’s mountain sheep, Ovis nelsoni, from Southern California; the second, Ovis stonei, found in the Cassiar Mountains of Northern British Columbia by A. J. Stone—and now a new one has been discovered by Henry W. Brown in the Yukon country. Ovis fannini, named in honor of John Fannin, the famous naturalist, whose devotion to his work has been of such inestimable value to British Columbia and the Dominion, differs very decidedly from any of the other sheep, and is perhaps the most handsome and striking of any of the American species. It is heavier than the ordinary mountain sheep, is grey in color with a darker ‘‘ saddle,’’ and presents important modifications in skull formation. The discoverer has furnished the following description of the animal’s habitat : ‘‘From the summits of the low mountains about Dawson, on the east side of the Yukon, can be distinctly seen, about fifty to seventy-five miles to the eastward, a beautiful, long, rugged snow-capped mountain range, extending in a northerly and southerly direction away beyond the view, knownas the Rocky Mountains. The two main branches of the Klondike river head in those snowy mountains, in a southeasterly direction from Dawson, and I understand it is there the mountain sheep are found by the-hunters. As to how numerous they are I do not know, but presume they are quite plentiful, as I have seen several sled loads of the frozen carcass brought in by hunters to sell tothe Dawson markets. There are two species, one being all white, the other, such as the specimen you saw, is white with grey saddle-back. The white species, so far as I saw, are a little the smallest. ‘*Mr. Warburton Pike, the Arctic explorer, informed me that on his journey down the Yukon, a short distance below Dawson, he heard of a ‘pie-bald’ mountain sheep, but was unable to procure aspecimen. It is highly probable that Ovis fannini will be found distributed throughout a considerable extent of the rugged mountain ranges, which quite surround Dawson City north of the Yukon.’’ The statement was made by a prominent member ¢ Anglers’ Association of the St. Lawrence River, at the 1 meeting ofthe N. A. F. and G. A., that no less than ten mi of dollars have been expended on the Thousand Islan buildings, etc., for the accommodation of visiting sportsm Mr. N. E. Cormier, Provincial Game Warden of Aylmer, P.Q., is wonderfully successful in keeping ns animals in captivity. The spacious grounds surroundin residence are devoted to many of the more interesting Cas mammals. Quite recently he lost a fine and yery gentl moose, asa result of rough handling in transit by even better worth seeing are the three bears now sleeping long, sound winter’s sleep beneath his study window s. 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AL OD AND GUN CANADA -3% 3% 3% st ot DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. Per Annum. MONTREAL, APRIL, 1905. Single Copies Ten Cents. TAN VALLEY DEER HUNT IN 1900. ; By A. Heneage Finch. the 1e great horn spoon! I'll have him yet!’ and he u up p and flattened his nose against the half-cleaned old ati tive which covered a hole about six inches square on n side of our ‘‘seyen-by-nine.”’ ‘‘I’ll have him ave what?”’ says I, as with difficulty I recalled my the jungle, where I had been with ‘‘ Mowgli,” to the chattering of the ‘‘ Banderlog,’”’ ‘‘ There’s and another!! Deer or wolves for sure!’ and I . “No, no, only snow flakes.’? And with ‘‘ his eye in enzy rolling,”’ he punched together the embers of our @ fire, a performance sadly needed to keep out the cold, “shack” had been built of green cottonwood lumber, ng the past summer it had shrunk so badly that now ki ks s nearly overlapped, and the four boards originally on ad shrunk to two and a good-sized sliver. The roof ided, and during the past four or five days and nights it nec almost incessantly. But a couple of pieces of old ‘h protected the stove and bed from the muddy streams, wind had veered round to the north-east and was blowing across Lake Winnipegosis, and the temperature early to the freezing point ; the rain had ceased, welcome snow was falling in large feathery flakes. he Duck Mountains, some three miles to the south, were red by falling snow and evening’s gloom, and the sodden was steadily whitening. y chum, who had but lately come from the “ Ould Sod,”’ very anxious to secure a pair of antlers before returning to ut his bride to share in the pleasures, toils and profits of y r prairie home. He had bought a half section of railway M , d built a substantial house and stable, and had some ty sres ready for crop, and was now stopping with me for m p till the sailing of his ship from Montreal, and he had ays longer to remain. Bk Or t the past two weeks, since our short game season had i, he had patiently—patiently, did I say? well, let it pass ed the heavens, and on five days had roamed the “ hog’s Gnd adjoining scrub, where ‘‘ mule deer’’ tracks, paths is were in abundant evidence. It was an ideal hunting the billowy foothills of the “‘ Ducks,’’ whose top and sf covered with heavy spruce, and down whose northern ed three beautiful spring rivulets, gave shelter and @t: large numbers of moose, elk and mule deer, or s,’ as they are locally called. The “ coulées’’ were ly filled with a dense growth of willow, poplar and alder, and their tops and sides covered with birch, hazel and a tangled mass of peas, vetches and convolvolus. Hastily pulling back the bed covers, he secured from among the fragrant marsh hay which formed our couch, his carefully wrapped old Snider. Many sportsmen with their ‘*30-30’s’’? and ‘‘ Lee straight pull’s’’ had laughed at his ‘‘antiquated cannon,’’ so he usually did not keep it on exhibition. But woe betide the luckless wolf, fox, or prairie chicken that came within its range. The barrel within was polished like a razor blade, and the coarse military sight was removed and replaced by a home-made peep sight fastened on by the tang screw. Since his coming our larder had never lacked a full supply of prairie chickens. Twenty-six shots bagged twenty-six birds, every one neatly beheaded by this deadly “cannon.’’ Everything was put in readiness for the coming sport. We retired, but not to sleep, our Hibernian was too excited, so opening our stove door—we were out of oil—which was perforce close to our ‘‘bunk,’’ and piling in fresh wood, I read aloud from the ‘‘ Jungle Book.” About midnight I was startled bya deep sullen roar, which shook the jungle and made my hair rise. I listened and trembled. Again, close to my very ear, came that blood-curdling rending of the midnight gloom. The book dropped from my nerveless grasp and I awoke. My friend had succumbed to Morpheus and had given a couple of preliminary snores, which augured several hours peaceful slumber for him. He is possessed of—or by—the most terrible snore I ever heard. The nearest home-made approach to it I ever heard was for two boys to see-saw a heavy logging chain back and forth over a large box stove. Long before daylight his ‘‘ war pipe ’’ assumed a more musical jingle. The change again awakes me, and my chum at the same time. leaps from the bed and starts to build the fire. The faithful alarm clock had aroused us both. Protruding our heads through one of the crevices in the door, we see the ground covered with about six inches of the beautiful. Hastily eating our bachelor breakfast, we wait for daylight and the coming sport. Arrayed in Prince Albert coat; corduroy pants, seal skin cap, No. 14 moccasins on No. 8 feet, pants tied ’round ankle with binder twine, waist circled with canvas belt holding 24 Snider cartridges, at side a sheathless carving knife, at back a well-sharpened lathing hatchet, on shoulder his trusty Snider, eyes afire and cheeks aglow, my friend presents a unique figure. Oh, for my faithful kodak! Thus arrayed we sally forth, I to act as guide, look on and enjoy the sport. Moving eastward across some plowed ground, we enter the ‘‘scrub,” which was here very thin and open, well grown with grass and 500 vetches. We had not gone a quarter of a mile till we found the trail of a number of deer going mountainward. Silently stalking we follow on, frequently climbing a fallen log to view the surroundings. Up, up, we go; crossing gullies, climbing hills, under logs, through brush, on we creep. Round the ‘“hog’s back,’’ through the tall poplars we go and approach a large depression filled with fallen timber. Stealthily keeping out and climbing onto a log about six feet from the ground, I spy our band of seven beautiful mule deer quietly feeding about seven hundred yards away on the opposite slope. Beckoning my chum and enjoining silence, I showed them to him, and in pantomine directed him to ‘‘ stalk’’ while I held their attention. The wind was in our favor, so, giving a sharp whistle, every head is raised and I gently wave my handkerchief and they all stand and stare—one magnificent aged buck, one ‘‘spikehorn,’”’ two does and three fawns. Steadily waving, I watch the deer with one eye and my chum with the other. Through the snow he creeps, under logs, around roots, silent and stealthy as a cat, till within about one hundred and twenty yards and somewhat off to the right. Gently he rises to his full height. Raising his hand to stay my waving, he breaks a twig. The patriarch turns his stately head. Instantly the rifle rises to shoulder and belches forth, and the deer drops in his tracks. I was not prepared for what followed. It was not on the programme. Letting a blood-curdling war whoop, grasping his cap in one hand and his trusty rifle in the other, he performed a series of startling evolutions, and, to me, incoherent shoutings. Hastily descending and running to him he redoubled his exertions, tossing his cap and rifle in the air and catching them as they fell, and shouting; “Be jabers, I’ve got him! I towld yezI would! Won’t Shela, mavourneen, be proud of me now! And it’s a proud boy I am meself this day.’”’ And well he might be proud. It was a ‘‘stag of ten’”’ with a perfect head. The bullet ™_ pert ee its brain. A shot to be proud of, too. It was now nearly noon, so we returned to the “shack,’’ ate a hasty lunch, got Tom, my best ox, and by six o’clock we had him home. He weighed without horn and hide just 215 Ibs. we just removed a portion of the skull with the antlers. Next morning early, taking Tom and the ‘‘ stone boat’? we started — with my friend’s valise and prize for Minitonas, where we were just in time to catch the outgoing train. I feasted for months on venison stew,-and the skin now forms a nice soft winter mat beneath my feet as I write. A letter just received, bearing an Irish post-mark, contains an invitation to my friend’s wedding, and asks me to meet him and his bride at Minitonas on March the 17th—Saint Patrick’s Day in the morning. REVERIES OF AN ANGLER. By Welfor W. Beaton. The sun seems to have rested on the glistening mountain top, fleecy banks of clouds lazily make their way between the peaks, the rugged crest that holds the sun heliographs its com- panions of the cloud-land messages of brightness, the blue lake lies without a ripple at the feet of the white and majestic moun- tains, a few snow flakes come wandering aimlessly down from the house tops, and damp spots on the sidewalks tell of a coming spring. It comes early here on Lake Kootenay. On the first of March last year we commenced a very pleasant season’s yachting. It was quite warm and did not grow cold again until nearly November. But they say it was an exceptional Rod and Gun in Canada There was not time to prepare the head for mounting, so” summer, so, you see, we have—like every other cou earth—exceptional weather, and as yet I have seen non other variety. But anyway it won’t be long now. u boat houses again. open and the lake becomes a pleasan: until the mouths of streams that come tumbling down h of feet of rocky mountain sides yield up their ous three pound trout that make as pretty a fight as on wish to enjoy. Ina few more weeks the lake shore y its little fleet of craft out to the fishing ground, throw away, and there a score of anglers will glorious Kootenay lake for the vext morning’s Pe Sometimes they take anything—I saw a man on a year catch a three pounder with a strawberry—and they are quite particular, and then you have to tie fool the wily speckled bundles of nerves into thi the grub which falls so gently to the surface of the one of the hundreds upon which they have been | late. But you can generally get your breakfast. And so it will soon betime to go at it again. It a short time since I put my rods away and sine terrier puppy knocked down the net in such a wa himself. Oh! Poor net. Many a beauty flop your enfolding embrace and many a one would ha to fishdom to tell strange tales of flies that kill. However, you were not made to catch Irish ter first cousin was made to catch butterflies. It m all right had not the Irish terrier objected. Bi safe, and early i in his career that same puppy I the fly book as he would poison. There is the flyrod, and also the 16 foot, 26 ounce salmon rod ° grip that requires all your hands to master. T trunk rod, and one for the three or four pour _ nothing of innumerable broken joints and tips, ee, reels and reels still in commission, and the m the trolls and the old lines, and also that ¢ certainly cause a breach in the family if ever ] Alas, old coat, we must. beware of breeches ins especially when the wearing of them Lis. a dispute. ae And here is that last reel I ok. got for’ ap pose was accomplished. Come here Rod. y that you were with me in the boat that day ? bs You corner out of the basket while I was aimlessl and the hairs on your back stood up so straight the monster over the side that I was afraid to t fear of pricking myself. And how you did bark was on. You enjoyed it as much as I did, but ruined the net that night because I used the gaff, | did like the gaff, that is since you set about exam the same time as you became enamoured of the fl you are a good angler now, and no longer a puppy, weeks we will be at it again. . You remember when the reel arrived, the Hen rubber, double multiplying tarpon reel. I believe th way the catalogue described it. Anyway it- hundred yards of line, and when it was attached to rod it looked big enough to catch a whale—and we whale, didn’t we? The look you gave me after I lost or fourth big one on account of small tackle settled and I decided to get the biggest I could. How hop when that great. big fellow caught that poor little m I tried to keep a tight line on him with that wre’ reel. How the line sung as he pulled it taut whe clear of the water, how he stirred up the lake as - —s — \ | F - er Poe fi at A al ut and how feebly that poor little reel sung as he sank like rpedo and then came rushing towards us, making the line k that we lost him. Did you overhear me say something e you too excited? Wasn’t it you that first drew atten- the fact that the line had run through my fingers and 1 2 to the bone? I believe it was. And you remember the me, when we were rowing along the face of the high e we expected only to get the little fellows and I was 1 up to cast when—whirr! an angry blast against the sun, a furious lashing of the deep waters and away went helter skelter towards Kaslo. Some place the line d as the little hooks bothered him he came to the Rod and: Gun in Canada 501 commotion. Good Lord, what a commotion! About two hundred feet of line was out. Just as I secured the rod and slightly tamed the wild song of the reel there was a splash and a mighty trout rose four feet from the surface of the lake. Cubong! went the line and the water from it formed along thin cloud from the boat to where the monarch of the deep left his native haunt. Then there wasarush. I applied the brake and kept all the bend of the rod against him, but two hundred more feet of line went out before he thought that he was having a pretty tough time. I commenced to reel in and coaxed him closer to me. He darted from side to side, twice he rose majestically and [ could hear the spoon rattling as he did his Y | a , and as far as we could see in the twilight he kept his e, and after that we followed him by the faint splash that us across the waters—waters that are so still with the mountains on all sides of them. And you whined icked my hand. You were just beginning then to ow to kill fish, and what an enthusiastic angler you . Will you ever forget that last day when I nearly red you to death ? ‘Armed with all that great big tackle we pulled out from the house. We had realized that to catch the big ones we ‘simply have to troll. We had cast until our arms were nd then took to trolling. A person could have hailed us Hour room in the Kaslo Hotel—when there was a mighty A Frequent Afternoon Scene near Kaslo, BC. But the line was ever taut, and I had him wellin hand. Closer andcloser he came. He was resting for another bold stroke and 1 watched for it. Ihad him within one hundred feet when away he went again, straight from me at the speed of the Imperial Limited. I was easy on the brake for a while and let him have lots of line. Again I controlled bim and commenced to wind. I knew he had his side towards me for he pulled like a demon. Then he gave a jump. Good heavens, how he startledme! Right towards me the jump was and almost quick enough. But not quite, for there was only the faintest suspicion of a loose line and not enough for his purpose. He seemed to be good and tired then and let me pull him in, but how stubborn he was and what hard work he gave best to shake it loose. 502 me. The end of the rod, pressed against my ribs, was making itself felt and my left wrist ached a bit. Slowly I worked the reel, having to drop it now and then to grasp the grip with both hands as our fish showed some sign of life. But it was as sure as.it was slow, andthe reel gradually filled up. -He was scarcely twenty feet away and I had him at the surface. Now I’ll swear he took fright at you, standing with your fore paws on the gun’ll of the boat, your ugly little yellow ears striking straight up and that apology of a tail nervously wagging as it, is now. Anyway he bolted, and you barked and my foot slipped and the whole affair nearly upset. What excitement, but what sport, what supreme joy to be holding that rod and - to feel that fellow going down, down, down until I had played out over a hundred feet of line. We had seen him at close range then and knew he was a big one. Down in the depths he lay like a log, but our tackle was too much for him and again he approached us, with various little side trips, of course, but closer, ever closer, until my tired arms rebelled most furiously but I won the final struggle with the gaff and over the side he came. You wouldn’t go near him, for he was slightly out of your class, weighing twenty-one pounds and measuring thirty- six inches. You will hear some people call them land-locked salmon and all sorts of things, but don’t believe them. They are some gigantic member of the trout family and can fight like the devil. Then I went away, leaving you a luxurious boarder at the Kaslo Hotel and when I returned there was somebody else to pay allegiance to. A few weeks hence when you hear me say some bright Sinday morning thut I have to visit the mine, don’t believe me. Just sneak out of the back door and meet me at the boat house. We are no longer our own bosses, old fellow, but we’ll catch a good many of those big ones yet. And if those poor benighted people down east had any idea of the sport they can enjoy right here in Kaslo they would flock here, wouldn’t they? Fancy fishing a stone’s throw from such an hotel and catching such beauties. But I mustn’t forget to store my tackle at the boat house. I'll keep it there this summer. And you will excuse me, won’t you old boy, if sometimes—on week days—I have someone in the boat who will occasionally scream ? Pa THE HABITS OF RUFFED GROUSE. R_ H. Brown. The house in which I live is on its own ground and situated some 200 or 300 yards from the public road. There are several acres of spruce and hardwood trees close to our garden, and other detached groves and thickets a few hundred yards away. For years an occasional partridge (Ruffed Grouse) has visited our garden during the winter to feed upon the berries of a barberry hedge which makes one boundary of the garden and of a hawthorn hedge which bounds another side. During a hard winter some 8 years ago, two partridges came daily, or rather just at sundown to feed ; and, when they had after a week or two, consumed most of the berries, and began to come on the ground beneath to eat the berries which they had dropped, I began to scatter some oats for them under the hedge on the snow. They took to this food with evident pleasure. I renewed the supply of oats daily, and as one end of the barberry hedge touches the bow window of the drawing- room, I at last, by putting the oats nearer to the house, gradually brought them to within twelve feet of the window. The bir.ls disappeared in April when the snow had gone, but next winter about the middle of December, three or four partridge came. Rod and Gun in Canada ED This has now gone on for eight years or more. One wint partridges appeared, another winter five came, and on there were eight of them. This winter two came aboutt of November, after a couple of weeks had elapsed anoth joined them, and so on until now there are six. “e They come in swiftly like ghosts, one after the oth after sundown and feed for ten or fifteen minutes, th along under the hedge to the edge of the grove and: the tall trees for the night. Sometimes they walk across the open garden and along by the side of the con built as a leanto on the house ; and when snow is seem to look longingly at the green things within. hour before sunrise they fly down from the trees an oats again, then fly off and return again at evening Of course no one attempts to frighten them. I have a couple of dogs who know all about game good for flushing partridges away from home, but pursuaded them to let these birds alone For the three years the partridges continue their daily visits the first of May, when they go off to the wilder woe nests, 1 presume, and raise their young. There are “nd boys with guns who doubtless slay many of our tueir progeny in the autumn ; were it not so we sh time have a large flock, or oovey: to feed. We have tried in vain to get a good rihboiereall birds, but their coming at sundown prevents on instantaneous picture, and their incessant motion y prohibits a time exposure. I hada pane of glass r the conservatory, and a board with a hole for the « placed in its stead. We have wasted many films and vain. I enclose three of the prints, none of which factory. In one you will notice the bodies of two their heads, which were rapidly working up and d feeding, failed to take. In the distance you will o) shadows of two others which were hurrying abou have stood still for the fraction of a second, the n were fifteen feet from the camera. A year or so professional photographer with his camera and ap; attempt a picture or two but he met with no hb than we ourselves had done. The fact that such wild birds as ruffed grand at many years be coming to this place, situated within town of 3,000 inhabitants, seems remarkable enc worth recording, and I would be glad to learn of Ge: readers knowing anything ofa similar kind, To Smoke Fish. Split down the back, clean and scale. Place in for 36 hours, covered with a mixture of three parts part brown sugar. Next, hang in a smoke house bark, in which a fire of cedar chips smoullers. T to thirty-six hours of this treatment should suffice and trout thus treated make admirable break Before use they must be soaked over night, then Salmon will fall to pieces if too fat. August is early begin smoking them. ™% At Harrisburg, Pa., recently, Mr. Savage, of Philadel introduced in the House a bill appropriating $60,000 fo protection and propagation of fish and for the purcha Ise site for the establishment of a fish hatchery and the - of suitable buildings, ‘a FORESTRY o”’ is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and y Canadian n Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. R. H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. etegtcaaaf Canadian ‘ Forestry Association, Ottawa, O ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANA- AN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. cond Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry convened at 10 a.m. on the 7th March, in the mittee Room of the House of Commons. In the the President, His Honor Sir Henry Joly de the chair was taken by the Vice-President, Mr. e. Among those present were also Mr. John John Waldie, Hon. J. B. Snowball, Hon. Wm. . A. Bernier, Prof. W. L. Goodwin, Mr. J. ©. Ir. J. B. McWilliams, Dr. Wm. Saunders, Professor Hon. J. V. Ellis, Dr. Jas. Fletcher, Dr. C. H. Schenck ( N. C.), Mr. Geo. Johnson, Mr. Thos. Southworth, facoun, Mr. Wm. Pearce, Dr. Christie, M.P., Mr. . Ross, Mr. T. 8S. Young, Mr. Aulay Morrison, M. By, neron, Mr. J. A. Gemmill, Mr. Hiram Rébiiison, coun, Mr. F. G. Todd, Mr. W. N. Hutt. Mr. AC. wrt of the Board of Directors showed that there was ip of 244 in the Association, and that there was a th ibicitry have been the forniation of a Misrinelal iation in British Columbia, the meeting held in ‘and Kingston and the various meetings held by Mr. West, resulting in the formation of local circles ciation at Winnipeg, Virden, Brandon and Crystal Manitoba all the lands north of Township 38, and ake Winnipegosis, have been reserved from settlement timbered and known to be largely unfit for settle. 2 Ontario Government has set apart a reserve of llion acres surrounding Lake Temagami. The ition of the work so ably begun by the Ontario Commission in its investigation of the management e forests, the study of the spruce in view of it3 value ) industry and the encouragement of tree planting, on the Western plains, were urged as matters to Association should give special attention. The ‘of the forests from fire is, however, the one wn = immediate duty. Chairman, after referring in feeling terms to the death oved Queen and rezretting the absence of the ni , who would have expressed in most titting terms the or W so universally felt by not only all her loving it by allin every land where truth and virtue are eem, asked that a committee should be appointed Suitable address of condolence to the Royal Family our deep sense of their bereavement and coupling a resolution of welcome and congratulation to Sovereign, King Edward VII., on his accession to Rod and Gun in Canada pos In accordance with the Vice-President’s suggestion a rego- lution on these lines was adopted. A resolution expressing congratulations to the President on his appointment to the Lieutenant-Governorship of British Columbia was also passed and thanks were expressed to the press and the railway companies. “Forestry in British Columbia,” was the subject of a paper by Mr. J. B. Anderson, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for that province. The forests of British Columbia are of great extent and immense value. The most important tree is the Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga douglasii, which extends practically over the whole of the province, except Queen Charlotte Island, up to an altitude of 6,000 feet. On the coast this tree frequently surpasses eight feet in diameter, and reaches a height of 200 to 300 feet, forming prodigious and dark forests. As much as 508,000 feet of good lumber have been cut off one acre in the Comox district. The other important timber trees are Red Cedar, Spruce, Yellow Cedar, Hemlock, Western White or Balsam Fir, Western White Pine, Western Yellow Pine or Bull Pine, Scrub Pine, Black Pine, Larch or Western Tamarack. The principal deciduous trees are the Maple, the - Broad Leaved species being a magnificent tree which frequently attains a diameter of three or four feet and has been known to cover an area eighty feet in diameter, the Alder, the Poplar, the Oak, the Birch, the Arbutus, the Dogwood, the Buckthorn, the Crab. The average cut of lumber is easily 50,000 feet per acre. The acreage in the timber limits occupied, according to the figures of 1893, was 400,000, and at an average of 30,000 feet to the acre, this would give 12,000,000,000 feet. At an average yearly cut of 100,000,000 feet, the present limits would last 120 years. It is estimated that fire destroys fully fifty per cent. of the timber. This would reduce the time to 60 years. If, as is probable, the output is trebled, the time would be still further reduced to 20 years. If one-third of the limits of the province are taken up, the total area would be 1,200,000 acres, giving 60 : years for cutting. Natural growth would increase the amount, but fires will be a chief element of destruction. The appoint- ment of Forest Rangers seems to be the only possible means of controlling fire, but in an immense and undeveloped province like British Columbia would be very expensive to operate. A paper on ‘‘ Forestry on Dominion Lands’* was read by Mr. E. Stewart, Dominion Superintendent of Forestry. Mr. Stewart pointed out that the area of land controlled by the Dominion is about three times the total area of the older provinces and comprises a large area of wooded country as well as the barren land of the north and the prairie region. The most important tree in the forest districts is the Spruce. The first step taken by the Forestry Branch was the organization of a fire protection service. Forest fire rangers are selected from men residing in or near the district where they are to be employed. They are under the direction of some permanent officer in the land agency, and when this officer considers their services are required he notifies them to commence work, furnishes them with a copy of the Fire Act, a copy of general instructions and notices for posting up warning the public against the careless use of fire. By this system the ranger is employed only when his services are considered necessary, and in case it is very wet he may not be employed during the whole season. The other special line of work, which is being arranged for, is tree planting on the plains. Efforts have been made in the past by the Government to encourage tree planting, but not much success has been achieved owing (1) to bad cae: . 504 (2) to trees being planted in land not sufficiently prepared ; (3) to lack of cultivation. The system now proposed for dealing with the matter is to supply seed and cuttings to the settlers, as far as possible, and to give Government supervision in tree planting and cultivation. The supervisor will examine the land and furnish a sketch to the settler showing the best position for wood lot or shelter belts, with directions as to the proper trees to be set out and the best methods of doing so. An agreement to this effect will be made between those applying to take advantage of the proposal and the Government. The plan outlined by Mr. Stewart was discussed and commented on very favorably. Hon. T. A. Bernier, who is a resident of Manitoba, considered it a very important iis forward in the interests of the settlers in the West. Mr. William Pearce read a paper which had been seeped by Mrs. Zina Y. Card, of Cardston, Alberta, on ‘‘ Forestry on the Prairies.’’ Mrs. Card has had experience with tree planting in Utah and pointed out that in that State, where every city, town and village is a wilderness of trees, it is not difficult to produce them, for the irrigation canals which are so generally constructed supply the necessary moisture to make the task an easy one. At Cardston the native trees have been found most successful, and no trouble has been experienced in transplanting in the lower locations, if the necessary moisture is given at the proper time. The conclusions reached are in the main those of Mr. Wm. Pearce, that native trees should be planted first and should be obtained from a place where the conditions as to — exposure, wind, elevation, etc., are as nearly as possible the same. Evergreens have not so far been found successful, but the Manitoba Maple has succeeded when hedged and also the Black Willow and Basket Willow to a limited extent. Mrs. Card suggests that the establishment of a tree farm on a small scale in the district would be of great advantage in advancing the work of tree planting there, and also mentions the opinion of some of the members of the Association that an agricultural magazine would fill the requirements of their district better than the present official organ. The largest membership of any district next to Ontario, is in Alberta, and this is due to the exertions of the Vice-President, Mr. Wm. Pearce, aided by Mrs. Card, who has been influentiay in securing a large number of members for the Forestry Association in Southern Alberta. In the afternoon a paper on ‘‘ Timber Lands in New Brunswick owned by the Crown,’’ by Mr. W. P. Flewelling, Deputy Surveyor-General, was read. The Province of New Brunswick contains an area of 17,500,000 acres, of which 7,500,000 acres, mostly timber lands, are still controlled by the Government. About 6,000,000 acres are under license. For- merly timber licenses were for one year, then three years, and now twenty-five years. The greater length of tenure ensures a more economic management of the forest. In order to prevent indiscriminate cutting of spruce and pine the regulations provide that no tree shall be cut which will not make a log ten inches at the topeighteen feetup. In the present great demand for pulp wood many private owners allow the cutting of spruce down to four and five inches in diameter. Spruce grows rapidly in New Brunswick. It has been known to grow from the bud and make a merchantable log in thirty years. Many large holders cut in strips of 1} to 14 miles in width and five or ten miles long, allowing a rotation of five to seven years. New Brunswick has suffered largely in the past from fires, but stringent fire laws have been passed and fire wardens are employed to travel through the forests in spring and fall. Rod and Gun in Canada This was followed by a paper by Mr. John Bertr “The Economic Management of Pine Forests.” While ting that it was the most profitable for Southern On ally to devote her lands to agricultural purposes, atte ent called to the fact that in many localities there were land that could better be kept in timber. But the great region where pine is most profital y bh Laurentian ridge running across the central portion ¢ vince. What policy should be pursued to obtain { results with the least expenditure ? The various types of forest were considered :— lst—Where White Pine is predominant, but with other woods. The management of such a fo: not be difficult, as the principal point to be aimed to keep out fire so that the pines would be allomee sufficient age to reseed the ground, and they w proper conditions for reproduction in the shade of and white birch. 2nd—Where the forest is composed iinet \ mixed with other conifers and a sprinkling | of Large hemlock and spruce should be cut and mark as possible. No pine tree should be cut under bite diameter except forthinning. Care should be te the canopy of the forest, while at the same ti enough sunlight for the growth of the seedlings. of using young pine for crossways, bridges or skidwa to put up buildings, should be prohibited, just. as down of all varieties not wanted should be enco 3rd—Where the forest is composed mainly of mixed with large pine trees. Except yellow birch, wood is seldom very valuable for lumber in the 1 often too far from a railway to make cord wood. ) in an exposed situation, whence they would soedaie and all defective trees should be retained, while is cleared sufficiently to permit the pine to grow. — 4th—In the case of a forest, where the timber fifteen or twenty years of being the same age necessary to cut close, but only within certain d leaving seed trees. The small trees could notsta wind if only the larger were cut. 5th—Where hemlock, spruce and balsam are t species, mixed with hardwood and pine. Probat method would be to mark off an area, have a round where fire could not go, cut all or a portion pine, all the hemlock and spruce of market value, a: the remainder on a favorable opportunity. The most difficult question is the reforesting of tl which have been burnt over again and again. Yi standing in such districts should be guarded as a future seed distribution, and, where none such patches suitably situated for the distribution of s selected and seeded. These would reproduce them pine bears seed at an age from 25 to 30 years and be distributed up to a mile or even more. The north of Lake Superior is one where this e particularly be made. Mr. J. C. Langelier, Superintendent of Forest Quebec, gave_a paper on ‘‘ The Pulp Industry in our Forests.’’? The increase in the value of the pra pulp industry, as shown by the figures of the census: compared with those of 1881, being from $63,300 to $1, or 157 per cent., raised the question in many mir whether this new industry was not destined in a short ruin our spruce forests. Mr. Langelier wished to take question as to whether these fears are well founded. — . census of 1891 the quantity of spruce consumed for es in the four older provinces of the Dominion was 36,287 feet, including 57,475,000 feet of pulp wood in 65,599,500 feet in Quebec, 5,685,500 feet in New Bruns- 7,000 feet in Nova Scotia, or a total of 130,409,000 Taking ten times this quantity as the extreme i nsumption, the sum of 1,304,000,000 feet would be hich would manufacture 1,500,000 tons of pulp. This nearly the total actual production of the United States, ‘"y in all the world which manufactures the most ser. With this quantity of wood the four older ld supply home consumption, ship a couple of housand tons to the American paper manufacturers llion tons to Great Britain, France and other European ; At an estimate of 5.000 feet of pulp wood to the take the product of 260,818 acres. ent area of the forest may be estimated at 219,259,- , so that the time required to exhaust the present yuld average about 1000 years. : the other demands on the spruce forests would require feet yearly, requiring the product of 2,264,342 hich would reduce the period of exhaustion to 60 years io, 173 for Quebec, 41 for New Brunswick, and 38 for _ It isa well known fact that where operations are 1 a wise and provident manner a spruce forest in fifteen or twenty years, so that the spruce tically inexhaustible, inasmuch as the needs for ption of the lumber trade and the pulp industry capacity of production and reproduction of the rs to the forest are: first, fire; second, the abuses er pretext of colonization; third, wastefulness operations. An idea of the destruction by fire d by the statement that the value of the timber this cause in the forests of Lake St. John, St. the Ottawa could pay the whole debt of the uebec and still leave several millions to spend in $ resources. e pretext of colonization, lands which are only fit are taken up for agricultural purposes and the s destroyed by wasteful methods of cutting and by for the purpose of making clearings. Large areas en up which do-not yield enough for agricultural make it possible to exist upon them. reyenue from 545,955 acres of land under cultivation .¢ timber counties is $4,076,773, and at the permanent 500 feet of merchantable timber the revenue would 440. Converted into pulp the result would be . The amount paid in wages for the manufacture 960,920, which, at $1.25 per:diem would represent and 156,000 souls who would be supported. The farm produce from these lands would be $7.36 per pulp would be $61.25 per acre. The danger from operations is the cutting of trees down to a small e1 , as low as three inches, principally for export. This s the forest and leaves no means for its reproduction. great advantage of the pulp industry is the fact that it the use of a great deal of small and poor timber ctive value of the forests by twenty per cent. ames Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, spoke on Rod and Gun formerly altogether refuse matter, thus increasing in -Canada 505 that suck the sap in another. In regard to the insects that infest the forests, the treatment of trees once injured must be decided upon quickly by the forester. Fire is one thing that gives our entomologists work to do, as the insects attack fire- killed timber immediately. Some bore in the bark and others right into the wood. As it has been found that these beetles go through their changes in one year, a forest burnt over in August must be cut before the first winter. ‘‘ Rossing’’ logs, or the taking of a strip of bark off in order to admit air and moisture under it, is a method adopted to prevent the workings of the bark insects, also the covering of the logs with evergreens as the beetles are sun-loving creatures. Dr. Fletcher exhibited a number of specimens of the insects referred to, and also showed a hickory axe handle which had been destroyed by the powder post insect. A paper by Dr. W. H. Muldrew, of Gravenhurst, Ontario, on “Forest Botany in the Schools’? was submitted. The results which might be expected from a course in Natural Science are (1) a marked strengthening of the faculty for rational observation and comparison, with a corresponding gain in the ability to draw logical conclusions ; (2) an organized body of knowledge concerning some department of nature ; (3) an interest in nature based on such knowledge and impelling to continued observation and study. To obtain these objects knowledge and interest must be interwoven. Dr. Muldrew’s conclusion is that the native trees present the best point of interest for an introduction to the study of Elementary Botany. As the floral organs of trees are usually inconspicuous, they are often overlooked in the ordinary course of study, so that a knowledge of the trees is not usually a conspicuous characteristic in a botanical class. The leaf characters form the best introduction. If the rising generation is to be trained to think intelligently about our forests, it must first be trained to know them. To attain this object a practical knowledge of our native trees should be required of teachers, and Forest Botany should be taught informally in our public schools and formally as a part of the science course in our high schools. A change in the tendency of the study of science in the high schools is towards the recognition of those topics that bear on the industrial life of the people, and in such an arrangement Forest Botany would be. worthy of an honored place. The establishment of Arboretums should be encouraged for their educational value, as much as a collection of any other kind, while. their advantages would be very great in other respects. An interesting discussion on these papers was held. Dr. C. A. Schenck, Principal of the School of Forestry and Manager of the Vanderbilt forest at Beltmore, N.C., addressed the meeting during the day and in the, evening delivered a lecture in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School on ‘‘ Governmental and Private Forestry,” the substance of which is as follows :— ‘The lovers of the American forest have been labouring over the forestry problem for a number of years. In the mean- time, the owners of woodland have continued to solve the problem in their own way by converting trees into ready money. Only a few cases are on record, in which private individuals have practiced conservative forestry—evidently without knowing what they were doing. Obviously as long as the gigantic trees of the primeval forests cannot be approached, as long as the expense of trans- porting the timber to the market surmounts the price obtainable for it, the owner of the forests cannot actually practice forestry. Later on, when the country has been opened up by railroads 506 and navigation, the cost of marketing the trees is reduced and stumpage begins to command a price. From that moment on, it will pay to use the forest. Obviously the virgin forest should not be preserved ; the virgin forest is unproductive ; the annual production of woody tissues is exactly offset by the annual death and decay of timber. If such were not the case, our virgin woods would get so dense in the course of the years, that neither deer nor man could penetrate them In the well-managed forest, the mature trees are removed, and just that much timber is left on every acre as suflices to fully digest sunshine, rain and air, the food of the forest. Enthusiastic advocates of forestry have often deplored the disappearance of the forests from the very land where they used to grow most luxuriously. I refer to the rich land along the river bottoms. To the cause of forestry, this enthusiasm has done more harm than good. Mere commonsense prescribes the rule that every acre of ground shall be devoted to that produc- tion, under which it pays best. The most fertile land is justly claimed by agriculture and pasture ; forestry must be properly relegated to land unfit for field crops or to arough climate where wheat and corn are apt to fail. In this country, the immigrant cannot possibly foretell what forest land, being of a truly agricultural character, should be cleared and used for farming, and what wooded tracts, under the prevailing conditions of soil, climate and means of communication, should be left to the production of timber. Some paternal supervision, some amicable foresight must be exercised by the government, and only such land—on the other hand all such land—must be delivered to the plough, on which farming pays better than a second growth of trees. The question will be asked: ‘‘ Does forestry pay at all?” Pointing to European or to Indian experience, the forestry scholars used to prophesy, that large and rising returns can be safely expected from forestry. To the unprejudiced observer it seems strange that the American wood owner, the lumberman, is far from sharing the scholars’ opinion. The American lumberman, standing in the foremost rank of successful business men, proves by the very success of his business that in this country—aside from exceptional conditions already cited— forest destruction pays better than forest preservation. Forestry as an investment is unsafe as long as fires cannot be prevented from destroying the forest. Where protection from fire is absolutely assured, a second growth of trees, in my opinion, cannot be prevented from developing. Thus, if the people of this country care to engage in a far-sighted policy, if the providential functions of government relative to forestry are understood, let them furnish laws anda salaried staff to enforce these laws by which forest fires are prohibited. Then only we can expect private forestry to be practised, because then only private forestry is a safe and remunerative investment. For the Dominion and the Provinces, in their capacity as forest-owners, similar considerations hold good. Both are in the lucky position of owning large and compact tracts, so that the expense of protection, per acre of land, is greatly reduced. Both have the power to enact laws suiting the task, with a view of perpetuating the forest whilst using it. At the same time, the interest of the commonwealth demands that no acre of virgin forest shall be touched, unless the land is fit for farming, or unless the forest, during and after lumbering, is fully protected from fire. Forestry means ‘‘the proper handling of forest invest- ments.’’ Forestry intends to transform unproductive woodland Rod and Gun in Canada properly, the manifold losses can be reduced whic into a capital yielding large revenue. The forestry inyestn are cut down, on the one hand, by the removal o timber, and are increased on the other hand, by crea system of floatable streams, of forest railroads and 1 roads. By these means the farms and pasture grou possibly the mines as well—scattered throughout the for made simultaneously accessible and more valuable. If by regulating, by handling the forestal imy navigation, water supply, irrigation, agriculture, pub property destructible by floods, then every penny such handling and regulating is a penny legitimat by forestry. In other words: the gross returns fro practised by the commonwealth are not tangible go the yield of the forest consists, to a large extent, o assistance, of insurance furnished to the people and industrial vocations. , The development of Canada’s gigantic foreat e: necessarily be slow. When it is accomplished, after t of another century, Canada may supply the entire y timber. Ifin the year 1750 a prophet had dared to actual happenings in German forestry, he would | laughed at by all intelligent people. At that time miles of forests could be bought at the price now. fe the sale of a single oak tree in it. In Canada, if the population continues to in facilities of transportation continue to be developed of pine stumpage, 80 years hence, might be $20 per tho feet b.m.—the price now prevailing in Germany and Y If such are the prospects, Canada will be the ric on earth before the dawn of the next century, pro she continues to manage conservatively her forest again, if such are the possibilities, we should at once reforest every acre of ground unfit for the plough timber production. . At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of than Schenck was moved by Mr. Geo. Johnston and secon Saunders. The Forestry Association are much indebte Schenck for his kindness in attending the meeting an so much valuable information to the members. A full report of the proceedings, including the will be prepared and a copy sent to each mem Association. am ‘ Owing to the lengthy report of the Annee Meet ng ¢ matters to which it was intended to give sen Arbor Day, haye been crowded out. 1% The Planting of Shade Trees. By W. T. Macoun, Ottawa, Ont. Every year, at the approach of spring, the desire something grows strong in the breast of all lover shrubs and plants, and as there are a very large number persons in Canada, it would not be long before the gardens of our cities and towns would be a perfect. of leaves and blossoms, if all the good intentions bo waning days of winter and the early days of spring into practical form. Unfortunately, many plans made are never carried into execution, or, if they are is the result through lack of knowledge and often sheer carelessness. The following notes on the planting of shade prove useful to those who really intend to plant some, b may think that it is only necessary to get them and pl d become beautiful shade trees. A large proportion of ses from one to two feet high might grow if treated in nner, provided the roots were not too dry before but trees for avenue or street planting have to be r differently. ree when it is growing in the forest or nursery is with a large number of root fibres through which sap ant food are carried up into the trunk and branches of e, When atree is dug a large number of these root fibres royed, and when a tree is dug as are many of those jlanted along our streets there are few fibre: left. It ble for a tree to receive much moisture froin the soil e larger roots, and if it is planted just as it came from s; without pruning back the top, it it quite likely to die. ly, after trees are planted, they develop leaves and -of the summer and then die, there being enough inches for this purpose without the tree receiving its roots. During the spring and early summer great destruction of peach trees in south-western 1e winter of 1898-99, large numbers of trees whose rotting in the soil bloomed and leafed out before they is, therefore, never sure that a tree is going to live seagon after planting. A tree, then, should have as fibres as possible. The branches should be cut back ne of planting in proportion to the amount of root tree ses. The man who wants trees for avenue provided with root fibres and then instead of pruning bare pole, only shorten in the branches somewhat. of sawing all the top off the trees which are used irposes is not far wrong, considering the fact that ly planted are those which have been dug and torn oods with very few root fibres left on them. A tage, however, of these trees would grow if a few aller branches were always left onthe trees. Although re dormant buds along the trunk of a maple or elm, the of trees usually planted, there are often so few root fibres which sap may be carried up into the tree that there is or sap enough to develop these buds, encased as they in the hard wood, and the tree in the meantime dies. ver, some smaller branches are left, leaves are , and ‘when the sap rises from the roots, growth goes the whole top of a tree is lett on at the time of g there is great danger that when the leaves develop by the sap which is stored in the branches, there will be moisture transpired into the air by them that the sap e will be exhausted before the roots begin to pump up dit dies. This is the fate of very many trees. ples and elnis stand very rough handling when being ted, maples particularly. In many cases the roots ed to the sun and drying winds for a long time before are planted, and although when trees are exposed to ment, they often live, in many cases this is the cause ir death. How could a tree be expected to live when all ro ot fibres are dried up? Wh en trees are planted, a hole should be dug large enough in their roots when spread out to their full extent, and ole is larger than this the results would be even better. ‘should be made deep enough so that the tree when will be a little deeper in the soil than it was in the or nursery. Many trees die because the roots are Red and Gun rposes which will develop a natural top should get. In Canada 507 crowded into small holes.. This is especially the case in heavy soils where, when the roots are thus crow ded, it is extremely difficult forthe to push into the surrounding earth. The soil in which shade trees are planted is often very poor; the excavated material obtained in laying the foundations of buildings being frequently what they are plantedin. When the soil is of such a character it will help the tree to make a quick start if good soil is drawn to replace that which is taken from the hole. If the surface soil is good and that underneath poor, the former should be kept in a separate heap when dig- ging the hole, and it should be thrown in first when the hole is being refilled. It is always best to have the trees planted in good soil. The soil is at first sifted in among the roots, and when they are covered by it, it should be tramped so that it will come in close contact with the root fibres. The soil is tramped several times while filling the hole. As arule it is not necessary to use water when planting trees, and sometimes when it is used the soil puddles or becomes hard and encases the root fibres, preventing them from growing. Trees should be protected after they are planted, with wooden or iron protectors, to prevent injury from horses or cows or from boys swinging on them and loosening by wind. They should be put on the tree immediately after planting. There is no doubt that many of the shade trees in our cities are dying from lack of air and moisture at their roots. ‘Lhis is due to the fact that many of the permanent roadways or streets are made almost or quite impervious to air and moisture, and if a tree is to thrive well, air should freely penetrate the soil, there should also be a tair amount of moisture in it. In many places most of the rain which falls runs away before it can soak into the ground. By planting the trees on the lower or boulevard side of the footpath the roots will obtain more moisture. Two of the best trees to plant for shade purposes are the hard or sugar maple and the American elm, the latter being particularly suitable for avenues. The Norway maple is also a good tree for street planting, as the foliage is very dense and it is arapid grower. The red or soft maple is often planted also as a shade tree, but as this is a moisture-loving species it does not stand much chance where there are granolithic sidewalks and asphalt street pavements, and will not under such condi- tions prove satisfactory. The pin oak is being now highly recommended as a shade and avenue tree and it has certainly many good points in its favour. makes a good annual growth and soon becomes very ornamental. The distance apart at which trees should be planted will depend much on circumstances. For street planting, where shade is the chief desideratum, they will be planted much closer than when used for avenue effect principally. When used as avenue trees, elms should not be planted less than forty feet apart, though thirty feet would be sufficient for maples. ESTABLISHED 1845 Canada’s Largest Exclusive Sporting Goods Store, We keep in stock all the requirements rements for nearly every known sport. 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Communications on all topics pertaining to fishing, shooting, canoeing, the kennel and amateur photography, will be welcomed and published, if satisfactory. All communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, however. Rop AND GUN IN CANADA does not assume any responsibility for, or necessarily endorse, any views expressed by contributors in these columns. All communications should be addressed to: — ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. The situation as regards game protection and the framing of additional good common sense legislation, is very bright in this Dominion ofours. Coming events cast their shadows before, and it is not a breach of confidence, nor a revelation of any secret of state, to say that changes are probably about to be made in the game laws of Quebec and Ontario which will work wholly for good. Premier Parent is understood to be fully persuaded that one moose should suffice any reasonable sportsman each year, and that two caribou and two deer are enough for any moderate man. There is hope that the powers that be in Ontario now, realize that under their control is one of the largest and best. stocked moose ranges in Canada, and that they may safely permit hunting by sportsmen during a fairly long open season each year. The game protective authorities of Ontario are men ofexcellent intention, and if they have satisfied themselves as to the correctness of the statements that were made during the last meeting of the North American Protective Association, we may be sure that.they will not be long in framing more liberal laws than those that have here- tofore existed. 3 Ls The twelfth annual report of the Tourilli Fish and Game Club of the Province of Quebec has been issued. It is un- necessary, perhaps, to say that the club is in a very flourishing condition, and that there are no signs of any shortage in the game supply within the limits controlled by the Association. This club, in addition tothe usual game, fish and animals, proper to the latitude of its preserve, is supposed to possess a new trout, Salmo marstoni, so called after the editor of the English Fishing Gazette. How far Salmo marstoni differs from Salvelinus fontinalis, and whether it be a salmoor a salvelinus, are matters which concern more closely the learned pisci- culturist than the practical fisherman. The members of the Turilli club have great stories to tell of the fighting powers of the marstoni ; they say that it has all the qualities of the land locked salmon and the charr, while it has even more endurance than the former. Unfortunately, however, this peerless warrior does not seem to take readily to the fly excepting during June, when it will take a fly that is ‘‘ bobbed’’ on the surface of the water. Bait fishing is unsuccessful and even the deadly nightline is avoided by the crafty marstoni. Like other Rod and Gun _unknown to science. in Canada great warriors, however, this inhabitant of the Tourilli has its weak point, and a small gilt spoon in Se frequently proves fatal. | i The occurrence of this lately discovered charr in L Marbre and the west branch of the Ste. Anne’s, should re us that there are many waters in Canada holding It ought to be the bright prer: the honest and enterprising angler to act as the middle between these remote waters and the naturalist’s tabl biological station. The biological expert is, as a rule, to spare time to explore distant waters, hence the p fisherman may easily be of some service to his time and ge tion by preserving specimens that he may take in reg remote from the madding crowd, and submitting the some competent authority on his return to civilization. ' * om Rop anp Gun has been favored with a very us treatise on camping in Canada, written by Mr. George G. Syracuse, New York. This is an enlargement of that he gave to the fraternity a year ago. Last au Cotton was the leader of a large and successful campin into the wilderness east of Lake Kippewa, and t. experiences which he got in 1900 he has placed at t of his fellows early in 1901. While it would be very the advantage of our readers to give Mr. Cotton’s © verbatim, we cannot do so this month, but in a fute room will be made at some length for what he has to Mr. ©. K. Sober, Game Commissioner of Lewisbu has favored this magazine with a paper entitled Objections to House Bill No. 43.’ As we have not pleasure of reading any Pennsylvania house bill that of, our opinion as to the merits of No. 43 is not. valuable. We, have, however, read very care ‘‘ objections”? that Mr. Sober has sent us, and appa are well taken. It seems that this gentleman’s colleagues at sale of upland ployer, rail, reed birds, doves, black ducks, geese, brant, swans, coots, mud-hens, snipe, and curlew between September first and April first, i Mr. Sober says: “Possibly spring shooting may, opinion of some sportsmen, be a short-cut method of the numerous species of birds included in Section -2 Bill 43. Idonot, and amaverse to such methods of p A good many sportsmen will agree with Mr. Sob methods of protection are akin to that of the English ] who, whilst he was returning in the grey dawn f unsuccessful expedition found a little curly-tailed pig along the highway. ‘‘ What!” said our friend, “ you : nobody to take care of you ;.then I’ll take care of y the cavernous darkness of the huge pocket in his velvet swallowed up the little piggie. Are You a Fishen Probably ; hence we make the following offer: If you will names of six of your friends, sample copies of RopD AND GUN shall be mailed to them immediately, and should any of them s will = you half a dozen choice ¢rout or bass flies for each receive These flies have been selected carefully by an experienced and will prove as killing as any in your book—perhaps even | than those you have used heretofore. 603 Cra M Rod and Gun Publishing Qo. THE GUN Conducted by “Bob White” SPARROW SHOOTING. arrow shooting at the traps is becoming a popular pas- certainly is a clean and enjoyable sport. Shooting at ’ is apt to get a little monotonous, not to speak of e when you spend the day throwing 5 cent loads nt targets. Pigeon, also, is expensive and unfortu- s a certain amount of public sentiment against it. on the other hand are looked upon by nearly every unmitigated nuisance and their destruction ad vocated. -shoot- Rod and. Gun in Canada 509 Ireland and Scotland. Messrs. Ely Bros., of ‘London, who ar conducting the British end of the negotiations, propose that the contest be held under the following conditions: Best three matches in five ; one hundred Ely targets to each man, each match thrown from Ely expert traps. 1. B.S. A. rules to govern, except that targets must be thrown not more than 60 or less than 40 yards, nor lower than 6 feet, nor higherthan 12 feet ata point 10 yards from the trap. Match to be for $5,000 a side, English team to take the gate receipts, but to pay American team $2,500 for expenses, if it loses. American team to use one barrel only ; English team both barrels. Such well-known professional trap shots as Fanning. Crosby, Gilbert, Parmalee, Elliott, Budd and Heikes have been proposed fora place on the American team, with the Hon, Thomas A. Marshall,also, who has been constituted manager. We are not aware that any English team has, as yet, consented to enter the con- — - See ee. Tsecas Ee. great deal of suspicion on any form of traps set for his re. The most effective way of gathering him in, is by the et at night. : ying caught him, you must give him plenty of elbow for the novice will be surprised to find how hard it is ep the birds in good condition. He should be kept in a it sized room, with lots to eat and drink, until an hour or fore the shoot. Close confinement will kill a healthy y in a few hours. One is surprised at this when you » what a tough little rascal he is, ordinarily. If you live bird shooting, try some sparrows and you will agree e that it isthe ‘‘ real thing.”’ LY International Team Shoot. international target contest is on the carpet, to take place mmer in England, between a team of ten trap shooters the United States and an equal number from England, Whitefish Bay, Lake Temagaming, Ontario test. It may be difficult to get ’ the English ama- teur to enter the lists against a team composed almost’ entirely of professionals, such as those named, but if he does he can be assured of one thing, he is up against a pretty warm _ proposi- tion Ay LS Stray Shots. At Denver, Col., on March 7th, A. B.. Dan- iels successfully defended the Sparling . medal from three other contestants, ‘by making the re- markable — score of 100 straight targets out of a possible 100. Prior to the match Mr. Daniels shot at 100 targets for practice and scored 98, making a record for the day of 198 out of 200, certainly a very fine performance for an amateur. 1k At Kingsville, Ont., on Mar. 9th, E. C. Clark, Detroit, Mich., defeated J. Pastorious, Kingsville, in a contest at 25 live pigeons, for possession of the King trophy, held by the latter. The scores were: Clark, 21; Pastorious 19. Mr. Pastorious has challenged his successful opponent to another match at pigeons, and it will be shot off at an early date. % The Interstate Association’s tournament at Sherbrooke, P. Q., July 1st and 2nd, under the auspices of the Sherbrooke Gun Club, promises to be one of the most important trap events in Canada this year. Canadian shooters should make a note of the dates and help to make the affair a success. 510 At Interstate Park, Queens, L.I.,on March 11th, Messrs. Heikes, Gilbert, Fanning, Crosby and Parmalee, each shooting at 25 targets, in one squad, made a possible, thus establishing a new world’s record for a squad of five men. LS Mr. Bates’ success last year in winning the Grand American Handicap will probably stimulate other Canadian shooters to emulate his example. Canada has as good shots with rifle or shot gun as any other country, and only needs the oppor; tunity to demonstrate the fact. ™ Capt. J. L. Brewer, the veteran wing shot, was given a benefit shoot at Dexter Park, L. I., recently. ™ The Westmount Gun Club held a well-attended shoot recently. Mr. J. K. Kennedy won the silver spoon, and N. P. Leach scored one more win for the challenge cup. The scores and handicaps were asfollows: J. K. Kennedy (16), 27; W. J. Cleghorn (20), 16; N. P. Leach (16), 16; F.C. Nash (16), 16; F. J. Elliott (16), 15; W. Galbraith (18), 14; C. H. Routh (14), 18; F. G. B. Hamilton (16), 13; R. B, Hutcheson (16), 18; J. F. Hansen (18), 13; W. M. Hall (14), 11; C. Iles (14), 9; T. James(14),6. For the Challenge Cup—N, P. Leach (16), 16; J. F. Hansen (18), 15. Canadian trap shooters are about to organize a Dominion Trap Shooters and Game Protective League, and will hold a meeting at Ottawa, under the auspices of the St. Hubert Co. Gun Club on Easter Monday, April 8th, for that purpose. Arrangements will be made for an annual three days’ tournament under the auspices of the proposed association, to be held at either Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal in turn. Matters ofinterest in connection with the protection of game will also be discussed. This movement of Canadian sportsmen is a most important one and cannot fail to stimulate the noble sport of trap shooting in Canada. It will also conduce to a more uniform and reasonable form of game protection. In the first issue of Rop anD GuN we expressed a desire to see some such league of Canadian sportsmen organized and we are glad to know there is some prospect of our hope being realised. : W. R. Crosby made a new world’s record on single target ¢ at Interstate Park, N. Y., on March 13th, by breaking 345 straight blue rocks from a Magautrap. The best previous record was that of J. S. Fanning, who broke 231 straight at Utica, N. Y., last year. At the same place in a 100-target match, Parmalee and Gilbert each made a clean score. ™ The Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club have applied for admission to the Interstate Association. The Club at a recent meeting decided to have a series of fortnightly shoots, commencing Saturday, March 16th, the nine high guns to receive merchandise prizes aggregating $100.00. The shoots will be at 25 targets, $1.00 entrance including targets, members only eligible for a prize, handicap from 15 to 22 yards. The shooter who breaks 80% or better to go back one yard, if not at 22 yards, and to go up one yard if he fails to break 80%. Handicap eommittee, Dr. Overholt, T. Upton and J. Hunter. * At the New York Sportsmen’s Show, held March 4 and following days, the best scores in the Continuous Match were Gilbert 139 and Fanning 114, without amiss. Crosby, Fanning and Banks each broke 99 out of 100, in the Association Cham- pionship Match. Rod and Gun facilities. in Canada AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Conducted by Hubert ‘McBean Johnstone THE EDUCATING INFLUENCES OF" CAMERA CLUB. 5 By H., McB lah ry The amateur photographer who lives in a tow where there exists a camera club, and who is not thereof, has indeed a worthy cause to feel ashamed « To tell just why, it would be necessary to go over the at to be derived therefrom, and to do that would greater space than I have here at my command intention, however, to outline briefly some of the results that can be traced to the club in photography doing this I suppose it would not be amiss to just— the social side of such institutions and to what ay ext be a means of driving a worker to take up some par of work which he had hitherto not thought about. edly it is a fact, that in more than half the cases, i conversation that makes a fellow specialize particular line that he has always had more or hankering after, and yet has never thought of follo a photographic sense. Then passing over the social advantages, we com thing that most amateurs are really looking for become members, namely, the privilege of using t dark room and laboratories of the institution. We or have known at some time, the objections that ¢ the house is apt to raise when she finds some stra crystalized upon the carpet, and the dozen and one othe inconveniences of trying to do things without the The camera club effectually does away and at the same gives us an opportunity of n sympathies with a half a hundred others yi through the same purifying flame. To subscribe to all the photographic magazines — published would leave us bankrupt, if, indeed, we co the names and addresses of them all to write to the the reading rooms we are provided with all the most art and scientific matter that is considered by the co be of a sufficient high standard to admit. And it pe read the magazines, not only for the sake of the goo practical instruction that is to be derived therefrom, but keep up to date as to what is going on in the photograph Furthermore, in the club we are enabled to keep on matters outside our own club by means of the lan interchange, and are thus given a most thorough idea other similar organizations throughout the country And when we remember that in looking at a set of some other club we are only looking at the cream of three times as many that were submitted, we can great an opportunity we stand of picking up hints prove of assistance to us in the doing of our daily wo too, at the weekly meetings, when all the most members are present, ideas areal ways more or less im and a steady flow of conversation regarding the in subject, will serve to keep us in touch with all that is in our own town. Truly, asa means of keeping up regards photographic affairs, there is nothing that will the club. Ng asionally those of us who are not club members will }to run across some demonstrator at one of the photo- ¢ stock houses and have an opportunity of picking up a Dit of knowledge. Club members here again have over scided advantage, for they are not condemned to have to to such affairs, but if their institution is under the d of management, they will have every demonstrator s to that city give a special exhibition before the club f ecial edification of its members. Then too, while “are waiting for the demonstrator to come around, very tly it is possible to prevail upon some of the older rs to give a little talk that will be, to the tyro at least, s more instructive than the utterances of the big man. regular weekly or monthly meetings, the reading and of papers on photography and other kindred subjects emembers, is an excellent educational feature of such ations and something that is perhaps of more practical Rod and Gun in Canada 511 monotony of the whole. No matter what it may be, every member of the party has a chance to make his little study of it and then to have it informally criticised afterward by every other one who was present. Truly a sort of criticism ‘that is conducive to successful work. These are some of the benefits that belong to the camera club. Surely it pays to belong. - k On Coloring Lantern Slides. At the present time, whilst there are camera clubs and photographic journals by the score, anything that could be said on the enjoyment to bederived from the making and show- ing of lantern slides would be so superfluous that the chances are it would hardly be more than glanced at, even by the veriest amateurs. Therefore, the purpose of this short sketch, is to outline briefly the various methods of coloring and tinting. such slides. It is a yw, though orry to say the active rs of the club, turn out with their cameras and go search of the pretty spots that lie in the surrounding . Every member knows some pretty place and so m turn has the guiding for the day. When a suit- ubject is decided upon, which to avoid confusion by the member in charge, the whole party set up ruments in any position that they may happen ind blaze away at it, the result being that every member ds y’s outing has an opportunity to study the scene from points of view at a comparatively small expense, and ume time to grasp the impressions that a dozen other formed of it. Perhaps it is a mass of willows over- pa swiftly running stream and just swaying backward yard with the wind enough to touch upon the surface urb its smooth serenity ; or perhaps it is a picture of a road with its host of farm houses and out buildings the country side as. far as the eye can reach, while in the od is a flock of sheep or a herd of cows that break the et ete FE Toy Cache Lake curious fact that, though thous- ands of slides are shown through the lantern annual- ly, over fifty per cent. of them are harshly out- lined in black and white, when a little extra time bestowed -on each slide would - enhance its beauty be- yond concep- tion. Just a word on the development of slides that are to be colored may be interest- ing. Among the best developers, ‘that used as the standard formula of the New York Camera Club ranks very high. The stock solution is made up of Carbonate of soda ...........2. -ee0e «ose 200 gr Sulphite of soda............ee i teeeee eee 200 gr. Hydroquinone.......--5.-..seeeee ec eeres 50 gr WATER Son tic) Detect Sek, ev bes na premalede 10 0z Cold black tones may be produced by a normal exposure developed with equal parts of stock solution and water to which has been added one or two drops of a ten-per-cent solu- tion of potassium bromide. A more diluted developer and from 10 to 20 drops of restrainer will give warmer tones, the rule being that the warmth of tone is increased with the amount of bromide used and the length of the exposure given. In many cases, for instance in a seascape, it will be found that a slide will be improved by being tinged with blue, or perhaps even colored to a deep blue. 512 The following bath will secure this result : No. 1. Sulphocyanide of ammonium..........-- 200 gr WEALGD Faire sete a! ecliacsty grticiade hewn tovn ) Socaslt pea 32 oz. Carbonate of soda (granular) .......-+--. 2 gr. No. 2. Chloride of gold (brown) ........+. +--+: 15 gr. WEE OSes wo seics Celarera eke bree thant! ater ie ate 1 oz. To use add four drops of No. 2 to two ounces of No. 1, and have bath at temperature of 74° Fahr. This temperature must be almost exact. Reduced slidesshould be toned only after they have been dried. The process of toning can best be judged by viewing the slide by transmitted day light, and when fully toned it will show a pure blue color. - The following bath produces Bartolozzi red tones : No. 1: Ferrocyanide of potassium (yellow pee 15 gr. Wahler ye ois Slee eicaese saa as RES ne Cae 16 02. No. 2. Nitrate of oraniumi. (60 00. ee yee eee oe 30 gr Sulphocyanide of ammonium ...... 150 gr Citric d0id (LTYS:) 5 o-6 sve ee ce See ee cee 30 gr MW MGS SPs ieee Howe es ee terles Sea sate ee 16 oz To use, thoroughly soak the slide in water and then place in a bath composed of equal parts of stock solutions Nos. 1 and 2, where it quickly takes on a beautiful red hue. After this proceed to wash in the usual way. To secure a bright green slide use : No. 1. Oxalate of iron ...... aida Watee eRe Np ree eee 20 gr. Ferrocyanide of potassium............+..- 15 er. WS LEP okies cana g oe hoe iccoe nea te ertag tae sw chan lacs 32 02. No. 2. Chromate of potassium..............0..5. Sgr MY LOIS osc. bo alicreaere Mk aa oie ws ere ter 16 02. The slide must be placed in No. 1, until it takes on a dark blue color, when it is given a minute in No. 2 and then dried. This bath has the effect of slightly intensifying. Another method of securing a blue tone is to take old, or presumably fogged, plates and soak in a bath composed of equal parts of the following until the gelatine is perfectly clear: Nol: Red prussiate of potassium. ......-........ 11 oz be ess conc) scare eure ee iaamiea se tke 16 0z No. 2. 1h gc Oe ara EN GARE ere arn 1 oz. NR as 5 Sv nee k EO eh SOS ETH 16 0z Thoroughly wash, and before drying place in a clean tray and flow over with a solution of Citrate of iron and ammonia.............+. 1 oz. and after allowing it to remain in the bath one minute dry in ~ the dark. Then print in contact with the negative in daylight until the shadows are slightly browned, a condition which © can easily be seen by looking at the back of the glass. Now flow over with a solution of 8 02. When developed wash iu clean water until high lights are clear. Any dry plate can be used, the silver salts being, of course, first removed by hypo, but the finished result is possibly more suitable for a transparency than a lantern slide. As trans- parencies, they are very striking. Rod and Gun « lower corner of the same in such a manner that the ¢) and you'll find that that will do the trick, O. K. in. Ganada oF A simple and easy method of transferring an impre such as a title, from an engraved block or type, making a kind of transfer paper on which the desired i tion is either written with indelible or waterproof ink, printed with ordinary printer’s ink. To make the pape a piece of ordinary smooth paper and bend the upper | edge upward at right angles about a quarter of an ine fasten with three pins on a smooth board on the 1 edges of the paper will extend a full quarter of an it the edges of the board. Coat the paper by flowing it oye a thin solution of insulating varnish made of raw solved in benzole. After this is dry, again cvat with a thin sol 1 0! tine and dry. In order to transfer the inscription the should be trimmed, soaked a minute in cold water on the negative, the superfluous water being rem blotting paper. When perfectly dry the back of thoroughly moistened with benzole, which read the insulating film of rubber so that the paper can off, leaving the thin gelatine film, with the prin plate. The printing will, of course, be reversed. paper may also be transferred to plain glass. Saas Now, in conclusion, a man possessing a seri would do well to read up extensively the history of and then boil down the vital points into small comp to work upon the emotions of those present, who» W they are listening to a man with a mind of his own, time is worth something.—H. McBean Jon Photo-American. % The Scrap Bag. Sometimes you want to intensify or reduce a ne you have varnished and you’ve got to get that bl off. How are you going to doit? You have to do ly, because if you don’t, streaks and blotches are g whenever the gelatine is not properly cleansed. needed to ensure the complete removal, is to add .8 to the alcohol used to dissolve the varnish. Se ammonia to twenty parts alcohol. Put the negativ with a sufficient quantity of the solution to cover it has been in for half an hour thoroughly swab it with of cotton wool. Then give it a good washing under th ™ I came across a good scheme lately in use by an who did not want to spoil his bedroom window by pt a iot of racks for his printing frames. In one cc frame he inserted a hook and in the corner diagonally he put aneye. Then by means ofa nail in the wind he was able to suspend the whole bunch up against where they would get all the light there was. % It’s my experience that in spite of all that! is § of orthochromatic plates, not one amateur in twenty right along. Everybody should. When one conside their use it is possible to secure such a wonderful detail amid the dark shadows of heavy foliage an great range of luminosity in tone value it is possible argument is unnecessary. And then think of the clouds. April and May are the months when, as Tennyson it, ‘‘clouds are lightest up in air,’’ and the wise amate already considering the advisability of laying in a sto orthochromatic plates. 44 present, amateur camerists are allowed to take at the Pan-American Exposition for twenty-five or seventy-five cents by the week. The price will don May first. Like the World’s fair, the regulations ermit of the use of a tripod or of a camera that takes er than four by five inches. Every amateur who Pan wants to remember to trot his camera along, be a funny thing indeed if he does not find some hat will more than repay him for the trouble of go into an exhibition and look at the photo- ed, the first thing that strikes you is the large square and rectangular frames there are on the the extremely small percentage of round or oval there are any at all. There’s no reason on The rectangular frame, it is true, suits most , but very frequently indeed does one come across eture that would look better in an oval, or shape and that is only put in a square cornered it is customary. Now, there’s nothing nicer in oval, or a heart, a diamond, or something me a picture in, and when put on the walls it adds to the general effectiveness, breaking as it does, the jultitude of square lines and right angles that Why not use it oftener? ‘ ™ you filter your solutions? Filtering paper? ur funnel and see how much quicker it is. For all ept gold and silver and pyro, you are going to find wer just as well. I use it all the time. : ; eS you get a print that you would rather see on r mount, and not possessing the negative, hate like s to take it off, for fear you may tear it. Take the and lay it face downwards on a sheet of clean glass, on top of it place a damp cloth folded so that the project over the edges of the mount. On top of it ther sheet of glass and over all a heavy pressure. l over night and in the morning your print is ready without any pulling. i Da : pon a time, when I bought my first camera, I used ed with fog on my plates and could never account ‘nally an older worker who had been similarly suggested that the root of the evil lay in my lens sty. Come to look, my lens was dusty. I cleaned it aven’t been troubled since. Nuf sed. uu ever make a carbon print and make it just a little Then it’s no use and you have to throw it away. t may interest you to know that ammonium sulphide an efficient reducer in such an instance. "ae! LS le ago I paid a visit to Niagara Falls to take a look at . While I was there—a matter of perhaps half an 1 venture to say that twenty-five kodakers rushed up ade snap-shots of it. Fully half of them wore on their look of ‘‘ you press the button, we do the rest’’ fiends, me to wondering what their results were going to Rod and Gun in Canada instead you take a wad of cotton and put itin the | idge and see the greatest ‘‘freeze-out’’ on the . 513 tray, never cutting them apart, and never paying any attention to the fact that right along side the picture of the Falls is an under-exposed interior and on the other side of it another one over-exposed. Now, what kind of results can such fellows hope to get? They know perfectly well that they want proper gradation and half tone with correct contrast between the snow and the sky. And how the dickens can they hope to get it when the whole bunch is run through all at once? Why in thunder don’t they do their own work, anyhow, and have it done properly ? Every man’s his own best servant. When you have to make an enlarged negative, you will find it advantageous to use a backed plate always, and more -especially so should it happen that there are strong lights in the picture to be copied. A few years ago I was a member ot a camera club that made a boast that it limited its membership to twenty-five, and I’ll venture to say that never did twenty-five more enthus- iastic members find themselves linked together without any such drawbacks as ‘‘ laggers’’ or “ hangers on.’?’ But what I want to tell you about was the field day we used to hold every Saturday afternoon, and incidentally I would like to ask why it isthat present day camera clubs in America don’t hold field days? There is absolutely nothing under the sun that is calculated to raise the standard of work turned out by a club quicker than a good weekly field day, for on such an occasion the members all have a chance to study the one subject each from his own particular stand-point, under any conditions he may like, and then afterward to compare his result with the impressions of half a dozen other chaps on the same subject. Truly this is conductive to successful work. I wonder why so many amateurs waste their good hard iron louis in buying such things as hypo eliminators. I ran across a fellow aday or two ago using one. “Gev!’’ Ithought, ‘you must have more money to burn than I have.’’ All that he needed to do if he wanted a quick print was to hold his negative under the tap and wash it off with a large tuft of wet cotton. In three or four minutes he can dry it and it’s all right. Now, what’s the good of a hypo eliminator. Now the question comes, how do you make paste? Ah! that’s the sticker. You don’t make it? You buy it? Well then here’s a way to make it. Take about a tablespoonful of starch and put ina cupful of cold water and then stir it till it’s well dissolved. Pour the mixture into a small saucepan that you can put on a gas stove and after dumping in about a cupful of flour pour in a couple of cupsful of boiling water, and while stirring quickly, hold it over the heat until it. commences to thicken. Don’t let it come to a boil, or it will be hopelessly spoiled. As soon as it commences to stiffen—a condition which can be easily judged after atrial or two—put it outside and let it cool. Now it’s ready for use, but you can further improve on it by turning it out on a piece of cheesecloth and gathering up the ends, squeeze it through to take out-any small lumps. Here you have a first-class paste for about a cent that ought to last fora week. Pretty cheap, isn’t it, eh ? LS In using “‘ Agfa’’ for intensification or isochromatic plates you will find that you get better results if you use a little more water than the formula calls for. 514 Perhaps the cheapest way that an amateur photographer knows of to produce an “ effect’’ is to take a picture against the sun and to print it till it’s almost black. Call it “ by the light of the moon,”’ or some such other pretentious idiotic title, and then the people are all ready to rave over it. Did youever try to take a real moonlight to see the difference? If you didn’t, why my advice is to do it and note the difference. In the ‘fake’? moonlight the foreground is in darkness and stands out harshly against the invariably light sky, while in the real moonlight picture the result is entirely different, 7.¢., the foreground brightly lighted and gradually blending away into shadow and finally complete darkness. To any one who has ever taken a real moonlight photogram, the appearance of a “fake’’ picture is positively ludicrous. Speaking of moonlight pictures, I wonder why it is we don’t see more twilight pictures. What a chance there is for the amateur to study composition in the gloaming, when only the great masses are visible and the obtruding masses of fine detail are all swallowed up in the enshrouding gloom, What soft, dreamy pictures can be produced, and how they rest the eye. As Eleanor S. Juslee says: ** Still and silent the green hills lay ; Stirred neither leaf, nor twig, nor flower ; Rosy yet from the sun’s last ray : Lulled to rest by the twilight’s hour.”’ Correspondence. (Correspondence should be addressed to H. McBean Johnstone, Box 651 Sarnia, Ont. ) Junior.—Your question as to whether it will strain a 4x5 lens to use it on a 5x7 box, is a clear proof of the fact that you state in your letter, that you are a beginner in photography. Now why on earth would you expect to strain it? Certainly it will not do any such thing. Mars.—How often do you need to be told that if you expect to get the best results, it will be necessary for you to keep at the one developer and the one plate. If you will persist in skipping about thus from one to the other, I cannot help you, nor can any one else. Select a standard brand of plate and developer and stick to it. Pan-American.—We give in this month’s Scrap Bag a short account of the Pan, and I think that in it you will find the information you are seeking. By all means take your camera along when you go to it. John C. T.—It is quite possible for you to get very good prints by the use of a paper that can be printed by gas-light, but for the very best results, you will find that if you stick to one that prints out, and that you have some sort of control over, your photograms will possess a more uniform excellence. Personally, I prefer the Aristo Platino on account of its simplicity and adaptability for the rendering of detail. Why not give it a trial, anyhow ? Toronto.—Pyro., if properly used, will not stain the fingers any more than any other developer. You only have to be careful not to dip your fingers out of it and then right into hypo solution. Always wash them immediately after putting them into the developer. Rod and Gun in Canada Canadian Kennel Club. The Canadian Kennel Club executive held a meeti March 23 at which, in reply toa letter from Mr. Joseph the. Montreal Canine Association, it was decided th: under American Kennel Club rules should be og counting toward championships. Mr. A. McLean who is charged with entering two false pedigrees, was till he can prove their correctness. * Canadian Collie Club. The annual general meeting of this club was he Natural History Society’s Rooms, Montreal, on Frid: March 22nd. There was a good attendance of the retiring president, Mr. Alex. Smith, oceupi Reports were read which showed the club to be ina condition. The election of officers for the ensuing ed as follows: Mr. E. A. Coleman, president Smith, vice-president ; Mr. J. A. Brosseau, secretary Messrs. A. McAllister, Peterboro, Ont. ; Joseph Roy and D. Alexander, Montreal ; Walter Elliott Reid, St. Lambert, and John Cumming and Petite Cote, form the executive committee, alo officers, for the ensuing year. Dog Show at ‘Toronto. - The annual bench show of the Canadian Fox opened in Toronto on March 21st, with fully 300d The principal breeds were fox terriers (wire and s1 hounds and collies, the latter being the finest colle ¢ bred animals ever brought together in Canada. In ter collies Montreal dogs were conspicuous in the prize lis former Mr. D. W. Ogilvie’s Bank Note (wire) novice and open, also winners, and gained the b for the best wire dog in the show. In the collie Joseph Reid’s two young dogs, Logan’s King Edw: kennel mate, Logan’s Earl, led the string right th first and second in puppy, novice, limit and open. also securing winners and special for the best collie show. Both dogs are under one year and were shown first time. Mr. Jos. A. Laurin in Airedales got four special with Colne Princess, and in St. Bernards _ and A. Stuart’s grand bitch, Lady Hereward, novice, limit, open and winners’ classes. Mr. Geo ham’‘s fox terrier, Norfolk Clarita, gained the medal the Montreal Canine Association for the best specim breed in the show. In bull terriers, the Newmarket also figured prominently in the prize list. In In Messrs. Coulson and Ward won everything in sight w Rhue III. Mr. James Mortimer, of New York, was ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. L.L. (New York).—You may obtain unlimited shooting by yisiting Banff, Alberta, or Field, B.C. surrounding mountains goats were found to be very n last October. You will also get shots at bighorn, ¢ bear. Of course you understand that to get big must get a complete outfit together and camp out. “W the outfitter at Banff, can give you particulars. : _ KENNEL DEPARTMENT Conducted by D. Taylor ce is invited on all matters pertaining to the kennel, and concerning man’s best friend, will be welcomed. An effort to furnish correspondents reliable advice as to the care and dogs in any case submitted. All communications Sor this uld be addressed to D. TAYLOR, ROD AND GUN IN CANADA, Montreal. REAL CANINE ASSOCIATION. show committee of the Montreal Canine Association work on their preparations for the coming bench e Victoria Rink, which they anticipate will rival the kind ever held in this city. Quite a large entries have already been promised, and just as soon ium list is completed and sent out, the committee fear but that there will be a rush of entries sufficient acity of the rink. ing of the executive was held March 18th in the ry Society rooms, at which there were present A. Pitt (in the chair), Jos. A. Laurin, Alex. . Henry, A. Hersey, A. L. Gault, D. Taylor, Jos. Reid and E. C. Short, secretary. number of additional specials were reported, and nittee hope to be able to arrange it so that almost every lave its share. ry Lacy, of Boston, was chosen as the all-round he will adjudicate upon most of the classes, while , with the exception of bull, will be pronounced . James Lindsay, who has won the confidence of of these classes by his fairness and ability. Ofcourse is too well known in the canine world to need it on-his fitness, and it is only necessary to say that second to none in his knowledge of the canine race. 1b-committee to arrange for the necessary advertising after which the meeting adjourned. eral meeting of the Association will be held shortly at prominent authority on the subject will discourse on est Friend,” his remarks being illustrated by beautiful the various breeds. The lecture will be open to the ving picture of interest to dog lovers and particularly ” men, can be seen at Mr. E. Outhet’s, 107 Lewis Westmount. It consists of a litter of pointer puppies, ogs and two bitches. The litter originally consisted of ven dogs and five bitches, all dark liver and white, 3 sorty and true as the most ardent fancier could desire. are sired by Bennett’s “ Drake,’’ C.K.C.S.B., 3967, and wner’s “Bess’’ (Don Pedro ex Lady Sensation). Both nd dam are workers. The former is probably the best n dog in this vicinity. Le * H. B. Hungerford, at one time closely connected with and one of the founders of the Canine Association, is resident of St. Paul, Minn., where present business engage his attention. His many friends among the iers of Canada will be pleased to hear that he is ng well in his new sphere of action and that he has Rod and Gun in Canada 915 still a little time left on his hands to hustle in the interests of the dog. ‘“ Harry”? is nothing if not energetic, and just now he is trying to instil new energy into the doggy men of St. Paul, who seem of late to have fallen into a state of apathy in regard to dog show interests. If Mr. Hungerford can gather around him half a dozen with only a modicum of his own working capacity the success of anything they undertake is assured. 1 Manitoba Field Trials Club. The fourteenth annual meeting of the above named club was held last month at the Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Man., President Wootton in the chair. There was a good attendance of members and after routine business the secretary-treasurer, Mr. Eric Hamber, read his annual report, from which it appeared that the club was in an excellent position financially. The club was progressing otherwise, as shown by the entries this year, 118 in number, which is in excess of any of the recognized field trial clubs of the United States. The local entries were very good, which showed that the club was fulfilling its mission in encouraging the improvement of sporting dogs. It was resolved to give up the combined spotting and heat system of judging, experience at the last trials showing it to be a mistake and to have the coming trials held under the spotting system alone. The rule requiring first and second dogs to run together was also abolished. It was decided to hold the fifteenth annual trial at Carman, September 10th, the stakes being a derby, an all aged, anda championship stake, open to setters and pointers, no previous winning to debar— open to the world. The officers for 1901 are as follows: Patron, His Honor, the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba; president, John Wootton ; first vice-president, W. C. Lee ; second vice-president, Jos. Lemon ; secretary-treasurer, Eric Hamber. . Mr. Henry Jarrett, of Chestnut Hill, Pa., has disposed of part of his kennel of collies to Mr. George M. Klineline, of Middletown, Pa. Mr. Jarrett’s daily attendance at the veter- inary department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he is now studying, prevents his giving so much attention to his dogs. The dogs included in the sale are Golddust, Welles- bourne Chief, Ravenstone Beauty, Princess Alba, Ellwyn Fae, Floradora, Wellesbourne Monarch, W. Pirate, W. Captain, W. Victoria, and W. Hayden—a great combination of well-bred and producing collies. He still retains some good brood bitches and a stud dog. % Mr. George Douglas, of Woodstock, Ont., the well-known breeder of Cocker Spaniels, has lately disposed of the following: Searchlight, red dog, to W. H. Floyd, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Baby Hill, black bitch, to Mr. Richardson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mottle Duke, parti-colored, to Laverock Kennels, Wilmington, Del.; Deacon, red dog, private psrty, Western, N. Y.; Prince Albert, black dog, to Miss Elizabeth Woods, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Flora Temple, black bitch, to George Greer, Rye, N. Y. LS Selkirk Whyte(Whyte B. ex Luna), owned by W. B. Wells, of Chatham, Ontario, and litter brother to his well-known bench and field trial winner, Selkirk Dan, is greatly admired by all who have seen him. He is a grand dog taken from a bench or field trial standpoint, being a combination that is seldom seen. He was unfortunately left deaf after having dis- temper when a puppy, consequently he is-very hard to handle. 516 The laws of Great Britain prohibit the use of dogs in draw- ing vehicles. The practice, however, is quite common in Germany, where large dogs, trained as beasts of burden, are frequently to be met harnessed to a small cart or sleigh con- taining what appears to be a heavy load compared to the weight of the animal. Yet they go along with apparent ease and contentment. In Canada the use of dogsin this manner is entirely confined to the small boy who has inventive genius enough to construct a rude cart and ruder harness, and is only _ indulged in ‘‘ for the fun of the thing.”’ k Thos. Andrews, of Glencoe, Ontario, is handling a pair of puppies for W. B. Wells, of Chatham, Ontario, and he pro- nounces them cracker-jacks. If blood counts they should certainly be heard from, as they are by Lady’s Count Gladstone ex Selkirk Freda. % A Mad Dog Scare. At the present time there is a good sized scare in some cities on the other side of the border over alleged cases of rabies, and if one were to believe all the tales that appear in the daily papers it would be necessary, as a means of precaution, to go around clad in tin-plate armour. from Chicago it is reported that quite a number of cases have lately manifested, and Dr. Antonio Lagoria, who is a director of the Pasteur Institute, claims that the authorities have been negligent in their duty and fears an epidemic. The citizens of Rochester, N.Y., have gone panicky over the matter and a dog-muzzling ordinance has been passed. In self-defence, and to try and counteract the prevailing fright, dog owners, who are not the least bit seared, have formed a society, the aim of which shall be to counteract the prevailing fright and show the people that there is no reason in losing their senses over the presence of a sick dog. The American Field very aptly says on this question: ‘‘ No doubt men have died from dog bites, but they might have died from the prod of a pin, the wound of a sliver oran unskilfully pared corn. Blood poisoning seems to be as liable to happen from any casual wound as from the bite of a dog, and while no one in his senses will invite a snap from any of the canine race there is another degree of folly in shouting ‘mad dog’ whenever one of the poor beasts show symptoms of distress.”’ An incident occured at a picnic last year which forcibly illustrates the folly, not to say the criminality, of raising such a ery as ‘‘mad dog,’’ and the irresponsible party who did so. can only be compared to the idiot who shouts ‘‘ fire’? in a crowded audience at a theatrical preformance. A dog lying quietly on the river bank, probably, as asensible correspondent afterwards suggested, stung by wasps or by ants, suddenly jumped up, ran around barking for a time, and finally jumped into the river and swam across, where, on emerging from the water he was brained by an oar by one ofa boating party. Meanwhile the cry had been raised, and the picnicers were in a state of great excitement, women fainting and screaming, while several persons jumped into the river and were with difficulty rescued. No single one of the dog’s actions bore the slightest resemblance to those of a rabid dog, and it is to the last degree discreditable that a presumably harmless animal, evidently in pain and probably the pet and companion of a household, should be needlessly and cruelly murdered because, on his acting in a manner not entirely in accordance with his usual everyday habits, an excited, panic-stricken crowd shout “Mad dog. Kill him!’’ A suspected criminal isnot branded Rod and Gun in Canada as such until his case has been tried and proved, unfortunate victim of man’s ignorance, cowardice was hastily condemned without any trial at all. Medical men are not by any means agreed that tl such a disease as rabies at all, and several of great eming rT the profession attribute the occasional after effects o bite rather to mental suggestion acting upon the | system. * Preliminary Dog Training. When and where should preliminary training of begin? This subject is not generally understood by The prevailing idea that a puppy at the age of th months should be begun with is an old-time belief mistake. The preliminary training, commonly breaking, should not be commenced till a pu developed and strong enough constitutionally to_ hardships of the ordeal. If constitutionally weak it soon to make a beginning at one year old. A sti spry and active pup may be taken in hand at the six months, but should not be crowded much till good judgment is necessary to avoid cowing and b pup’s spirit. At the age of three to four month’s should be taken afield frequently—-not, however, over. While out in a likely place for game the should have perfect freedom in romping about, nos and giving chase to his heart’s content. By so doing m the embryonic, instinctive and functional qualities of the pupil may be observed. The more enthusiasm dis more promising the puppy. The greater oppor puppy is given in finding birds, the quicker will h the habit of hunting and pointing. There can be 1 age given at which a bird dog will hunt and point sa Puppies, even of the same litter, differ widely in tl some pointing by sight—no guarantee of ultimate ¢ the age of four to six weeks, while others may not point till fully matured. If the pointing instinct have been developed at a reasonable age, that s deemed a sufficient reason to condemn a puppy—if if he exhibits activity, hunts for and finds birds, etc. In that case training may proceed, confid latent instinct will develop in course of time. Actual training afield should not be attempted young dog has had a sufficient course in yard Sportsmen residing in a populous ‘city usually supp order to give their puppy any preliminary training go to the inconvenience of taking the dog to the « that purpose—a great mistake. Aside from the ine loss of time and the sii ruse sabhines. the open field place to conduct a puppy’s preliminary education. no yard room available, then a vacant. room in the be used. Indeed, the vacant room is strongly to be for. that purpose, because therein will be nothing to dist pupil’s attention ; hence greater progress will be . Proper yard or home training comprises the g the task in fitting a dog subservient to the gun; itr and patience, and as but few city residents cannot fil hour’s time daily to devote to their pupil at home, reason why they should take a young dog afield controllable and in a measure fit to be put on game in In the room you teach the puppy obedience to precision, comprising such as: Walk to heel, sit on, hie on, fetch (including real birds), come to el order by w ‘ord ur whistle, obey by wave of the hand,. tc. When a dog so instructed at home is taken afield yorked on game, the essential and most necessary nplishments will have been attained. Half an hour daily ild be a waste of time to engage with a youngster ina h as rolling a ball for him to chase and fetch in a , learning a few tricks that are in no way applicable work afield; or, perhaps, cowing the puppy by to beat an ‘‘education’’ into him while he does nd what is wanted. If the taskof training a puppy rtaken at ail it should be conducted systematically manner.—Ed. I*. Haberlein in Field and Stream. : ; * ; Different Points of a Dog. ive at a proper understanding of the different points vill be best to enumerate them, says Mr. Harry Lacy ton Herald : example, there are five different kinds of ears, the each indicate their formation. The rose ear is overhanging flap of the ear being thrown back and is in the greyhound and bulldog. The button ear ‘itself, as the ear flap buttons over to the skull or the Irish terrier and fox terrier. The prick ear is ; Stands straight up, as in the Scottish terrier, The tulip ear is allied to the prick ear in is not held so upright and is more of the shape of a tulip—hence the term. The semi-prick ear f, and the best example is seen in the collie, the ion, being erected so that the tips fall over either face or a little to one side. e speaks of upright shoulders in a dog, one means ulders are not laid back or oblique, as they should anning dogs. ns are that part of the anatomy of the dog between b and the hindquarters, or, rather, hip bones, and in ds of dogs the length or shortness of this part of 1y are important factors in the symmetrical build of ached are arched or wheel formation of loin, as in the greyhound, dachshund, bulldog, etc. This } usually associated with an under-construction red ‘‘tucked up,’’ points of great beauty in the e mentioned. ‘‘ Long in flank’’ is to be long in the condition known as contrary to ‘‘short-coupled.”’ is the fore part of the chest, and the term “ deep in alluding to bulldogs, means deep in chest. ided”’ refers to lack of spring in the ribs, and in ction it is apropos to point out one of the anamolies andards. The greyhound’s formation of rib calls for pe, the more in reason, of course, the better, while n wolf hound, an animal of the same family, and sing dog, has what is termed fish sides, almost flat, | condition redeemed in measure by the greater depth in this breed ; the “ spring”’ of the rib explains itself. it at elbows”’ is a condition when points of the elbow SS ees area iss 4 : ern is that part of the leg between knee and knuckles. pad is the sole of the foot. A hare foot refers to one 3 long and narrow in distinction to afoot that is short, and compactly knuckled, called ‘cat foot,’’ and seen to ion in a good fox terrier. Hes are the upper joint of the hind leg, and “ straight,”’ | terriers, and ‘bent,’’ as in greyhounds, offer the on typical of different breeds. dog. 2 Rod and Gun-in Canada weeks devoted to a puppy at home will work wonders sn an | The second thighs, more especially considered in the points of a dog that is expected to gallop, is the muscular development between the stifle joint and hock. The hock is the lower, more or less pointed, joint of the hind legs. As a rule these joints should set in line with the body, but when they turn in like those of a cow they are termed ‘‘cow hocks.”’ The different terms to denote coloring in dogs, and which are not self-apparent, are—tricolor, as in the case of the black, white and tan collie, or the Prince Charles spaniel of the same taree colors. Wheaton red, found on the Irish terrier’s coat, is a pale yellowish hair, with a reddish tip, as in the kernel of wheat. Grizzle is a bluish gray color, mostly found in the rough coated old English sheep dog, Merle is the bluish gray, splashed with black found in the smooth and rough collie, and usually accompanied by a wall-eye. Harlequin, a great Dane color, means pied, mottled or patchy in color. There are several terms used by experts in dog lore for denoting the general appearance of the dog. In many breeds much stress is laid upon expression, and different breeds are typified to some extent by the intensity or modification of this quality. Expression is mostly determined by the size, color and placement of the eye. There is the large, full, benevolent eye of the setter and the spaniel ; there is the sharp, keen eye, with a mixture of cunning and benevolence the collie is known by ; the small, richly hued brown, deep sunken eye of the bloodhound, which is supposed to betoken wisdom, and the somewhat sunken eye, showing a little of the haw, from which the St. Bernard derives its look of benevolence and dignity. The terrier expression is more generally alluded to as “‘varmint,’’ meaning keen, snappy, on the qui vive. The eye is dark, free from any haw (which is the red membrane within the lower eyelid), is not sunken nor large, and is set in a somewhat horizontal position, all of which contributes to a keen, ‘‘ varminty’’ expression. An axiom in cynology is that the rounder and fuller the eye the milder in expression. The terms ‘‘type’’? and “character” are generally considered synonymous, but they are not exactly. The term “character”’ is that vague expression of the whole that conveys a meaning which only dog owners of experience can properly appreciate—expression, points and style are all combined in quality which associates itself with or stamps every breed. The term ‘“‘quality’’ denotes that indescribable something that severs the patrician from the plebian, and is quite as prominent in the dog as his best friend, the man, and can only be found in dogs which are blessed with type and character to a degree. CHIPS. By C.A.B. To stretch new moose hide snowshoe strings: Place them in warm wter over night. Next day hang troma nail or hook with heavy weight attached. When almost dry (but not quite) rub thoroughly with melted mutton tallow. If these directions have been followed faithfully, but little trouble will be exper- ienced from stretched strings when walking. Moose hides are prepared by the Indians in two ways. The first part of the process is identical in each case. The hide is soaked in water until the hair loosens, then hung over asmooth pole and scraped with a bone scraper, made by split- ting the upper leg bonesof the animal. The hide so prepared ‘is babiche, used for filling snowshoes, and a hundred and one other things. Before a skin is fit for moccasins it must be Rod- and Gun in Canada Rice, Lewis & Son, Limited. RIFLES WINCHESTER, SAVAGE, MAUSER AND MARLIN. Revolvers & Pistols WEBLEY, COLTS, SMITH & WESSON, MAUSER. = = SHOT GUNS GREENER, REMINGT CLABROUGH. = = AMMUNITIONY by Cor. King & Victoria Streets, 2 = TO RONT: smoked until cured and pliable. The hide is, therefore, sewn into.a bag, and inverted over a fire made of green, rotten wood (often in an old bake kettle). There must be lots of smoke and but little heat, for things to go well. It pays to take some care as to your bed. A man playsout when he has rested badly for several consecutive nights. First spread several layers of finely broken balsam boughs, placing the butts toward where your feet will be when you are lying down. Over these lay a waterproof sheet and your blanket. The blue 4-point Hudson’s Bay blanket is one of the best. A pair weigh 14 lbs., and two pairs will keep a man comfortably warm through a pretty cold night. The warmest covering of all is, however, the Indian rabbit-skin blanket, made of nar- row strips of rabbit skin woven into a wrap. These cost from $3 to $10, according to size and quality. They are too warm, except for the long, cold nights of mid-winter. Better by far than any sock in winter, is the blanket square, used by so many Indian hunters, Cut a small blanket into square pieces of a suitable size, and wrap each foot in a couple, drawing on a moose skin moccassin over all. Keep several on hand and wash out and change every day while snowshoeing. If you happen to get your feet wet, change at once. A spare pair may be carried in the bosom of your hunt- ing shirt. The Ojibways divide the year into 13 moons. Two of the names they have given are most poetical—Ghost Month and Flower Month to wit--but the others are commonplace and show little imagination. As instances, New Year Month, Glare Ice Month, Strawberry Month, Trout Fishing Month, &e. SALMON FLIES. Salmon fishing is yet a long way off, but it takes time to get flies and tackle in order, especially when the orders are sent to the Old Country, as is often done, hence it is not too early to offer two or three patterns that will be found deadly on almost any Canadian river. No. 1, tail—a topping ; tag—a few turns of orange silk, and two of silver tinsel; butt —peacock herl (may be omitted); body—light orange pig’s wool; tinsel—silver ; hackle—red natural; wing—dark mallard, with a topping and sprigs of scarlet macaw. No. 2, tail—a topping; tag—blue silk ; body—shoulder half claret, remainder grey pig’s wool ; aii blue ; tinsel— silver cord ; wing—turkey or mallard. No. 3, tail—a topping ; tag—claret silk and sil van body—grey fur; tinsel—silver, flat; hackle—claret ; light mallard, two toppings. The foregoing are all proved patterns ; in addition book is complete without Jock Scott, Black Fairy, Doctor, Durham Ranger, Butcher and Popham. Hooks § run between Nos. 3 and 3-0 O’Shaughnessy. Double hoo preferred by some, but certainly not by a majority of fishermen. Sometimes, however, for August fish very small flies are a necessity, the double hook is” essential. as For Nipissiguit a plain mallard wing, an apple gree: body ona No. 8 hook is very killing in the upper pools | the season. On Restigouche an orange or red tag is 0 decided improvement. The great Miramichi medicine f usually a plain mallard wing and a grey or orange body ; ing but orange will kill many fish on the Port Midway ( in May, so it goes, Salmo solar being as nice in his ele of colors as a dame selecting her Easter bonnet. There is only one ¥ % € Baal Always the same and always to be relied up A scientific preparation containing the who nourishment of beef, in the form easiest of ¢ gestion and assimilation. MOTTO—“The Best.” GURD’S -GINGER ALE, SODA WA APPLE NECTAR, ETC,, ET! To be obtained from all first-class grocers. Please see that the label is on the bottle. 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FEATHERED GAME.—Canadian goose, duck, woodcock, snipe, partridge , plover, etc., are in great number in almost every part. of the province HUNTING AND FISHING PERMITS can be obtained from the Depart- ment of Lands, Forests and Fisheries and from the Game-wardens all _ over the province. Hunting Territories Can be teased by applying to THE COMMISSIONER. OF LANDS, FORESTS AND FISHERIES, QUEBEC 4 Rivers, Lakes Hunting permits, fee: $25.00. ie Fishing permits, fee: $10.00. b THE HERALD JOB DEPARTMENT MONTREAL, P.0: Uw ngs AGLS e% j ii % La * *% > as NO. 6 + Leptin sp ecnaldvecrtays ake. Shoot Winchester Arnistritdoas Made for all Kinds of Guns. FREE. — Send Name and Address on Postal for 158-page Illustrated Catalogue, WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., w All Desirable Calibers and Weights A FEW FAVORITES FOR HUNTING. i Model 1895. 30 Army caliber, weight 8 14 pounds, ii Model 1894. 30 W. C. 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In point of cuisine and equipment, THE ROSSIN is the most complete, the most tuxurious of modern Ontario hotels. The rooms, single or en suite, are the most airy and comfortable in the Dominion. The Union Depot and Wharves but two min= utes’ walk. A. & A. NELSON, Toronto, Ont. Proprietors. CONTENTS. Frontispiece—Smoking Moose Meat. Fishing in a Great Lone Land, by L. H. Smith ...... 2.0... ..cceeeeees Ontario GaMmesixdes ee tsecs eeatha peas es ws a Canadian Beauty Spots—Peterboro’, by Percy 8. Thornton Forestry. Department)... 5.2) i ccace eve ouse cents a caeteen Okey eee Editorial: stv savas cave de ciaa ee ean ces tele A pace The Gun, conducted by ‘‘ Bob White’’.............. V ta Sa neee Amateur Photography, conducted by Hubert McBean Johnstone ..... 5: Fish and. Fishing :2 65.5546 sacra eaten ae nt ig « SA k Shona a “ae Kennel Department, conducted by D. Taylor............... .+40- és aa ing offer: If you will send in | ke names of six of your friends, samp ARE YOU A Y copies of ROD AND GUN IN > CANADA shall be mailed to them 3 immediately, and should any of them subscribe we will send you FISHERMAN Half a Dozen Choice Pe Or eae. Trout or Bass Flies for each subscription received. These flies have been selected carefully by an experienced fisherman, and will prove as killing as any in your book — perhaps even more deadly than those you have used heretofore. Rod and Gun Publishing Co. — 603 Craig St.. MONTREAL. | Probably ; hence we make the follows — tl 1ROD AND GUN IN CANADA vt tt tt DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. | One Dollar Per Annum. MONTREAL, MAY, 1903. Single Copies Ten Cents. FISHING IN A GREAT LONE LAND. By L. H Smith. | ; Illustrations by the Author. 4 f Tn my mail on a fine June morning, now several years ago, was a postal card, which read— ie tT am going to the Saugeen next week,—come along. Avex, GRANT.’ My reply read— _ * Haye fished too often where the big trout were ; going where the big trout are.”’ | My friend, the Rev. Alex. Grant, from whom I received the above invitation to go with him to the Saugeen river on a trouting expedi- am now bamboo, and made up my mind that if any such fish still lived in any stream north of the boundary line, I was going after them. Poor Grant! He went on that trip without me, and I never fished with him again. He was drowned in the wild Nepigon, a few hours after writing me making arrangements where we were to meet till we fished some of the rivers in that Great Lone Land. It was not to be; our pleasant chats over the camp-fire, and our discussions on the various flies for differ- ent streams we had fished were never to be repeated. A faithful friend, and a true disciple of Walton had been cruelly snatched from me ; I have only the remembrance of his pleasant face and ever-buoyant spirits to remind me of the splendid angler and tion, was a Bap- tist minister, amd was as good a fisher of men as he was of sh. Bornin the igh lands of ‘Scotland, on the banks of the Spey, which was a grand salmon and trout river, he early imbib- Fis a love for an- gling which re- - mained his prin- - eipal recreation through life. We had fished 9 ‘the Saugeen to- - gether, and had heard the early used to take from its waters. I was tired of | ome stories of four and five pounders which years ago ere common where, fish as diligently as I would, I was seldom rewarded with more than a pound fish. I longed for the sensation of a. five pound speckled trout fighting . 0n my six-foot leader and held in check by .an 8-02. split Steel River, Telford’s Pool—Looking up happy com- panion he was. An old friend, who was water boss at Jackfish Bay, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, on the north shore of Lake Superior, writing to me shortly after locating there, said, ‘“‘If you want to catch big trout, come herej;ifive- pounders are common,’’ This, received only a few days before the invitation from poor Grant to join him en the °Saugeen, explains why. I - refused to go there. I had made up my mind to go to Lake Superior’s rivers, which had been rendered so accessible by the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In this Great Lone Land which lies on the north shore of Lake Superior, there are many wild and rapid rivers, all] 524 draining from towards the height of land which is from thirty to fifty miles north of the lake ; beyond that the rivers run to the north and empty into Hudson’s Bay. Among the many rivers crossed by the. Canadian Pacific Railway are Little Pic, Mink, Prairie, Steel, Black, Maggot, Gravel, Cypress, Pine, Fire-Hill, Nepigon, Trout Creek, Wolf, Mackenzie and Current; about in the order named as you travel west. There are many others besides these; their names and location can be ascertained from conductors, officials and trackmen on the road. The first sight you get of Lake Superior from the railway is at Heron Bay ; from thence to more than a hundred miles west the track hugs the shore of the great inland sea. I fished the rivers of Lake Superior a whole season before I learned that the Fontinalis made his home in that great body of water, and I have to thank a lad who worked on the track for the information. Sometimes we can learn something from those who do not know as much as ourselves. Billy, as my informant was named, was a Rod and Gun . held, and the line did not part nor the pole break, tnd in Canada and occasionally a bit of fat pork. If minnows were SC with him he would pul! one in two with his thumbs and fin, and use head or tail ; anything that a fish would eat was to idea a satisfactory fare. He would sit for hours as motior as astatue; he did not go after the fish, but waited till} came to him. The only move he made was to occasionally his line a few feet in the water, or draw it out and take af cast. When he gota bite, the question was soon settled whe the fish was to leave its native element or not. If the | was soon landed on the rocks ; if something gave way a fish got off, he was quite unruffled ; he simply threw i ina and waited for another bite. Candie a three or four-po excited no enthusiasm in him ; he was as unimpressional a log. When he quit he would pick up his fish and carry tl home with the same unconcern that another man might ‘tak home‘a beefsteak from the butcher’s. Did he catch none, would mani the same slow, inanimate, m3 careless, nerve- less fellow ; one Bite pS of those chaps, . however, who are always pok- ing around alone looking for something and_ generally finding it. He was the first to catch a trout in the lake with rod and line at the station I was at. After seeing a three-pounder which «-he had taken, I lost no time in trying it myself, and from that time, when I have been by the lake shore, I have cast my flies on its surface. ; ‘Billy, although very crude, was in his way a character. A born disciple of good old Izaak—slow, patient and untiring. In his rambles along the shore he selected a rock which was a good place for large fish, the water was very deep right at its base, and many were the fine ones he landed there. Every evening, when the weather was fine, he might be seen sitting at his accustomed place. So much did he use it that the spot where he sat became polished, and we call it to this day, ‘‘Billy Harmer’s Rock.’”’ His tackle was of the rudest character, and the manner of his taking a fish out of the water was as unscientific as it was prompt. A long crooked tamarack pole, - cut in the bush, a coarse strong line, anda hook big enough for a codfish. With this rig he would take his seat. The first thing “he did was to light his pipe, it was an inseparable part of his person while fishing. His pipe started, he baited his hook and threw itin. He was not at all particular as to what he used for bait ; a young mouse, a frog, a piece of beef or a minnow, Fly Fishing for Treut in Lake Superior. concern. tried hard initiate him my way of | ing fish—w light rig - with a fly - he preferre haired, go natured with his col *. kerchief ‘ pipe in mo - sitting patie we stayed there, - this good-nati ed fisher-be Jackfish 1] afforded a | deal of amusement, There is something very grand i standing on the rocks and fishing in the lake wher the fish are at hand and are taking weli. A five-pounde: rushes out from some cavernous or shelying rock takes one of your flies and you strike him; off oe : straight into the lake; your reel sings and ten, twe thirty, perhaps forty yards of line are run sade before he heaves to, or turns. You think he is bound for the south shore. Then he leaps out of the water and shakes the rid himself of it, as a terrier shakes a rat ; the pressure line is heavy on him ; he makes a run fei shore and vole jn; he leaps and tena again and again, and if your hold is good he now begins to shew signs of caving in. Now be careful and lead him alongside the rock and gaff him. Always use a gaff, and not a landing net, for such large fish. Kill him by striking him on the head with the gaff handle, and’ lay:him down on the rocks. Stand aside and let the sun shine on hin glistens like frosted silver. You are inclined to say ‘‘Grilse’’ ut ‘look closely ; through that silvery sheen on his sides two rows of brilliant gold-colored or scarlet specks, set in or circles, brilliant as the purest gems. This pronounces true Salmo fontinalis, and, save perhaps the Salmo salar, he best fish, whether on the line or on the table, in the day, when the water was calm, I was fishing with da ighter on the rocks, when she hooked and played a fish hI shall always remember as the largest trout I ever saw. dled him well, and when she trailed him up to the jaw, in that more than crystal-clear water, sho a ing net, “when off he dropped. Behind La - heard my + heave a sigh and exclaim ‘‘He’s gone.’’ Had we he e fish, I should have had the pleasure of saying that fer had killed the largest trout ever taken by a lady an angler in Lake Superior. River was the first that I ever fished on the north ‘or several days I went up it alone. How lonesome it acreature, not a sound save the rushing waters to 2 silence of the solitude. Even bird life is scarce. of birds, as Iam, living in southern Ontario where feathered life fairly swarms, their absence here is ainful. I do not think a white man had ever fished mile above the railroad bridge till Idid. One day to the tank house and asked me if I would like a par Yes, indeed I would ; and from that day he went me . We made many hard trips up the river. I was told. e were falls three miles up; we started for them one ; Ader paddling and hauling our canoe for more than nee named, we came to some long rapids. Leaving noe ashore, we walked (and awful walking it was, and imbing as well) along the shore for miles, but came to _ As we had neither tent nor provisions, but only our id not make the station till near midnight. There we friend the old captain (good old soul, if he bea radical) in a great stew ; he thought we were lost. We id, hungry and done up. He soon had supper ready and I have a faint recollection of ating justice to what 1 on the table. . . day or two Tom. (that was ees companion’s name) and it again ; but this time we went about it in a more tical way. We took along a camping outfit, and made up *minds that if there were falls on that river we were going sethem. We started after dinner and when we came to ds where we had left our canoe the last time, we hauled them ; this took us two hours, and we were wet to the e part of the time. Above the rapids we had three or iles of still water, at the end of which we came to a gorge at ; no canoe could be taken up. It being now seven o’clock, pitched camp for the night. After breakfast next morning rted on foot, leaving the canoe at our camp, and after s halfa mile of hard walking and climbing over moss- d rocks, we came to the first falls, and a welcome sight it as. Above these again are other falls, more grand, and about half mile further over falls and rapids lies Mountain Lake, a lovely sheet of water, lying peacefully and lonely in the lap of mountains. From Lake Superior to Mountain Lake is eight to ten miles, but they are very long and hard miles avel. (Continued next month) Rod and Gun + had, very reluctantly, to turn back (about 4 p.m.).. in Canada 525 ONTARIO GAME. We have frequently had occasion to mention the abund- ance of big game existing in the Province of Ontario, and it is very gratifying to find our opinion shared by one of the oldest and most trustworthy of the Ontario land surveyors, Mr. James Dickson. He has sent us a copy of a pamphlet on the game fields of Ontario of which he is the author and it is not giving it undue praise to say that few men have written anything bearing on Canadian sport which contains more information in an equal number of pages. It is published by Messrs. Warwick Bros. & Rutter, of Toronto, but we do not know whether it is for sale or not, hence as many of our readers may be unable to obtain it a few extracts ought not to be out of place. ‘Where is Ontario anyway, some may ask?’’ writes Mr. Dickson. “ Well it lies between the parallels of 42° and 52° 30/ of north latitude, and between the meridian of 74° 30’, and 95° of west longitude from Greenwich. The total area of Ontario is 222,000 square miles or upwards of 140,000,000 acres of land and water. A few of the minor streams and lakelets have been brought to the mind’s eye cf the untravelled portion of the community, but the vast extent of mountains and valleys, of lakes and streams, which comprise our hinterland, is still an -unknown and untravelled wilderness except to the aborigine, the geologist and the surveyor. Even the hardy trapper and lumberman have only skimmed around its outer edges. ‘‘Only a small part of Ontario has been redeemed from its natural state and brought under cultivation. A line drawn due east from Sault Ste. Marie at the outlet of Lake Superior to the Ottawa River will very nearly divide the settled from the un- settled parts of the province. “ Another large forest reservation, having an area of 2,200 square miles, has lately been set aside in the Temagaming dis- trict. Its southerly boundary is some thirty miles north of the most northerly point of Lake Nipissing, and it extends west to within eighteen miles of the west boundary of the district of Nipissing, having its southwest angle seven miles north from Wahnapitae Lake, from thence due north forty miles, then due east an estimated distance of twenty-five miles to the Montreal River, then partly down that stream and parallel to it to within six miles of Lake Temiskaming. It includes the whole of that magnificent sheet of pure, limpid water. Temagaming Lake, Lady Evelyn Lake anda host of others are equally beautiful and well stocked with trout. No part of its beauties has ever been marred by the axe of the lumberman and it seems the intention that it never will be. All kinds of game abide therein and it is one of the finest moose districts of the province. In this reserve it will require at least three seasons’ canoeing to explore all its waters and not go over the same route twice. ‘“The whole country lying north of the line of the Can- adian Pacific Railway for its entire distance from where it bids adieu to the Valley of the Ottawa at the town of Mattawa, two hundred miles west of Ottawa City, to the west boundary of the province, some thirty miles west of Rat Portage, is practically an unbroken wilderness, an immense extent of mountain and valley, of lake and river, extending to the Arctic Ocean, its loneliness broken only by the trading posts of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the wigwam of the aborigine. In nearly the whole of this vast area, moose and caribou roam in count- less numbers, and the annual export of furs by the company demonstrates that the fur bearing animals from the smallest to the greatest, are neither decreasing in number or in quality. “ What a mine of wealth is here stored up for future gener- ations, if any reasonable means are adopted to preserve it from destruction. It is drained by innumerable streams of all sizes, 526 from some large enough to be navigated by good sized vessels, down tothe tiniest rivulet. Lakes of all sizes in which the waters are gathered are there by the thousand; waters of the purest quality, teeming with fish, many the feeding and breed- ing grounds of innumerable waterfowl, enclosed and overhung by all varieties of timber and vines adapted to the latitude. ““The Province of Ontario has within its borders in its mountains and its valleys, its lakes and its rivers, scenes of rugged beauty and grandeur that are equalled by few and excelled by no other country, and in the abundance and variety of its flora and salubrity of its climate, it takes second place with none. Word painters may attempt to describe its beauties, or the artist with brush, pencil or camera, to repro- - duce them on canvas or slate, but all fall far short of nature. They are like portraits of the dead. See the monarchs of the forest as they bend and crash in the hewling tempest. The sleeping waters roused into life as they toss, and tumble, and shriek in their mad attempt to burst some rocky barrier. Then ask what pen or pencil can do justice to nature, much less improve upon it. Loll on some grassy bank during the silent watches of the night when all nature is hushed in repose, the stillness broken only by the distant cry of the loon, or hoot of the night-owl, and one can then realize what the great poet means when he speaks of ‘ Music that cannot be heard.’ ”’ Mr. Dickson has, of course, a great deal to say about the game to be found in his native province, but he is not always quite accurate, though as a rule Rod and Gun J in Canada + CANADIAN BEAUTY SPOTS—PETERBO By Percy S. Thornton. Peterboro’ and the surrounding country offers varied opportunities for the camera enthusiast. In Jacksor to the north-west of the town he will find many cha nooks. The Japanese bridge may be taken from several tions, giving an entirely different picture in each case. T he passes over the bridge, walking in a westerly di will come to another bridge and by crossing it and ‘his left along the road that skirts the stream he will come to a slight up grade and will see, on looking b little bridge he has just crossed with the road lea This, with the stream and stone embankment on th with the dark pines filling in the picture to the left forming part of the background, makes a very pe is well worth taking a shot at. There are many ot be had in the park, but space will not permit of each one in particular. A very fine bird’s-eye view of the park may be walking west along the railroad track about an eigh and climbing the hill to the right. ats After he has finished with Jackson Park and will find many a fine bit of scenery along the te a) If he has a wheel the best thing to do is to go Street sai he comes to Nassau, and on crossing the bi » he will fi one can heartily agree with his statements. For instance, in one paragraph he says: ‘‘There is also abundant evidence in the parts of the ant- lers and skulls still found, that Ontario was, at | no very remote i period, the home of the wapita (wapiti?) or elk also, although there are none to be found in it noe, excepting, perhaps, an odd one along its western border.’’ Asa matter of fact elk are con- tinually being killed by the Indians as far east as the right bank of the White River, which flows into the head of Lake Temiskaming, and stragglers probably occur throughout Northern Ontario, along the height of land between Lake Temiskaming and the Winnipeg River. Again, Mr. Dickson seems to think that wolves are un- doubtedly growing scarcer each year, but we are afraid this statement cannot be substantiated. Wolves have been seen within the past few months in packs containing as many as thirty animals on the Montreal River, and if the Ontario Goy- ernment will make it worth the while, some of the Indian hunters would very shortly bring in large numbers to the Hudson’s Bay Posts, as, although difficult to catch, the Indian can do the trick when he sets himself seriously to work. This is all the space we can spare for extracts from Mr. Dickson’s pamphlet, but those of our readers who are interested in Ontario’s game resources should try and obtain it for themselves. Our new department, Fish and Fishing, will interest anglers. Peterboro—Canoes on the Lake 5 a as he could wish to see, but is somewhat spoiled fr artistic point of view by dams which have been intervals along it, forming part of the Trent V System. Continuing along this road he will event to Lakefield, a village situated about twelve miles Peterboro’, where he may ake a steamer and gail to its source. ie The passage through the locks is quite interesting fe who has not had the experience before. 5 He will find the country getting wilder and farther north he travels. The steamer touches at an points in Stony Lake, which is studded with small many of them being mere rocks jutting out of the w: person unacquainted with these waters might easily among the numerous channels separating the different On the steamer’s return to Lakefield he may take Peterboro’ or he can wheel back along a different ro which he took on his trip up. At Peterboro’, if he cares for architectural su should pay his respects to St. John’s Episcopal Chure little edifice situated on the top of the hill, with ivy gro the walls and tower. Being a Clergy Reserve Church historical interest as well. Crossing over to Ashburnham, then south around the tern end of the lake, he will find a number of pretty little s with clumps of woods along the banks. He may make it of the lake by continuing south to the railway track ssing back to the Peterboro’ side and will doubtless find iews which he will consider worth taking. The lake | quite picturesque, and if he watches his opportunity he some magnificent sunset views over it. le in Peterboro’ he should not fail to take a trip to z Lake, which is situated about seven miles to the h-west and to which there is a stage running if he should ‘it to wheeling. The road is fair for wheeling though t hilly. He will find a park there in connection with which is free to the public, and may if he wishes mself by taking a plunge in the lake—not to mention cing of wheels, I might as well state that he can hire sterboro’ for twenty-five cents for the afternoon, so not be necessary for him to take his own along if he sh to be bothered with it. caution him to unscrew his lenses from the shutter them in a case in his pocket as there is some danger unscrewing and getting spoiled. This of course refers cameras having Unicum or s‘milar shutters. I had asant experience in this way myself last summer. ing about fifty miles I found I was unable to take a r all the trouble of taking the camera there, with of carrying it back the next day. Quite a lot of nothing, was it not? » is also a steamer running down the river to Rice. ich I believe makes a very pleasant day’s outing, I cannot say from personal experience as I was unable e trip during my stay in Peterboro’. © t not close this article without mentioning the canoe _ Some of the finest canoes in America are turned out y may be seen dotting the waters of Stony Lake, ver below the city, and add greatly to the interest of the views. . person should be prepared to spend at least a week there onot think he will regret having chosen a visit. to ’ for his summer vacation. Smith & Wesson revolver is built like a watch, that is its yarious parts are as accurately made to gauge as are an Elgin or a Waltham watch. There are vast rs of imitation Smith & Wesson’s on the market bear faint resemblances to the original article, though, , they have got a different name on the barrel, but who knows what a revolver should be would never the genuine article even in the dark. No more delightful be taken into the Canadian bush than one of the parable little weapons, made with such skill and care by . Smith & Wesson, at Springfield, Massachusetts. ie of the oldest and most trustworthy of the American f gun manufacturers are the Parker Brothers, of Meriden, 1. Any work they turn out is sure to be honest and made wear, but like a great many other American firms they do i seem to realize that a heavy gun is out of date for field doting. Twenty-five years ago the English sportsman used a otgun twelve gauge, with 30 inch barrels, weighing 7} pounds, d at the same period his American cousin usually toted da 10 bore with 32 inch barrels, weighing from 9 to 10 Rod and Gun in Canada 527 pounds. The English long ago found that a 12 bore weighing between 6 and 63 pounds, with 28 inch barrels, bored for nitro powders, would kill fast flying game more effectively than a less easily handled weapon, but the American yet speaks of a light 12 gauge, weighing 74 pounds. The lightest gun listed by the Parkers weighs 7 pounds and has 28 inch barrels ; if they would put a 12 bore upon the market which did not weigh more than 63 pounds but had plenty of metal in the barrel and action it is probable their effort would be in time appreciated by American sportsmen—but the barrels must: not be less than 28 inches. ‘ The Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co. of Hartford, Conn., have not stood still lately by any means. Their two latest productions are a service revolver, chambered for the Russian cartridge, and an automatic pistol of 38 calibre. Of the latter we have not yet had an opportunity of judging prac- tically, but there is no doubt that in tieir service revolver the Colts have put a very useful article upon the market. The other models manufactured by this company are as follows : “New Service’’ revolver, ‘‘ New Navy” revolver, “New Army”’ revolver, “New Pocket’’ revolver, ‘‘New Police” revolver, ‘Double and Single Action’’ revolvers, ‘‘Target’’ models and a ‘‘ Lightning Magazine Rifle.”’ ik - The Marlin Company do not make as many different patterns as the Winchester people, but those they do make are great favorites with most of those who have triedthem. The Marlin Company at one time manufactured the celebrated Ballard rifle which has never been surpassed in accuracy. They no longer, however, make this rifle, having found that the repeater was more in demand for hunting, and to-day they confine themselves strictly to manufacturing a repeating rifle, which, by the bye, has a very large sale in Canada. Asa rule these are very accurate and the experience gained by the com- pany in manufacturing target rifles is now standing them ir ood stead. ; 8 vo] There are few handsomer catalogues issued than that of the Savage Arms Co., of Utica, New Yorx. The Savage rifle has made great advances in public favor and is now recognized as the equal of any. Quite recently in Europe the Mann- licher people have brought out a military rifle which is almost identical in principle, so far at least as its revolving magazine is concerned, with the Savage, and it would seem that it is going to be a great favorite in the British Isles. This rifle may be had to shoot either a 303, a 30 American Government, or a 33-30 Winchester, so that many different tastes may be grati- fied. The regular cartridge can be replaced by a miniature cartridge for small game or short range shooting. * We are advised by the Remington Arms Co. that their new single barrel pistols are not ready to be put on the market and that it may be several months before this will be the case, It is believed that the company will eventually place upon the market a single shot pistol which will be an improvement upon the arm which has been associated with its name for many years. It will be chambered and rifled for the 22 rim fire or the 44 C.F., Russian cartridge. LS An Ottawa lady was recently struck on the head bya spent Lee-Knfield bullet: No one seems, however, to have investigated to discover its starting point, yet this might easily have been done by anyone knowing the range and trajectory of the service rifle. 528 FORESTRY “ Rod and Gun”’ is the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association The Editor will welcome contributions on topics relating to Forestry. Editor—E. Stewart, Chief Inspector of Forestry for the Dominion and Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. Sub-Editor—R. H. Campbell, Treasurer and Asst. Secretary Canadian Forestry Association, Ottawa, Ont. COMPARISON BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN FOREST CONDITIONS. Norman M., Ross, Ottawa. The subject of forestry is undoubtedly becoming one of great public interest and it will not now be long until the great forests of Canada are under a regular sy stem of management, insuring a permanent income to the country from one of her chief resources. At this early stage, while Canadian forestry is still in its infancy, the various systems of forest management now in vogue iv Europe, and more especially in Germany, are of particular interest, and the experiences of these older coun- tries should prove of great benefit to us in the development of our future forest policy. It would of course be quite out of the question at once to adopt generally in America such intensive forms of management as are at present used over the greater part of the German Empire. Europe is a large continent and we find consequently many stages of development, and the same may apply equally to Canada, but, if it is permitted to generalise, it may be said that on the whole forest conditions now existing in this country are probably similar to those which prevailed in Europe some one hundred and fifty or two hundred years ago. However, owing to the much more rapid development on this side the Atlantic, we may confidently expect to attain to the same level in a much shorter period, say seventy-five or one hundred years at most. In Germany the ownership of the timbered areas divides the forests into four classes :—1, State Forests ; 2, Municipal or Commercial Forests; 3, Church and University Forests; 4, Private Forests, of which a large proportion are entailed pro- perty and therefore must be treated conservatively. The first three classes form the greater percentage of the total forest area. Both the state and municipal forests are under government management, the revenue derived from the former going to meet state expenses, while that from the latter is used for the benefit of the cities or towns owning the forests. Unentailed private forests donot aggregate more than perhaps one-quarter of the total forest area and although their general management is left entirely to the discretion of the owner, still government prescribes stringent rules regarding the wholesale cutting of such lands, the legislation varying in the different provinces. The object is to keep a certain proportion of the entire country under forest, at least twenty-five per cent. being considered the proper standard. Even this area cannot supply the home demand, the annual consumption being twenty-seven million cubic metres, while the production is only seventeen million. The effect on forest management of the varying conditions of development throughout Germany is at once apparent to anyone travelling through the country. In the more thickly populated districts where means of transport are best developed and where the markets are of necessity good, there is where we Rod and Gun * the nourishment derivable from the soil, the thinnings in -Canada : find the most intensive forest management. In such seet every stick of wood which can be produced is saleabl small stuff for firewood and minor industries and the lk material for timber. As soon as the old trees are cut do denuded area is at once planted up again with young seed! time and soil being far too valuable to allow of natural reg ation, which would require perhaps several years to be established. From the time of planting up till maturit trees are carefully tended, thinnings being taken out pe cally in order to concentrate in the most promising indivi in themselves a source of revenue. In many cases ey litter on the ground is valuable for ene bedding and _ purposes. In other sections, for instance the Alpine region of Bavaria, things have a totally different appearance. have a country extremely rough, thinly populated, comparatively poor road system and with correspondi markets. Large timber is here practically the only : forest product, with the exception of a very limited am firewood and some small wood to supply a few local i The work of the forest officer consists principally in reg the cutting of mature timber. The planting of se such districts is considered much too expensive and, some rare cases, natural regeneration is depended upo to start the future forest crop. In this case conditions similar to those now existing in many parts of Canada wh the fire warden system has been successfully introduced. | tween these two extremes in Germany we find all stages every case the intensity of forest management in any dis in exact proportion to the development of that district ially in the matter of roads and means of transport, the principal factor regulating stumpage prices. Thus that forest management, as is only natural, depends on age prices. Where timber has a high value, cons expense may be incurred in administering the torest, but prices are low only a very small outlay is permissible - investment is to prove remunerative. Compared with stumpage prices in Germany th Canada will no doubt seem to us to be rather small might therefore infer that the expenses to be incurred for administration should be equally modest. But are these p going to remain at this low figure? We are most ¢ : safe insaying no. If we look at the stumpage prices of t few years we see a very marked increase indeed, and find that many species of trees which some time ago | looked upon as absolutely worthless or at least of very | value from a lumberman’s standpoint, now have their regul place on the market ; cottonwood and hemlock are instan¢ Men who have given the subject due consideration have ¢ culated that within from fifty to seventy years os rr in America will have risen to the level of those now pre in Europe. To give some idea of the value of German forests lowing figures are of interest. They represent the net stu price derivable as final yield at one hundred years of age an acre of forest land in Hesse Darmstadt :— Scotch pine aa ne qualiey; oe; net vies eta Beech Spruce ae 5 These figures do not include thinnings which have been moved previous to this time. According to the German tables, spruce forests of second quality at one hundred ye: age contain about eight-seven cords of wood fit for pulp, whie ee ay ce ce ‘ay _in this case give us a stumpage value of $16.00 per cord. quality Scotch pine trees at the same age would average it t 50 feet clear bole with a diameter of not more than 16 8 at breast height, inclusive of bark, and are worth $18 to er thousand feet, board measure, stumpage. Such trees \d have but small value in the eyes of Canadian lumbermen. N Yow , if we can expect such prices as the above to prevail ‘ig country in, say seventy-five years, we see that the pros- ve value of our forests is something enormous and that it time to establish a regular protective management, not r the existing forests but also over already lumbered which, if only protected from fire, are bound to produce a d growth by far more valuable than the original crop. ‘ main point of difference between the forests of Canada se of Germany, and one which makes it impossible to e European methods, lies in the fact that here we have principally with virgin forest, while abroad this condi- long since disappeared. fundamental principle underlying all German forestry @ an equal sustained annual yield, and in each range y the same amount of wood is harvested every year. n forest a sustained annua! yield is not possible owing 2 amount of mature and hyper-mature trees growing h must first be cut out in order to bring the forest best state of productiveness. In other words, the nyested in the forest must be reduced to that figure ill pay the highest interest. As soon as we get rid of s of mature timber now standing in the virgin forest, then introduce systems of management having for their some years to come. European forests the various age classes are grouped less together, that is, we find a few acres of forest con- only trees one hundred years old, adjoining which may partment forty years old, and alongside of this one of years old, the whole forest being spanned by a net work ads making every point quickly accessible. In such woods re is practically no risk from forest fires, the enemy most to 1 ed by Canadian foresters, If a fire should happen to one compartment, it can easily be stopped before z the next, as there is no great amount of debris on the und and the road system allows of at once reaching any nt where a fire may be burning. Asa matter of fact, forest almost unheard of in Europe. In this matter of fires is again greatly handicapped, as the virgin forest suffers erable risk owing to the immense amount of debris t on the ground, the comparative inaccessibility, and the ty of help in the neighborhood which can be quickly oned to battle against the flames. Anyone who has had experience knows the hopelessness of trying to extinguish which has once gained a foothold in virgin forest, unless in some way by rivers, creeks or other natural barriers. he risk of danger from fire-is the main impediment to y in Canada and is the problem which must receive for time the greater share of the forest officers’ attention. remove the evil effects of fire, and forestry is bound to me one of the safest businesses in which capital can be od. ae German forester enjoys yet another.advantage. He is ssess ssion of elaborate yield tables compiled by the govern- oot for the various species under varying conditions of growth. se tables are based on the results of long years of experience experiment and furnish absolutely reliable data (for Ger- an conditions), Thus when a piece of land is planted up the Rod and Gun harvesting of an equal annual yield, but this will in Canada 529 owner knows at once what yield he may expect to obtain at any future date, and about what interest his investment will bring him, doing away with all the uncertainty which a similar work undertaken in this country would suffer from. Such yield tables are a necessity for successful forestry, but owing to the time and expense necessary in their preparation, their compilation can only be undertaken by government. * A PROBLEM IN FORESTRY; TREE PLANTING IN THE NORTH WEST. Archibald Mitchell, Macleod, Alberta, Nearly every rancher you meet in the North West can tell you something about tree planting. Everybody seems to have had trees or seeds from Indian Head at one time or other, and everybody seems to have had a try at transplanting evergreen trees from the hills to the ranch. But nearly everybody has a more or less constant tale to tell—trees will not grow. You come across a few cases here and there where men have been successful with some of their planting. You see sometimes a Manitoba maple or two, usually pretty straggled-looking speci - mens, and there are a few ranches which are beautified by one or two spruce or Douglas firs. But such a thing as a hedge or shelter belt is unknown. ‘There are some precious specimens of Douglasii growing in town, that is, they were planted two or three years ago and are not dead yet. They are the envy and admiration of everybody, though usually they are only existing and making little orno growth. A lot of nice, healthy young trees are brought down from the hills every spring, and sold to the townspeople. They are bought up eagerly, for strong is the desire of the householder to improve the appear- ance of his dwelling. But the purchase is now usually accom- panied by the despairing thought, ‘‘ We may perhaps be able to keep it green this summer anyway.”’ On some of the ranches a few Siberian poplars are growing. and doing very well; and a man will point to a small insignifi- cant-looking cotton-wood and tell you with pride that itis a triumph of transplanting. Success in planting there has been, but compared with the attempt it is very small indeed. Yet it is enough to encourage us to hope that with improved methods we may be able to obtain much better results. As things are at present, however, it may safely be said that tree-growing on the plains is a problem which has been attacked with some vigour for many years, but which is still awaiting a satisfactory solution. Even the very act of planting seems to be a hazy point, and you will usually find a newly planted tree just about as loose in the soil as if it had only heeled in the nursery for an hour or two. ‘ihe trouble seems to be in the fact that no one as yet who has attempted planting has ever made any study of tree life or the requirements of tree growth. A man will ‘‘ plant ”’ a score or so of carefully grown trees in a notch (it can be called nothing else) about twelve or fifteen inches wide and perhaps as many deep, and confidently expect them to grow. He waters and, as he considers, tends them carefully, but notwithstanding all his anxious efforts those trees die. Any one with a little knowledge of the subject would have expected nothing else. The failure could not be attributed to the soil’s being unable to support vegetation, for the same kind of soil a little distance away would perhaps be bearing abundant crops of vegetables or grain, and, given the proper conditions, -would just as readily support a tree. Ten chances to one every tree was loose, and not a single root was in surroundings which would enable it to live and 53° absorb moisture. When it is planted a root must have the earth trodden firmly down upon it, or it may as well never have been planted. It is like a man dying of want with plenty just beyond his reach. The minute haustoria, or organs of absorp- tion, require to be in most intimate connection with the earth before they can take any nourishment from it; firm packing is therefore an absolute necessity. It does not seem that the soil has ever been studied with regard to its capacity for tree growing. This is a most import- tant point and, as every forester knows, is the first of the local factors to be considered when a new plantation is projected. The soil here consists principally of a clayey, sandy loam, or perhaps asandy, loamy clay would describe it better. When turned up by the plough it is dry, ana if you dig deeper it is still dry. Dig tenor twenty feet and you may find the same grey, dry soil. It is hard also; the soft, spongy feel of the soil of moister countries is wanting. The heavy winds passing over it for centuries have dried it and pressed it, so that now scarcely any moisture is to be found in it at all. The prairie grasses use up all there is, and their closely matted roots shed the rain off the surface, making the supply scantier still. Plough up that soil and let air and moisture in, and you can raise fine crops of grain. The whole secret of its fertility seems to lie in the air and the moisture. Given these, it seems as if the whole character of the soil is changed. - From a hard, dry, grey soil, able to support only a covering of prairie grasses, it _ becomes a rich, blackish or brown, porous soil, able to produce almost any kind of hardy crop. This on the surface. Under- neath the ploughed belt you find the same grey, dry, closely- pressed soil. To plant a tree in soil of this description without adequate preparation beforehand would be simply to court disaster. Tree plentera here seem to expect impossibilities. They will calmly dg a hole in the ground a little larger than the roots of the proposed tree; perhaps throw in a few chunks of manure ; plant the tree carefully or not, according to the degree of intelligence of the operator, and expect it to grow. Now, what happens? Unless a particularly copious supply of water is forthcoming, such as that from an irrigation ditch, that tree is going to die, or if it lives, it only languishes and does not flourish ; and all for the lack of moisture. To be sure, it may be watered, and well watered, at least as far as quantity poured out.goes, but usually most of the water thus applied runs off on the surface and is of no use.. What does get into the soil is soon absorbed, not by the roots, but much of it by the dry, thirsty walls of the pit they are in. ‘These walls have been thirsting for water for centuries and greedily drink it up when- ever they get the opportunity. And even though the watering be done every day there is never enough and, as we have said, the tree may live but cannot flourish. ‘ If grain were given like treatment there would be no better result. Buta grain field has a porous surface all over it, and not only a porous surface but a porous interior as well, or at least an interior which readily conducts water by capillary attraction, so that the necessary moisture can move in any direction the demands of the root- lets require. The soil moisture is also protected from the eyaporative influence of the sun and wind, primarily by the shade and shelter which the young plants afford. -If we planted a tree under similar circumstances we might safely expect similar results. To do so we would require a soil that would readily admit moisture and preserve it after it was admitted. It would need to be a soil that was retentive as well divas our natural / soil is absorbent rather than hy aid up its moisture when called Rod and Gun in. Canada upon, we would require our trees to be planted far eng away from the natural soil that its absorbent influence w : have as little effect as possible on the quantity of water ¢ able for growth. a Now in the case of single trees, if a good wide hole fa five times the diameter of the root intended to occupy i ‘it never less than six feet, were dug to a depth of two or feet, and the soil well loosened and mixed with two well rotted manure, there would be a fair chance f “planted in it to grow. The manure would need to be for the great need of the soil is vegetable matter to water which enters it, and give it up readily when the growing tree. The whole well watered as it would be of great advantage. A depth of three in the surface left unfilled, with the tree of course pl: perly below that depth, would leave ample room layer of hay, strawor manure. Water thrown over not run off nor would it puddle the surface and cause when dry and shut off the air circulation. The wate retained in the mulch and allowed to soak into the even and satisfactory manner. Less water would be or at least less frequent waterings, for all or most of supplied would be useful to the plant. ; And so also with shelter belts, only ingieall of a ni isolated holes have a continual belt of. trenched manured and treated in the same way. Only those who have tried planting in dry é know the value of well trenched and mulched g often is simply the difference bet'veen success and the it. Moisture enters easily and is retained or prese evaporation in the mulch. Every portion of the ground is moistened, for capillarity will enable the distribute itself evenly through the earth and also, as is taken up by the feeding roots, the same law, by action, will enable the supply at the growing point up. Thus the tree is practically enabled to make use moisture in the trenched ground whether it was deposited near it or not. And when you come to consider it, this moisture layer on the surface is really the natural conditio: which the forest tree thrives in its native habitati layer of humus of the surface of the forest ground is storehouse of moisture, not only for the supply of but also for the sprigs which are fed from the surplus. — The kind of tree to plant is also a much debated Some try Manitoba maples and others try various po: willows, but nowhere do you hear of much success wi The time to plant, too, appears to be a matter of une You hear a few points in favor of fall planting, but little or no reliable experience to go upon, and the ne’ has just to begin from the-same point as the man w several years ago. The problem is a many-sided one, and cole ae careful experiments conducted here, right in the the Chinooks, will ever furnish us with a satisfactory tion. It has been said that the Manabe maple will no the repeated frosts and thaws of our winter, and yet th least one specimen the writer has seen, about fifteen or feet high, which is strong and vigorous and bears f quently. That the Chinooks have not had the usual tive effect on this specimen is apparent. Possibly the » and after treatment might account for it, or perha seasons for a few years after planting might have been di! those we now experience. Anyhow the history of that e would be well worth finding out. _ After growing to a certain size the Manitoba maple Eoonty loses its summer growth, or the most of it, every inter and everybody blames the Chinooks. But it is by no s certain that the rapid thaws and frosts of our peculiar cause all the mischief. Doubtless our winters are not e best adapted for tree life, but there is another reason which y account for a good deal of the damage usually laid at the door the winter. We have here what we call our fall storm, nally in September or October. This is a cold snap with ore or less soft snow, in which the temperature does not wich zero, and it is therefore mild compared with the winter ‘ms. Frequently the summer growth is not yet ripened, often the leaves are still green, and it seems not impro- that this is the time when most of the damage is done. jis year the storm occurred in September, about three weeks than last year, and yet the leaves and young growth eason were riper. This year was an average one of about e average rainfall, but last year was a wet one and growth aS carried on far into the fall on account of it. Consequently, storm in October found the trees more unprepared for r than this year’s storm found them in September. Last x was a very good one, with no long spel! of severe cold, h the frequent changes may not have been the best for trees, but yet a Siberian poplar which has lately come the writer’s notice lost all its branches after a most pus growth the previous summer. It was carefully d in to the stem in spring and this year has a goodly of fine shoots all over it. When our storm came, all the ng branches were well prepared for it, with the exception few which were not quite so well forward. Up till now, mber, and after two severe storms with the temperature at ‘to 30° there is no appearance of any damage to any of the s, although those which are not quite ripe are thinner and well filled out at the tips. It will be interesting to note they come through the winter, and if there are any milar cases in the country it is to be hoped they will also be erved and recorded. Irrigators would be especially inter- d in this question, for if the excess of moisture last year $s the indirect cause of the loss of growth in-the fall, it might better for them to regulate their watering so as to have ir season’s growth well ripened before the fall storm. These are some of the points which appear to the writer to have been neglected in the solution of the tree problem. ere are others, too; for instance, has anybody ever made ough experiments with our native trees? Everybody is aid to plant a cutting of native poplar because, they say, it 3 such a slow grower; it would be a life-time before it would of any use. Every tree, even the fastest growing, when + a certain age, is a slow grower, and possibly our old, w-growing, common cottonwood would surprise us if we e it as much attention as we give foreign species. Close nting would certainly force rapid height growth. Let any- one plant one hundred well made ten inch cuttings not more : than three feet apart each way in a plot of ground as we have ribed, and there is no doubt he will be pleased with the sult. We ought at least to be sure of their hardiness, though Iso not fully prepared for the winter. Space forbids our touching more fully on this question of tree growing at this time. Suffice it to say that there are few ‘things more interesting or more important to the rancher in the North West at present. He has solved the living problem and Rod and Gun in Canada e must not forget that our fall storm may at times find them : 531 he is usually pretty comfortably off. Now he has got his home established he has more time and more means to devote to his surroundings. Only let him see how to plant, and he will take it up as eagerly as the most ardent enthusiast might desire. As arule he has come from a tree growing country, and though he may be prosperous enough in his business he will never feel his home to be thoroughly home-like till he has his trees flourishing around it, alike pleasant to the eye and a shelter from the storm. * We beg to call special attention to the article in this num- ber by Mr. Norman M. Ross making a ‘‘ Comparison Between European and Canadian Forest Conditions.’’ Mr. Ross, who has lately been appointed assistant to the Dominion Superin- tendent of Forestry, is a native of Scotland and came to Canada some years ago. After living for about four years in the west, during part of which time he was employed at the Experi- mental Farm at Indian Head, he took a course at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. For the past year and a half he has been making a special study of forestry at Biltmore, North Carolina, under Dr. Schenck, with whom, during the past year, he made a tour of Germany and other European countries in order to obtain a personal knowledge of the system of forestry there practised. Mr. Ross is therefore particularly qualified by his previous experience in Canada and his scientific study of forestry to assist in the very large and important work that comes within the jurisdiction of the Dominion Forestry Bureau, * The officers elected at the annual meeting of the Canadian. Forestry Association are as follows :—Honorary President, His Excellency the Governor-General ; President, His Honor Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, K. C. M. G., Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia; Vice-President, Mr. Wm. Little; Vice-Presidents for the Provinces and Districts: Nova Scotia, Dr. A. H. McKay, Superintendent of Education ; Prince Edward Island, Sir Louis Davies, K.C.M.G., Minister of Marine and Fisheries ; New Brunswick, Hon. J. B. Snowball ; Quebec, Hon. S. N. Parent, Premier of Quebec ; Ontario, Mr. J. B. McWilliams ; Manitoba, Major Stewart Mulvey ; Kee- watin, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba; Assinibioa, Mr. J. S. Dennis, Deputy Minister of Public Works ; Saskatchewan. Mr. J. G. Laurie ; Alberta, Mr. Wm. Pearce; Athabasca, Mr, F. Wilson ; British Columbia, Mr. H. Bostock; Yukon, The Commissioner of the Yukon ; Secretary, Mr. E. Stewart, Domin- ion Superintendent of Forestry ; Assistant Secretary and Trea- surer, Mr. R. H. Campbell; Board of Directors, Mr. Hiram Robinson, Mr. C. Jackson Booth, Dr. Wm. Saunders, Professor John Macoun, Hon. G. W. Allan, Thos. Southworth, Director of Forestry for Ontario; Mr. W. C. Edwards, M.P. * We regret to learn that our esteemed president, His Honor Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere. is so unwell that he has been com- pelled to leave British Columbia to seek health in the more southerly climate of California. We trust that he may soon be able to return restored to full health and vigor. 0K Care should be taken in the transplanting of trees that as little damage as possible is done to the root fibres and that the trees are not permitted to dry out too much during transporta- tion. The latter point is of special importance with the ever- greens. With such trees some earth should be always left adhering to the roots when they have to be carried for any distance. 532 Rod and DEVOTED TO THE FISHING GAME AND FOREST INTERESTS OF CANADA. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA -& & o - PUBLISHED MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ORE FRR ie oe eee 4 S1x MONTHS, - - - i Sat at Se r PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ONE DOLLAR. Firty CENTS. ADVERTISING RATES: Two DOLLARS PER INCH PER ISSUE. A discount of 15 per cent. on annual contracts, Communications on all topies pertaining to fishing, shooti iB canoeing, the kennel and amateur photography, will be welcomed and published, if satisfactory. All communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, however. Rop AND GUN IN CANADA does not assume any responsibility for, or necessarily endorse, any views expressed by contributors in these columns. All communications should be addressed to: ROD AND GUN PUBLISHING CO., 603 Craig Street, MONTREAL. We do not hear much these days about the numerous rifle clubs that were proposed while the war fever was at its highest. Can it be that in the end we shall be so foolish as to permit ourselves to continue a race of duffers—for that is what we most certainly are as regards rifle shooting? There are, of course, a good many excellent long range rifle shots in the Dominion, and a._good many very deadly marksmen at short hunting ranges are to be found among our backwoodsmen and frontiersmen, but these form, after all, a very inconsiderable percentage of the population, and if we would so arrange that to be a Canadian were almost synonymous with being a rifle- man we must be at some pains to educate ourselves in the knowledge which we now lack. It is to be hoped that the powers at Ottawa will decide in the end to do something practical towards encouraging rifle shooting and it will be a very pleasant duty for us, when this takes place, to chronicle it. A very lively controversy has been going on in the Mont- real Saturday Star with regard to the protection of game. ‘The advocates of hounding are evidently, as usual, on the alert and in this instance, though they have the worst of the argument they use up the editor’s space in the most reckless manner and must tax his courtesy and patience to the limit. What a pity it is that all men who go hunting are no’ sportsmen! If only we could do away with the hide hunter, and the meat butcher, and the hounder, and the man who kills the deer in the deep snow with an axe, what a bright, beautiful world this would be. % Mr. Denis McLynn, who is the recently appointed Fish and Game Warden and Inspector in Montreal, is showing a very praiseworthy energy in the discharge of his new duties. During his rounds he has found that the cold storage ware- houses, hotels, restaurants, clubs, butcher shops, and fish and game stores continually and consistently break the enactment which says that people must not possess game for more than 15 days after the close of the hunting season. He found moose and caribou, and deer and partridges by the hundred, and snipe by the barrel—but as yet we have seen nothing in the daily press as to convictions and fines. This would be a wel- come sequel to Mr. McLynn’s valuable investigations. Gun in Canada Within the.last couple of years there has been a hap revolution—that is happy from the purchaser’s point of view in the prices of 22 cal. rifles. We know that the 22 short ca ridge is by no means perfect, and are quite willing to acknot edge that the 22 long rifle with its heavy bullet is more aceur at all ranges, but, nevertheless, up to 75 feet few indeed are men who can hold close enough to be able to prove thi their scores. For all practical purposes the 22 short is enough, so that the enterprise of one American manufact in bringing out a 22 which lists for $3 is to be comment This rifle is an 18-inch, half-octagon barrel, walnut stock, t r steel frame, and resembles the once celebrated Maynard rif its action. It is bored for the 22 short and will of course s the C.B. caps, though the owner of any good rifle is ve ish to shoot caps in it, as the fulminate with which f loaded corrodes the barrel in a very short time. This ril put on the market as a reply to the Winchester people, y thought they had knocked the bottom out of prices whe year or so ago they put a good 22 calibre on the market listed at $5. Ba If some of the readers of Rop anp Gun would be as to send us accounts of their experience with the Co matic Pistol we should be very glad to hear from them. fellow told us that you could not hit a barn door at ten distance with one of these weapons—we did not belie another one told us that he hit everything he shot at y —and we are certain that he did not confine himself st: the truth, but these contradictory reports have hada ing effect upon the editorial equilibrium, and if any got one of these lethal weapons an account of his exp with it will be very welcome. The resolution adopted by the North American Fish Game Association at its last annual meeting in January, ad ing the institution of a heavy bounty on wolves, has b vindicated in a remarkable manner, according to a pr patch from Ottawa. Wolves have been so plentiful in the Upper Gatin trict that there are few sheep left in that region. A far the name of Renaud, living in Eardly township, lost 13 in two weeks, and many of his neighbors have suffered from the same scourge. The fact is, the Laurentians at the present moment swal with wolves from one end to the other; these harry the de incessantly and it is high time that the power of the g ment be exerted to reduce their numbers by the impositi a high bounty. The big game of the United States is rapidly disappe: As already stated, buffalo are almost extinct ; elk and an have been killed off in many localities in which th formerly abundant; moose, caribou, mountain sheep mountain goats are now found in only a few states ; are rare in many places where they should be common. 40 such an extent has this decrease proceeded that vi measures are now necessary to prevent the exterminat all big game.—U.S. Dept. of Agriculture—Bulletin No. 14, Compare the foregoing from a recent report by the 0 Game Commissioners :—‘‘ Ontario has a territory extent from the Quebec boundary on the east to the Lake, of tl Woods on the west, and over two hundred miles in widtl which is teeming with moose and in some districts care bou.’’—Ed. to ana € THE GUN Conducted by “Bob White” GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. _ The Grand American Handicap, acknowledged to be the reatest shooting event of the year on the continent, was wrought off at Interstate Park, New York City, during the first yeek of April. Crack pigeon shots from all parts of the United tates and Canada to the number of 222 entered. Of these 22 jailed to put in an appearance and 200 were left to start. Of = 201 three were Canadians, namely, H. D. Bates, Ridgetown, t., winner of last year’s handicap ; Thomas Donley, St. mas, Ont., and J. Stroud, Hamilton, Ont. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Bates failed to land the a second time, his shooting was one of the features of the ament. Some of Mr. Bates’ winnings were as follows: Interstate Park Introductory (8 birds, $5.00 entrance), $21.90; Zorough of Queens’ Sweepstakes (12 birds, $7.00 antranes): 5.70; Nitro Powder Handicap (16 birds, $10.00 entrance), .90, and Consolation Handicap (16 birds, $10.00 entrance), $55.20. The Grand American Handicap was won by E. C. Griffith, _of Pascoag, R.L., after a stiff struggle with J. L. D. Morrison, of ; Paul. eeeison missed his 18th bird in the shoot-off 48rd in the race, leaving his opponent in possession of the yer trophy and first money. Half the shooters used either Dupont smokeless or Schultze i. and were about equally divided in their affections. Of rest 30 used Laflin & Rand, 25 Hazard ‘Blue Ribbon” | nd 20 E. C. ___ Of the guns used the Parker was the most popular. Kighty- eight contestants used a Parker, 33 a Smith, 20 a Francotte and 10 the much lauded and much maligned Winchester pump. H. Fox, who shot straight from the commencement of the tournament to his 26th bird in the Grand American, and Mor- ‘ison, the runner up for the trophy, did remarkable work with s arm. _ £.C. Griffith, the winner, used a Parker gun, 45 grains Laflin & Rand powder and “Leader” shells. _ Officers of the S. P. C. A. were on hand to see that no unnecessary cruelty was shown during the shoot. to Canadian Trap Shooting Association. As intimated last month, a number of the trap shooters of the Dominion assembled at Ottawa on Easter Monday for the purpose of organizing a league of Canadian sportsmen, and incidentally to exhibit their skill over the traps of the St. _ Hubert Gun Club of that city. The day proved to be a miser- “able one for shooting, the rain pouring down all day, but, " notwithstanding, the visitors enjoyed themselves at the traps ‘and ran off several events in which Western Ontario seemed to have the best of it. In the evening the business proper of the gathering was roceeded with and anassociation of Canadian shooters formed under the rather long name of the Dominion of Canada Trap |! Shooting and Game Protective Association. Colonel Tilton B presided. eae A constitution was adopted, and the following officers were | elected :—President, W. Galbraith, Montreal; First Vice- E i | ; ie ie | Rod and Gun in Canada 533 President, Thomas A. Duff, Toronto; Second Vice-President, Dr. Overholt, Hamilton; Secretary-Treasurer, A. W. Throop, Ottawa ; Committee, Fred Westbrook, Brantford ; J. N. Des- laurier, Ottawa ; J. Walton, Sherbrooke ; W. H. Hayes, Ottawa; J. H. Thompson, Toronto ; C. L. Panet, Ottawa; and E. C. Eaton, Montreal. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. ARTICLE J,—NAME, This Association shall be known as ‘‘The Dominion of Canada Trap Shooting and Game Protective Association.” ARTICLE I], —OBJECTS, The Objects of this Association are to promote mutual im- provement in the art of shooting ; to secure uniformity of rules for trap shooting among the various affiliating clubs of the Dominion ; to co-operate in improving the laws for the protec- tion of fish and game, and to assist in maintaining and enforcing such laws, ARTICLE III. —MEMBERSHIP. Any organized gun club in the Dominion, having not less than ten members, may become a member of this Association. ARTICLE IV.—OFFICERS. The Officers of this Association shall be President, two Vice-Presidents, and a Secretary-Treasurer, who, with five other members, shall form an Executive Pres pees who shall be elected annually. ARTICLE V.—TERM OF OFFICE. All Officers shall hold office until their successors have been - duly elected. Any vacancies occurring in any of the offices shall be filled by the Executive Committee. ARTICLE The annual meeting of the Association for the election of officers, and fixing of date and place for the annual Tournament shall take place on the evening of the first day fixed for the annual Tournament. For the purposes of organization the headquarters of the Association shall be at Ottawa for the present, subject to change hereafter upon the decision of the Annual Meeting to that effect. ARTICLE VII.—MEMBERSHIP FEES. Affiliating clubs shall pay a fee of $5.00 for twenty or a less number of members. Individuals not members of any gun club may become members of the Association on payment of a fee of $1.00 per annum. All fees to be paid on or before 15th June, each year. VI.—MEETINGS. ARTICLE VIII.—ARREARS. Any club or individual in arrears for dues or assessments shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the Association, or to compete for any prizes offered by this Association. ARTICLE IX.—REPRESENTATION AND VOTING. Each club shall be entitled to serid two representatives to all meetings of the Association. All representatives shall file with the Secretary a certificate of their election or appointment, signed by the President or Secretary of the clubs they represent. Only duly accredited representatives and officers of the Associ- ation shall be entitled to vote. ARTICLE X.—DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Section 1,—It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association, to preserve order, and to enforce the rules and regulations of the Association. 534 Section 2.—It shall be the duty of the First Vice-President to perform the duties of the President in the absence of the latter officer. Section 3.—It shall be the duty of the Second Vice-Presi- dent to perform the duties of the President, in the absence of the President and First Vice-President. Section 4.—It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to keep an accurate record of all the proceedings of this Associ- tion, and of the Executive Committee ; to keep a correct list of the several subordinate Associations or Clubs, with the names of their respective officers; to make all necessary reports per- taining to his office; to issue all notiees of meetings; to take charge of all communications, and reply thereto in accordance with such instructions as he may receive from the Association, and to keep a copy thereof ; to do such other acts and things in the line of his duty as shall be required of him by the Associa- tion ; to receive and hold all the funds of the Association, and to keep an accurate account of the same, and of moneys paid out by order of the Executive Committee. He shall pay all bills or accounts which have been approved by the Executive Committee, and shall make a full report in writing to the Association at its annual meeting. His books shall be subject to the inspection of the Executive Committee at all reasonable times; and at the expiration of his term of office he shall surrender to his successor all books, papers, moneys, and other properties of the Association. ARTICLE XI.—MEETINGS OF EXECUTIVE. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be called by the President whenever he dcems it necessary or when requested to do so by three or more members of the Executive Committee. Five members shall form a quorum. ARTICLE XII.—-ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. An annual trap-shooting tournament shall be given by the Association about the middle of August and all Clubs sending teams to compete to guarantee a purse of $50.00 for such annual tournament. It is proposed that the ‘‘ Mail Trophy,’ now in the possession of the St. Hubert Gun Club of Ottawa, shal be handed to the Association to be competed for by teams of five men from any of the affiliating Clubs under the following rules and conditions :-- (1) The Trophy shall be shot for at the annual tournament of the Association. (2) It shall be shot for by teams of five men who must all be members of one Club in good standing in this Association and present a certificate in writing from the President and Secretary of their respective Clubs that they are and have been bona-fide members of such Clubs for a period of three months before the date of the cup contest. The number of targets to be 50 per man, other conditions to be decided by the Club on what grounds tournament is held, Executive Committee—known traps and angles—rapid fire system—16 yards rise. (3) Each team shall pay an entrance fee of $10.00 and the amounts received for such entrance fees shall be divided as follows :— If there are 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 entries, 60% and 40%. If there are 7, 8 or 9 entries, 50%, 30% and 20%. Ifthere are 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 entries, 40%, 30%, 20% and 10%. The Team making the highest seore to take the cup for the year and first money. The next highest Team to take second money, ‘and so on. Rod and Gun in Canada ~ teenth day of September of the following year. sacle - between the first day of January and the-first day of / subject to approval of . (4) The Club winning the Trophy shall give a bond $300, to be approved by the executive, as security for its g keeping and production at the next annual tournament of t Association, and insure the cup. 4 ARTICLE XIII. B (1) In the case where it is decided to hold the ai tournament at a town or city where there is more than one’ Club belonging to the Association, the choice of whi e- shall have charge of the tournament shall be decided a annual meeting by vote. a (2) The Club having charge of the annual tourname consult with the executive committee of. the Associati all arrangements for traps, trappers, grounds, etc., ani nd arrangements must receive the final approval of the com and shall keep an accurate account of all receipts and ' ments in connection with the tournament, and forward same to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association immed upon the close of the tournament, and it shall be the du the Secretary-Treasurer to make a report at the annual me of the proceedings of the Association for the year. © (3) Fifty per cent. of any surplus over and above ri at any annual tournament shall be handed over to the A tion by the Club managing the tournament, and the e fifty per cent. shall be the property of the managing C We trust the association will meet with every suc if conducted on broad lines is sure to be an immense p good in the interest of trap shooting and game. pro’ Canada. We have received notification of the following et the game laws : Manrrosa.—No person shall hunt, catch, shoot Be pursue any grouse of any variety, prairie chicken, phe: partridge between the fifteenth day of November and other than upland plover, quail, woodcock, snipe Pree All prosecutions under this act may be brought and he fore any Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, whos power to award payment of costs in addition to the p In default of payment of fine and costs the offender s! warrant, signed or sealed by the Police Magistrate or Ju the Peace, be imprisoned for a period of not less than t nor more than three months at the discretion of such Ju Police Magistrate, unless the penalty and costs are sooner (Foregoing assented to March 29, 1901.) Ontario.—Nothing in the Ontario Game Protectio shall be held to prevent the destruction of the wood h cotton tail rabbit by any means at any time. No person shall hunt, take, kill, or destroy, or pursue W such intent any quail or wild turkey between the fifteenth ¢ of December and the first day of lame se, in the following ye Year by year the ‘pinkie issued by John Enright ¢ Castleconnell, Ireland, becomes more bulky and interesti The specialty of this firm is the Castleconnell rod. The “ Cast connell’’? may be described as a condition—when you ha once become imbued with the ‘‘Castleconnell”’ idea all other ro will be insipid and unsatisfactory. The action is peculiar a in the eye of the Castleconneller absolutely perfect. Moreoy the price is so reasonable that a man may own enough « of th e to make a load for a one-horse waggon at the price of a si split bamboo. The rods are well suited to Canadian | saln and trout fishing. 4 4 : | Rod and Gun in Canada AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY Conducted by Hubert McBean Johnstone PICTURE MATTS AND PICTURE MATTING. _ Most amateurs have at some time or vther in their careers e a photogram which they considered to rank go far above “ Epverece excellence of their productions as to be too good to ide in an album and to be worthy of a matt and frame and a e on the wall. And so they go ahead and frame it. Oh ~*~ ness, don’t they frame it sometimes. There is a class of teurs who trot their print over to the nearest picture-framer _ instructions to go ahead and fix it up the way he thinks it going to look best, and if he doesn’t go and try to follow this p with instructions he will likely get something that looks tty decent. Others (and they are genuine amateurs) would the: frame and matt their own, and these are the people I a trying to talk to now. There’s really no reason why the ateur shouldn’t frame and matt his own work himself just s well and considerably cheaper than he can have it done, ‘ovided he only knows how to do it and then goes ahead and ses a few trials. Or there are dozens of workers who want a matt for exhibition that is going to look well without frame, or perhaps want some of the hundred and one dif- ent kinds of matts and frames that exist for different pur- ses, only they have never seen just what they want and as a sequence don’t know how to get it. Suppose we look at some instances of this. Not long ago I in a club room in a Canadian city, when a member came | with the most exquisite little woodland scene that had eome to my notice for a long time. The foreground was com- posed of long straggly tufts of grass and broken at one side by i twisty little pathway covered with dead leaves. A few hun- 1 feet back stood a half dozen tall white birch trees and k of them the whole thing was given just the effect necessary how it off properly—there was a slight haze in the air when picture was taken, and the background apparently melted away into nothingness. For daintiness there is almost nothing hat can touch a birch tree, tall and slender, with its pure white trunk, ringed here and there with narrow strips of black, and in the case I am referring to, the surroundings were of just the proper type to enhance the effect. But horrors ! it was mounted a dark tea-green piece of board! ! Completely ruined? I ( a say so. Well to cut the story short, I don’t know who ‘Suggested it, but a week later I saw that same print, with the “mount neatly covered with a big piece of birch bark, which ad had the centre cut out and pasted over it. The result was iret instead of being an eye-sore, it put the picture about as ear perfection as it would be possible for it to be. No doubt is was an exceptional case But there is no reason why her different. original designs of a suitable nature could not be used effectively in various instances. A few weeks ago there was on the walls of the New York Jamera Club, an exhibition by the San Francisco organization and among others a style of mounting without a frame ttracted considerable attention. The print (by which all good mounting is governed), was of a grey tone on a heavy rough surface paper, and the subject, a study of a young girl’s head. The half tone and gradation were marvellously well rendered. The mount used was of cardboard over which a sheet of es) greenish black paper of the butcher-paper style had been pasted and then from which the centre had been cut with a half-inch bevel. The outside edges of this matt were rough and frayed. Awfully swell. But why go ahead to tell you about these other original designs. You’ve all got plenty of originality of your own if you’ll only do some work and call it out, and you can all make mounts that will suit the individuality of your own prints far better than I or any one else could tell you about. As far as those amateurs who have never yet broken away from ‘‘ store’’ mounts are concerned, I hardly think it necessary to say any- thing to them. If they haven’t yet got away from those horrid conventional things that represent quantity instead of quality, they are either very young amateurs or else back numbers. . In the former case they will improve without talk, in the latter talk would be wasted. I find that one of the greatest difficulties encountered by the amateurs is the cutting out of the centre of his board nicely. As far as taking a knife and rule and making a straight line along the outside edge is concerned, he is right at home and gets along without difficulty, but when it comes to taking a square out of the centre without bungling, he is stuck. Sup- pose I give a description of a method by which it can be done. Secure a piece of board about thirty-six or forty inches long, preferably of some hardwood and have it planed on both sides so that it will set perfectly true and level. If you like you can cover the top with a piece of zinc, fastening it at the corners and sides with ordinary tacks, -but this is not necessary. Then go to a blacksmith or machine shop and have them turn you out a flat bar of iron an inch wide and perhaps from a quarter to a half an inch thick, the same length as your piece of board. Get the machinist to punch two holes in it—one through each end,—and to put a bevel on one side at any angle your fancy may suggest. I fancy though that you will find as I have done, that an angle of about 45° will prove the most satisfac- tory. Now fasten this bar up the middle of the board by means of a couple of screws which you must only screw in about half way, so that it is possible to lift the bar to place a sheet of card- board underneath it. Here you have a first-class cutting board, with a straight edge that cannot slip and ruin a bevel. You will also need a couple of shoemaker’s knives with blades about two or three inches in length and sharpened down to a good point and a razor-edge. That’s all. Now your outfit is complete and the outlay should not have exceeded half a dollar. When you are ready to start work take your card-board and cut it first to the dimensions required to fit the frame and then with a foot rule and a lead pencil carefully mark out the centre. Iam not going to tell you how to find the centre or to mark it for your opening. It is so simple that anyone with half an eye could see how to doit. Be careful, though, to mark it ail and not to mark only the corners, for if you take to marking | only the corners it’s an even chance that when you come to do the actual cutting you are going to lose track of just where you are and draw the knife just a quarter of an inch too far. Nothing looks worse on a matt than a botched or sloppy cut in the corner. After it is all marked out lift your straight edge and place the sheet of board under it, placing under it again another sheet of board of a somewhat heavier quality for the knife to bite into and so save the underside of your bevel on the matt from being bungled. Then with the thumb and fore- finger of your left hand press down on the straight edge to hold the cardboard tight and prevent it from slipping, while at the same time with the right hand you draw the knife quickly and cleanly along the line you have marked and with enough pres- 536 Rod and Gun sure to cut right through the first time. If you do not cut through the first time it is necessary to go over it again and that will probably result in the bevel being at two different angles. A couple of trials will show you how heavily you need to press the knife. You will find that when you have your centre cut out that the edges and corners have a little bit of fuzz clinging to them, which, to make a finished job, you will have to remove. To remove it first take the edge of your knife, being sure it is almost razor-like in its sharpness, and holding the matt up in your hands cut carefully down into the corners to first clean them up. Here you will have to te careful to hold the knife at the same angle as your bevel, else you are apt to spoil the whole thing. Next take a piece of fine sand-paper or emery- paper and wrapping it round your forefinger rub along and up the matt frum the back. It would never do to rub down the back or to rub through the opening, for you would almost inevitably do away with the fine edge on the bevel. To clean out the camera double the sand-paper backward tightly and work with the doubled edge. Bythis means it will be possible for you to secure that nice clean appearance fo essential to the well cut out picture matt and to avoid the turned over edges that mark the badly executed piece of work. Remember that the whole secret of successful matt making is to learn to go at things slowly until you have fully mastered the way to do it accurately and cleanly. Now as to whatis the proper color to use in matting the picture, though I am often asked, I am not going to attempt to tell you, for that isa thing which must depend so largely upon the taste of the individual and upon the photogram to be matted that to endeavor to give any explicit directions or to lay down any fixed rules would be the height of folly. AsI have said before in the columns of Rop anp GuN IN CanaDa, it is a pretty safe rule to follow to choose your matt to agree with the prevailing half-tone of the print, or if this cannot be easily done to choose a mount that will agreeably contrast with it along the well known lines of complement. This sounds very easy I’]l admit, but if you only want to see in how many differ- ent ways it may be interpreted, all that will be necessary for you to do, will be to go ahead and try it. In the first place you are going to experience a difficulty in deciding what the ° prevailing half-tone is and then if you want to get a mount that will contrast it is again right up to you to decide what it is going to be. Really the very best thing that I can tell you is that you will have to use your own personal discretion in the matter and in spite of a lot of learned pot-wash that other fellows will spring on you, that is all that they will tell you, too. Now then, it’s up to you. Go ahead. k The Scrap Bag. In looking over the exhibits on the walls of an average camera club, one very frequently finds that all of those mem- bers who are the possessors of large cameras display absolutely nothing but large work and that those who own only smaller instruments put up only small-sized photograms. To all appear- ances, neither of them think of the fact that the size of the picture ought to be determined by the picture itself and never by the size of the’camera. How often do we see small photo- grams that have all the essentials of perfect pictures, and lack only the size toimpress these points ; or how often, too, do we run across others that have been enlarged from small prints to give them strength and only resulted in accenting the weak points of the composition. The lesson that the amateur, yes in Canada and the professional, too, has to learn is that no matter if photogram is an eight by ten, if it has only a square inch hi picture in it, it must be cut down to that; and if it is on quarter plate size and would look better that size, he mt enlarge until it is all that it oa to be. a Earnestness and Sa of purpose in chabel the two main essentials of success andthe maz that mal brilliant triumph is not the man who hits-on it by acci thé man who has been studying for it for years. instance, at how Pririe McDonald captured everything in s at the convention some years ago, Do you suppose that he that by luck and took all those prizes over oa simply by chance. Not much he didn’t It was-all t that. did it and that’s the only way that you or aoe ever make a lasting success of it rae Now we are getting to the hot weather and pretty s the journals. we will see a lot about hot weather trou their remedies. Perhaps the very commonest of these is the nuisance of frilling. Here’s a simple way to : Rub a little beeswax round the edges of the plate b put it in the developer and the difficulty will be entirel ated. ; % > Only a few days ago, I saw a print exhibitens wl subject was a high rock with a foreground of wet sand. the subject been properly handled there was in it the of an extremely effective composition. But it was s Yes, spoiled. The photographer had stood back just as he was able to get. on the shore and instead of giving rock the appearance of great height and immense size might have, had he only tried, he included in his pic much sky and foreground that the principal object dwarfed in comparison. Now this was simply an errori position. Had the fellow only considered for a second aim in making that photogram was to get a picture of that would bring out the idea of mightiness and stre would not have made the foolish blunder that he did. did not need much foreground to give it support either. what a foreground the wet wet sand would make, too reflections and all. What chances some people will mi how. Po Occasionally I hear from amateurs who complain trying to intensify their negatives they produce all k eccentric stains that are far from adding to the beauty plate. Then they ask me what is the matter. My idea is in most of the cases that come to my notice the trouble 1 result of a sort of half washing after the plate is removed the hypo. Personally I prefer the mercuric method of fication, and here it is absolutely essential that the h phite of soda be thoroughly eliminated from the film, the plate must be very thoroughly washed between the processes of intensification and also at the end of ee seen negatives that were intensified by this method and being kept for eleven years showed absolutely no deterior As a consequence I am quite convinced that the tro altogether with the operator and not with the process. then, just while we are speaking of thin negatives and in fication, we might as well touch on another subject that is to it, namely, the copying of thin negatives with the assistance of the intensification process. The method is the essence 6 simplicity one is told. Bleach the negative in the mercury eg bath used for intensifying and then wash it thoroughly. Next, i when it is dry, set it up with a piece of black velvet or some- j hing similar for a backing and make another negative of it. hal he velvet is used to make it show up asa positive. Another | vase where the mercury process comes in is in the making of lantern slides, when it is possible to give the slide an agreeable ig jone by bleaching it in bichloride of mercury and then washing und drying it. If the tone does not satisfy you you can blacken “it in a weak solution of sulphite of soda or a weak bath of ymmonia in water will do equally well. 4) * | The death of Mr. H. P. Robinson, of England, leaves in the photographic fraternity a vacancy that is likely to remain noticeably vacant for some years to come. There is no one in all the world that I know of who is able to take the position ccupied by that great man as the ‘‘ Uncrowned King of Photo- graphy.” From 1852 until 1890 Mr. Robinson took more m edals than any other photographer, and éven since then, although to a very great extent he dropped active work, he n : er became as so many do, a back number. It was not only as a photographer but also as a writer on photographic and art subjects that he was well known, and many and many are the present day workers who owe their first lesson in the pictorial possibilities of the art to him. His clean decisive style never failed to impress,.and probably to no man, does the cause of pictorial photography owe a greater debt than to the late Mr, H. P. Robinson. Truly he was a great man. It is to be regret- ted that we have not more such. Now in these days when the amateur is to a very large 4 doing better work along portrait lines than a great _ many professionals, it may not be amiss to just make one or two pertinent remarks to them, about portraits and the handling of ‘the subject. In the first place all men and women are more or I ess conceited, and it is very rarely indeed that he runs across a person who is willing to admit that the portrait which shows ‘off any defects such as large ears ora poor mouth, wrinkles, freckles, etc., is a good likeness. So to get around it we have to make a photogram that by calling attention to other parts of the face, will hide all these structural defects of physiognomy. Here it is that the ability of the artist comes in and helps the photographer ont of his dilemma. Often beautiful women and ‘handsome men when photographed, look quite like ordinary beings and at times are even common in appearance. It is the ‘photographer who is able to catch the fleeting expression by ‘which intimate friends are wont to recognize a man that will ‘be called a good photographer, and the camerist who merely is “in search of effects and is only adept in his handling of light and shade will remain unknown. [am well aware that so far the ‘so-called American school of amateur portraitists has been ‘and not portraits, but this cannot last forever, and like water, ‘sooner or later portrait photography among professionals is likenesses as well as pictures. If you want to get ahead start ‘on a road that we are fast approaching, by all means practise OK 4 Sometimes in pouring out the contents of an ammonia bot- _ tle, the fumes of the stuff will rise and cause one considerable inconvenience by getting in the eyes. There is a very simple way to avert that trouble. Hold the bottle above your head. Rod and Gun in Canada 537 Guns, brass buttons and embalmed beef no longer consti- tute the field equipment of an army : there is one more thing necessary nowadays, namely, the camera. So important a part has the science of photography taken in recent international troubles that in nine-tenths of the cases the photographer is of more importance than those that wear uniforms. And in the field of battle, just as everywhere else, the advances in the art of photography during recent years is being made good use of. As far back as the Mexican, Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars pictures were made from balloons of battle fields and fortifications and in this line much valuable work was done. That this work was of importance there is little doubt, but of recent years there has been done work that is of vastly greater value to the nations. Iam referring to the photographing of projectiles during their flight, their movements and the effect that they have on armor plate and other substances. In fact, it is now even possible to reproduce on a photographic plate the very air waves that surround a moving bullet and the so- called jump of air guns and smaller arms. To give you some idea of how fast it is necessary for the shutter to work to catch such results, make a note of the fact that at the Krupp works exposures were made of only 1/2000000 of asecond. Whata new field is here open to the expert. The air is shown in these remarkable photograms to be compressed in front of the bullet somewhat in the same manner as water is thrown up in front of aship. Behind the bullet are to be seen waves like the path ofasteamer. 1t has been discovered that much of the foree is lost in the producing of sound waves. In the photograms where the bullet is depicted as striking the armor many curious results are secured. | Some time ago, in the columns of the Scrap Bag, I made a suggestion as regards the various camera clubs all over the country taking up the idea of a field day. I see that one club has done it, for in a recent issue of one of the photographic journals is a paragraph referring to the Colorado Camera Club, which says : “ Theclub has also arranged for a series of outings to nearby points of interest, which will occur weekly and be under the charge of some experienced member.” This is a cracking good thing and should be in more general use than it is. Why not try it in your own club? ms Correspondence. Correspondence should be addressed to H. McBean John- stone, Sarnia, Post Office Box 651. W. A. Lyndon, Lyndon, Alta, N.W.T.—To reply to your re- quest for instructions as to how to make lantern slides would oceupy several columns were the answer to be of any practical benefit to you. Lantern slide making is one of the most fascinat- ing branches of the art and if you are interested, I would advise you to write to the Photo-American Pub. Co., of 131 Bible House, New York, for their little book on the process by Osborne I. Yellott. The price isa dollar. Rop anp Guy will contain a short article on the process in the course of a few months. Glad to hear from you again. Write to me. Wm. A. Benham, St. Mary’s.—Your print is a fairly good piece of work from an artistic standpoint, but as regards the technical end of things, I am afraid that you still have a lot of work ahead of you before you will ever take a prize. You have hardly toned it far enough for one thing, and for another the negative appears to have been under-developed. Keep on practising. That’s the only way. 538 Geo. A Green, Brantford, Ont.—It is hardly advisable for you to attempt to make a camera for yourself considering how cheap very good instruments can be purchased now-a-days: The first one that I owned was home-made and I do not feel that I am running down my abilities as a joiner when I say that it never gave me satisfaction. It always leaked light or something was the matter. You ought to be able to buy a good camera for about $10.00 more or less according to the state of your pocket book and desires. It will pay you to remember that the camera is only the initial expense though, and that a good one will save you a host of troubles afterward. Chatham,Ont.—Those prints that you submit to me are very good as far as the subjects are concerned,but when we get down to look at the quality of your technical manipulation—well one can hardly call it perfect and havea regard for truth. You are not taking enough care in the handling of your Aristo paper, and those little red blotches that you refer to are the result of allowing your fingers to come in contact with the surface of the print before it has been toned. Then,too,there is no excuse for such wobbly edges as long as there is a knife and a straight edge in existence. Now I can see from the quality of your subjects that you have in you a certain amount of talent and my advice to you is to go at it like a man and thoroughly master the other side of your work. . Louis Papineau, Point St. Charles, Montreal.—You say that your hypo bath will not fix the prints though you have it twice as strong as the formula calls for. Apparently you do not know that too strong a bath is just as bad as too weak a one, and you had better therefore try how it will beif you add enough water to make it a little weaker than the directions eall for. If that does not straighten matters up—I think it will—why, don’t be afraid to write me again. As regards the other matter that you speak about, I am afraid I cannot advise you without a little experimenting as I have never used the particular brand of dry plate that you refer to. It will make an interesting experiment however, and I will try it and write to you. Victoria, B.C.—I am glad to hear from you and rather like the print that you send me. Now, why not let us hear from you in the line of your photographic work out west and the chances that nature affords the amateur photographer in your part of the country. You know we want every amateur to tell through the columns of Rop anp Gun IN CANADA just what kind of place he lives in and all about the attractions it pos- sesses for the camera fiend. Other readers find it interesting. The Ideal Co. has issued catalogue No. 13, and, as usual, it contains a wonderful amount of practical information of use to shooting men. We have long been of the opinion that two of the most useful publications for Canadian sportsmen are the catalogues issued by the Ideal Manufacturing Co. and by the Winchester Arms Co., both of New Haven, Conn. The great specialty of the Ideal Co, is the bullet mould. % The Winchester Co. has issued catalogue No. 67, which supersedes all previous issues. There are few changes, no additional rifles being placed on the market, but some new cartridges are described. The principal changes are: ‘‘The New Rival,” blue in color with corrugated head ; a 38 long Colt gallery smokeless ; and changes in branding of the well known ‘‘ Blue Rival,’’ ‘‘ New Rival,’”’ ‘‘ Repeater,’”’ ‘‘Leader,’’ ‘*Metal Line’”’ and ‘“ Pigeon”’ shells. Rod and Gun in Canada ANSWERS TO C ORRESPONDENTS. L. D. D., Winnipeg.—The most important provision the Lacey Act are: (1) It forbids the importation from o o side of prohibited species of birds and beasts. (2) It rent illegal the transport of the carcasses or flesh of birds or be : killed in violation of the law. (3) It contains a provi making it illegal to ship the carcasses or any parts there birds or beasts in packages unless the said package hay ve name and address of shipper and nature of contents shoy the outside of the package. (4) It provides that the careas of all birds and beasts imported into any state or territor come immediately subject to the laws of that state or te as if they had been produced in it, irrespective of the n in which they may be packed. (5) It places the prese distribution, introduction and restoration of game and « birds under the U.S. Departinent of Agriculture. B.S. Witson.—We know of no such work as you Try the reports of the Marine and Fisheries Departme t, get a list of American works dealing with northern an from.which you can make a selection. H.M.—You can obtain a good deal of informnalital Kippewa by writing to O. Latour, general merchant, pewa, P.Q. Union Cius.—We have been informed that Worth Ontario, is a good centre for sport and might meet your requi ments. Game.—Moose, caribou, deer and bear. Fish.—La trout, bass, pike and doré. Guides, George Feister, Thos. and John Dwyer. Write E. J. King, Worthington, Oni for further information. ‘ Mooseland—There is no cure known for anthrax. It us results fatally in a few hours. The disease is due to a mi (Bacillus anthracs), CORRESPONDENCE. To THr Eprror or Rop AND Gun: C.A.B. in April number refers to squares of blan foot wear instead of socks when snowshoeing. What suitable size for a foot which comfortably fills a boot 11 inches long from centre of heel at back to centre of tip o Is the intention to have it overlap on top of foot and li much, JOHN Girp. To tHE Epiror or Rop anp Gun: I agree with C.A.B. in April number as to necessity making a good bed but why is he so ‘‘sot’’ on blankets. — enough of a sybarite to prefer a Kenwood sleeping bag, y consists of two inner bags of wool and an outer bag of y proof canvas—one or all of which can be used accordin the temperature. The peculiar benefit of such a bag is that can twist and turn to the extent of one’s inclinations wi the slightest danger of your feet testing the chilliness you sleep, or of any drafts meandering down the north e¢ your spine. The combined bags weigh 15 lbs. ae ee The Quebec authorities are showing a very praiseworth activity in the prosecution of offenders against the game le ws. An accusation was laid against one man for killing three in deep snow on the Island of Orleans. Another suit was tuted against a couple of farmers in Lotbiniere Comme similar offence. Numerous other parties are to be pros so there is a prospect that Quebec’s grand game resources V be fostered for the general good of the many and not, give over to the wanton greed of the few. FISH AND FISHING te CANADIAN FISH AND FISHERIES. The thirty-third annual report of the Department of rine and Fisheries, in addition to its value as a record, con- is three excessively interesting papers by Professor E. E. Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa. The le yf these articles are: (1) The Planting of Young Fry ; its comparative advant- The Vernacular Names of Fishes. Acclimatization of Fish, Fresh-water and Marine. he first, Professor Prince takes the opposite stand to cent authorities, as he favors the planting of newly d fry instead of yearlings. He summarizes his conclu- follows : 1e fry being placed in their natural surroundings, food, rature, and conditions must be more favorable than in mped conditions of a hatchery or a rearing pond. e fry, endowed with their natural instincts inherited parent fish, exercise these instincts at the earliest nt and do not become accustomed to an artificial environ- enables a vast quantity of young fish to be handled, as an infinitely smaller quantity alone can be dealt with labour, expense and difficulty of feeding, rearing and for are to be faced. y are most vigorous and alert soon after hatching, but kept confined and their stock of food yolk become ex- d, they are less vigorous, swim less freely and require care in management. hen fish are planted at the young fry age, the public » the greatest return and most widespread benefit. This Jd not be possible were a restricted quantity of young fish -ayailable for planting. It allows of the maximum of It at the minimum of cost. stly the planting of young fry has been successful, in spite es when planting and undoubted losses (from predaceous ies) after planting. It is incredible that 50 or 80 or 200 is of fry of various fishes can be planted in Canadian , as they have been planted for over a quarter of a y, and have no effect whatever. The popular opinion, pinion of practical men, the strong conviction of fisher- especially is that the beneficial results are patent and teaser Prince says further: ‘It has been shown that f the stock objections urged are not merely based on misconceptions, they are the reverse of the facts. The s in our hatcheries are, at any rate, safely shielded from nberless enemies and hurtful influences. It is indeed possible to supply food, at all corresponding to the natural in quantity, or in its nature to fry retained until the post- I condition ; and the resulting fry may be stunted, or at ate will hear evidence in the adult stage of the unnatural itions under which they were reared. They will reveal , Frank Buckland called the ‘semi-tame condition all ugh life.’ ”’ When Professor Prince comes to treat of the vernacular es of fishes, he has things to say which will find an echo in 3 | Rod and Gun in Canada 539 the heart of many a semi-scientific fisherman. Scarcely less exasperating than the local calling of a pike perch a ‘‘ Susque- hanna salmon’ and a lake trout a ‘Salmon trout’’ is the restless dissatisfaction of the scientific fraternity with the names of their own choosing. Whether of bird, beast or fish a considerable proportion seem to need revision every few years, until an outsider is prompted to enquire why numbers instead of Latin names are not given. Of course the principle of priority is in theory correct, but in practice it seems childish to continue swapping and changing until no one but a specialist may hope to be reasonably correct in his scientific nomencla- ture, and no check list be trustworthy by the time the ink is dry on the page. Professor Prince says: ‘‘To add to the bewilderment, scientific experts have in recent years decided to throw aside generic and specific names, which from long use and familiarity . have become universally accepted and recognized and have substituted for them in a great many cases obscure and even uncouth and forbidding names, which unlike the names so long adopted are neither descriptive nor euphonious. This exchange of well known scientific names on which even amateur natur- alists were wont with some certainty to rely has been adopted in obedience to a principle of priority, consistent and defensible no doubt from an antiquarian point of view, but wholly con- fusing and misleading from the standpoint of utility and convenience. The once uniform and reliable scientific names which were a safe refuge under the bewildering variations of local nomenclature have been thrown into hopeless and inex- tricable confusion.”’ Of course all tolerably well-read anglers know that Salmo fario is a trout and Salvelinus means a charr, though the professor is justified in mentioning it, as most of the hands into which his report will fall very probably thumb no other work on fish from one year’s end to another—but has not Professor Prince made a slip of the pen when he writes ‘ In the lakes of Greénland and the Eastern part of British America, theEuropean charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is as abundant as it is in Europe—a fact which has been only lately made manifest, and even yet there is some question whether some of these which are found in the lakes in New Hampshire have not some time or other been brought over and planted there from Europe.’”” With the exception of the Surnapee What-is-it (Auriolus?) and the ‘‘blue-back’’ or Salvelinus oquassa, and a few others, the common charrs of Eastern North America are most certainly Salvelinus fontinalis and his relative Salvelinus namaycush (late Cristivomer namaycush). The outrage—for it was little less—of naming the European brown trout, the trout of Izaak Walton, the Von Behr or German trout very properly excites Professor Prince’s indigna- tion. Canadians had the good sense to drop the “ Wilmot” salmon, and no doubt educated opinion in the United States will eventually disavow ‘‘ Von Behr or German trout.”’ It is instructive to learn that Lota maculosa, the burbot, rejoices is no less than fifteen more or less inappropriate names. This is the fish known as cusk in New Brunswick, and loche by the French Canadian and methy by the Cree. By the bye there is a great difference of opinion as to the value of this species as a food fish. Professor Prince says: ‘‘ At a remote Hudson Bay port in the Canadian North-West I found that the flesh was regarded as poisonous, indeed cases of poisoning after Indians and employees of the post had eaten the fish were mentioned, and it was pointed out that even the dogs would not eat it. The dogs are usually fed on the excellent whitefish and decline being put off with inferior fare, and it is a fact 540 pointed out by various explorers that the dogs of the North- West used in the dog-trains, refuse to eat the burbot. I found, however, at another Hudson Bay post, that the fish was often eaten and was regarded as most excellent, no ill effects having been noticed. Belonging as it does to the cod family, it should be an excellent fish for the table like its near relatives the cod, haddock and hake. In one of the lakes in New York State (Lake Winnipiseogee ), it is pronounced equal to the whitefish for table use, and the liver is generally considered a rare delicacy.”’ Now the truth of all this is that the burbot spawns in November, soon after the first heavy ice forms on running water. When taken full of roe it is most delicious and the said roe (not the liver) is a great delicacy. Just so soon as it has spawned, however, it is hardly worth the catching, and very possibly, as is the case with the salmon, the flesh in this kelt- stage is poisonous, or at least unwholesome. Professor Prince thinks the name minnow is more generally misapplied than any other conimon popular term, but should he not have conferred that distinction upon ‘“‘minnie,’’ for that is the almost invariable pronunciation used when any back- woodsman speaks of any of the two hundred distinct species, or varieties, of the tiny fish with which he baits his troll or night line? This eminent Canadian authority does not coincide with the usually accepted explanation of the why and the wherefore of Salmo salar var sebago or land-locked salmon. He says: ‘*No doubt the land-locked species of salmon, found in certain lakes in Maine, the United States, and in Chamcook and other lakes in New Brunswick, has acquired the habit of remaining permanently in fresh water, owing, as in the case also of Lake St. John, in Quebec, to certain physical difficulties which may have at one time existed in the way of admitting free migration to and from the sea.’’ Ninety and odd out of every hundred _ fishculturists think differently, and are persuaded that the sea-salmon ig an offspring of the land-locked—a branch of the species which went a-roving and gained greatly by so doing. It seems, according to Mr. J. Harvie-Brown as quoted by Professor Prince, that in Scotland a } lb, fario or brown trout developed into a 44 ferox or lake trout, owing to being impri- soned in a lonely mountain tarn where lack of food forced it into canibalistic habits. After this one is quite prepared to accept the statement that Salvelinus fontinalis and Salvelinus ‘namaycush are descendants of the same ancestors. This latest report of the Marine and Fisheries Department should be on the shelves of every Canadian fisherman’s library. ‘ YS This is the season when fishermen begin to take a renewed interest in the alluring catalogues issued by the tackle makers. Nearly every self-respecting house on either side of the Atlantic seems to get out a new catalogue about this time—and, natural- ly, most of them find their way to Rop anp Gun, so that we are pretty well up in this class of literature. If these particular productions have been stacked in the pub- lic libraries, one wonders in what class they have been put. A rough guess would possibly class them under the head of fiction, because the artists who have so gracefully embellished their pages have generally shown a great deal of imagination, and permitted themselves a considerable amount of latitude in the size of their fishes. But, seriously, there is a vast amount of information to be obtained from these catalogues, and we strongly advise men who wish to be up to date in fishing matters to read as many Rod ‘andi Gun'in Canada of them as they can, In comparing the English with American catalogue one realizes the different channels tl progress has taken in the Old World and in the New. 4 American rod is, as a rule, much lighter, more gorgeous | considerably higher priced than the British rod; on the hand such men as Forrest, of Kelso, and Geiian Smith London, are quite unapproachable on this side of the Atk as fly tyers. For ourselves we must confess to a prefere . British tackle, but we are quite prepared to admit 1 money is no object anything in the world pa be bought New York. ae A good many years angling experience on either the Atlantic has convinced us that the average fishe too coarse tackle, and that he would kill far more fish to prefer smaller flies and finer casts. It is a great mi a man to choose a rod weighing four or five ounces for which demands, or is supposed to demand, a No. 1 hook. It is not according to the eternal fitness of thir mate such a gigantic fly to so slender a rod; far better » it be were the light rod kept for drawn gut and midge a rod weighing 8, or even 10 ounces, devoted to such f needs flies of sea-trout size. But do we not use unnecessarily large flies on thie the water? I strongly suspect that we do. In wilé streams the trout will take anything, and you will g largest on a full sized salmon fly, but in ordinary we will fill your basket with more certainty, and enjoy i better fun by fishing with flies if anything a trifle smal those actually on the water. And if you will learn be dry fly you will seldom fish with any other. © By the bye, the rainbow trout is one of the bese masters we have. You will never, or at least hardly e make a decent catch of rainbows unless you use small flies _ fine tackle. This is only one of the many beauties of the ri bow, which is by long odds the finest trout we have ¢ on continent. Ls T. H. Chubb & Co., of Post Mills, Vt., have sent 1901 catalogue. The Chubb rods are favorably known wide and any of our angling readers will find ie: ‘ issued by this firm most useful. k Those who desire to try the effect of English and drawn gut casts upon American trout will be mu terested in the very complete catalogue published by Cummins, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Great It is full of wrinkles, and is, indeed, far more than a1 of tackle for sale. Speaking of fishing with a dry fly, Mr. Cummins says: ‘ strongly recommend my customers, when using any of © patterns enumerated in my list of winged trout flies, if t find a fish refuse a sunk fly or come short at it, to care the fly and cast about a yard above the fish—probab the winged lure floats over the desired spot the fish will The drying is done by simply whisking the line throu air once or twice before making the cast. Care should be t that there is not the slightest drag on the fly as it floats t the fish.”’ Among the useful knots and hitches figured in Mr, mins’ catalogue are the Jam, Tiller, single and double knots, and single and double Fisherman’s Bends. These a all simply invaluable to the angler. : Unfortunately, Mr. Cummins is not very well up in’ Cal dian fish. For instance, he figures a black bass and states t) is the finest sporting fish in Canada. We should place it far ywn on the list, after the salmon, the land-locked salmon, the ro ok trout, the rainbow, and one or two others, but still it is Lie ef to find any English tackle maker who considers it worth e to say anything at all about Canadian fish. It is, how- r, in the midge flies, and the small hackles on the tiniest bend hooks that the English manufacturer spreads him- cathe number 00 hook is about }-inch long and { of an inch s the bend, yet a midge fly can be tied upon this micro- hook which will land very heavy trout. JL DC is “HINTS ABOUT CAMPING IN CANADA. this little pamphlet Mr. Geo. G. Cotton, Syracuse, New ork, has managed to give a good deal of information, and it ay be recommended heartily to those who are thinking of iting the Canadian Forest. In his introduction, Mr. Cotton Don’t be in a hurry in making your arrangements. De- hen and where you want to go, procure a map of the y you purpose to visit, open correspondence with the y officials and ask their advice as to the best route. Also e them supply you with a list of the names of reliable out- ters who mak~ a business of furnishing guides, canoes and ) es,”’ 1is is very pertinent advice, as the railways are as much sted in a patron obtaining good sport as the sportsman Af. It is quite evident that if a man is disappointed he not return another year, so the railway finds it to its antage to be thoroughly honest in this matter. Further on Cotton remarks :— “Tf you have not had experience in the woods the auacen ‘is to buy it in the shape of good guides.” As to clothing he thinks : “Tt is always well to be too warmly clad, as this condition ; quickest remedied.” One of the most useful parts of his pamphlet is that giving ‘quantities of food which he has found sufficient for eight n during fourteen days. The total weight is 402 pounds, nd the list is an admirably selected one, containing all that is bso utely necessary, but very little in the way of downright luxuries. | We have been furnished by the author with several of these pamphlets for distribution, and any of our subscribers who wish for one may have it for the asking. if you haye ever been to St. Agathe, you will realize the y game was atone time “improved”’ off the face of the h, when you are told, old Simon Mécanse, an Indian now ng near Conception Station, shot 29 moose near Lake La he during the winter of 1870, ‘Mr. George H. Gooderham, Norfolk Kennels, Toronto, is ding a string of four fox terriers to San Francisco in charge [his popular kennel manager, Charlie Lyndon, for the Show oa 9 be held there May 8-11. The Norfolk Kennel dogs have been winning at all the important spring shows on the other ‘side, their last appearance being at Boston where the following ns were scored: Norfolk Mainstay, Ist puppy, Ist winners, Ist Yankee Stakes, and res. to Clorita for Grand Challenge “Cup; Norfolk Valiant, 1st novice; 3rd Yankee Stakes, and ‘special best dog in novice and limit classes; Norfolk Richmond, Ist limit, 1st open, and res. winners to Mainstay ; Norfolk Patience, 3rd novice; Norfolk Butterworth, 1st limit ; Nor- folk Clorita, let open, 1st winners, special best bitch ne open class and Grand Challenge Cup. Rod and Gun in Canada 54! KENNEL DEPARTMENT Conducted by D. Taylor Correspondence is invited on all matters pertaining to the kennel, and items of interest concerning man’s best friend, will be welcomed. An effort will be made to furnish correspondents reliable advice as to the care and treatment of dogs in any case submitted, All communications for this department should be addressed to D.'TAYLOR, ROD AND GUN IN CANADA, 603 ee street, Montreal. Another fine collie has been added to the many good ones already in this city. Mr. Arthur F. Gault, of Braehead, Sherbrooke street, is the importer and as he believes that the old black, tan and white is again coming into favor the dog just imported possesses these markings. The dog, now known as Braehead Royal Scot, was purchased from Mr. Wm, M. Cum- ming, secretary of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland Collie and Kennel Club, a well known breeder, and was exhibited by him under the name of Greencroft Comet. Under such expert judges as Messrs. Geo. Raper, T. H. Stretch (who is the most extensive breeder of collies in the world and the owner of the’ ‘most celebrated dogs of a decade back), Thos. Marsden and A. K. Crichton has won the following prizes: First and special at Llanelly, second at Caermarthen when he was out of coat, first at Crystal Palace, first Pembroke Dock, first and special Cardigan, first Narbirth, first Royal Northern Show, Aberdeen, first and special for best dog and bitch Meigle, first and special challenge class North of Scotland Kennel Club, first Coupar Angus and special for second best in show, second challenge - class Elgin. Braehead Royal Scot’s sire is Fitzwilliam Ring- leader, by champion Ringleader, who sold for $2,500, his dam Rose, by Kentish Lad ex Maud, so that he has lots of good blood in his veins. English kennel papers, which usually base their criticisms on merit alone, have nothing but good words for the dog. He possesses the true collie character, is of a gentle disposition and excels in body, coat, eyes, ears and expression. Royal Scot is only three years old and has there- fore plenty of time to make his mark in this country. He will in all probability be seen at the forthcoming show of the Canine Association this month. 3 Mr. ©. B. McAllister, of collie fame, was in Montreal for a day or two the other week, and visited some of our collie men, by whom he was heartily received. While admitting that there are some good ones here he, of course, swears by the Ontario breed, At all events he is never afraid to try con- clusions with the fanciers of this district, and we hope to see him again a visitor as well as an exhibitor at the coming show. hk The time when dogs could be taken into the show ring without careful preparation and win is past. To be even noticed they must be eminently ‘fit,’’ and slovenliness of appearance, either in form or manner, is sure to militate against them. Exhibitors should remember that the dogs are on ‘dress parade’ and therefore, in regard both to condition and appearance, are entitled to be shown at their best. They should not be shown either too fat or too lean; the bones should be well covered, that is, round, but an over-fed animal is more likely to be thrown down than one which inclines to the side of leanness. 542 Dr. Wesley Mills, who has a wide reputation as a specialist in dog diseases, gave a very interesting lecture to the members of the Canine Association and their friends on the “ Choice and Care of Puppies’’ in the hall of the Natural History Society on April Ist. There was quite:a large number present, amongst them being a considerable sprinkling of ladies, who listened with evident pleasure to the practical advice given by the ‘worthy professor on the selection and rearing of young dogs. -What made the lecture more valuable and instructive was a number of excellent pictures of different breeds of dogs thrown ‘on a screen and the exhibition of one or two live specimens, which were criticised by the lecturer. . The lecture was greatly appreciated and at the close a-hearty vote of thanks was tendered Professor. Mills. The Canadian Collie Club, at a general meeting held in the Natural History Rooms last month, decided to offer two medals, one each for the best dog and bitch respectively, open to mem- bers only, at the show of the Canine Association. Their valuable cup, given by the Licensed Victuallers for best collie is also put up for competition at this show, open to all. YS é The regular monthly meeting of the Montreal Collie Club was held on Thursday evening, April 11th, Mr. Arthur F+ Gault in the chair. After the preliminary business it was decided to enlarge the committee by adding thereto Messrs. R, J. Binning, Henry and Hill. It was decided to donate at least six cups for the puppy, novice and open classes at the forth- coming show of the Canine Association. A paper on the collie by Mr. W. M. Cumming, of Aberdeen, scotland, specially prepared for the club, was then read and proved very interest- ing. Mr. Gault’s recently imported dog was on exhibition and was favorably commented on by those eee: LS The English setter as a show dog j is deteriorating under the influence of the uncertainty as to the kind of judge he will go before. A field trial judge sees ‘‘ Hoodoo’’ win everything before him. ‘‘ Hoodoo” is a big slashing dog, a rapid mover and a wide ranger; he finds all the birds, points and backs to perfection, and wins ‘‘hands down.’ He is a big slab-sided, splay-footed, raw-boned, heavy-headed, thick-skulled, long- backed dog, but in the find he certainly is a wonder. Presently this field trial judge is judging in the show ring, and he can see no dog in the class except ‘‘ Hoodoo,”’ so he gives him every- thing. A month later another judge officiates, ata show where - the same dogs are entered. Then ‘‘Hoola, Hoola’’ wins, a wastrel little snipey-faced dog, with a greyhound head, short- backed as a pug, and as high on the leg as an ostrich—another type. And so it goes from show to show, until we have as many types of ee setter as Joseph of old had colors i in his coat. 1k Mr. Jos. A. Laurin, of this city, has established a kennel of © Airedales at Tunis Mills, Md., under the management of Perey Mallorie, the veteran Airedale enthusiast, who hails from the valley of the Aire, Yorkshire, where the breed originated. Mr. Laurin intends keeping most of his: brood bitches and stud dogs there, as he finds the demand for young stock greater on the other side of the line than from Canada. At the same time he will always maintain a small kennel here. for several well-known bench winners. Rod and Gun in Canada club as much as collies or terriers, first officers : _ standard. Atthe Maryland . branch there are at present ten bitches and two dogs of . approved merit, and these will be added to in the course of the - ‘summer from England, where orders have already been placed | A correspondent in the Sportsmen’s Review say; much is written about ‘the wonderful ‘sagacity "ohn dogs that Iam morally certain do not begin to he sense of the American foxhound, that I am tempted two instances which I can vouch for. as strictly true. 1820 a Mr. Granger, of near Richville, Md., present Brooke with a gray bitch. She was named Fashion, stamped this grey color upon this stock so it is the prey color to this day. Mr. Granger had made a pet of her periodically she would go over to see him, about twelve 1 She kept that up with surprising regularity for two more, always returning to Mr. Brooke’s herself. Ons trotted into the house of Mr. Granger, and the old g had just passed to his happy hunting ground. She to the bed, raised up, touched her nose to his cold little while, and after lying around for a half hour, of the house and back to Mr. Brooke’s, and never w Mr. Granger again. It may have been a coincidence, cannot believe it. About 1814 a gentleman residing in Br ville, concluded to migrate to Ohio. Mr. Brooke ga’ foxhound of the Brooke stock to take with him. The made entirely by waggon, and consumed thirty days: before reaching the Ohio river. The hound was ti the waggon until the Ohio river was crossed, and t! loose to follow, which he did for several dame O ran off after something, and at night did not return, was the last the gentleman saw of him. But he trot Mr. Brooke’s yard in a very few days, apparently worse for his seven or eight hundred-mile trip. * A year ago, an informal meeting was held at To few admirers of the foxhound. The question of f foxhound club, having for its object the advancement breed and the harrier, two breeds which require a if a certain fixed be attained, was discussed and as a result circulars. w to all known breeders and fanciers throughout Ca later the same spring a meeting was held and tl Foxhound Club organized with the following he a Alf. Russell, president; B. R dent; Harry Taylor, secretary-treasurer, all” a Executive committee—F. Hobart, J. ©. Dunn, L. E. Toronto; W. Paterson, Jr., Geo. Livingstone, Barre, C. Baldwin, G. Easdale, Ottawa, Ont. Hon. solicite Williams, Pembroke, Ont. Hon. veterinary surgeor Mole, M.R., C.V.S., Toronto, Ont. Master of foxhow Harry Taylor, Toronto. Patrons—Geo. H. Gooder G. Kent, Fred W. Jacobi, Toronto, Ont. J. E. Seagram, loo, Ont. 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