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EDITORIAL
In the best interests of the country the Government at Ottawa ©
should either repeal or further amend the present obnoxious law
pertaining to the owning and carrying of firearms throughout
the Dominion. The tragic years of 1914 to 1918 inclusive and
the spectacle of Allied troops stationed in Germany in 1921 show
the need of maintaining a high standard of national physical
fitness, coupled with the necessary training in the use of firearms. ©
There is no need to review the work of the citizen soldiery that
astonished the world. Canadian marksmanship during the
recent upheaval is now a matter for the historian. Anything
that hinders the free use of firearms for legitimate sport afield
or target practise is nothing short of a calamity. The youth of
the country must be trained and developed; not for the purpose
of provoking war but as a matter of preparedness for any event-
uality. The restrictive amendments to the criminal code are
slowly but none the less surely stopping the training of Canad-
ians in the art of marksmanship.
Surely those in charge of law enforcement have all the author-
ity they need for keeping a check on firearms, in the importation
permit clause. Every weapon that is brought into Canada | —
must be admitted through the Customs department, and then |
only when a permit has been issued. Wholesale dealers ae 3
jobbers and even individual purchasers know the difficulty |
importing firearms so that there need be no fear on that account. —
Anyone who would smuggle firearms into the country would be
the last person to apply for a permit to own or carry, as required —
by the present amendments. ‘The only arm that is being manu-
factured in Canada at the present time is the .22 calibre so the
fear of a Red uprising with non-imported guns can be dispelled.
One amusing feature of the law is that permits have to be
secured for all cannons, guns, etc., so the various municipalities
have to go to the proper authorities and get permits to own relics
of the Crimea and all wars since that time.
If sufficient pressure is brought to bear on the Government
there is no reason why these amendments cannot be repealed
before too much damage is done.
N. DEBERTRAND LUGRIN
n oo, HEN Nature fashioned Van-
ee couver Island, she seems to
ts have designed it with three
----— ideas in mind,—to make it one of the
____ richest places of this world in point of
natural resources, one of the most beau-
tiful places scenically, and to endow it
with the most equable and delightful
climate that she could contrive.
Canada is all a marvellous country,
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of diversified loveliness, with out-
standing natural features of a
grandeur and beauty quite inde-
scribable, but Dame Nature, chang-
ing, whimsical, saved Vancouver Is-
land for “le dernier gout,’ the last
perfection of a continent of charms.
That is why a holiday spent upon
this island is like a visit to fairyland,
and leaves a memory with the visitor,
so enchanting as to seem part and
parcel of the rainbow fabrics of one’s
happiest dreams.
One might fitly term it “the land
of the sky-blue water’ for it is en-
circled by the sea, and jewelled with
rivers and mountain lakes that mirror
the turquoise and sapphire colors of
the sky. To further borrow from
poetical captions, we have described
it as a “happy hunting ground,” for
game-birds, and song-birds throng
the woodlands. The lakes and rivers
are famous for steelheads, cut-throats,
and Dolly Varden trout, and the
spring salmon flock to the mouths of ©
the streams in the spring and autumn,
while in the forest fastnesses all sorts
of game are to. be had from the rabbit
to the black bear, the mink to the
panther. Herds of elk and deer come
to drink at the lakes within a mile or
so of the main highways, and I have
seen a cougar hiding in the bush, not
a stone’s throw from the trail I was
travelling, while the bears in the
summer time, when the black berries
are ripe, are almost friendly—almost.
Here is a story of an almost friendly
black bear.
It begins like this.
A glorious day in early September,
and a vacation of two weeks ahead of
us, we had our own car, our own
camping outfit, a dog, and two guns.
My friend knows a little about a gun,
and I know a little less, though we
both had some practice overseas, but
our ambition was to get a bear each,
and maybe a specimen or two of the
cat-tribe, for the latter, particularly
the panthers, are such predatory
beasts that the season for shooting
them is always open, and the govern-
ment offers a bounty on the skins of
the cougar and the wolf.
The roads on this Island paradise
are the best in the world, hard and
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clean, and well-shaded in mont sea-
sons by a diversity of foliage——the
moon-white blossomed dogwood tree,
the maple, the willow, the poplar, and —
the many varieties of coniferous or
evergreen. After travelling over the _
famous Malahat mountain, frem
whose summit one looks down overa __
wonderful panorama of valley and —
hill and mountain with the blue sea a ©
broad expanse here, and there an
encircling arm round a green isle, or
peninsula; we made several detours
so that we might take in Shawnigan ©
and Cowichan lakes. The latter
lovely sheet of water with its beautiful —
river is famous for its trout, but as it
was not our destination we only
stopped there over night. Perhaps: 7
had we not had another objective in
view, we would have remained, for _
in the late twilight a band of fifteen oo af
elk came down to drink; pheasant — ’
called in the woods round about us, jm
and we saw the trout jumping a |
hundred feet or more from shore. All ©
in all it was such a delightful place jj
that it was with more or less reluctance Bhat
we pushed on the next morning, com- ——
forting ourselves, however, with re~
calling that the shooting of elk is
entirely prohibited, and that we had
no boat from which to fish.
The terminus of our trip was Sproat —
Lake in the Alberni district, ante
reach this place, famous for its fishi
and as a big game rendezvous, ¥
passed through some of the mo
magnificent timber country in the
world, the great douglas fir forest on
the borders of Cameron lake. We 4
pitched our tent on a level stretch a ee.
short stone’s throw from the water, ees.
where a four years’ second growth of — os |
fir made a semi-circular shelter. All 438
around us were the green-treed hills, — Stn
and in the distance the snow-crowned 7
peaks of Mount Arrowsmith; a@
slender stream wound its musical —
way in a little path of its own choosing — mS a
through the baby fir trees, and down
beside the tent. We had bona a
a boat from the hostel at the Bs es
the lake where we had left our ear,
and then had betaken tt eae
far from sight or sound of ieee ie
as the lake would let us go.
Our first glimpse of a bear | had
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been at a distance of perhaps a quar-
ter of a mile, in the bottom lands as
we were gliding along through the
timbers of Cameron lake. We stopp-
ed the car to get a closer look, but
bruin was not disposed to be friendly
and after turning his head in our
direction, promptly disappeared in
the bracken. The idea of having
really seen a specimen of what we
had come for, long before we were
expecting it, was very encouraging.
Our second glimpse was a more in-
timate one.
My partner and I had been sleeping
the deep dreamless slumber that be-
longs to the heart of the woods, when
we were both awakened by a shuf-
fling and a sniffling somewhere in the
immediate vicinity of the tent. We
had had a particularly good afternoon
on the lake the day before, and twelve
speckled beauties had been cleaned
and strung up over night, ready for
breakfast. When we were awakened
it was about sun-up. Poking our
heads out of the tent flap, we were
just in time to see a fair-sized black
bear devouring the last of our string
of trout, which he had pulled down.
We sent a couple of shots after him,
as he rushed away through the under-
brush, but did not touch him. For
several days after this experience we
patrolled the lake, with no success.
Then one night, just as we were
returning home after the finest day’s
fishing we had ever had, we saw three
bears.
We had followed the lake for a mile
or so, and then ascended Taylor river.
Here in the fall the salmon run up to
spawn, and at the mouth of a small
stream which feeds the river, a great
boulder lay, behind which the water
bubbled into a deep pool. The bears
had waded out through the shallow
water to the rock, and the largest,
apparently the maternal parent, was
lying flat on the stone, her two young
cubs just below her ona rocky ledge.
She was scooping up the fish with the
sreatest dexterity and throwing them
to the cubs who devoured them with
relish, wriggles and all.
_ We decided not to take any chances
in the uncertain light, and paddled
noiselessly as close as we could, my
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partner paddling, and I in the bow
with the gun. What slight wind
there was, was in our favor. The
bears all had their backs to us, and
we were within beautiful range when
mother bruin looked around and saw
EIk—Vancouver island.
us. Bears are notoriously clumsy,
but they were off that rock with the
greatest agility, and in the thicket,
before I had time to send more than
one shot after them. One of the cubs
squealed, and keeping the gun in
readiness, we paddled swiftly to shore.
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But we did not dare venture into the
underbrush very far. The light was
fading fast and after beating about a
short distance and seeing or hearing
nothing, we returned to the canoe,
and went back to camp.
We had an early breakfast, and
took up the chase shortly after sun-
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the same bears we had seen the night
before, that our one shot had taken
effect. I suggested that I go into the -
bush to find the cub, and that my
partner who is the better shot, should
try for the bear.
I entered the underbursh without
any misgivings, feeling that my part-~
Black bear, Vancouver island.
rise. The chances were that if the
cub had been hit, they would not
have wandered far, and it might be
possible, would return to the trout
poolforbreakfast. Wekeptclose into
shore, working our way along with as
little noise as possible. After -an
hour’s paddling along the lake and up
the river we saw the giant boulder
that marked the mouth of the small
stream, and we could see too that the
bear, or a bear was fishing there.
All that was visible of the animal or
animals was the tip of an ear above
the top of the rock, and now and then
a black hairy paw that swooped down
into the stream, catching while we
watched, a silvery, struggling trout
that must have been at least a three-
pounder.
We decided to land and to try our
luck from the shore, so drew the canoe
noiselessly up, made it fast, and crept
along the narrow strip of beach.
Presently we could see one bear, and
what we took to be a cub, though
even as we looked they moved farther
around the rock, out of range.
One cub! That meant if these were
ner had by far the most dangerous
job. The going was rough, black-
berry vines, wild honeysuckle and
thick-growing bracken impeding
every step. I was ascending a
gradual slope, and having reached a
ridge, looked ahead to a fairly level
bit of rocky—land, dotted with some
firs. I pursued my way. There was
a clump of fairly tall trees just ahead
of me, and toward it I walked, alert
for anything, as I thought.
I caught a glimpse of a small black
form lying in the crumpled bracken
below the group of firs, and pepe
able to repress a shout of victory,
sped toward it. It lay quite still.
My nerves tingling with the excite- _
ment of my first success in_ bear-
hunting, I thrust aside the interven-
ing vegetation, and reached the small —
victim. I noted with pleased surprise
that it was a much bigger cub than I
had thought, and turning it over
found that I had made a neat wound
behind the ear. Flushed with pride, I
was about to lift the carcass, when a
growl that sounded like thunder to
my startled ears, came from the
*:
bushes to the left, and instantly
following it there rushed into the
Bb open, old lady bruin of the night
pire: followed by the remaining
cub.
The fir trees were of small girth,
otherwise this story would never have
been written. I was halfway up one
of them before I had time to think,
though I had not “shinnied up” a
— tree since I was a small boy. The
bear made an attempt to follow me,
aie but gave # up, the tree was too light.
Betie accurate, for not one of them alone
would bear my wtight. Then I
realized that I had left my gun beside
the dead cub. Later on I realized
other things,—that I had eaten very
little breakfast in the excitement of
the impending chase, that I was
__. desperately thirsty, that the branches
- of the trees were so scanty that the
sun had full sweep over me, and that
bears have an infinite amount of
- patience.
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1245
At first I did not shout for help,
because I did not want to spoil my
partners chances of a bag at the
river, and I thought that any time
within the half hour a call from me
would bring him. At the end of that
time or a little later, I heard shots.
I counted five. Shortly after, there
was a grunting and snorting in the
bushes, a tearing of bracken and
other underbrush, and a large black
bear came from the river-way, and
made off toward the left.
Then I waited and listened, and
waited and listened for what seemed
another hour, but which was only
fifteen minutes by my watch, when I
ventured a shout. It met with no
response, except from the bear, who,
walked slowly around the tree, and
seemed to be making up her mind
whether to essay another climb. I
shouted again, and save for the angry
growl from the bear, I had no reply.
Then I heard more shots, and after
that the stillness seemed more in-
tense than before, and ominous with
suggestion. All of a sudden another
I sat there for three hours.
_ Bruin remained at the foot of the
~ tree, ambling round it or sitting down
-on her haunches, the slightest move
on my part causing her to glance up
at me and growl menacingly.
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___ And every minute of the time Mrs..
A good day’s sport, Vancouver island.
realization came to me. My partner
had only put a handful of cartridges
in his pocket, the other were in a bag
over my shoulder. And he had
probably shot his last one. So now
instead of wanting him to come mto
where I was, I felt that I ought to.
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try and keep him out. I sat tight,
and watched the bear, whose malig-
nant little eyes were following my
slightest move.
When the sun was getting almost
unbearably hot on my _ uncovered
head, and my limbs were cramped to
numbness, I heard a shout from the
. direction of the bank.
The bear heard it too.
I shouted back.
“I’m treed—treed by a bear.”
Another shout, and I called back
the _same information. If “Mrs.
Bruin” would leave the tree long
enough for me to get down! Another
shout. She was moving about rest-
lessly loathe to leave, and yet eager
to investigate.
“She is ready for you,” I shouted
again, and I know that my partner
was endeavoring to put some sort of a
question to.me, but the distance
dissipated the sy ‘ables. So then of
course, he could not hear what I
was trying to tell him. The bear, her
cub following every movement, now
trotted slowly away from the tree
towards the direction of the shouting,
which was, to my notion, foolishly
prolonged. I began to carefully
unwind myself from the limbs. With
much difficulty I had done so, and,
climbing to the branches with my
hands, prepared to get down to my
gun, when the bear ‘turned, saw me,
and rushed back to the foot of the
tree. I regained my perch. Then I
heard my partner.
“I’ve got a bear, a beaut. I’ve got
a bear. Hulloa, there!” Wearily I
summoned all my vocal strength.
“I’m treed. Don’t come any fur-
ther unless you can make a dead
shot.”
From the thicket the voice re-
sponded.
“T haven’t a shell left
you?”’
The bear was standing now some
twelve feet out from the tree, un-
decided which way to turn. I knew
it would be unsafe for my partner to
Where are
venture further.
_ my partner burst through the bush
~toppled. His second volley. of s
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So 21 called out
instructions. “Go back and fetch
some shot, and for my sake, hurry.”
He was disposed to stop and argue
the point, and it was only after IT
had waxed very much more vehement
that he evidently went back to the
boat, for a long, long silence ensued
Then followed the weariest two hours
J have ever experienced. tase: before
my partner returned, “Mrs. Bruin,” —
no doubt peared by the whining
importunities of her young progeny,
and possibly thinking that I was d
in the tree, made up her mind to for-
sake me, and after nosing aro
dead baby i in rather a pathetic fas
ion, disappeared in the underbr Bs
followed by her cub. Bi te
I descended the tree with earn = a
and difficulty, recovered my gun, and |
placing it in immediate readiness, es
went through some gymnastics to
restore the circulation to my limbs. |
It was while I was thus engaged th
scarlet-faced, dripping with perspira-—
tion and out of breath from his long
row and his hurried climb. ee
Together we conveyed the body of of) 3
the cub to the boat. My partner ha ee
shot one of the two bears that we had _
seen at the creek mouth, and had had cd
a lot of difficulty in getting the» bods r
out of the water into which it had
had been at still another bear
down the stream, that had >
out either to drink or fish, but h '
not made a hit. : ie
Each of us, having procs. a s
trophy, was quite satisfied to let well
enough alone. The skin of the bea
ies good, that of the cub particular!
ine .
Later in the season we went out J for.
birds and deer, but that is anot ;
story. We, however, demonstr
to our own ‘satisfaction at lente. 4
for perfection of climate, mag
of scenery, and plentitude of
Vancouver Island is vertita D
“happy hunting ground. "
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coat of glistening black.
the good man didn’t know it, it must
Le Renard Noir
WILLIAM MAcMILLAN
HE Cure Pouliot who
steered straight the
lives of the uncouth,
two fisted woodsmen
of the little village
x of Saint Ubal was a
“ss lover of animals as
well as of men; a
passion that brought
many strange animals to his snug
square cut cabin.
In the course of time the good Cure
became seized with the idea of owning
a silver fox. Of the ordinary flame
hued foxes there were. aplenty but
only on very rare occasions did one
hear of a silver in the near vicinity.
Fortune favored the priest, for one
day word was brought from the
Natashquaan that Louis Lapleine, a
_ breed from the Newfoundland Labra-
por was coming out with a live silver
Ox.
A shrewd bargain was struck and
Lapleine shouldered the fencewire
cage into the garden ofthe good Cure
where a pen had already been built in
the optimistic hope of just such an
opportunity as this. 5
“Tien Monsieur, have a care, for
he has the soul of the devil and not for
three days has he tasted food. He is
not gentle like your cows. His teeth
they are sharp and long and he is
quick.” With shining eyes Cure Poul-
iot peered into the dark cage at his
The breed was right.. He
surely was a magnificent animal,
almost as big as a young wolf with a
Though
have been just such an animal as this
that prompted Robert Service to
write
“Forsake ye the skin, it’s as dark as
sin
And black, as the core of the Pit.”
“Ma Foi what a tail!’’ In his eager-
ness he leaned too close to the widely
spaced bars, an angry snarl, a murd-
erous lunge and he drew back quickly
with the shoulder of his tunic in
ribbons.
With a heart that held nothing but
kindness and love for all creatures the
Cure of the tiny settlement watched
over his newfound treasure. Day
after day he sought by means of
dainty tit bits to wheedle the magni-
ficent animal into some show of
friendliness, in vain. The vicious-
ness of the snarl never weakened and
the cruel claws were ever ready to chal-
lenge hisevery move. Suddenly their
world was thrown into consternation
at the news that the Cure’s Fox had
forced his way through the bars of
his pen and only the broad tracks in
the snow showed whence he had gone.
“Such _ foolishness’’ said Pierre
Tremblay in respectful rebuke ‘““To
pay three hundred dollars for a live
fox, for me, better a red one nailed to
my door.”
One week later, fifty miles to the
eastward towards the Gulf, there
drifted back tidings of the sudden
appearance of an enormous silver fox
and from the meagre discriptions the
Cure and his people were positive
that it was the fox of their acquaint-
ance.
Come with me into that wild and
little known country that sweeps up
from the very mouth of the Gulf.
For about the distance of a mile in-
wards from the tumbling frothy
waters of the sea stretches a drear
plane of piled and jagged ice right up
to the fringe of heavy timber that in
turn rolls back in,serried rank on
rank to that place of story and
romance the Hudson’s Bay full three
hundred miles away. In the tranquil
shelter of this mighty forest lies
countless streams, rivers, lakes and
almost oceans along whose frozen
banks there scurries in the ways of
their lives, numberless small crea-
tures. Step still further with me into
the shadows of the giant, snow en-
cumbered balsams. Across the rott-
ing trunk of a prostrate hardwood
mercifully covered with snow shows
the cautious uncertain trail of a
fisher. Down by these black rocks
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yonder, the absence of snow on the
lower branches of the trees marks the
winter den of some long sleeping
bears. Across the little clearing
there sweeps with noble tread a
stately buck. With the peculiar
gentleness of his kind he mincingly
lifts each little foot and cups it softly
and daintily in the yielding snow.
It was in this forest that Cure
Pouliot’s silver fox had been sighted,
No human trail broke the virgin
glory of that white carpet. Truly
the sly silver could not have chosen a
better place, or one more excluded
from all contact with his late captors.
In the days that followed however,
men did make their appearance, big
keen, clever woodsmen whose very
existence depended on their skill and
cunning with the trap and deadfall.
They too had heard of the silver and
they leftnospot untrampled inaneffort
to locate his runways.
Twice did the wary fox catch sight
of his would-be captors. On each
occasion he quietly melted into the
darkness of his den in the massive —
trunk of a long dead balsam. True
on one of these occasions there was a
dog and the fox’s hair rose on his
arched back as the sniffing animal
pointed his nose towards him but
fortunately a galloping rabbit tore
past and the fox was safe. The days
that followed were crammed to the
brim with eventful happenings.
Wary from his short association
with humans he avoided signs of man
with careful intent and kept out of
sight and sound of unknown things.
Noises, of which he knew not their
origin, would cause him to sink from
sight into the surrounding shadows,
The cunning of generations was
crystallized in this wonderful silver
fox than which there is no more
valuable animal in the world. Track-
ing the plump spruce partridge or
even the swift white plarmigan was
of small moment to him. With un-
bounded faith in his own strength
and powers of endurance, on two
occasions he pitted his strength of
jaw and quickness of movement
against those brainy fellows, the
fishers. The first time being a trifle
slow he came out of the encounter
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-a lately killed. ptarmigan.
with nothing worse than a three inch
gash in his chest where a sharp claw
had sought for the fatal lunge. The
other time, however, he chose the
moment when one of his enemies was
gourging on the sweet tender flesh of
noiseless swoop of the great horn he
leaped upon the brown back, one
snap of the wonderful jaws,a wrench
of the neck to the shoulders and his
victim lay quivering on the blood
stained snow.
Not always did the silver risk
injury in this fashion and he more
often contented himself with the lazy
stalking of feathered prey. With the
characteristic restlessness of his kind
he wandered dozens of miles in a
single night searching for what he |
knew not. On a certain one of these
long runs, as the grey dawn was
breaking over the tree tops, his super-
sensitive nose warned him of the —
nearness Of humans. With infinite
caution he slipped silently between
the shadowy tree trunks that breasted
right up to the rear of a farmer’s barn.
The familiar scent of fowl was wafted_
to his nostrils on the gentle morning
breeze. Pausing in his walk he
sniffed his way around its sides, ©
pushed and wormed his way through
the wires of a hen coop erected against —
the south side of the barn. Once
inside, his instinet led him to’ slip
through the little door into a dark
foul smelling chicken house. An un-
easy bird squawked loudly and flut- pe
tered from its perch, startled for a
second the fox switched his tail and ~
leaped against the wall, there was a
tang and the little door through which
he had come dropped with a bang.
Disquieted at the sound, he turned
and sought to make his way back,his
wet nose bumped unpleasantly against __
the closed door. He clawed at the
wood, the birds got excited and the —
night was filled with squawks, clatter _
and the flapping of wings. Some
geese in a corner now lent their voices
to the discordant uproar
silver became frantic. Abandonin
the door he leaped for the smal
window set waist high in the wall. It
was covered with wire. He scurried
into the furthermost corner shoulder-
\ re
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With the ©
and the ©
erat
eas
~ side with reddening flanks.
ng terrified chickens on his way.
The door was flung open and a lantern
flashed in the hands of the awakened
farmer. A small white thing darted
excitedly toward the fox. A snarl
simultaneous with a side swipe and
the poor little terrier was flung to one
amazed farmer saw a huge blackshape
bearing down on him and before he
could move it shot out of the door.
Experience is a wonderful teacher and
the lesson he learned that night made
tS ated
~ spot, but not le noir.
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- frozen chain and the black cold iron
a deep and lasting impression on his
receptive brain; while to the people of
the settlement the farmer’s tale of the
adventure lost nothing in the telling
of it so that gradually the night
maurader became, in the minds of the
people, the size of a wolf. The
routine of the nightly hunts never
grew monotonous and éach occasion
brought its own peculiar lesson;
mistakes that would only occur once.
His own kind he scrupulously avoided.
A strange thing befell him one night
when he was far from his resting
place of the day. Galloping along the
trail that cut through and under the
thick underbrush, he sensed a fox.
Had he been a lynx or a fisher he
might have headed straight for the
He was too
‘wise for that. Pointing to the left
he made a huge circle keeping well
clear of its approximate centre where
he figured lay the scent that had
attracted him.
Narrower and narrower he circled
till he caught the faint whine of one
of his own kind. There was untold
desolation in that sound that gripped
at the heart of the silver.
bellied to the snow in the shadow of a
low cherry and eyed the red fox that
lay in the snow not twenty yards
from him. For the life of him he
couldn’t understand why the red
should want to lie in such a place full
in the faint light of the moon. Sud-
_denly the red, unaware of the watch-
ing silver, sprang viciously into the
There was the stiff rattle of a
jaws that was clasped around one
slender leg flashed in the moonlight.
That this was the work of man the
silver fox was convinced and he
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And the:
Quietly he
plan of evil design.
-mincingly around, throwing the bird
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slipped away into the darkness with
another lesson stored up for future use.
For of all the cunning denizens of the
great forests none surpass the wonder-
ful reasoning of the fox, and this big
silver was endowed with a remarkable
share of craftiness and wisdom.
The end of January found the cold
season fast approaching its peak and
in a few weeks the world was gripped
by the icy fingers of a terrible cold
spell. The balsams stiffened and
grew rigid in their shields of snow and
ice. The hardwoods became brittle
as glass. The snow no longer swirled
with the wind. It hardened into a
surface that showed no telltale tracks.
Few animals moved. The marten,
mink and fisher hugged their bur-
rows while the foxes and great grey
lynx moved only through necessity.
The shadowy forms of the big horned
owls swished through the sky in
fruitless search eager to tackle any-
thing that moved.
Thoroughly. protected by his long
thick black coat, the silver, during
the day, cuddled close in his warm den,
swept his magnificent brush around
his slender legs and slept with the
inevitable eye open. Hunting at this
time was favored with ill results, thus
when early one morning after hours
of fruitless stalking his wet nose
caught the appetizing scent of
partridge he licked his chops in
anticipation and galloped towards it
with less than his usual caution. A
mile of circling brought the meal
within sight. It was perched on top -
of the tightly packed snow at the foot
of a young balsam. With a song in
his heart the silver bellied to the
snow and watched his opportunity to
launch the sure leap. The bird
wakened to its danger and flopped
to one side, the watcher was aston-
ished to see it jerk suddenly onto its
back. Twice and thrice it repeated
this odd performance. Where had
he seen such antics before? Suddenly
the lesson of the trapped fox burst
on his consciousness and he realized
that here again was some man-made
He circled
into a flurry of excitement. He was
loath to leave a possible meal. They
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were too hard to get just at this time
but so cleverly had the traps been
set for the inquiring foxes that he
failed to detect a single human scent;
but his lessons had been well learned
and after watching the excited bait
for some time he loped off on other
trails.
The silver fox saw many traps set
for his capture but clever as was their
arrangement they failed to achieve
their purpose. Scores of times he
fled from the very snares that were
set exclusively for his own enjoyment.
On one such occasion he was feeding
on the juicy flesh of a clumsy rabbit
that had blundered inte the iron jaws
of a fox trap when the bushes were
thrust aside and a hunter came full
upon him. Both had to think quickly,
a fraction of a second meant life to
the fox and a thousand dollars to the
man and the fox proved the quicker of
the two. With a leap he tore through
the balsams even as the hunter’s
rifle shattered the silence. Hours
later with sides heaving, lungs strained
to bursting he limped on sorely bleeding
paws to his den in the tree stump.
The hunt for the wonderful silver
increased in intensity while bitter soul-
searing cold searched out the weak
and laid them low. It was then that
the fox realized that owning the most
valuable fur coat in the world has its
enalties and big disadvantages. Fur
ive houses from one end of the
country to the other began acknow-
ledging letters from this district re-
questing information as to the price
they would pay for an enormous
silver fox pelt. :
™ No other silver of his size, had been
seen for years. Moreover the story of
the woodsman who had had a shot
at him bore out the conclusion that
he was a fox of extraordinaty size and
quality worth all sorts of money to
the man lucky enough to trap him.
The days that followed were mighty
eventful to the fox. With the growing
scarcity of game in the wooded
mountains he was of necessity forced
to work down towards the valleys and
then it was only a matter of time
before he would come in open con-
fliet with the plans of men.
An early morning raid on an
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isolated chicken house was the be-— 3
ginning of the end. Why spend hours J
of hard weary labor in an ofttimes a
fruitless hunt when all one had to do- e
was to slip quietly into some chicken _ A
house and feast on the inmates that
fluttered about one’s head. mee |
With the strengthening of this “s
habit, the bolder he grewtill now he no ;
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-longer choose his farm but raided _
indiscriminatingly. Thus on one such
occasion he exacted heavy toll of the
heavy buff cochins in -the barn of
Petit Gros Louis. These chickens it
might be said were the joy of Gros
Louis life though possibly if he doted,
on anything as much it would be his — &
big Airedale dog. When Gros Louis, —
on his morning visit to the barn, dis- ee
covered the theft and murder of his
pets he set the dog at once upon the
faintly showipg prints that came and :
went from the barn and the conten-— Bot
tion of the neighbors that Gros
Louis’ dog was bon a rien was utterly
set by the ears. The Airedale put ~—
his nose to the ground or rather snow.
om with his master in the ak set se
Oil. fi far
Meanwhile, thesilver unconscious of
the things he had started was ten
miles away curled comfortably up ~—
in his den, sleeping the untroubled Beas
sleep of the wellfed and content. For
hours he slept, indeed thesunwashigh __ e
in the heavens when he was awakened
by some unusual sound. Raising his
ruffled neck he strained his ears for
its repetition. It came in the un- at
mistakable grunt of a heavy running =
dog. The hair bristled along the
fox’s back and he stepped with in- ‘
solent tread from out of the darkness ©
of the den to the bright light of a —
sunny day. Not a mile away he ©
caught sight of the brown coat of the
Airedale galloping heavily but in- |
exorably up the slope that led to the
foot hills. One long steady look he —
gave, then he put his nose to the snow
and slid into a long steady lope. First cone
he headed directly to the south |
working in a gigantic circle till the
pursuing dog was far behind him,
then following the habit of his kind =~
he doubled on his tracks of the night ae
and shot away to the north forgetting =
a
dog that was on his trail.
For hours he swept through the
dense shrubbery of the foothills till
he at last burst into a little clearing
having in its centre a little cluster of
black “rocks. Instinctively searching
one out whose flat surface was warm-
ed by the sun he stretched his hot
5 _ panting length on its soothing touch.
a wee “His” usually. keen’ sensibilities dulled
iB by the mighty laboring of his heart
he failed to get the approaching scent
oe of the hard running Airedale.
The bushes were dashed apart and
the dog came crashing at his prey.
zt - JIn a flash the silver was on his back,
£ his claws presented to the foe. Wise
dog that he was, however, the Aire-
dale paused in ‘his tracks, pointed
his nose to the sky and for ‘the space
of a minute howled to the four cor-
ners of the compass. With blood
shot eyes and quaking heart the silver
- watched this strange behavior.
Having called his people the dog
now circled the fox in a slow sinister
way. Wedged tightly in between
two slabs of the black rock he pre-
sented to the attacker a front that
was decidedly formidable.
ee Two hours later two more dogs
_. picked up the scent at the den and
suddenly their deep baying drifted
_ * down to the panting fox.. At the top
Se of the low hill they halted for a
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altogether to ‘reckon on the type of
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moment then with deep throated
barks tore down on their victim.
The silver wedged himself more
securely under the overhanging rock
-and prepared to fight for his very life.
Alone and given equal chances he.
might have escaped, but three were
exactly, two too many for him.
As the first dog, the Airedale
sprang in on his slender paw shot
out and with lightning like quickness
tore open the brown sweating face.
The other dog, a Dane was at his
shoulder in a twinkling and the cruel
teeth snapped a scant hair’s breadth
from the fox’s paw. Quick as a flash
both paws shot out and raked his face
too. Before he could recover from
his lunge, the Airedale rushed under
his guard and sank his teeth high up
on his left front paw.
The game was up and the fox
should have known it but his great
staunch heart refused to admit defeat
and he slashed and tore at _ his
assailents doing fearful execution with
his free paw. The Airedale suddenly
let go his hold only to secure a fatal
Srip in the panting chest, a wrench
and the gallant silver shuddered and
lay still while the dogs crawled away
to lick their hurts. It began to snow,
silently and thickly the great flakes
floated down on the terribly mangled
silver black form covering in reverent
shroud a great and gallant heart
stilled forever.
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Big Game Hunting in British Columbia
A. BryAN WILLIAMS
PART X.
WONDER how many head of caribou we
have seen in the last three days. I intend-
ed to have kept count of the number, but
after the first day I forgot all about it, as I
usually do. We have not seen hardly ‘as
many as I expected, possibly three or four
hundred and the biggest band did not exceed
twenty seven head. Still you would think
that out of that number we might have
found a couple of heads to suit us. However,
we are still eating moose meat and it looks as.
if we should havg to continue doing so until
we move camp. Of course we have seen a
few nice heads that lots of men would have
been overjoyed to get, but as we still have a
\
_ few days to spare I think our best plan is to
do a long day’s travel further up the range and
try new ground in hopes of finding some really
fine ones. Last year there were lots of splen-.
did bulls close by here, but then it was at least
a week later that I was here and that makes a
lot of difference. You see, though you may
think that this range is alive with caribou,
still after all we are only on the edge of the
main caribou range which is some eighty or
ninety miles further east. If we were there
we should be almost certain to see enormous
~ numbers and some of the herds would con-
tain from one to five hundred head. Why.
not go there? Well ycur chances would not
no matter how good the feed was.
be very much better than here for though you
might see plenty of bulls you wanted, you
would likely find that those particular beasts
were surrounded by others that would be in
your way when you came to make your stalk.
Asit is, some of the finest bulls are sure to be
wandering out this way before long as there
are enough cows here to attract them. At
present I think they are further east and the
_ reason I want to move camp in that direction —
is so that we can meet them.
It is splendid the way the weather is keep-
ing fine, just two little flurries of snow so far
and that gone almost at once, and now we
have another perfect day tomovecamp. We
are lucky in having a good lot of horses that
are easy to pack and do not everlastingly
want to be hitting the trail for home. One
year I was out we had nothing but huge
horses, far too heavy for the work and never
content to stay where they were turned out,
There is
nothing that I know of that is more trying to
your temper than packing such horses. Try
as I would I could not always cinch them up
tight enough as they would blow themselves
out just as I took a pull, then about the time
the pack was on and the “hitch” thrown I
would find that the cinch was slack and it
would all have to be done again. In addition
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it was twice as hard lifting the packs up those
few extra inches especially as one or two of
them had a trick of biting whenever they got
achance. Altogether I had a bad time of it
with them and often had hard work to keep
my temper, and not to do that with pack
horses is a most fatal mistake. Thank good-
ness we have not much packing to do today as
we are only going to take a few days’ grub so
as to have as light loads as Bcrsrait and be
able to travel fast.
How far are we going to go? As far as
ever we can and I hope we shall make at least
fifteen miles, more if possible. I do not an-
ticipate trouble with soft ground as we will
go right up out! of the willows and travel
along the dry plateau for ten miles or so.
After that we shall have to descend and cross
the tundra over towards the opposite foot-
hills as that is the only place I know of where
we could find any wood.
It is lucky we moved camp yesterday as it
looks like snow this morning and I doubt if it
will be safe to go far from camp today, still we
will go for a short distance as we may have the -
luck to find what we want close by; we not
only saw several fair sized herds a short dis-
tance further on, just before we reached here
yesterday, but I noticed tracks that were
undoubtedly made by very big bulls. Of
course the fact that an animal has large feet
and leaves a big track does not necessitate his
having horns to correspond with ‘his feet,
though the chances are better. You had
better put on a sweater under your coat to-
day, there is not likely to be any sun and it
will be cold if we have to wait about much.
We will go on foot as we are not going far
enough to need the horses.
Look, there is a big bunch of caribou right
up out of the willows on the higher ground,
there are nearly forty head, most of them are |
lying down. There are a number of bulls
among them and two at least appear to be the
possessors of extra big horns, but they are a
good mile away and too far for me to make
sure. I can also see several other small lots
at various distances but we will hurry up and
get closer to the big lot first.
This is as close as we can go to them without
them seeing us and we are still quite away off
a reasonable shot. It is too bad as one of
those bulls is a beauty. Look at the width
of the palmatian of his tops and even from
here you can make out some huge points
branching out from them. Then the beam,
while perhaps not over long, is heavy and in
addition there is a splendid wide plough that
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is far above the average for this species. — ‘No,
this species of caribou never has ploughs that
can compare in size with those of Newfound- fa
land, but in that country nearly the whole of cf
the horn growth is concentrated in the lower —
parts and they never have tops worthy of.
the name. Yes, I have met a few men who
consider the Newfoundland type the mor be
beautiful of the two but it is a matter of opin- : ET
ion; personally I infinitely prefer these with es
their great length and fine tops. That beast |
in front of us is what I consider a splendid — ‘3
specimen of an all round head. If you prefer —
it you can get much longer massive horns, e
but they will surely be lacking in points.
On the other hand you can get one with more. *
points, but the chances are that they will beng
short in the beam. © Altogether I think you —
had better shoot this one if you can get bisa hi
range, though I do not see any chance of yo soe
doing so just at present. AS ea
a
No, there i is no possible way that I can — ae ;
seeing us. All the ground in front of us is as
level as a billiard table; they certainly h
chosen a safe place for their siesta. a
come close they are more than likely to ke =
too far away when circling round for | our
wind. If we lie here for a time they may
move over the brow of the hill, or down in
the willows to feed, when we could slip de
this little draw and get near them easily,
they might even take a notion to come
wind towards.us. They are quite unconsei
of our presence so we will wait a while any-
Way. \. Se
Nearly all of them are on their feet now 3
it will not be long before they begin to move
I am mighty glad of it as we have Leen waiti
around here for nearly three hours, if th
had only been doing something interestin
would not have been so monotonous but Ww
them all lying down, apparently asleep
have had about enough of it. I an
frozen too as I can plainly see you are
now it has begun to snow quite hard. I
had not already begun to move about I y woul
have shown myself and taken a chance on
their coming towards us as we ought to
moving back towards camp in case this
gets too bad. : a
Now that is unkind of them, see the y
moving straight away from us and we st
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_have to let them go at least a quarter of a
mile before we dare start after them. They
_ might at any rate have gone down into the
willows. If we were wise we would leave them
alone and pull out for camp as we must be
a good two miles from it and I really do not
believe it is safe to go any further away in
this snowstorm. Well if you care to take the
chance of getting lost and having to stay out
all night we will go on after them, but I warn
you it is a bit of a risk as goodness only knows
when we shall get suitable ground for a stalk.
_ There at last they are out of sight: that
-_wretched little bull must needs hang around
on the brow of the hill in a most obstinate.
manner, however we can push along now but
‘we must not be in too big a hurry at first as
some of them nee take a notion to come
back.
He has a beautiful head all right and you
have the satisfaction of having killed him with
one shot at a distance of at least one hundred
and fifty yards. Of course my kneeling down
and letting you use my back for a rest for
your rifle was a great help, nevertheless it was
-a good shot as you placed your bullet exactly
on the right spot.. I would have waited and
tried to get closer, as I think we might have
done, but we have had such a long chase that
_ it is now getting on in the afternoon and I
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was anxious about getting back to camp to-
night if we delayed any longer. As it is I
must hurry up and take out the inside as the
weather is getting worse all the time and we
are miles from our tents. It certainly has
been a great hunt. I should think we must
have followed them three miles up on the
plateau and when at last they descended the —
hill we were further behind them than when
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we started after them. We could not have
“had much more difficult ground for cover,
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ran into..
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hardly any depressions or hollows worthy of
the same for the greater part of the way and
if we had not at last found a gulch going the
way we wanted it to for a good half mile we
should never have got near them at all.
Even as it was it was, only by doing a record
sprint that we managed to keep in sight of
them through the snow and not get them mix-
ed up with those two other bunches we nearly
I thought we were going to get
them easily when at last they did turn down
hill into the willows, but that old cow simply
would not let them stop and feed. Did you
notice: how she everlastingly took the lead
_ and pushed on in spite of the others spreading
_ out and beginning to pick at the willows.
_ Then we lost a chance when we tried to make
it is a vital necessity for him to do so.
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a short cut and had to retrace our steps owing
to the ground between those ponds being too
soft for us to cross. Then again half an hour
afterwards when we thought we were in a
good position that old dragon of a cow must
needs drag them all off up hill again and upset
all our calculations. That manoeuvre of
her’s very nearly gave them our wind and I
am not sure they did not get a touch of it;
anyway they kept going at an increased speed
for some time afterwards. Our bull evident-
ly had enough chasing all over the country and
at last turned down hill on his own account
and the rest, being hungry, voted in favour
of his move and followed him, so that we were
able finally to head them off and now he lies
there dead.
You certainly are earning your trophies
now and if I am not much mistaken you are
going to pay a higher price for this one than
for all the others as it is beginning to get so
thick and misty it is going to take us all our
time to find our way back, so the sooner we
start the better. Wait a second while I tear
out a piece of the tenderloin from the inside if
I can get at it and then we will be off.
Which way are we going? I am going to
‘try and make our way through the middle of
the “tundra,” keeping the wind in my back
foraguide. Weshall have to take our chance,
of running foul of ponds and swamps as to go
back the way we came would nearly double
the distance and mean being caught in the
dark tong before we got back and it might
turn too foggy for us to find our way down
to where we could get wood for a fire. By
going this way, while we shall have harder
walking, if we have luck we will make camp
all right.
How are your legs holding out? What!
you are nearly played out. Nonsense, you
are good for ten miles of this yet if you only
knew it. I am feeling a bit fagged. myself;
the last marsh we crossed was a bad one.
I went in nearly up to the waist when I stumb-
led into that soft spot. I am soaked to the
skin and I expect you are about as wet as I
am from the snow off the bushes. Anyway if
you are not you soon will be if that is any
consolation to you. You think you are tired,
but you are not really so, only just a bit
weary and you would find that you could go
plugging along for hours if it were really
necessary. It is astonishing how a man,
who is in good condition, can keep going when
After
a time you get to such a state that you cannot
feel much more fatigued and you struggle on
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and on, though every step is an effort. Then
every little stick, hole or other obstacle that
you would never notice when you were fresh,
trips you up and every time you fall you find
it takes a greater effort to get up. Perhaps
after a time when you have had a fall you lie
for a bit to rest, regardless of the fact that the
ground is soaking wet or covered with snow,
and you feel you want to go on lying there.
When you get to that state then you really are
tired and it is about time you’ made a big
effort and hunted up a place where you can
get a fire and lie up. But you are a long way
from being in such a state; perhaps if we had
to keep going until tomorrow morning you
would be getting that way, but we are cer-
tainly not going to have to do that. Asa
matter of fact we cannot be more than three
miles or four_at the outside from our camp
and if this snowstorm would only stop so that
I could see just where I was going we would
be back there in a couple of hours. So far
we have done all right though we did get a
bit tangled up in the marshes and willows and
may have travelled a mile-more than was
necessary but the main thing is that I now
know just where we are and I think we shall
make camp if it does not get any worse. How
do I know where we are when I cannot see
two hundred yards away? Do you remember
. when we began to spy this morning I pointed
out to you a whole lot of little lakes and ponds,
some of them were in bunches, others by them-
selves? Then there were big open grassy
marshes and places where there were tall
scattered willows and ridges thickly covered
with “buck brush.” I suppose you did not
do more than give a casual glance at it all,
being far too intent on thoughts of getting a
shot at a good bull. Well if you did not take
. any note of the country I must have done so
as I could draw you a fair map of it. We
have wandered into the midst of five little
ponds that I remember to be right out in the
centre of the “tundra” and directly opposite
the centre of the big lake. The three knolls
that are near our camp are slightly to the
right of the direction the wind is blowing,
but we shall have to go out of our way still
more to try and get on some ridge where the
ground is harder, as this wallowing through
slush up to your boot tops is far from en-
couraging.
Big game hunting is a rotten job, is it not?
Nobody but a senseless idiot would go out
into the mountains and labour like we have
been doing when he might have been sitting
by his home fire in’ comfort. The thought
the other.
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of a warm cosy house se a good dinner wait-_
ing for you and a nice easy chair and a pipe
as you read the paper afterwards, fill your %
thoughts now do they not? Asit is you are —
wet and tired and it is snowing harder than _
ever. The wind has died down and a fog”
got up so that we do not know where our camp
is. Altogether we are in a bad way. Is —
that how you feel? Not quite as bad as that
yet, eh? Good for you, I thought you had ~~
more grit and you will make a big game hunter ss
et. You are still thinking of that big bull ~ ©
caribou and what a fine pair of horns he has
and what a chase we had after him? That is
the way to look at it. The trophy will have
a far greater value for the hard time you ale
having now as you are going to find out some- — Sag
thing about what the men who live up- Ente
this country and hunt and trap and prospect aa.
sometimes have to endure, but I can assure +
you it is only going to be a mild taste of hard-
ship. Wait until you have been caught out __
in deep snow with the thermometer thirty or ae
forty degrees below zero, then you will know
something of what hardship really is. But — a
we must not stop here any longer or we hate
get chilled through. We will take rests oma
casionally but they must only be for a ne Se
‘or two at a time. Ase
I believe we are within a mile of our cam a
perhaps quite close but in weather like tes
we might pass within a hundred yards of it —
and not know it was there. For some ti
so far in vain. not -
know that it would help as ‘the horses might
bably they have found some sort of siete
and are standing still. ss
No, a compass would be useless. How
we know whether camp is north, south, east
or west of us, we may not have got as far as it
is or we may have passed it or “one side or
A compass is useful when you
want to go in any particular direction and —
set your course from camp and it is often a
great assistance in a timbered country, but
in a case of this kind it is useless. I believe.
we are well beyond the big lake and, judging |
by the size of the willows, on a lower level
than we should be, but that is all I know ex- ‘
cept that if I am right in my supposition we =
are not sw from some clumps of small bal-
sams. getting dark so we had Ra bs vf
make an ake to find some. ,
We are in luck, here is a nice little clu mp of
balsams, they are very small, but will do us,
so here is where we stay the aight ‘Tt is |
= ee
ae ba .
\ no use fooling about in the dark as the chances
\_ of finding camp now are nil.
We might not
run across another place as good as this and
have to make a fire with dead willow sticks
and perhaps not find enough to last us until
daylight. As it is we will soonbe comfortable;
hustle around and cut all the brush you can
cut with your butcher knife. I will hunt up
some dry sticks to light a fire and then build
a shelter with the brush you have cut. I
saved the paper from our lunch this morning
so I shall have something to start the fire
with which is lucky as the snow has wet all
the twigs.
“Here, you need not at any more wood, I
think we have enough to last us until morn-
ing. ‘ Come and look at the nest I have built.
Do you see how I cut an opening in the brush
and fastened a stick across the top of these
two bushes? I laid a number of long willows
slanting onto it and then shingled it with
_« brush and now all we have to do is lay some
more brush under it to sit on. It would not
keep out much rain, but it will the snow and
once we have a good fire going you will feel
more cheerful.
I see you are shivering and feel utterly
miserable; that is because you stood still too
ve long doing nothing, but the fire is going fairly
well’ “how and I will soon have a blaze that
will warm you up. See, I am throwing on a
pile of green balsam brush, it looks wet enough
to put the fire-out, but do not fear. Just
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wait until it drys and it will go up in a big
blaze and give out no end of heat for a few
minutes. It will soon die down, but we will
keep piling more on until we get a lot of coals
and can burn bigger stuff.
I thought I would warm you up. You feel
better now? ‘Take off your boots and wring
out your wet socks and hang them up to dry,
then take some snow and not only wash your
face with it, but your feet too. You will find
that it will not only freshen you up but make
you less liable to catch cold, though I do not
think there is much danger of your: doing
that out here. The time you will catch cold
is on the stuffy boat on your way back to
town. Now I will get some supper ready,
though it will only consist of chunks of that
tenderloin that I put in my pocket and they
will have to be toasted on sticks and eaten
without salt. Still I expect you will find
that it goes down well; I know I shall enjoy
it as I am mighty hungry. Yes, when I
left that caribou I had an inkling that we
should not get back to camp tonight, in fact
I had a pretty good suspicion of it when we
first started the chase after him and that is
the reason I took. the trouble to carry this
meat.
It is nearly ten o’clock so as we are fairly
dry .now we may as well coil up as near the
fire as We can and try and get some sleep.
(To be continued.)
Feathered Invasions
J. W. WINSON
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N the beginning, the sportsman was a
food-hunter, purely and simply. There
was no “call of the wild’”’ beyond the call
- of the stomach, and whether he hurled stones
or arrows, laid traps or nests, used gun or
fish-hook, he was out to satisfy the hunger of
his family. |
Gradually this first object of the chase is
disappearing and is to be found only in
Eskimos and other native races; or back-
woodsmen and travellers who must “live on
the country.”” The sportsman today, while
~ enjoying more than any other-man the dishes
made possible by his success with rod and
gun, would go out just as eagerly if his victims
were only vermin. °
His steak and chops come from prosaic
pastures and stuffy styes, his drumsticks and
’ gratification,
wishbones from coop and barnyard. There is
nothing romantic in butchering; little that is
thrilling and glorious in the poultry run.
The sporting instinct turns elsewhere for
will go even so far as the
African veldt if funds permit, and will find
exciting enjoyment in the torrid plains where
lions roar, in the sweltering marshes where
elephants gambol or the bubbling mud where
hippos frisk and crocodiles flirt.
When hunting tiger through the trembling
jungle or climbing impossible crags for
mountain goat, the primeval urge of hunger is
left far behind; it is now a test of wit and skill,
the ancient instinct is evolving into something
greater.
The primary need for hunting is gone, and
sport becomes a higher and more generous
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art every year. The Migratory Birds Act
with its international scope is a monument
of this advance; for it is designed as much by
and in the interests of sportsmen as of
agriculturalists. Its aim is to conserve game
birds as well as the insectivorous, to establish
as far as possible, a fair share of Sport all over
the continent.
A continent spread from Arctic snows to
tropic jungle, from eastern gulfs to western
seas with great lakes, high ranges, rivers and
prairies, is bound to contain much diversity;
birds plentiful in one place will be absent in~
Some rare Visitor welcomed with
joy in one locality, may be a nuisance a
thousand miles away. Under one act,
protection will be uniform, but there must
be modifications under regulations that will
allow hardships to be lightened. Where a
bird becomes a pest, relief must be granted.
These provisions are all in the treaty, but
it will be obvious that their execution must
be in the hands of sportsmen.
Where permission is given for the reduction
of any birds that are causing unwonted
damage, the wardens must see that the
slaughter is regular, and is confined to the
bird and the district mentioned. For this
they will inyite the co-operation of sportsmen
and no better method could be devised than
to grant permission to the local gun club for
the combining of sport. with usefulness to the
community.
Some birds under this new protection will
increase faster than-others; birds like the
bobolinks that were shot in thousands on
the Louisiana rice fields, robins and black-
birds that are considered large enough for the
pot by some of the southerners.
The robin in the Fraser Valley of British
Columbia is gaining numbers that many
fruit growers look upon with alarm. There
is a huge flock of band-tailed pigeons near
Vancouver that threaten any small acreage
of chicken wheat with complete destruction.
Sportsmen may soon be called in to restore
any such unequal balance, and not only will
there be sport in the shooting (and food
supply too, seeing that Japanese will go from
the city in autos for robin-Shoots, and enjoy
the bag!) but there is also somewhat of an
obligation in it, for, had they not ruthlessly
shot every hawk in sight for years, these
larger perching birds would not be so numer-
ous.
The Valley of the Sumas, a tributary of
the Fraser about fifty miles from its mouth
was troubled last year by a large flock of
another.
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. and Americ an starlings, is in color jet DI a
Lewis wanda ate: This valley eeronseds
the International Boundary Line, i is noted, at
least on its American side, for the fine quality
of peas that are grown there. The weevil —
has | not yet ah this district, and the cro
has discovered eis good qualities, oie
passed the good word to his fellows. whe a
fell upon it with appreciation.
_The peas round the edge of the field, those
left exposed by the drill, are legitimate spoil — ee
for bird or rodent, but the ‘woodpeckers, were
keen-eyed enough to find those only ps
covered, which of course would. germin
and were even accused of digging for tl
They made no secret of their raiding.
‘came on to a field and stayed there, going n
further than the fence, for days. | “Tt was no’
a variation in their cen nay, diet—but ba
course for every meal. © 3 . 2 Peas
Naturally, the farmers sot But iets ene <
Local stores were denuded of shells, and n
till then did the battle cease. If conditio
are the same this year, the federal officers
state game wardens must take charge. ;
The Lewis woodpecker is not a woo
half its time. It flies with a regul
like a crow, not with the jerky leap:
> Pe Pa
rest of its tribe. ; ba es
It will sit on a snag ‘on pep: and | cat
insects like a king-bird, darting in the ail
- twisting back to its perch in true flyea ut ch
fashion. It is so fond of cherries that a n ew
local name for it is cherry-bird, and when the
fruit grower sees closely the crimson dash of es
color on forehead and neck, he is incline a ae
call it cherry stain, mast ee
A grey collar is another diitinciaen :
grey breast gradually deepens to red under — ;
wing and tail. we
The under feathers are bristly. The wh le
_of its back and wings are a polished — bla
with an iridescent sheen of green.
the —
An alien immigrant, that is non-migrator 0)
is colonizing the eaves of Vancouver city /
under the name of the Japanese starli ay alee
bird is of the size and build of the European Bi!
each wie As some one said “They ha
silver dollars on their wings.” U
feature is a small tuft of feathers hanging V
the base of the beak, looking as if the b
was swollen. .
These bitds are escapes from Ja Aanese
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te - any
fishing vessels or from the oriental immigrants
\who-brought them in cages.
_ They are to be found in the Phillipines and
Hawaiian Islands under the same circum-
stances, staying at all times about the city
buildings. They are the Myria birds of
India and Assam, coming originally it is
thought from Southern China. Their habits
of sociability, * ‘talkability,” and adaptability
to confinement, make them favorite cage
birds among certain of the Chinese and Japs,
hence their arrival in British Columbia.
It may be said with safety there are now
thousands in Vancouver. They have ex-
tended to the suburbs, and to New West-
minster, twelve miles away.
They join the ever present house-sparrow
on the eaves” -and wires and in the gutters.
Grain and. garbage, fruit and insects, anything
at all edible goes for their fare.
For nesting sites there are crannies in roofs
and buildings that janitors cannot reach or
guess. On vacant lots there are snag-holes,
woodpecker holes and similar dark recesses.
These agree with their home sites in China,
where. they also make holes in soft banks.
They feed in. flocks as a rule, making
regular rounds of certain districts, and can be
seen in | many suburban gardens where berries ©
and grubs are plentiful. As the streets are
better kept, garbage collected and conserved
more ¢ closely, their ‘source of food will be -
di iminished, they will be forced to take to the
eountry for sustenance.
You will doubtless be interested in the
é: Blirosva'aptes concerning the glimmer of
‘reason in the fishes. By the way, it is now
the opinion - ef some scientists that man’s
ascent biologically was through the fish
family. | ‘It has been proved by a French
naturalist, as the result of a series of interest-
ing experiments that fish can actually reason,
_ though very slowly. M. Oxner baited a hook
and fastened a tiny piece of white paper about
two inches above it. With this~ bait he
tempted a recently captured fish. The fish,
however, was wily and for seven days refused
' the bait. ‘Then, when the week-old memory
of his. capture - ‘had apparently vanished from
the mind, the fish" bit and was hooked. M.
~Oxner carefully unhooked the catch and re-
placed it in the water, also readjusting the
= bait with see worming. paper. Three times
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. changes.
Then must the truck gardener and farmer
- and the fish bit the bait.
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look to their crops. They were first recorded
in Vancouver by Mr. Kemrode, in 1904. In
twenty years the dozen or so has become a
thousand and more. How soon the two
thousands may become a plague is not a long
computation. They have very few enemies.
Hawks and owls do not love city smoke and
noise. An oecasional Cooper hawk may be
seen in the city, or a Sawhet owl in the sub-
urbs, but these are very little check. Senti-
ment favors the birds at present. They do
no harm in the city. Their pretty magpie
flight and soft musical twitterings are a com-
fort to the cooped-up business man with a
yearning for the wilderness. But sentiment
The world is run for’ economic
ends rather than sentimental, and it may not
be long before a cry is raised against thése
Asiatics.
Here will be another opportunity for the
sportsman to come to the aid of the farmer
who has, perhaps grudgingly and involun-
tarily supported the hunter’s game. It
should be a source of confidence and: co-
operation between the two classes who. are
oftimes at variance in settled districts.
It should do at least this—incite sportsmen
to study the habits and lifé-histories of other
birds and animals than those which fall to
their gun under the present laws. The man
behind the gun is no less a fine sportsman,if
he knows the non-injurious hawks and owls
at sight, and the larger insectivorous and
non-game birds that deserve no pepper from
his shells—and are protected by law.
_ Reasoning by Fish
Guy BoGART
the fish bit with a day’s interval between each
bite. After that it no longer touched the
bait for the meaning of the paper signal had
become known to it. On the twelfth day the
piece of paper was removed from the hook
The paper was
replaced, and ior three days the fish refused
to tackle the lure, contenting himself with
watching it from a safe distance. On the
fourth day, however, the fish swam right up
to the paper signal, sniffed it, and then
descended, and very cautiously nibbled the
bait until it had succeeded in eating it all off
the hook without swallowing the latter. On
the hook being replaced, the fish did exactly
the same thing, and so carefully avoided:
capture. Experiments with other fish carried
out by M. Oxner had similar results,
Four Deer in Three Days <=
J. KNAPP Se
N 1913 seme of us had been hunting some
| few days at the first of the season in the
old bush near Crow Lake. We had very
poor luck as the snow had not come yet, and
we were “still” hunting, so we stayed out of
the bush for afew days. Near the end of the
season down came a good tracking snow, so
my Dad, Ed. Reynolds, Rube Tharrit and
myself started out one morning in couples,
Ed ard I keeping down what we called the
“front ridges’’ which were lying along the
new line of the C.P.R., which was just being
built at that time. Dad and Rube kept fur-
ther north by the Loyal fields.
We had gone about a mile when we came
to the track of the big buck travelling north,
so we followedit. He kept feeding and travel-
ling from place to place until he crossed the
east end of Loyal’s fields. We ran -across
Dad’s and Rube’s tracks while they were
following the track ofa small deer, which was
going east, and looked to us as though it was
making for Long Point on Rock Lake. We
left the track we were following and took
after them as we thought it a surer kill to get
the four of us after the one on Long Point, and
say, didn’t we run? ‘The deer was goingfast,
and Rube and the old man were making
good time, I’ll say. We didn’t overtake
them until they had gone about two miles
and had got out on the point where they had
separated. Rube had gone down the north
side while the old man had taken the south
‘side which the deer had followed.
Ed went after Rube, and I had gone a short
distance, when I left the old man to watch
on a hill. I went on after the deer, which
was a fawn and it acted just like fawns gen-
erally do. It crawled into all the mean places
it could find and finally got out near the end
of the point and went in under a ledge of
rocks and laid down. It had taken a round
about course to get in there, and seeing me
going by on its track, he thought he had better
be getting along. 1 saw the deer as he flipped
across a rock. I blazed one shot at him for
luck and let the others know he was coming.
I had broken a front leg, low down, as we
found out after. Well he ran out near Ed and
stopped in some very thick second growth,
so Ed started to shoet and run toward the
fawn: It turned and came back towards me
again, but it never got to me as Ed hit it a
couple of times and was chasing along trying
‘shoot for danger of hitting him.
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to get an open place where he could finish eae ‘A
of
nn
He saw it a short distance ahead, so he ran ©
up, caught it and cut its throat.
still see Ed after that fawn.
We dressed the fawn and bagged it. Rube
and Dad came down to us, then we made a
fire and ate some of our lunch. Afterwards,
the old gent, being pretty tired, said that he
would take the fawn and start for home.
The other three of us went on after the big
buck. We followed him down north of Rock —
Lake where we raised him without even.
hearing him run.
big greenswamp. We let him go and started
for home.
I catly
I could not |
He was heading for the
We had gone about a mile when we inate
to some fresh tracks, so we started to spread
out. Ed went up onahill to watch. Rube —
and I had only gone a few steps when out —
They were about
We fired a few
ran a doe and two fawns.
a hundred yards from us.
o
shots without hitting any of them. But when ~ -
. they got up on the ridge that Ed was on, (the —
timber was not quite so thick) he cut loose at>
them, but didn’t think he hit any of the three.
They were running in the direction ee:
We thought we _would follow along; —
home.
we had gone about one“mile when I picked —
up asliver of bone about aninch long. © { se“
it was out of the leg of a deer, so we knew that
Ed had hit one. We hadn’t gone much fur-
ther when we saw some blood, and
blood’ as we went_onl. We could tell, by
tracks, it was the big doe that was hit. ‘She
soon left the two fawns and went off by her-
self. She swung off east and started in the
direction of Long Point-~a short distance and
then we separated again.
I had just taken a few steps out onto a rock
at the shore to wait until the others came down
the point a little, when I heard the ice break-
ing across the bay. ‘There was the doe just
going ashore and having quite a time getting
out with her broken front leg, and very little
ice along the shore. I fired a few shots, but
before I could get to the range she ‘was out
of sight in the brush. It was a Pere
the gun I was using then was a .38-
However, I had shot too high as wan nt as.
far as it looked at first.
The other boys came back and we eh
around the bay and took up the chase once
more, for it was surely against our will t
give up a wounded deer, There were very
few in the neck of the woods then:
‘That old doe could travel some on three
linders, I'll say. Rube, who was fond of
jokes, remarked that it was funny why nature
ve deer four legs when they could go so
Nonin fast with several legs shot off.
She turned away east and went down over
the high runway on the south side of the lake.
We kept on for a mile or so and it was getting
dark. We had four miles to tramp home.
We left off and ate the remainder of our lunch
on the walk. It was three tired boys that
trailed out about eight o’clock that night.
Next morning very early, we packed huge
lunches and were off again, and were three™
miles out or more betore it was light. As we
went down the path toward Rock Lake, we
crossed the tracks of a buck and doe. They
were heading in toward the “crooked pine”
_ as we called a certain pine tree; by the way
its top was crooked, but made a fine land
mark.
We didn’t stop for these tracks but headed
for the place where we left off on the wounded
deer track. As it was snowing a little we
travelled fast to get to the old track. It was
some job to follow it. We had gone but a
short distance from where we had left off the
night before and there if that deer hadn’t
gone into the lake again as we were pretty
sure she would go to a point across from Long
Point. We went around to the east of the
lake and there sure enough was the dim track
of the deer. She had gone along the shore,
sometimes in the water and sometimes on
the sand and rocks where the snow was
melted off. She went along this point a
little way and then took to the water again.
We were pretty sure she had gone across to
Long Point. It had been snowing quite hard
all this time, and it took time and skill to
teli just where that wise old doe had gone.
_ It was a walk of about four miles to get
around to Long Point, again, so we hunted up
_a big pine log and rolled it in, and put a couple
of small chunks along each side of the big one
with a couple of old slabs torn from the sides
- of old logs across the top. We put Rube in
the middle to hold the three guns. Ed mount-
ed the stern and I the front, each with a stick
for a paddle. Rube shouted, ‘“Heave away
me hearties,” and we were off. ~
Well I'll say right here that the trip across
that lake was one that few would undertake.
A gale of wind was blowing and driving wet
snow sifting down all the while.
couldn’t swim a stroke, although he didn’t
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seem to care. We had to sit on the big log
in the middle and hook our feet on the out-
side of the raft to keep it from going to
Pieces. But we got safely over, and bidding
good-bye to the old “ship,” we once more
took up the trail. We found our deer ashore
on Long Point and she had been lying on the
very end of the point all night near where she
came out of the water. When we were
crossing she must have seen us and risen
to run to the point. She didn’t run far,
however, being stiff from lying wounded.
running about half a mile. She then slowed
up, walking along. We followed her until
she went into a small swamp. Ed went
on one side and Rube the other. I went in to
chase her out. She had crawled through an
old wind fall, so I kneeled down and crawled
through too. It was the easiest way. I had
just got fairly under when slash! out she went
from under the other side. Now I don’t know
how I got out so quick, but I was clear in time
to shoot once. Just as the doe gained the
high land at the edge of the swamp, I under-
shot her, Ed missed the first one, but broke
her neck with the second shot, so that ended
the second chase.
Rube declared after,that I rose up with the
whole windfall on my head and shot out from
underneath the brush, but I never noticed
how I got out. Al! I could see was that old
doe and a fine one she was at that—the biggest '
doe I have ever seen.
We dressed and hung it up, then made our
weary way home. On our way we crossed
the tracks of the buck and doe again. We
followed along until we found where they had
fed that morning. We poked around the
tracks for some time. Owing to the snow
that had fallen, we could not tell which way
they went last. We finally got up on a knoll
and were moving along slowly; I was ahead.
I slipped and fell, and just as I got to my feet,
I saw one jump of the big buck as he went
into the green of a small swamp. We all
watched for a few minutes, but he stayed
right in there. I turned to see where he had
been lying and there about 25 yards away,
near the edge of the swale, stood a fine doe.
She had heen standing there all the while
looking at us. Just as I got an eye on her
she knew it and made ‘a jump into the ever-
greens. But I got her in the air on that
same leap. The bullet caught her back of
the shoulder and went plum through. She
went a little way before she stopped.
Right here we made a big mistake in not going
after the buck, but were anxious to get after
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the wounded doe. That buck stayed in the
swale until we went after the doe, and then
he made tracks down the stump runway.
We chased the doe out again and she was
about all in. Soon after she got out where
it was open, Ed finished her. We hung her
up and went home.
Next morning we were off early again.
We struck off for Loyal’s fields, but struck a
track before we got there. We tollowed in
the direction of the crooked pine, toward
which a buck was running—the same buck
that was with the doe day before. He was
trying to find her. However, I killed him
about one hundred yards from where the doe
was hanging. He was lying in a swale near__
where I had first seen the doe. Rube was
with me, while Ed had gone down to. ‘the
stump runway to watch. When -we, raised
him we both had to cut loose, but we had to
run a good way before we could get anything
like an open shot.
hill, Rube cut some hair off his hips and took
the left horn off with the same shot. I took
the next shot and hit him in the right hip,
then down he went. He wabbled along again,
but I ran and caught him, till Rube came to
my assistance. We floored him and used the
knife. The loss of the horn didn’t count as
he was a “spike,” but a big one. Now we had
a deer each, counting a fawn, “‘which we hated
to do but had to.” Dad only hunted the
AMONG THE SLOUGHS
In the silence of the morning, in the waiting for the dawning, —
With visions fair of whirring wings across the golden glow:
There’s no joy like the abiding by some darksome slough in hiding, —
With gun in hand and faithful dog to follow where you go:
For I’ve been in the heart of it, and I have taken part in it, calli
~*~.
And I know.
On the prairie gaily tramping or beside some thicket camping,
With wary eye through tangled boughs we scan the pools below.
Ah! a shot—they’re rising, falling! trusty scout! you need no calling
As with a plunge, to play your part—acroés the slough you go.
Ah! I’ve been in the heart of it and I have taken part in it
And I know.
When quiet like a fairy wand is stealing o’er the prairie land,
We patient wait the evening flight—the rarest sport I trow :
With our muscles tense and numbing, eagerly we wait the coming:
For this one hour of ecstasy all comfort we'd forego, :
When you've been in the heart of it and once have ee part in it,
Then—only then you'll know.
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first day as he was too old to travel so aa Be
For a bush like that I think four deer ‘in ‘a
three days was” pretty good work. The
deer were few and far between and very wiles
I have hunted in different parts and Pl'se y
they are the hardest deer to hunt of any with
which I have come in contact. The bush is
small and is hunted to a finish; has been for or
sixty years. I don’t know whether it was a
just fool luck or our knowledge of the er ;
that we had such good success. But Til
say here, that all of us knew every stump. and
stone in that part of the country, and are no
fools when it comes to hunting deer, especially.
still-hunting. Ed is known far and wide as a
deer slayer. Take it from me, Rube was
Rube “atall, atall!’” Me? Oh, I don’t alwa
kill them the first crack, but I have bro y
home the: heart a few times. Let anyon
hunt in that part and he will go hungry for
venison’ You have got to grow up in that. J
When he came out to the — country in order to be anywhere near on an
equal footing with the deer there, especially
the old bucks. I am told the deer are getting
more plentiful there these last few years,
which shows that there are not so many killed
out of season now. It is great feeding ground
and there is good cover for the winter in the
swamps. <<
I hope some time to have a hunt i in the old
home bush again and renew my acquaintance
with the old land marks. 43k
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The Importance of the Color Screen to
the Photographer
G. W. VISSER
IFTEEN years ago, we took pure white
skies in our prints quite as a matter of
~ course. Only a comparative few of'the
rapidly increasing number of amateurs knew
anything of the theory of color or of its
application in conjunction with the use of
color screens on cameras.—
‘However, through judicious adv aries
-and- helpful booklets, large vendors of photo-
graphic apparatus gradually taught the enter-
prising amateur how he could improve his
pictures vastly by using color screens and ray.
filters. The result is, that at the present time
there are but few amateur photographers who
have not, at least, one filter in their outfit.
“Strange as it may seem, although many
bought them, only a relatively small number
really used them. It was too much trouble,
Bllue
cluding woods and sky with live or dead game.
(3) Fishing pictures—usually including lake
or river. and sky or trophies.
(4) Pictorial work. This is a very broad
subject and requires special treatment and its
inclusion in his article would unduly lengthen
it.
Before going into the adaptability of the
color screen to each of these divisions, just a
word of the theory which underlies the use-
fulness of the color screen. Light is com-
posed of all colors and when we split white light
into its component colors by using a prism,
we get what is known as a-spectrum. The
arrangement of the colors'in the spectrum
is broadly shown in the accompanying sketch.
It will be seen that the visible spectrum
is marked by a scale of numbers ranging from
Ultra Blue Orjange Infra
Violet Green Red Red
End Violet Grjeen Yeljlow End
4000 A.U. 7000 A.U.
they said. Well, every inovation is more or
less of a nuisance at first, but a little study
and persistence will result’ in the filter be-
coming an every day necessity to camera
- users.
To the sportsman who packs a camera on
his hunting and fishing trips, the ray filter
is of prime importance, because many of his
pictures will include live or dead game, fish
to say nothing of any purely pictorial nega-
tives that he may make. Now, animals are
given protecive coloring by Nature and as we
shall see farther on, plates and films have a
r much distorted sense of color values and asa
filter corrects this defect, it is at once apparent
how important the filter is to the sportsman-
photographer, in this one branch alone.
The sportsman’s photographs will roughly
> classify into the following divisions:
(1) Camp photographs—including lake and
sky, sky and snow or perhaps the camp alone
-hestling in an attractive nook in the woods.
— 2) egos ee in-
4000 to 7000. These divisions of the spectrum
are called Angstrom Units (A. U.). Below
4000 A. U. we get Ultra-Violet, which is
invisible to the eye and above 7000 A. U.
we have Infra-Red, also invisible. It is with
the ultra-violet that we shall concern our-
selves mostly, as it plays a very important
part in all branches of outdoor photography.
These ultra-violet rays comprise those con-
stituents of white light which produce the
chemical effects of light and naturally play a
leading part in the essentially chemical
action of the exposure of a photographic
plate or film.
Now, the sky being the source of daylight
‘contains a preponderance of ultra-violet rays,
consequently when we photograph our camp
with lake and sky and white clouds as a
background, the ultra-violet rays chemically
affect the film to the effect of FOGGING it
enough to completely bury the clouds. The
only exception to this, is when most of the sky
is veiled in rather dark clouds which shut out
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these troublesome rays. When the film is
developed, the portion representing the sky
is almost solid black, and of course prints
pure white. There is a wide difference in tone
gradation between the dark blue of the sky
and pure white.
The yellow ray filter absorbs the ultra-
violet light and as much of the violet light as-
is necessary to compensate for the extra
sensitiveness of the plate or film to these rays,
By so doing the clouds will be allowed to
register on the film. Just by way of further
comparison, observe the tone of the grass in a
non-filtered picture. - It is very dark, almost
black compared with the white sky. Actually
_ the green grass is LIGHTER in tone than the
blue sky. However that is a minor point
compared with some others and is hardly
noticeable after the sky has been corrected.
In the foregoing it has been shown that the
normal film records the green grass DARKER
than the blue sky. It twists up the rest of the
colors pretty badly too. For instance it re-
cords orange, green, light red, yellow and
brown at just about the same shade of grey.
There is a difference in the print but not
nearly the contrast observed by the eye. It
follows then, that it is practically impossible
to photograph a partridge standing or sitting
on the ground or in his usual haunt—con-
cealing himself by blending with foliage which
nearly coincides with his feathers; unless we
use a filter to help the film to differentiate
between the different colors which otherwise
would photograph so much alike.
The filter increases the exposure con-
siderably, and the partridge may move and
spoil the picture, but it will be spoiled any-
way—the color screen gives us the one and
only chance to get the picture.
The writer once photographed a *:oose
standing against a background o! .ed-gold,
orange and brown autumn leaves. I[t was a
superb picture—that King of Canadian
forests silhouetted against a background that
Franz Hals would revel in. But when the
film was developed I could not find the moose
for several days. True there were a few
“blotches” that indicated ‘‘something’—
I knew it was the moose, but as a picture it
was a flat failure. A “short-time” filter (to
be explained farther on) would have shown up
the moose with the least increase of exposure.
Dead game—deer, moose or bear is usually
lying on the ground or on snow, thus having
considérable plain contrast; quite sufficient
to show the animal up. Deer photographed
jn this manner without a filter lose most of
the delicate gradations of brown and brdwaee |
grey which add so much to-the beauty of the
animal. The color screen will bring these —
shades out, making a much nicer picture,
About the most difficult thing to p
graph faithfully—among all sportsmen’s tro-
phies—is a speckled trout. Trout possess a
wider range of color than any other gamer ae. ;
the colors ranging from brown green on his
back through varying shades of red, red-
orange, yellow and white on the belly to all
the colors of the rainbow in the spots. Clearly
the unfiltered plate or film is absolutely in-
capable of giving anything like a faithful
rendition in black and white of the pe
shimmering, yet evanescent colors of a tro
The ordinary ray filter, as sold by —
Eastman Kodak Company will go a long bb
toward making a good picture, but in order
to get the best result, one should use a pan-
chromatic plate and a “K-3” filter, of which
mention will be made in another paragraph.
Under the division of Camp Photographs,
I have mentioned sky and snow. Really the
application of filter principles to this branch
of photography requires an article by itself:
I shall, howeter, show briefly where a filter
helps in pictures of winter landscapes and —
camp secnes. The unfiltered photograph of a
winter scene usually shows a pure white sky
and “blank” white snow. Snow is not a
blank white mass and moreover the sky is_
very, very much darker than the snow. Snow
has rounding, beautiful shadows, it» has —
texture and in order to make winter photo- oa
graphs pleasing, we must “retain every —
characteristic of the snow, for therein lies the
beauty of this class of pictures.
From previous paragraphs we know how the
filter will give proper value for the sky, by
absorbing or holding back the predominant ~
ultra-violet. Snow, being highly reflective,
reflects much ultra-violet from the sky. It
follows then that the filter will tend to bring
out the shadows and texture of the snow. Full
exposure in snow photography is very im-
portant. In bright sunlight there is unusual
contrast presented between the white snow
and dark objects which may be included in
the picture, such as figures or trees, Coane
is greatly increased by under-exposure ¢
an under-exposed snow picture has t
“chalk and soot” effect which is so unpleasant
and inartistie® Plenty of exposure lessens the
contrast and this principle applied with the
use of a filter, or better yet, a filter anda pan-
chromatic plate, will give snow ride :
are very true to nature. The
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photography. At noon when the sun is at its
meridian, there is so little shadow that even
using a filter, hummocks or drifts of snow will
‘hardly show up against a pure white back-
ground. The best time is in the morning or
evening, when every drift casts long shadows.
Beautiful effects may be secured by photo-
graphing almost against the sun, just as it
comes from the clouds after a heavy snowfall.
This strictly comes under the highest grades
of Pictorial work and may be taken up later.
‘The last point to cover in this article is
">FILTERS.. There are FILTERS and filters,
oft
good, bad and indifferent. There are also
many kinds—each used for a specific purpose.
We shall concern ourselves with those cover-
ing the problems outlined in this article.
The writer has used only those manufactur-
ed by The Eastman Kodak Company and the
Wratten filters. I understand the Eastman
filters are practically the same as the Wratten
products and they are supposed to be a
standard. . -
The filter applicable to the needs of all
sportsmen who carry their cameras on their
trips may be purchased almost anywhere at
prices ranging from fifty cents to a dollar—
I refer to the Eastman Kodak Company’s
filter. Using this filter increases exposure
ie from. five to eight times normal, with any of
the standard makes of plates or film. Simple
enough isn’t it? -
Those having cameras that will accom-
modate either plates or films will find that
three or four plate holders loaded with pan-
chromatic plates and a couple of Wratten
filters numbers K-1 and K-2 will after a little
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experience find an entirely new field open up
in which faithfulness of reproduction and
beauty of tone predominate. The pan-
chromatic plate is sensitive to all colors and
even without a filter gives splendid tone
rendition and when used with the filters
mentioned, which are made to suit the plate
the effects are perfect. The Wratten filters
when used with the Wratten pan-chromatic
plates, increase exposure but little. In the
case of the K-1 filter exposure on ordinary
subjects is but one and one-half times normal
and with the K-3 filter, giving greater correc
tion, four and a half times normal and with.the
K-2 three times normal. These figures, how-
ever, do not apply when the Wratten filters
are used with ordinary plates or films. The
increase in exposure is then very much
greater and amateurs will find the Eastman
filters which are a lighter yellow, more
practical.
A tripod is a necessity when using a filter,
except when photographing in bright sunlight
or on very open landscape. A tripod is quite
a nuisance when one is ‘“‘packing’’ but the
difficulty may easily be overcome by using an
Eastman “clamp.” This clamp may be
carried in the pocket, and when a tripod is
required, simply cut a stick about an inch or
so in diameter, flatten it a bit at, the top,
screw on the clamp and for. all folding cameras
up to post card size it will serve perfectly.
There are folding tripods sold, but my ex-
perience has been distinctly in favor of the
other method.
Just as a last word. When in doubt, over-
expose. A finisher can reduce an over exposed
negative to suit you but nothing can be done
really to nee under-exposure.
ons and Properties of Mushrooms
T. WARE
Morchella crassipes (edible)
I have found this mushroom growing quite abundantly in a thick pine woods on the
bank of the river Nith in the county of Brant, about a mile from Paris, Ontario.
this plant does not impress one with its beauty, but on closer examination it will be found to
be one of the most beautiful of fungi.
At first sight
The : specimens found by me were of a grayish color in old specimens and dark brown in the
young ones but it is not in the color where we must look for beauty in this species, but to its
form; its long slender cylindrical stem ang beautifully shaped cap with fragments of the veil
- adhering at almost regular intervals to the edge of the cap gives a beauty of form surpassing
fe “ that of any other eo ba that I have been fortunate enough to examine.
: tot we z ia
It occurs from about
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the end of May to the beginning of October, being larger’ in wet weather or on moist soil than |
when situated otherwise.
As will be seen by the cut, the pileus is ovate but some specimens may be Tone to be iy.
more conic than ovate and still others are expanded to almost convex but the edge is ne ar,
upturned or the center depressed. During dry weather the cap may be cracked into patches
Morchella crassipes (edible). © ay een
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separating the dark color of the outside and showing the white flesh beneath. The stem —_
a bulb and it is hollow in nature specimens. It is cartilaginous in texture. he
This plant is edible. I have eaten it raw myself on several occasions. It has a ewhat
nutty flavor, but is not listed with the edible sorts, = it
oS
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Chapter IV. , .
Fly-Tying: First Considerations
se HE ‘use of the artificial fly i the capture
of fish is not restricted to comparatively
_ modern times. Quite the contrary is
hd the case, for this creation has been in use in a
- more or less crude form for over two thousand
years. Nevertheless ancient writings do not
offer a great deal of information on the
subject, though occasionally some referen-
ence of an enlightening character is made
by which we are guided right. Aelian in
me
his writings states of the ancients in his
- De Natura Animalium that:
“The Macedonians who toil on the banks of
the Astraeus, which flows midway between
_ Berea and Thessalonica are in the habit of
catching a particular fish in that river by
means of a fly called hippurus. A very
singular insect it is; bold and troublesome, ©
like all its kind; in size a hornet; marked like
a wasp, buzzing like abee. The predilection
of the fish for this prey, though familiarly
* known to all who inhabit the district, does
not induce the angler to attempt their capture
by impaling the live insect. Adepts in. the
art had contrived a taking device(captiosa
quaedam machina) to circumvent them, for
which -purpose they invest the body of
the hook with purple wool, and having two
_ wings of a waxy color, so as to form an exact
imifation of the hippurus,+they gently drop
_ these abstruse cheats down stream.” 2
_~ This is exceedingly interesting. The insect
r.
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imitated in the artificial was a bee or wasp: of
some sort. To-day we find that one of the
best flies at a certain time in the summer is
the imitation bee: indeed we have a fly
called the western bee that is a very: close
imitation of the original and which when used
gives exceedingly good results. In this voice
out of the lost and dead ages comes up another
truth: those anglers of the past were able to
make exact imitation flies and they floated
them “‘gently down stream” which only goes
to prove that floating flies (or flies fished in
a dry form) is not a modern inyention but
is as old as the hills. re
From the days of the ancients to the year
1496 is a great leap and yet not until that
year did anything in regard to fly-tying appear
in print to be tracéd. In that year in Eng-
land appeated a book very nearly next to that
of Walton’s “Compleat Angler’ in importance
which took up the making of flies and gave
some information on the subject not to be
passed by lightly. It was written by a
woman, “her prioress-ship’ Dame Juliana
Berners of St. Albans. Her first slender
volume was named “Fysshynge With An
Angle’? which later was included in her second
book which was entitled the “Boke of St.
Albans.” ‘The original edition states that it
was ‘“Emprinted at Westmestre by Wynkyn
de Worde, the year of Thycarnacon of our
Lord 1496,” Sufficient to say that she gave
descriptions of flies that are still in use with
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more or less finish to them and what original
touches men have been able to give them.
& From the date of the issue of Dame Berner’s
book upwards more and more information on
the use and the making of artificial flies has
come forth until to-day there seems to be no
nook or cranny in the art that has not been
investigated. This investigation has, of
course, been more thorough and complete in
England than in any other country in the
world. Save for Louis Rhead’s most delight-
ful and commendable ‘“‘American ‘Trout
Stream ° sects” mo serious attempt at classify-
ing Amerian stream insects that the trout
feed upon has been made. In England the
same cannot be said to be true for this classi-
fication ha#very nearly been complete what
with Alfred Ronald’s *‘Fly-fisher’s Entomo-
logy” (still a classic of the sort) and Frederic
Halford’s various books “Entomology” and
his well known “Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook.”
To this English list we should not forget
mention of Leonard West’s “The Natural
Trout Fly and Its Imitations.” ‘The art as
applied to English waters has been examined
and faithfully reported down to its minutest
details and as regards England there is very
little more to be said. Their entomological list
is complete with probably a few more insertions
as ‘lime goes on.
In the measure of time it is not so very
many years ago that the dry-fly was intro-
duced into this country, the subject having
aroused such great interest in England by the
various writings of Halford. At first it was
held that the dry fly -was an impractical
introduction for our North American streams
in that the waters were totally different as
to flowage; those of the English streams
being smooth-flowing while the majority of
our streams are by nature swift-flowing, or,
at least, impetuous enough to make the dry
fly out of place—out of its element so to
speak. This theory, however, has been com-
batted by defenders of the dry fly on our
shores, Emlyn M. Gill in his book “‘Practical
Dry-Fly Fishing” and in the two books by
M.L.La Branche “The Dry Fly in America”
and ‘““The Dry Fly In Rapid Waters.” We
also have proved that there are times on even
swift waterin nooks and places a dry fly may
be floated successfully for a certain distance
and that many a trout lying in wait for insects
next to a boulder has met his fate on the
delicate floating lure that has glided past him.
Yet for the dry fly as used in this country it
may be said that there always obtain more
or less placid stretches of water and pools
on any stream, and the wet fly angler who ae
would pass up the use of the dry fly under _
these circumstances is indeed missing some
interesting features in the world-wide sport. —
Indeed there is a time when the dry fly will ©
out-shine the wet’ fly, although most of the
time we use the submerged fly. Pursuing
just this same topic, Louis Rhead ace
states: Pi
“Of this I am sure: for every insect a trout
taken alive at the surface, a thousand are
consumed drowned under water or near the
surface; and to one natural insect able to
float on the surface there are hundreds which
cannot float. Because of this fact I believe
it to be the height of folly to fish exclusiveiy
with dry flies on the surface. Wet fishing
; with two or three accurately copied insects —
is in every way as effective on the average ~
American stream. I do think the dry fly meth-
od is excellent on large pools, and more or less
placid water; but the trouble is that trout
prefer to lie under a rock where turbulent
water flows above from which, in a runway,
they get insects alive or drowned as they go
swiftly by.”
The case of both the wet fly and ‘the dry
fly has been stated as follows: The first.
function of a hackle is to break the fly’s
fall; to let it down lightly on the water.
And that is especially true whether it be a
cock’s hackle, or a hen’s, or a soft hackle from
any of the small birds. Anyone who has
tried to fish with flies tied without hackles over
moderately-shy trout will find them apt to be
scared by the violence of the fall of the fly on
the water. When the fly reaches the water,
another function, or other functions of the
hackle come into play. If the fly be a floater
(winged and hackled at the shoulder only),
then the functions are, first flotation, and
secondly, imitation of the legs of the fly.
Many good fly dressers hold that the body is
the really attractive part of the trout fly,
and that in a floater a hackle which is s
cient to insure proper flotation and otharwine
colorless and inconspicuous serves the purpose
best. A good cock’s hackle, such as is used
for floating fli,s is extremely sharp and bright
when held up to the light and even in the
ruddy shades lets but little color through.
There can, however, be no harm, and itis prob-
ably safer if the hackle, as held to the light,
bears a fairly close resemblance in color to
the legs of the fly it represents. A winged
floater, hackled all down the body with
cock’s hackle to represent a sedge—or even
a similar pattern without wings-is probably
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taken for a fluttering sedge, by reason of the
“buzz effect. A floater (hackled with a
sharp cock’s hackle at the shoulder and with-
out wings) is probably the best method of
suggesting a spinner spent or still living. The
wings of the natural spinner have a_irides-
cent glitter which is well-suggested by the
extended fibres of a first-rate rusty or honey
blue dun, cock’s hackle. Such a hackle thus
serves, beyond the purpose of breaking the
fly’s fall, the double purpose of flotation and
‘imitation of wings.
In the case of the sunk
flies, we find that these present still more
- complex propositions according to the way in
which the fly is presented to the fish. Fished
directly up-stream, a wet fly (whether winged
or not), which is hackled with a stiff cock’s
hackle, has thrown away one of its chief
advantages, —the mobility of the hackle.
- In fact, one is inclined to think that if a hackle
were not needed to break the fall such a fly
might best be dressed without a_ hackle.
A hen’s hackle, or a small bird’s hackle would
respond to, every movement of the current,
and would thus suggest an appearance of life
in action which is very fascinating. Doubt-
less the hackles suggest the wings and legs of
hatched-out insects, drowning or drowned,
and tumbled by the current in some cases;
in others they undoubtedly suggest some
nondescript, struggling subaqueous creature.
In either case the mobility suggests life.
However, an up-stream wet-fly man(no
matter how keen he is on this method), does
not always cast directly up-stream, but
more often up and across, and occasionally
direcily across. When he casts across, or up
and across, and holds his rod tip so as to bring
his team of flies as nearly as possible perpen-
dicularly across the current, a new set of
considerations arise.
the stream’s flow, more than does the gut
cast are drawn head up-stream and _ tail
Aown-stream in advance of the gut cast.
Here soft hackles are apt tobe drawn back so
as to completely enfold the body of the fly,
with the points of the fibres flickering softly
_ beyond the bend of the hook, thus suggesting
a nymph vainly attempting to swim against
the current. The top dropper may be dib-
bling on the surface. thus suggesting an ovi-
positing fly. “Here the hackle represents the
wings of the natural fly in active motion.
In these conditions cock’s hackles, whether
dressed at shoulder only or palmerlike are
apt to impart motion to the wings and body
and suggest life in this way rather than of
- their own motion, as do soft hackles. The
-
The droppers, catching
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resilience of a first-class cock’s hackle is great,
and every exertion of it must react upon the
fly body, which it surrounds, and impart a
motion, which, whether likelife in the sense
of resembling the motions of some particular
insect or not at least is sufficient to attract
attention and excite the rapacity or tyranny
of the trout if it does not appeal to its appetite.
So far as true imitation of an insect is
concerned there is a possibility that (as they
now represent themselves) the dry fly is more
of a correct imitation of the live insect than
the wet fly which at best is but a poor imi-
tation of any insect if a passable counterpart
at all. Indeed the majority of the wet fies
are what we call “fancy flies,’’ made of mater-
ials as the fancy suggests, here a touch of red,
here a touch of blue, or green, or ye!low—all
made up to represent what may be termed a
fly—but not. an imitation. On the other
hand a dry fly presumes to be very nearly an
imitation of a true insect on the stream and
when it does-ride on the water it carries itself
in a more less natural manner and does win
fish. But there is one point that must be
remembered. It is far harder and demands
a great deal more skill to catch fish on the
wet fly than it does on the dry fly. The dry
fly man casts his fly and it floats down for
him. Different with the wet fly man, heis
forced at all times to work the fly in the water
to give it the appearance of animation.
Likewise it may be said that the opportun-
ities of the dry fly man for sport are restricted;
but that the wet fly man should be so orthodox
as to leave out the dry fly when good‘ waters
obtain, is in the sense of the ridiculous.
The wet fly man, however, is not set back by
weather conditions and can fish early and late
whether it rains or shines, indeed even when
it is freezing; and there are those who have
caught trout on the wet fly in the winter
season. Weather conditions, on the other
hand play a great part in the successful
performance of the dry fly angler; the day
must be more or less calm—not disturbed by
either wind or rain, and the waters of the
stream must be more or less smooth flowing,
and never muddy orroiled. In dry fly fishing,
natural insects must be carefully imitated;
the fly is floated, invested as it is in its oiled
coat. The time of the day must be taken
into consideration; any hour cannot be sel-
ected, and only choice occasions when the
fish are on the rise will see the dry fly man in
his element. At thesame time the dry fly
angler must be a particularly _ skilled fly
master (that is, skilled in the proper and
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accurate delivery of the fly) and must be class. Bor that reason I tie all my drake 8
vastly more of an entomologist than the wet flies with detached bodies.” 3a Se
fly man who abandons al! this and places his
confidence in the fancy flies.. The dry fly
man can measure his success by his ability to
imitate or very nearly imitate the natural
flies that fall to water and are snapped up by
the rising trout.
Many thousand words have been exhaust-
ed telling us that the dry fly is an exact imi-
tation of a dun or a drake fly as the case may
be. The feeling of exaltation in the matter
has well nigh been complete. We are handed
out a card full of flies and we are told that
these are dry flies: exact imitations in fact.’
What conceit! It is marvelous that in all the
time that has elapsed since the floating fly
was put on the market no one has been able
to note that not one of the dry flies on the
market, English make or otherwise, are any-
where near exact imitations of any living
insect. “But,” you utter in surprise, “how can
you say that?” Look at these dry flies. Their
bodies are round, built right on the shank of
the hook. Did you ever note a drake, a
delicate May-fly, with a body of that sort?
You certainly never have, for it has a gentle
up-curling body typical of the Ephemera
Halford to the contrary, notwithstanding.
(Not one of Halford’s exact imitation floatin
dry flies have the detached body so they fal
flat in that respect). If the fly were fished
under the water, as in the case of the wet fly,
it would not matter as to body for a drowned
drake does not have its body curled; you
generally find them with the body straight out;
but when a drake is riding the water (as the
dry fly would imitate) the body is certainly
curled and then the only way to imitate it
would be to have an upward-curling, detached-
body to.the fly. Since writing the above I
have referred to Mr. Rhead’s book and I note
with pleasing surprise that he holds the same
identical view. He states regarding the
drakes:
“One of the most remarkable and peculiar
features in all drakes is the way they cock their
tails upward from the body. Im order to
imitate this feature successfully it is necessary
to have what is known as the detached body;
viz., with the tail made separate from the
hook and slightly curled upward. ‘There are
few English flies tied im this way; but I
have not seen any detached bodies on what
may be called strictly American flies. The
detached body fly I have found far ahead
of the fly with the body tied round the hook;
that is, if intended to represent the drake
-a_study of the dry fly floating past. ‘him he
In the first place one gives the trout cred: ES
for a superlatively keen eyesight in his Jenene
his ability to see and hear in this watery world —
of his must be equal to our ability to seetand
hear in our element; and the more clear-the —
watery element the fish is in, the more far-
reaching is the range of its vision; the more
rid of fog and mist and gloom our.element is:
the farther we can see. These facts are
practically self-evident. We are given to
believe that if the trout gave any time to
would note the absence of the upward
body and would not strike. As a matt
fact it is doubtful if the average trout sti
the dry fly for naturalness any more than does —
the same trout study the wet fly for natural-
ness. The fly suddenly drops: and on ikee
impulse of the moment he strikes. — “One” ;
thing fixes itself on the consciousness of the ~
trout; the fly floats. That is so far as its”
instinct leads it. The trout knows that live
drakes float; this one floats. He strikes.
I am willing to believe that five out of ten
average trout strike on impulse without
study of the insect in question. This, how-
ever, does not go to say that any old fly that
you can tie off-hand will do the work. It will
not. There are trout and trout. Those of
waters little fished over, fall the easiest to
the wiles of men for they have not been
educated up to the feathered frauds. But
- it is the trout not average on much fished over
streams that I firmly believe make a study of
flies. ‘To circumvent these, therefore, dem t
a more or less accurate imitation of some, oF
many insects that they consume. Sas
On the other hand eliminating ‘the one
feature of faultiness in the so-called exact.
imitation dry fly (that it does not possess a
detached body) is the fact that, like > the wet
fly it possesses hackles (which presume t
imitate the natural insect’s legs) in super
abundance. If you were to count ea
hackle filament on a dry fly you ' ould
surprised at the number legs it has:
hackles. ‘Yet this is supposed to be a
imitation of a live insect: whic aS A SCE
six legs! Not much to boast over as anexact
imitation! Of course the dry fly man_ gives
it as his excuse that a number of hackles on
the fly are mecessary for, in combination
with the wings of the fly in an oiled state,
‘they help to keep the fly up and floating.
How the “bunched, nay, bristling hackles
must appent to the eyes of the root Tdo not
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know. It is a fact nevertheless that the best
dry fly fishing occurs in the dim of evening,
most captures then being made: probably
because the trout cannot make out the fly and
its makeup as readily as when the water is
silvered with light. Louis Rhead notes
another fault with the dry fly that I will
here include and that regards the position of
the wings. Now anyone who has spent even
a few days or hours of his life in study of the
insects falling to the stream (particulazly
the Ephemera) has noted that they ride the
surface of the water with their wings, not
_ outspread, but absolutely upright, and so
- close together that it seems but one wing.
_- classes,”
¥
**The most important class, called drakes—
and a great many specimens of the other
says Rhead, “have their under
bodies quite pale and colorless compared to
the upper part of their bodies. From the
trout’s point of view—that is, looking upward
—the artificial imitation with pale or white
under body must be amore acceptable lure
than the commercial fly as now tied with
upper and under body exactly the same.
. Another desirable change, still more import-
ant, is to tie all drake’s wings close together
instead of outspread—a most unnatural
attitude which the insect never assumes, and
only introduced in later years by dry fly
experts to assist the fly in floating. With
the aid of oil, the fly will float just as well
_ with closed wings as with the wings outspread.”’
Here then are some of the points scored
against the so-called modern exact imitation
_ dry flies in which so great faith is pinned.
Ay the natural drake has an upward curling
body that should be separate from the hook
_ shank; the dry fly as now constituted has
not this feature; (2), it has a hundred hackle
_ legs where six would be all that were necessary;
* — 8), the natural drake rides the water with
wings close together; the dry fly with wings
not so arranged is not an exact imitation;
_ (4), the body of the dry fly is one color,
“usually pale throughout; it should be made
with the upper part dark and the underside
pale. This is what may be termed an insig-
a nificant detail although Rhead has made
_ flies with bodies so arranged. (5), the wings
of the so-called exact imitation dry flies no
_ more imitate the/ transparent wings of the
“Mayflies (or other members of the FE phemera)
_ than a heavy winter overcoat imitates crape
in its most flimsy and transparent form. It,
however, presumes to be an exact imitation.
: ~ How absurd! -
The late” Doctor Harry eae a. former
: _ valued collaborator with me, as readers of
this magazine know, once sent me a set of
colored pictures of English exact imitation
dry flies. He remarked: ‘These are so dead
that they will take on putrefaction before
you get them. They are awful dead. Puta
tack through it and show it to your friends as
the most exquisite illustration of still life
extant.”
In England, too, the attacks delivered
against the ever-present and overwhelmingly
lauded dry flies have been many and various,
Here is, an average condemnatory appraisal
taken from that well-known weekly the
British Sportsman:
“Look now at this handsome showcard of
these noted tackle people. One hundred and
fifty two different patterns of May flies, all
things of beauty, excellently tied, all killers,
no two alike, yet all ostensibly dressed in
imitation of the live insects before us, and
which, as a matter of fact they resemble as
~ much as does the Mosque of Omar the Hill
of Howth! Were it not as good as drink to
talk of accuracy of imitation and delicate
shades of differentiating colour under these
circumstances? The only case of true imita-
tion, which, indeed. P practically amounts to
identity known to ourart is that shown in the
case of those waxen insects seen in our tackle-
shop windows, which no one seems to use and
certainly no one talks about and which would
seem, on theit merits, to reduce the whole art
of exact imitation to an absurdity.”
I will say this for the much boosted and
boasted dry fly, used as a wet fly, it has points
to its credit that have been lost upon the
angling public. Indecd any one who uses
the dry fly will do well when the fly sinks to
play it that way awhile instead of picking it
up and drying it or making the false casts in
the air to dry it preparatory to floating it
down dry again. He will probably be sur-
prised to have a strike which he did not get
floating it on the surface. This, of course
will be in the nature of an insult to the purists,
but it is a fact nevertheless. I have had more
success playing the dry fly as a wet fly than
on the surface, even under the best of condi-
tions and in the most select environment.
What we do know is that the dry fly has been
exaggerated in its importance: it has invested
itself in a holy halo: As a matter of fact it
does not lead greatly over the wet fly in
prominence and that it imitates nature more
closely than the wet fly remains to be proved.
But the dry fly has a time and a place and we
cannot possibly belittle it as a factor of
importance in the angling art.
(To be continued.)
Boe
1294 ROD AND GUN IN CANADA.
The New Hatchery at Sault Ste. Marie
Agitation for a hatchery at Sault Ste. Marie
has borne fruit and as a result a provincial
hatchery is to be established there; indeed
work onit has already been started.' Origin-
ally an appropriation of ten thousand dollars
was asked but this was increased to twenty-
five thousand dollars as an appropriation
which assures of course the means of establish-
ing one of the best equipped hatcheries in
the Dominion. The site selected is “just at
the foot of the ship canal, an ideal location
as it permits of the use of the finest water in
the world, from Lake Superior, free from
contamination, and is to be had in unlimited
quantities. Also it should not be forgotten_
that the Ste. Mary’s Falls, orrapids, provide
an eighteen foot fall which will assure a con-
tinuous flow through the ponds without the
necessity of pumping, which, as all will know
is a great benefit in any hatchery and save
much expense. The advisability of locating
a hatchery here is of course well known and
appreciated. Not only as regards water
conditionsis it of first importance but there are
found here unlimited quwantities of parent.
fish, both game and commercial, and these
can be secured for the necessary spawn with-—
out going great distances to obtain same which
is so often the case with hatcheries not so
prominently and well located. Added to
this fact is the knowledge that there are five
different kinds of trout in the rapids at the
present time, including the rainbow trout
which were planted here by the Michigan
State Fish Hatchery years ago; many of
these reach up into prodigious weights, some
having been taken totalling sixteen pounds.
The hatchery, including building and
permanent and movable fixtures, will cost
about $25,000. The building operations
start under the direction of Mr. J. W. Jones
of the fish and game department, to-day with
some 15 men employed. ‘The building is ex-
pected to be ready in the fall.
In the meantime, local anglers will be glad
to learn that it is the intention of the Depart-
ment of Game and Fisheries to bring up to
Algoma waters, especially the “rapids” right
near the Sault, a quantity of speckled trout
fry from one of the other hatcheries. ~
Fish hatcheries in the past have proven =e
their worth, and this one in the Sault, which —
will be the largest and most modern o all =
operated by the province, is expected to prove _
no exception. From a commercial point of ae
view, it will make it possible for there to be
more extensive fishing operations in the dis- _
trict, and it will materially benefit the district
in the way of tourist traffic, for with the know-
ledge that streams in this district are to be
substantially restocked, tourists will visit the
country in greater numbers.
The hatchery, the bringing of whieh: to
Sault Ste. Marie is very largely due to the
efforts of Mr. J. B..Cunningham, M.P.P.,
will be located on the stretch of ground below
the lock between the tail-race of the power
canal and the ship canal, where a space of ,
75 to 100 feet has been reserved by the prov-
incial government. This is felt to be a very
well chosen point, as it will be of particular
convenience in the operation of the hatchery.
Plans for the hatchery, which are now
complete, show that it will be one of the larg-
est operated by the government. The build-
ing will have a frontage of 38 feet and a depth
of 80 feet, and will be a frame structure, with
cement foundation and floors. Painted in
three colors, light buff, brown and green,
when completed, it is expected to present
rather a neat appearance.
Two storeys are provided. The lower
portion will be occupied by the machinery
and equipment for fish propagation purposes
and living quarters for those in charge will be
situated upstairs.
When in operation, which it is expected
to be next fall, the hatchery will have a capac-
ity of 150,000,000 pickerel, and 50,000,000
whitefish. Speckled trout, salmon trout and
rainbow trout, all game fish will also be
hatched in great quantities. The whitefish
and pickerel fry will be distributed in Lake
Superior and other of the great lakes as well as
the other varieties of fish, Inland streams and
lakes will also be supplied.
\
Keeping One’s Eyes Open
EpwarRpD T. MARTIN
‘Little drops -.of water, little grains of
sand,” so a successful shooter becomes
such by noticing the little things that are
constantly occurring in his every day life.
With myself, naturally of an analytical
turn of mind, I began at a very early age;
first, by discovering that pebble stones fired
-from my big-mouthed horse pistol were not
as effective as shot, and many other equally
interesting experiments.
As I grew older, I always wanted to know.
If I killed a bird I must trace the course of
every shot—note the strength of the powder,
and make mental notes of everything con-
nected with the episode.
It did not take long to learn that to
obtain uniform results, uniform loads must
be used—no shifting from a quick powder to
a slow one, or from small shot to large, half a
dozen times in a morning.
It was only a week or so agd that a case in
point occurred. A well known duck shooter
came in one day with an almost empty game
_ bag, steeped in gloom for his wasted time.
He left the car-just as I was passing, and
hailed me:
“Tm entirely disgusted with that powder
that is advertised so much; can’t think how
_ they got my name.”
I had sent it.
“They mailed me a calendar, a handsome
affair, with a lot of advertising matter on it,
so I felt bound to give their powder a trial,
but believe me, I don’t like it—I tell you, I
don’t like -it at alll
-“T had been using a slow bulk powder, and
had some of my old shells along; they got
: nixed with the others, and half the time,
ik is the little things that make up the world:
loading my gun in a hurry, I didn’t know
which I was using, or if I did, I forgot whe-
ther to hold further ahead, or closer on.
With the result that I got just ‘wo measly
ducks—two,—here they are—count them—
when I should have killed the limit!”
“When are you going out again?” I asked.
“Wednesday,” he answered, “but never
again with that powder!”
“Oh, yes, you will,” I told him. “I’ve
used it, and know that it is good. This time,
only take shells loaded with the quick powder
—leave your old ones at home.”
“Not in a hundred years,” he growled.
“Being low man once a season is enough for
yours truly.”
“Listen,” I said. “I know what I am
talking about, and let me tell you that for
your style of shooting, the quick powder is
much the better. There is a difference be-
tween it and the other of over a foot, at forty
yards. This time don’t mix your brands.
Give it a fair trial by itself, and if it does not
do good work, I’ll pay the expenses of your
trip, m return for a pair of ducks, if it does.”
“Fair enough,” he conceded, ‘only I
wouldn’t stand for your paying my expenses,
and the ducks you may have—if I kill them!’
Wednesday after dinner, I called him up,
and listened over the telephone to the talk
of a very enthusiastic man; the shooting had
been almost entirely at green wing teal, a
bird that has the pernicious habit of flying
down wind on the slightest provocation, but ~
in spite of a very considerable breeze that was
blowing at the time, he averaged better than
one duck for every two shells used, and had
shot the limit, before noon.
I was not surprised, for I had known exactly
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where I stood on the powder proposition, for
on dull days, many a duck had I picked,-
noting pattern and penetration, and any
powder that would shoot a duck through and
through, end for end, was good enough for
anybody.
During my investigations, I ran upon a
curious thing; I found a blue wing teal, dead,
without the sign of a shot mark. It had, to
all appearances, choked to death, for a mass
of wild rice was packed in its throat. There
Was No possible doubt but that it was the
same duck that I shot at, for although it
sailed a few rods before striking the water, I
did not lose sight of it from the time the shot
was fired, until it was safely in the boat.
Even keeping my eyes open, however, has
never helped me solve the mystery of why
bullets or very heavy shot, do not kill a bird
more quickly. I have repeatedly seen a bird
hit with a bullet as large as a forty-four—in
one side, out the other, keep flying for many
arod. Once, I shot a passenger pigeon out
of a flock passing over me. Now a pigeon is
not a large bird, and a forty-four is consider-
able of a bullet. This was nearly a centre
shot, yet the pigeon kept going for nearly a
quarter of a mile, finally falling in a little
pond, where it was easily recovered.
Again, I saw a blue-grouse that had the
whole rear end of its body shot away by a
soft nose bullet, and yet it flew almost as far
as the eye could reach, before falling. It is
possible that the shock of the bullet is so quick
and so benumbing, that the bird does not
know, for a few seconds, that it has been hit,
and a pigeon or a grouse, even a Wounded one,
can get over a considerable distance in that
short time
An interesting experiment was tried once,
of bombarding ducks high in the air, which
further illustrated the advantage of keeping
one’s eyes open. A friend, with heavy shot,
and myself with sevens, were hunting in a
wild country in the north. A wide, shallow
river broadened into a lake, on one side, a
marsh on the other. Between them lay a
ridge of high land, rising in the middle to
quite a high hill, from the top of which ducks
flying from Jake and river to the marsh, were
barely within reach of a good shooting gun.
My shooting partner was a user of heavy
shot, and wasted a box or more of shells trying
to bring one of the high-flyers to earth,
but getting nothing but a single brown feather
for his pains. My finer shot brought down
an Occasional duck, always wing tipped. One
that I did not get was head shot, and went
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’ with sevens is not far from a hundred yards.
staggering and fluttering all over the country,
finally falling where a man and two dogs gus ;
not find it.
Of course the larger number of pellets in my
load of sevens gave me a decided advantage _
when it came to striking a spot like the tip of
a wing, which is why I got hirds, my
partner only a feather. It has been my
theory for a long time that any shot with
force enough to stick in a pine board will at
a like distance break the outer joint of a
duck’s wing. Or perhaps if it strikes the soft
spot in the back of the head, or under
wing, will make a clean kill, and this distance
The ducks we were shooting at, mostly
mallards, were flying in long strings at from
eighty to a hundred and twenty yards above ~
the top of the hill. I held ahead, several feet,
of the leader of the bunch. With the eighty —
‘yard flocks it would be the second or
duck that would give evidence of having
heard or felt the shot, by shrinking and 1en
towering, else falling. Beyond a hur nd
yards, shot would lose much of its f —
would almost seem to stop in the air, “aa it
any bird felt it, he would be one far back from
the front; once it was as much as forty feet,
Noting where the ducks began-to climb to
cross the hill, I saw a thick clump of marsh —
grass, with a little pool in front of it. So,
leaving my partner to waste his ammunition
in the vain attempt to get something more _
substantial than a brown feather, I w
mile to the pond, set in the middle of i
decoys, the few dead ducks I had, and b
.
sounding the caller. S
Those Canadian ducks didn’t know what a
caller was—they were curious to find out’
so much duck talk was about. One left the
first flock that came along, and he found out. —
Curiosity proved fatal. For the rest, in ones
and twos they gave up the idea of crossing
the hill, coming to my caller instead, and when
at the end of two hours, the flight ce i
had gathered in a dozen more fine malla
When my partner joined me, and as a mat-
ter of course took his share of the kill—for no
two men should shoot together unless each is
willing to go fifty-fifty on the net outcome, —
be it good or bad—his first remark, was:
“Lucky boy! Out of all the hundreds |
ponds in this marsh, how did you happen
hit upon the one spot where you could
ducks?” * pe sn ae
“No luck about it, old man,” I replied, 7
“Tt was simply keeping my eyes bee —
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Then he fell back on the usual alibi, old
as gun-powder, itself: “If my shells had only
been properly loaded, I’d have shown you
something!” But a further comparison show-
ed his loads to have been the same as mine,
except as to size of shot, and that he admitted,
was his own fault.
Why won’t shooters be honest with them-
selves, and put the blame where it belongs,
and own up to an off day, instead of blaming
the gun, the powder, the shot, anything,
everything but the real cause.
And it follows naturally that the man who
has the fewest off days in the end becomes
the champion.
In the matter of shot, it was the habit of
noticing things that made me one of the ear!-
iest advocates, in America, of the use of chilled
shot, as well as a believer in sevens. I notic-
ed, very often, that a soft shot would wrap
itself around a bone, or flatten on thick feath-
ers, instead of penetrating.
In spite of that
fact, however, a lot of old fogies in the shoot-
ing game, were knockers of both. I was
young, and had yet to learn that age does not
always bring wisdom. So when they told
me, “Chilled shot will ruin your gun; it is so
- light that shooting across a heavy wind it will
drift so that you never can tell where it is
going,” and a lot of other stuff, I more than
half believed what they said, although I
__ knew they were wrong in insisting that sevens
were only good for small birds. I had for-
gotten that ‘“‘There are none so blind as those
who won’t see.”
Well, I had an important pigeon match
coming off, and a domestic pigeon is a tough,
hard bird to kill, if in good condition. This
made me willing to give chilled shot a trial,
- but there were none to be had nearer than
telegrams and express charges.
_ Montreal, and to get a sack of it from there
would cost three or four dollars, including
So I decided
to use the soft, and thereby lost the match.
The score was, as I remember it, twenty-five
all, at the end of the original string, tie to be
shot off at five birds each. My third bird
of the five reeled, staggered, went as far as
- the boundary line fence, lit, stood there for
an instant, then fell backward, dead out of
bounds. Investigations showed that a soft
shot had struck the wing bone close to the
body, and had flattened around it.
more had goné entirely through the bird with-
: - out stopping it until it reached the fence,
when a broken wing would have brought it
_ down at the crack of the gun, and given me
at least another tie.
Forthwith I wired for
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a sack of chilled shot, and received it in time
for the return match, which I won with a
straight score. The chilled shot in those days
was all imported, which made it so hard to
get.
Success always finds abundant imitators,
and from that time on chilled shot grew in
popularity, and many, many times it has
demonstrated to me its superiority to any
other kind, on hard boned, thickly-feathered
game. Iam not sure about wood-cock, snipe,
and perhaps quail. Nor has the hard shot
injured either of my*guns in the slightest,
although tons of it have been fired from them.
On waterfowl, now, I would just as quickly
use black powder, as soft shot.
I have threshed out the most effective size
of shot so often that I hesitate to say anything
more on the subject, yet it may not be out of
place to say ‘that all the old-time gunners,
of note, from Captain Bogardus down, agree
with me in favor of the smaller sizes. All one
has to do is to pick a few birds, killed with,
say, twos or fours, the rest with sevens, lay
them side by side, make a comparison, and
_no other argument is necessary. Some guns
shoot one size better than another—my guns
like sevens. My heavy load of powder gives
them as much penetration asa size larger,
which is perhaps the reason why I selected
them as the best size for general use, and use
them on everything, from geese to snowbirds.
In the old days, shooting snowbirds from the
trap was all the vogue among those who
wanted a live target, yet couldn’t afford to
pay twenty-five cents each, for pigeons. That
was before any of us realized what great de-
stroyers of weed seeds, snow buntings were.
Of course it was all wrong, but wrong done in
ignorance is not as bad as wilful wrong, al-
though the result is just as far-reaching.
Most of the snowbird shooters affected the
other extreme in shot, using tens or twelves,
but the greater part of this kind of trap shoot-
ing was done in cold windy weather, when an
on-looker could not fail to notice how the
storm wind toyed with the shot. So bad was
‘it, indeed, that half, often won important
matches—twenty-five birds out of fifty.
Think of that, you men who consider anything
less than a nearly perfect score at targets, bad
shooting.
One stormy day when all the shooters with
this dust shot were doing their worst, I went
into a match announcing. my intention of
using sevens, and was called several kinds of a
fool. But when I had scored thirty-four out
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of thirty-five, and won everything in sight,
the fool became a hero.
Nines might have done as well, but there is
no chance for doubt about the sevens. On
the other hand, I would hate to say how many
geese I once killed straight, with sevens—it
would surely be blue-pencilled. I did it by
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holding well in front, and if I missed the head,
caught the honker in the neck.
But I think self-confidence is everything,
and if a shooter, or any one else, doesn’t be-_
lieve he can do a thing, he is pretty apt to
fail, until by keeping his eyes open, fe sees
something that makes him change his mind. _
Homebrew Pistols
HE writer designed and constructed his
first homebrew pistol in 1904, reckoning
himself an originator. Judging from
the recent published epidemic along that line
he can at best only claim to beapioneer. The
illustration speaks for itself. It shows the
well known Savage Junior rifle camouflaged
beyond recognition except by the cogniscenti
who early cut their eyesight on gun catalogs.
I’ve done a deal of shooting that way myself.
It’s a great indoor sport when the weather is
bad. This pistol was made—. Just a
moment, gentlemen.
As a kid I had the boy’s usual fondness for
applied ballistics. It began with stones and
evolved through bows, bean shooters, cross-
bows and spring guns, up to the Chicago air
rifle. The last was a bear. When new it
would shoot through the butt end of a pine
shingle or the thickest pair of pants. It
lasted several years, but the spring got weak,
the piston wore loose and I was getting older.
My fond parents refusing me a rifle, what did
I do? What did the beer drinkers use to
do when local option came to town? Packed
something more portable and dangerous.
I took to pistols.
I have a holy horror of boring people, but
perhaps this will strike a responsibe note in
the heart of the hopeful reader, since boys are
as alike as beans, though the Sullivan law has
made it difficult for a boy to be such in my
native state. My first pistol cost twenty-
five cents second hand. It had a three inch
barrel and no breech block. For good reasons
it was bored (or moulded) so small in the barrel
that it was impossible to load a bullet cart-
ridge into it. I got around this easily by
loading a 22 blank and wadding down a BB
shot from the muzzle. The result was grati-
fying. The tiny pellet pierced a half inch
Pine plank and the air gun went into the dis-
card. Lacking a breech block and having
only a weak hammer spring to withstand
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the explosion (BB Flobert rifles were also made
that way) it frequently became a self ejector
like the blowback automatic. This was
remedied by twisting a heavy rubber band
around the hammer. Crude? Sure: just
like the early empirical tiretaped aeroplanes.
This weapon, a marvel of inaccuracy at
five yards, was a game getter at short range.
It killed a lot of bullfrogs at distances of
two feet or less. I stalked them on my belly
through the shore grass with the craft of a
red Indian. One might easily have grabbed
them by the legs, but shooting was more
romantic. Something like eloping with your
best girl after dad has thoughtfully left a
ladder leaning against her window; or drink-
ing bad booze in a temperance town hole-in-
the-wall. Life is the bunk, one piece of vision-
ary acting after the other.
My next lethal toy was a single shot -
twenty-two similar to the first, but bored for —
the short cartridge and rifled. The barrel
swung open on a lateral hinge. I once saw
a shotgun breech that way in the dear dead
past; and in 1894 the Stevens Company made
a little 22 rifle with the same type of breech.
. The ejector came separate: a square iron or
to punch out the expanded empty shell.
Ruinthe rifling? What the h—, Bill, what
the h-——? Why be so darned particular?
Last year I loaned my 1906 Winchester to a
friend who wasn’t interested in guns, but
wanted to shoot rats. He almost -forgo
himself and cleaned the bore after using, bu
remembered just in time that cleaning spoile
a gun and that the best protection against
rust was a nice rich coating of burnt powder
in the barrel!!! Despite all my efforts with |
the brass brush and dope, three small pits —
developed. It still shot well but was prompt-
ly sent to the factory for fitting another barrel.
One gets finicky and oldmaidish as the years
troop by. It’s the law of averages. AR
With this more powerful pistol I did worse
we. th
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damage to the frogs and once dropped an
English sparrow at three yards. We were
both surprised.
- My next came out of Will Roselle’s attic.
I have never seen its like since. It was a
single shot, rifled muzzleloading percussion
Pistol of about fifty calibre. The flat hammer
lay on top of the barrel and the freak func-
tioned as a double action only. The hammer,
_ asquare piece of metal about two inches long,
rose like a trap door on pulling the trigger
and fell on the cap with a roar and a kick of
unparalleled violence. Usually we held it in
both hands, especially when loaded with a
marble and about forty grains of black powder
dug from some old Civil War minnieball
cartridges found in the attic. Sometimes we
loaded it with half an ounce of number eight
shot to shoot snakes. We never could find
the heads, but the tails wriggled till.sundown,
proving the snake a lowdown critter with
more tail than brains. This postmortem
wriggling was often discouraged hy a second
shot through the body or the savage applica-
tion of a rock poultice.
But we outgrew this cumbersome cannon
and there ensued a fine succession of revolvers
that were sold,. traded, lost or shot to pieces
down the trail of time. At first they were all
twenty-twos. The succession started with
a round handled plain cylinder Defender cost-
ing seventy five cents over the counter. The
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saw handle, fluted cylinder variety cost a
dollar—and money was scarce. One of these
thoughtlessly went off in my hand and merely
parted Bill’s hair, thus preserving a good
actor for Broadway. We got so sore at the
darned careless pistol that we emotional!y
laid it on the chopping block and beat it into
worse junk with an axe. Simple souls!
About that time we read Scott’s Talisman
and learned that King Richard the First
impressed Saladin by chopping an inch thick
iron mace in two pieces with one swipe of
his trusty broadsword. Laying a horseshoe
of large size on the block we swung a brand ~
new axe with all the vigor of ninety pounds
and reverse results. After contemplating the
damage done we decided that steel must have
had better cutting qualities in those days,
chucked the horseshoe into the bushes and
immediately disappeared for the day. The
hired man never could successfully explain
the condition of that axe.
The best of the twenty-twos was a single
action Colt with unguarded trigger. It
was a good shooter and thoroughly well made.
Later the cycling craze came to town and
we acquired light roadsters of fifty pounds
with real two inch pneumatic tires. The need
of protection in the wilds of Westchester
County, N.Y., called loudly for something
heavier than a twenty-two. The romantic
mood would not be denied. A Sing Sing
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pawnshop sold us kids two .44 calibre British
Bulldogs heavy as dumbells.
took the Webley cartridge. One day we
passed a man with a big white bull terrier.
The dog being a reactionary, promptly chased
our new fangled inventions to the evident
amusement of his owner. I fired at the brute
over the rear wheel and missed, but the pow-
der burned his nose and he turned tail. His
master raised a desolating howl of protest,
when we dismounted, mad as hornets, and
we invited him to come over and get his.
We didn’t care much what we did in “those
days: but, then, he should have called off his
dog.
My last revolver was the first issue of the
Iver Johnson, a full nickeled 38 S. & W. cal.
breakopen. The price $2.50. It costs twelve
now. ‘Times have changed since mother was
a girl. I was so proud of this gun that I
carried it in my hip pocket on Sundays while
singing in the local Episcopal choir. It
didn’t bother me a bit, because the cushions
were soft and besides we were always either
standing or kneeling. Then came rifles and
for a while pistols took a back seat.
But in 1902 I bought a Stevens Gould model
target pistol with ten inch barrel. It cost
twelve dollars which was mystifying, since a
month previous I had purchased a fifteen
inch, new model Vernier sighted pocket rifle
for $9.63. The pistol in general was merely
a new model rifle with heavier butt, cheaper
sights, some cheap machine checking and
minus a detachable stock. I never could
understand the philosophy of prices as ap-
plied to the Stevens products in those days.
The best I could do was 81 on the Standard
American target at fifty yards. Tried the
Remington and Stevens Lord mode! and found
both too heavy. The Lord model is as scarce
as the dodo. Saw the last one in a bowery
hockshop two years ago. Also tried the
Smith and Wesson but did not approve of
the grip. Sold the Gould and devoted myself
exclusively to rifles.
But in 1904 I found myself again wanting a
target pistol and not keen for paying the
prices demanded. A new catalog showed a
picture of the Savage Junior 22 calibre bolt
rifle and I immediately decided it was the
thing for conversion into a pistol. This toy
cost only four dollars and was remarkably
well finished. I sawed off the barrel at ten
inches, squared the muzzle with a broad flat
file, (some job), countersunk the muzzle with
emery paste and brass ball, slotted for the
front sight and laid the result on the rest at
I think they ©
thirty five yards. It shot as well as I could | .
hold. The rear sight was a fixed peep with an | " 4
auxiliary notch on the top, located back | of > ie
the breech. For this reason the Junior was — Sy 2
and still is the only bolt rifle adapted for
conversion into a pistol. This sight I filed
down to a U-notch. Then I cut off the stock
at the grip and fitted a pistol grip with glue
and a long screw. The result was a wierd
buccaneer-like weapon at least as long asa
twelve inch pocket rifle and very muzzle —
heavy. It handled badly as a pistol, but as a =)
pocket rifle it was the thing. I used it with- ~
out any stock, holding the butt firmly against — a
my cheek and tumbled small game at fifty __
yards with monotonous regularity. Later I ty ae
made a wire stock but soon discarded it as 2
non-essential. The cheek rest was: simpler.
and better.
From another Junior I evolved the pistol
shown in the illustration. The original fore- — t
arm is used. The dotted lines show where ~ ae
the grip is joined and also the depth to which
the grip is slotted for the eighth inch rod tha ;
connects the new forward trigger with the
original combined trigger, sear and ejector,
cut off as indicated. This rod bears on the
round heads of two small brass nails and i
held in bearing by two brass staples. Th
sear has been filed to a shorter pull. The p
is a short but exceedingly delicate |
Nothing could be sweeter. The bolt
tended to cock on the closing moveme
foolish design and in this case a more ‘thar
dangerous business. I always hold the tri,
back whem homing the- bolt and _ cock
ane pin with another motion. - The eg
on either side of the slot. The pe
been filed down to a U-notch
sight point-blanked for thirty-five y: rds
lev eled with wings of the notch, Wher
pias aaputied but the same elev: (
talits with the same levelling: But i
the whole front sight base and part « of t
barrel become visible. It has practically
accuracy of the peep sight without, howe
the latter’ sdiaphraghming sharpening oftect
a Oa sight is Se ONS to blur., A co mbin pinec
The ers are » filed to a ices and insert
reamed holes in the grip about one and.
fourth inches apart. ‘The checking was de
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with a small three-cornered file. The outfit
is carried in a big Civil War holster of real
leather, bought from Godfrey in 1904 for
fifty cents. Those were the happy days.
This pistol is not perfect. It is slightly end
heavy. This could be corrected by cutting
the barrel off at eight inches by turning the
barrel down or by putting the grip farther
forward. This would necessitate cutting new
threads for the takedown screw. “
__ I have done better work with this pistol
_ than with the Gould, mainly because the grip
fits my hand. Grip and balance are every-
thing in a pistol, I think. In 1914, just prior
to leaving San Francisco as cinematographer
“for the California Motion Picturé Corpora-
tion’s expedition to Tiburon island, I was
forced to look around for a revolver. I had
not packed a short gun for years and the
romantic mood that impelled me to hide a
“pistol under a chorister’s cassock had long
: flown, but knowing the gentle character of
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the alleged cannibal Seris Indians, who will
kill you for a lead pencil and don’t care much
about writing, I decided to arm like the rest
of the party. In company with “Bud”? Dun-
can, the comedian (my assistant, who was
making the trip for a holiday) I went into a
sporting goods store on Market Street to
outfit. Bud, being incorrigibly an actor,
bought a Mauser pistol because it appealed
to his imagination. Misguided that way I
would have selected the aristocratic S. & W.
Special Military. But it didn’t fit my hand.
Neither did the Colt’s Navy, nor half a dozen
others. They wére all excellent, but no good
for the rather slim hand that would have to
use them. I wanted a gun that in a nervous
situation could be brought into action with
less trouble than I had in finding my wedding
ring. At last I found it: it was the Colt
Police Positive handling the plain old fashion-
ed not-so-much-used-as-formerly 38 Smith
& Wesson. It fitted like an increase in salary
and I grabbed it. . It cost me fourteen dollars.
A Home-made .22 Pistol
H. W.
» EADING at different times of home-
made pistols or rather converted rifles,
am taking the liberty of enclosing a
_ photo of one Ihave made from a Model 1904
- Savage, .22 calibre single shot, which adapts
itself very well.
As you see, I had to reseat the trigger
_ some three inches forward from the original
_ position and did so by welding a piece of
- boiler plate and cutting down with a hack
saw and file to desirable shape. The take
down screw is in the same position, but set
the rear sight back onto the bolt housing
making a greater distance between sights.
I cut off the barrel With a hack saw and main-
tained the length to 10” from chamber which
gives a good balance and range.
is just a piece of birch cut out to suit my hand,
andthe butt plate is rubber from an old shot
gun; the trigger guard, an old piec® of iron
hammered out to desired shape and after
staining and oil finishing, it *makes a very
eee gous gun.
- Have endareemteed to sketch the way I
- fixed the trigger below. Hope this will be of
some use to brother gun-cranks and sports-
- Men desiring a long range and accurate .22
2 _ calibre pistol to tote on their rambles.
BAe La \
a Pits pe
Saar ae eee
The wood
SMITH
Have had a very fine duck season this
year, as the weather has been simply wonder-
ful and Buffalo Lake, Rush Lake and all the
sloughs here had lots of ducks, but now the
season is over have to content myself with
jack rabbits, which are fairly plentiful and
afford some good sport to a man who is not
afraid to walk for a few miles.
Find after a little practice and using long
rifle ammunition, that I can make good scores
on gophers, crows, etc.,and once in a while a
rabbit; and, carried in a home made holster,
find it a great little side arm on my shotgun
ramblings along the Moose Jaw creek. Hf
you find this useful, have another pistol I
made out of a Stevens .22 and will get a photo
of same and forward.
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Queries and Answers ;
The work of the .250-3000
Edit -, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
I use a .250-3000 Savage (have for four
seasons) and have always had satisfactory
results, but this fall I got some cartridges
loaded with steel (or at least what appears to
be steel) jackets from a dealer and my
chum killed a deer with my gun and when
we examined the deer we could not find any
marks or blood on it, except a broken front
leg, broken below the knee joint.
When he got the deer (which Was a good
sized doe) home, and cut it up, he found three
of those steel jackets in the body along the
back-bone, well forward. He thought he
Was missing it, until the deer fell. When we
opened the body we saw from the blood that
it was hit some place through the body.
There was no outward sign of a bullet hole.
These bullets act like full metal cased ones,
except they don’t penetrate like the steel
bullets. They seem to have no killing power.
With the cartridges made by the Savage
Arms Corporation this gun sure has done the
job always when I have made a hit. What is
your opinion about these shells? Do you
think the jackets are too hard? The copper
jackets act entirely different.
I might say I like the .250-3000 fine. It is
a greal gun, except in too thick brush; but,
if you get a decent shot, it will do the work,
and it doesn’t matter much how farit is. If
you can get a sight and hold her still, the bullet
will sure go home; but, of course, a heavier
bullet is better in fine brush, although I have
killed some deer in a very brushy place with
the 2: 50-3000. I have used the same make of
shells in other guns, ahd always found them
O.KX. Later on, I will give you some of my
experiences and some of the work I have seen
done with various kinds and calibres of rifles.
I am strong for Savage guns, but I don’t run
down any gun if they are anywhere near the
right calibre for the work they are being used
for.
Here are a few calibres I think are the best
for all around deer or moose hunting, and I
wouldn't ask for anything better to hunt any
big game we have in Canada. They are as
follows:—.30-30, .32 Special, .303 Savage,
303 British, .32 Rem., .33 Win., .35 Rem.,
and .401 and any make suits me as follows:—
Winchester, Marlin, Savage, Remington. I
prefer Marlins to Winchesters and Savages to
Remingtons, But, Remingtons with
action are good enough.
slide
I have had no exper-
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ience with the .256 Newton, but think it ic
must be a truly wonderful gun—judging from is
it’s velocity and weight of bullet. ®
I fully agree with Mr. Sangster, on a lou
depending on the man behind the gun, and ©
I claim there are no better balanced ‘guns ~
made than the Savage and there are no guns
mad@on nicer lines than the Savage .250-3000.
This one of mine is as true shooting as any-
thing I ever saw, for four yards or four hun- ~
dred. I only take a good full bead if I shoot
at three or four hundred yards, but at short
range she takes a very fine sight or she shoots
high. If this gun could be made with a 140
or 150 grain bullet, it would be worth it’s
weight in diamonds. I intend to change for —
something heavier for next year. However, —
I won’t throw the little Imp’s Big Bros in|
the lake, yet for some time to come.
.
— Yours very truly,
J. Knapp,
Smith Falls. |
Reply—The cartridges that you mention —
were very likely jacketed with cupro-nickel —
jackets, which are stiffer than the copper ~
jackets, but it seems rather unusuat that they
should not mushroom well on deer. Pty
The great trouble with the .250-3000 bullet ty
is that it mushrooms too soon and too easily. i
I have no doubt that the cartridges you meh- _
tion would have done better work on moose, y
If, however, you find that they keep on work- _
ing this way, I would recommend that you —
always use copper jackets for your deer shoot- —
ing and do not use the others, unless you wish -
to use them on heavier game. 3
Editor,
Various Rifles Compared. oe
Editor, Guns & Ammunilion Dept. Ld
Will you kindly answer the eo ques-
tions for me?
What are the ballistics of the 35° Rem.
Auto rifle? .
Is the action a reliable one? Teo ay .
Is not the firing pin it’s weakest point, as
you cannot work the action without e e
the hammer? +
Does it do any harm to pull the triguet
the rifle is not loaded? ae... My 2
How does it compare with the 250-3000
and the .303 Savage?
Is the Savage more reliable, (that PE is it
less liable to get out of order?
F, Darlington,
Sault Ste, Marie,
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~ Reply—I would say that the .35 Remington
automatic and the various Savage rifles would
be about equally reliable so far as I have de-
finite information. The .35 Remington has
- an energy of 1260 ft. Ibs.; the .250-3000 Sav-
age has: an energy of 1375 it. lbs.; while the
.303 Savage has an energy of 1285 ft. lbs.
Theoretically, there is very little difference
between the three rifles. I think of the three,
the .35 Remington cartridge would most like-
ly prove to be the best killer in average close
~ yrange brush shooting, but it has a rather more
disturbing recoil than the others. The .250-
000 would, of course, have a much flatter
trajectory than the other two. Which to
_ choose, depends upon which type of cartridge
you prefer. I can see no reason why any of
‘the three should not prove reliable for the
average W ork of these three rifles.
ee Editor.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
Could you let me know if using an adapter
ina.22 High Power Savage in order to
be able to use short cartridges as well as
_ the long rifle for which the adapter is bored,
will spoil the shooting of the rifle?
I want a very light rifle with as little recoil
_ as possible to shoot very accurately at 100 to
150 yards. Is there any other make of
Savage not a .22 that will do this?
Charles Lancaster of London uséd to ad-
_vertise an oval bored rifle. This was bored
smooth with no rifling. It would shoot either
round or spherical balls or shot. I think he
calls it the “Colindian.” Do you know any-
_ thing about it? If so, please let me know.
C. F. Bouthillier.
Reni The .22 Savage H. P. is rifled with a
12 inch twist. The correct twist for the long
rifle cartridge is one turnin 16 inches. There-
ib fore, the .22 H. P. Savage will shoot the .22
— long rifle cartridge moderately well. The
eorrect twist for the .22 short is one turn in
25 inches although some makers use one turn
in 20inches. From that you can see that the
-22 short would not be likely to shoot well in
a 12 inch twist when the bullet is fitted up into
the rifling before it is fired. When you give
it the opportunity to jump through an open
space Of considerable length before it strikes
- the rifling you can see how much less likely
it would be to shoot accurately.
I do not believe that you would be satisfied
_ with the shooting of the .22 long rifle cartridge
in an ‘adapter in the .22 Savage High Power,
when used at 100 to 150 yards. You would
get much better results by reloading the .22
1. P. cartridges and would get still better
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results if you would reload a .250-3000 Savage
with the .25-20 calibre metal cased bullets
and a small charge of one of the short range
powders. This usually runs from 7 to 10
grains, depending upon the powder.
The American and Canadian shooters have
been handed a great deal of bunk about the
shooting of smooth bored weapons that are
supposed to shoot anything from shot to a
spherical ball.
I have never used one of these Lancaster
combinations and have no intention of choos-
ing one of them because there are so many
types of weapons that are very much superior
and cost less money. For instance, a three
barrelled gun would be very much superior
if made with two shotgun and one rifle barre!s.
A Pitted .22.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
I have a .22 single shot bolt action which I
got last winter. I used Dominion short
smokeless and a few boxes of Dominion short
*“Lesmok,” yet the barrel is all pitted and the
rifling seems to be worn out. It is a very
good shooting gun and when I practice with
22 shorts, the bullet only drops about 8 inches
at 700 feet. Could you tell me the cause of
the barrel being so pitted, and if possible,
how to fix it. It is a model 1904.
Selwyn Anderson,
Golden, B.C.
Reply—Your case is nothing unusual.
Smokeless gemugution is almost certain to
cause pitting in .22 calibre rim fire cartridges
due to the fact oe the priming charge must
be very strong to ignite the powder properly
and unless you used ammonia in cleaning
your rifle, you are very likely to have trouble
from pitting. Unless you used a good nitro-
cleaner you would have the same trouble with
the Lesmok cartridges.
- Evidently some kind of an error has crept
into your conclusions, because no .22 rim fire
cartridge will shoot for 700 ft. with a bullet
drop of 8 inches. Your rifle will undoubtedly
shoot very high at short ranges if it is so sight-
ed that the bullet strikes eight inches below
the point of aim at 700 feet.
There is no way of fixing your rifle except
by buying a new barrel for it and in the future
always be very careful to use a good cleaner
or ammonia in cleaning your .22 calibre rifles,
because they are the hardest weapons in
existence to keep from pitting.
Edi
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
Would you kindly let me know if it makes
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any difference whether one-uses the .52 S. &
W. Smokeless lead bullet, or the .32 S. & W.
metal cased bullet in the Winchester .30-40
706 Govt. Rimless supplemental chamber;—
if there is any harm done to the barrel of
the rifle and how to prevent it?
H. Martin,
Pouce Coupe, B.C.
Reply—I would suggest that you use the
.32 S. & W. cartridge loaded with metal cased
bullets in preference to the same cartridge
loaded with lead bullets, in the .30-40. It is
almost certain that you will have some trouble
from leading when shooting cast bullets
through a 10” twist, and so you wil! get-much
better results from the cartridges having metal
cased bullets. Just how much trouble you
will have, depends considerably upon the
condition of the bore of your rifle.
Editor
A Load For Foxes.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
Please advise the best load for foxes and
how far it will kill in a 12 gauge full choke
gun?
A. W. Tatham.
Reply—One of the best loads to use for
fox shooting would be 28 grains of dense
smokeless or 344 drams of bulk smokeless
powder and 11% ounces of BB shot in a 12
gauge full choke gun. Range 60 to 80 yards.
Editor.
A Single Ball Cartridge.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
There is a ball shot cartridge advertised.
Is this intended for cylinder or choke gun and
what results could one expect?
A Reader
Reply—The usual 12 gauge single ball cart-
ridge contains a 16 gauge ball and can be used
in either full choke, modified choke or cylinder
bore 12 gauge shotguns. The results that
you will secure depend considerably upon the
way that the ball will fit in the barrel of the
gun. Ordinarily you will get about a six
inch group at 50 yards with a good shooting
gun. If you hit anything with it you are
sure to get results as this large round ball tears
a splendid hole in big game. It also has
remarkably good penetrationin meat. Ihave
seen deer shot through both shoulders with
round balls and they always went clear
through the hide on the far side.
Editor,
The .32 Winchester.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
I have a .32 Winchester Special, Model
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- cartridges without any trouble, I would pre-—
would be correct when this is written, might —
‘ clothes pin will form a good holder for
1894. It has a .26” octagon barrel made of —
nickel steel. The magazine holds nine (9) —
cartridges. I would like to know the differ- —
ence between this gun and the .30-30. eet
Could I shoot the .30-30 cartridge? Is
this a good big game gun? What is the point |
blank range? What is the price of this gue ;
What is the range of this gun? 4
‘Curtis Thaden,
New Rochelle, N.Y. : :
Reply—The .32 Special ‘Winchester _ is
slightly more powerful than the .3C-30, but —
notmuchmoreso. However, if youcan get the
fer them to the .30-30.
It is as good as any other big game gun of _~
this class. The point blank range for thite.
cartridge would be about 100 yards. Theo-
retically, no rifle has a point blank range.
The prices of rifles have changed consider- :
able during the last year and the prices that —
not be correct when it is printed. Would — >
suggest that you write to several nearby deal-
ers for their latest prices. an
The rifle would be accurate at 300 yards © oe
and would give fairly good accuracy at longer —
range. The action is reliable and the cart-—
ridge is as accurate as others of: this type.
This will prove a very satisfactory rifle for —
big game hunting. Would suggest that you
have it fitted with a good pair of peep sights. _
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MAKING EXPANDING BULLETS.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept. a
In the December issue of Rod and aie
Walter Barrie of Barrows, Manitoba, gives ,;
information about how to make expanding —
bullets from the full metal cased ones. —
Have been making my own expanding
bullets for several years, with wonderful —
success. Their only comparison on game is -
the. .280 Ross. I use a Krag Carbine pure
chased from the Waterveliet Arsenal.
cased ammunition costs $15.00 per M. —
The tools necessary to remodel the bullets
are a vise, a file, an old fashioned clot
a 5-32 inch drill and a drill stock,
Pinch the bullet part in the clothes pin
tighten in the vise. Be sure not to th
neck of the shell in the clothes pin. 1
bullet. File off the top of the bullet until th
lead is exposed. Then start the drill which
will centre itself as the core is much softer
than the case, Drill about one-third es
length of the bullet. Tests have prove a th
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the bullet can be drilled more than half its
length with perfect safety. At first the
thought occurred that the terrific pressure
would cause the core to leave the case. This
is not so. Now press the bullet on a BB shot
until the shot protrudes just a little from the
hole in the bullet, so as to make a round point-
ed bullet.
There is very little work to it. Have fixed
up a hundred bullets like this in a couple
hours. A woodchuck hit with them is scat-
_ tered along the ground for ten to fifteen feet.
A deer will simply drop in his tracks. Hoping
this information will be of service to your
army. of readers, I am,
— «=. Tyan L. Hicks,
- Troy, NY.
Cartridges For A Maynard Rifle.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
I am asking for some information regarding
a Maynard Target Gun made by the Mass.
_ Arms Co., Chicopee Falls, in 1882. I have
_ been unable to find shells that will fit it.
There are two barrels, one .45 calibre, the
other .38 calibre or a .40 calibre. I have
written to Chicopee Falls, but cannot get
any answer. > If you know what firm took over
the Maynard Works I would be pleased to
have you put me in touch with them so that
I may be able to get ammunition for this gun.
: ; Thos. Letcher,
Red Deer. Alta.
Reply—The Maynard rifle has not been -
‘Manufactured fora great many years. If
your rifle is not stamped as to calibre and you
cannot find any shells that will fit it the
only way to find this out would be to make
sulphur casts of the chamber and then send
them to some company like the Remington
New York City, or Dominion Cartridge Co.,
_ Montieal, who could supply cartridges if
_ anybody could. Q
; Editor.
_ A DEER HUNT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
John Johnson.
~My son and I recently went hunting on the
_ Larch Hills in British Columbia. The first
_ time we raised a nice deer and fired one shot
at the buck and got it. It had seven points
on one horn and six on the other. The horns,
_ head and neck weighed sixty-five pounds and
_ the quarters weighed fifty-five pounds apiece.
_ The brush was very thick and after consider-
able difficulty we got the quarters out to a
fire: trail and as it was getting dark we stayed
_ time we saw nothing but tracks, but the second ~
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on the mountain over night. Shortly after
dark it began to snow and by morning there
was six inches of it on the ground. We had
no grub and our horses had nothing to eat
for about twenty-five hours.
W. H. Ward of Deep Creek, Indiana, holds
the belt for game this year. He shot one
deer and the bullet passed through and killed
another one farther off in the brush. He was
using a Model 1895 Winchester, shooting the
.30 Government cartridge loaded with the
220 grain bullet. The bullet struck the first
deer through the ribs, destroyed one-half of
the heart and then hit the other deer in the
fore-leg up close to the shoulder and stopped
at the outside skin on the far side. The
bullet went through about two feet of deer
meat and bone and killed two deer on the
way. The bullet had upset to 7-8 of an inch
across and was 3-8 of an inch long and the
copper jacket was peeled back beyond the
base of the bullet. It penetrated about
nine inches in wood, while the umbrella
pointed bullet went to pieces at six inches.
Possibly some of your readers will be in-
terested in this information.
Blueing and Cleaning Barrels.
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept.
As a reader of your magazine I am taking
the liberty of writing for information. Ihave
a double barreled gun formerly blue steel
finish, but the blueing has all worn off. Would
you please send me information as to how I
might reblue the barrels or lock? I know this
information has been published before, but
I unfortunately lost my copy containing it.
Also is there any way of cleaning barrels that
are slightly pitted? Would emery paper in-
jure them? ‘
- S G. Ruddell,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Reply—Dr. A. A. Merrill of Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, wrote a very complete article
on blueing processes for this department some-
time ago. However, we never recommend
shooters to try to reblue arms at home because
results are never very satisfactory. We would
suggest that you would send your gun back
to the factory or to some good gunsmith.
The best way to clean out rust would be
with a steel scratch brush and some kind of
arust remover.
Coal oil is also good. Remove all that is
possible with a scratch brush. Then finish
with rags coated with rust remover. After
you have gotten all of it out that can be re-
moved, grease the gun until it is needed.
Editor.
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The Effect of a Takedown on Sighting. extreme range of about two-thirds of a mile-
Editor, Guns & Ammunition Dept. At two hundred yards a good .22 will group ~
I have enjoyed reading the “Queries and most of its shots into an eight inch circle —
Answers” column very much and it just oc- provided you have perfect weather conditio.
curred to me that I would like afew questions ' but it is not likely that you will obtain groups, %
answered. of this size with your light rifle. =|
I have a .22 calibre Stev ens Marksman Your 16 gauge Harrington & Richarc son —
rifle, takedown model, 22 inch barrel and I would be a good gun for a boy of your age. *
find. that the sighting is slightly changed When you are able to afford a better rifle”
every time I take it apart. As I use it at would suggest that you get one of the high
target matches this is very important and I — grade .22 calibre rifles like the B.S.A. No. 12,
think it was the cause of my poor scores for Winchester Bolt Action or the Stevens Single —
my first matches. The scores in order were Shot No. 414 for your target shooting. You rs
50, 59, 85, 86. Thesuddenjumpinscorewas, can get real groups with any of these rifles. od
I think, caused by a change of the sights when : Editor. » ee
I put the rifle tegether. Is there any way by rari
which I cculd remedy this? The 280 Ross and the .256 Newton Compared
What is the extreme range of this rifle using Edilor, Guns & Ammunition Dept. ="
the long rifle solid bullet cartridge? I have What is your opinion of the .280 Ross and | :
been able to hit a board a foot wide by three the .256 Newton? What is their weight ‘and .
feet high at about two hundred yards, al- have they a heavy recoil?
though I think it was a fluke. 2 Thos. Wilson,
I recently bought a 16 gauge, Harrington Toronto, Ontario. :
and Richardson shotgun. Do you consider Reply—Both the .256 Newton and. th
this a good gun for a boy of my'age, l5 years? .280 Ross have a moderately heavy reco
It is a single barrel and so far I have found — especially the Ross. However, it is not suf-—
it very satisfactory. ficient to make them unpleasant to use, ‘pro- .
H. M. vided you are accustomed to shooting a high:
5 “4 ~
Reply—Taking apartand re-assembling a power rifle. an
takedown rifle nearly always changes the They weigh in the neighborhood of seven
sighting, especially if it is a cheap rifle and to eight pounds depending upon the weight — 3
has had considerable use. The best plan is of the stock, as_rifles vary slightly because
to always leave the rifle assembled and clean some of them have heavier or ghey Bienes, ;
it, without taking it apart. of wood in the stock.
The .22 calibre long rifle cartridge has an
: Natural History
Photos.
3ONNYCASTLE DALE
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Pacific Loon, one year
old.
5 Da 4
T is almost exactly six years ago, to wit,
June Ist, 1914, that the writer, in com-
pany with three other white men, crossed
the Nelson river on the commencement of a
journey to Winnipeg which occupied twenty-
two days; and which, within the space of
perhaps no more than a couple of years from
now, will be accomplished in less than twenty-
four hours, by rail. Further, it is probable
that more people will make the journey
within the year that sees the steel reach
Hudson’s Bay than have hitherto made it
throughout all the ages. Our successive
means of locomotion between Port Nelson
and Winnipeg were (1) a dog sled, (2) a canoe,
the progress of which may be further sub-
divided as follows:—(a) paddling, (b) rowing,
(ec) sailing, and (d) tracking (3) a small river
steamboat, burning wood, (4) a fishing sloop
(5) a Lake Winnipeg steamer, and (6) an
electric street car, the last from Selkirk into
the Manitoban capital. The party started
off in cariboo coats, and finished up in its
shirt-sleeves.
As far as I am aware, this crossing of the
Nelson, from the Port to Beacon Point, was
at the time the latest ever made; and for all
I know to the contrary, it might stand as
record yet. The river was expected to “go
out” at any hour. Indeed, on the morning of
our start the pencil ice was merely held
together by a fortunate frost of the previous
night. At that, there was water almost all
over it, in some places waist deep. The
grounded ice, which lay for a mile or two out
cat either bank, was just slush, through which
we had literally to force a passage. Every
VESEY
few yards a dog was disappearing from sight,
to reappear as his fellows unceremoniously
hauled him clear. The sight was much like
that of a strong swimmer cuiting through
breakers. It was heartbreaking toil for those
of us who walked and ran, and for the dogs.
The remaining three of the white quartette
were George Wray, the Hudson Bay Com-
pany’s factor at York, and magistrate for
the district, Finlay Maclennan, chief auditor
to the Department of Railways and Canals,
and a railroad engineer, whose name also was
Maclennan (“Macs’’ pervade the northland
almost as much as they do the Clyde). At
this stage of the trip the fur factor had the
best of the deal, for he was in the “‘carry-all’’—
a home made sled with a seat in the rear of it,
and canvas sides, its name doubtless being a
corruption of cariole. Here he sat, in state,
along with the few things we were taking out
with us—which included a violin belonging
to me, and which, by the way, got no farther
than Fort York, where it probably is yet.
If ever I happen to be in that neighborhood
again I shall try to get that fiddle back.
Wray’s weight could not have been less than
a hundred and eighty pounds, so that the five
huskies had all their work cut out to draw
him, the carry-all, and three men’s luggage.
One of the Company Indians tarried at the
rear end of the sled, to help it along, and to
give it a hoist whenever it sank deeply, which
if fairly frequently did. There were two
other men with us, a half breed named Arthur
St. Clair (whom I afterwards met in a Flanders
trench, dressed in a kilt) and another old
Indian, the official guide—one Beardey.
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After a couple of hours of Herculean labor,
we managed to reach the “‘glib” ice covering
the deep water channel. It looked dubious
enough, for it was covered with pools of water
acres in extent, and the sun was beginning
to shine brilliantly. The Indian behind the
sled wanted to turn back. Even ancient
Beardey, the man whose counsel, by all the
laws of common-sense, we should have
hearkened to, gravely shook his senile head
T. M. Vesey, Port Nelson, 1914.
and averred we had left it a day too late.
The dogs sat upon their haunches and howled
at sight of the water. St. Clair resolutely
declined to say a word that could be counted
as an opinion either way. As to the two Macs
and myself—well, we had an uncomfortable
feeling that we should be laughed at if we
returned to Port Nelson. And, speaking for
myself, at any rate, I had a most uncomfort-
able feeling about going on. I was distinctly
ill at ease about the business, either way it
went. Since then I have frequently been
pretty badly scared by one thing and another;
but, speaking from present recollection of
bygone scares, I can recall no specific episode
during which I had the “wind up” to any
higher velocity than I did on this occasion.
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- southern shore. Then he waved aperemptory
and hoofed it with the rest of us, across that
/ Personally, I think I would have with almost _
~
The Maclennans, I have reason to believe,
felt about the same way. So we, too, held
aloof from the exchange of opinion. We re-— j
mained neutral, willing either to go forward _
or back, as decided by the factor—who was
really the man in charge of this part of the —
trip. I scarcely like to confess it now, evento
myself, but it seems to me that I was secretly et
hoping he. would give the “about turn” —
command. He scanned the green-white_ se
expanse of ice and water, examining oe |
minutely clear to the grounded ice of the —
hand, and said: “Go on.” It sounded like: —
“Let’s all get drowned.” After all, he was |
an old hand, and probably understood —
conditions as well as Beardey did. (I recall, a
however, that he climbed out of the carry-all -
deep water channel.) The old Cree j just |
shrugged his shoulders and went ahead of us, —
a hundred yards or so, tap, tap, tapping at the
flooded ice with his stick, in a way that for —
some reason reminded me irresistibly of —
Pugh, the horrid blind man of “Treasure —
Island.” On we went. The thing seemigd >)
to be developing into a sort of neck or nothing ©
business. At every pool of water the dogs —
howled disconsolately, balked, tried to skirt
it, drew back, turned around, and behaved
generally like horses refusing a jump. Some- —
times they had to be dragged forward by their
harness. A good part of the way they were
swimming.’ Across the channel we ran nearly
all the way, for it is easy to run in moccasins —
equal facility run in ammunition boots, 4
seeing that I was buoyed up, so to speak, by
the mental vision of that icy river travelling
seawards at seven miles an hour beneath
the inch and a quarter of rotten ice that —
separated me from it. Wedidnottravelina —
straight line, by any means, but «followed bs
dead in the tracks of the guide, who tapped an
extremely sinuous course. My natural in-
clination would have been to make one wild
dash direct for what looked most like safety; :
but I discovered in myself intelligence enough ©
to back Beardey’s knowledge against my own
ignorance, and so did not diverge a yard. a
Once, when we were well on towards the - oP
centre, he hesitated, advanced a few steps dana
one direction, gazed earnestly ahead, re- —
traced his footsteps and essayed mioiheh
direction, then turned and looked almost i
appealingly back at Wray. But that Crom- — ty
wellian individual merely waved him vonyand '
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centre of the channel, St. Clair stripped off
his coat and dropped it into the carry-all.
“Not that it’s of much use,” he remarked
Frankly, I began to feel thoroughly annoyed
about the whole thing, and wished I was any-
where else than there (except, of course,
underneath there). Every one of us gripped
- aseparate piece of rope tied to the back of the
sled, so that, in case one went through, the
dogs might possibly haul him clear. However,
the ice held, and I have always looked kindly
on cold weather since then. When we reached
the shore ice we had lunch, in order to fortify
ourselves for facing the second edition of the
Herculean toil through the slush; for we were
still several miles from Beacon Point. This
part of the journey was merely a repetition
of the first. We made the Beacon at last, at
“six p.m. We had started at eight in the
morning. Eleven miles in ten hours.
Several Indians awaited us at the Point.
What was far more, they had a hot supper
for us within afew minutes. After partaking
of this we crossed a narrow strip of land, some
fifty or sixty yards in width, climbed into two
canoes that were in readiness for us, and were
paddled the five miles up the Hayes to York
Factory. The Hayes and the Nelson Rivers
mingle their waters into the same estuary;
yet we were able to step off the ice of the one
«stream, walk a few rods across the spit, and
were on the open water of the other.
It was with feelings of the liveliest satis-
faction that we entered the post and were
welcomed by the magistrate’s wife. She
was the fourth white woman we had seen in
eleven months. Tired as we were, we played
at billiards. Also, we drank Bass’ ale. (I
wonder whether there is any there now?)
We felt that we had once again touched the
fringe of civilization, even though we were
still upon the lonely shore of Hudson’s Bay.
I was dog tired when I -went to sleep, but
still my slumbers were troubled by weird
dreams of Stevenson’s Pugh tapping his way
across the ice. Fort York is still a lonely
and somewhat desolate spot, and nightly
the wolves howl outside its fences. Yet the
_ day cannot be far distant when the gaunt
structures of grain elevators will stab the sky
___ beside Beacon Point and the wireless towers
of Nelson.
_ Brilliant sunshine augured well for the
_ beginning of the long canoe passage to the
It was the third of June. The day
I looked at him—apprehensively, I imagine. -
drily, ‘’cos if we go through we’re done for.” —
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of war had not yet beaten their call to arms ©
though they were soon to beat. Little did
any of us dream, as we slid noiselessly out
on to the bosom of the Hayes, waving our
farewells to the group upon the wharf at
York Factory, that within a brief space of
weeks the bugles of Britain would be sounding
the ‘‘Fall in,” their echoes penetrating to the
farthest outposts of Empire and warning her
sons that the Hun was at the gate. The
third of June, 1914: lying back in the canoe,
revelling in the bright sun and the ever-
changing river scene, how little could I
imagine that precisely two years later, and
on just such another glorious day, I should be
standing with the broken yet unbeaten rem-
nant of a Canadian brigade, on a field three
thousand miles away. However, we cannot
lift the veil that hides the future; which is
perhaps as well, because we might fear to —
face it.
The party now consisted of nine souls;
six Indians and three whites, the fur factor
staying at York. Beardey was still with
us, as guide. Old as he was, he could play the
best paddle of all, and I really believe that
_ every stretch of that long, intricate, winding
waterway was photographed upon his brain,
for he unerringly chose the best channel, even
when the entire river width seemed, to all
surface appearance, the same boiling rapid.
For an hour or so, while the tide was
running briskly in from the Bay, paddling was
easy (especially so, merely to watch other
people doing it) and progress rapid. It. was
not long, however, before the natural force
of the stream, overcoming the lessening flow,
became too strong for this method, and
tracking had to begin. Only one Indian
remained in the stern of each craft, while the
others, two on each long line, hauled the
canoes. And this tracking continued for four
whole days—to the first portage, in fact,
known as The Rock, one hundred and nine
miles from York Factory. It was surely a
hard period, for the Indians, the foothold upon
the steep banks being at times extremely
insecure. Running, sliding, ‘scrambling,
sometimes breast high in the stream, at others
clinging like flies high up the precipitous
banks, they made their precarious way. A
circumstance that struck us with unusual
force was their extreme, immense cheerfulness
under these adverse conditions. Most
civilized men, if they fall into the water, off
a rock, will swear; and even if they retain
sufficient command over the “unruly mem-
ber’’ to refrain from this, they will not, as a
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s
rule, regard the mishap as an excellent subject
for unrestrained hilarity. Not so these Crees.
The more often they fell in, the more of a real
good time they seemed to be having. At any
laboring work to which he may be put, the
Indian of these regions is morose and rest-
less, and he will drop an agricultural imple-
ment at any minute to chase a live wild thing.
But put him at his own natural employment,
for which all his traditions and upbringing
have so eminently fitted him—trapping,
hunting, snow-shoeing, canoeing, and the
like—and he can give lessons in enthusiasm
to a fanatic.
By seven o’clock on that first evening,
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or animal upon which we happened, they
would grieve over the circumstance until the
slaughter of some other creature restored their
equanimity.
they ate. Muskrats, rabbits, blackduck
terns, beaver, groundhogs, all went int? the
pot indiscriminately, at the first stopping —
place. One evening, I recollect, there arose
a fearful tumult among them, and, looking _
out from our tent, we observed that they
were: all engaged upon the chase of a frog.
However, he batrachian managed to get
away, and the Crees returned to their tent
disconsolate.
Crossing the Nelson on the ice, June Ist.
when we camped by the side of the stream,
we had made twenty-four miles. It had
seemed a long day, too—a long, long day of
idleness (not referring, of course, to the
Indians). But there were many more to
follow. We were invariably away by five
thirty a.m., after a hasty cup of tea. At about
eight a halt would be made for breakfast;
then on again until the noon hour. An after-
noon snack held us up usually for about forty
minutes, and we supped at about seven thirty
p.m., wherever we decided to pitch our camp
for the night,
The Indians were undeniably great trench-
ermen. They ate as they worked, like heroes,
and it never-ending source of
amazement to see what they could devour.
Scarcely a living thing, from a muskrat to a
ground-hog, ever eluded them. Their guns
were always ready to their hands, and if, by
any ill chance, they failed to kill a wild bird
became a
captured him, must ever remain one of the ~
dark and inscrutable mysteries. Personally,
I incline to the belief that they would have
demolished him, on precedent. They ate
everything else, and I find myself unable to —
imagine any reason Which might have induced ©
them to make an exception in the case of the
frog. ;
For ourselves, we contrived to obtain a fair
quantity of game and fish during the journey.
Indeed, we disposed of very little more than
a half of the provisions with which we had
provided ourselves at the start, excepting
only the bannock, of which we were obliged
to make more on the way.
As the days wore on, and the miles dropped
away behind us, the weather became warmer —
and the vegetation along the river banks —
grew less stunted, and presented a more —
varied aspect, At first, nothing but the dark
and mournful-looking foliage of the spruce —
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And everything they caught —
So what would have been the ~
amphibian’s fate after death, had they
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and the tamarack met our eye; but later the
landscape was immensely relieved by the
lighter colors of the birch and the alder.
Willows also began to make their appearance
_along the water’s edge, interspersed with
the pale yellow of wild grasses. The evening
of the second day out from York found us
fifty-two miles from the Bay. :
We might have done considerably better
even than the twenty-eight miles, but for the
occurrence of a heavy rainstorm that threat-
ened to continue far into the night. However,
a cloudless sky and a delightfully fresh forest
country greeted our eyes at sun-up next day.
This day passed without excitement, being
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don’t strike this camp within an hour there is
something wrong with my figuring.”
He went to his knapsack and took out a
long envelope, bulky with blue-prints. Finlay
and I looked on while he awoke the sleeping
sextette and proceeded to harangue it. He
knew no Cree, and their ignorance of English
was equally extensive.
““Winnipeg!”’ he shouted and brandished
the envelope. ‘“Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Winni-
peg! No stop here. North West Mounted
Police!”
It is usually good business to traffic on the
Indian’s reverence for the Police, but it failed
They looked as
A Post in the Northland.
but a repetition of the previous one’s tracking
manoeuvres. On the Saturday night the
- Crees hauled our two canoes carefully clear
of the water, emptied them of their contents,
and turned them bottom uppermost. A,
_ hazy suspicion dawned upon me, but I did
not give it voice. Next morning confirmed
it. We did not awake until nearly six o’clock
and there was not a stir in thé Indian tent.
I strolled across the few yards of ground that
separated us, and lifted the fly. There was
the little serried row of Crees, slumbering
with what might be called exasperating
‘peacefulness. When I returned to our own
tent the two Macs were sitting up, watches
inhand. 2
-“Tt’s Sunday,” I said, ‘‘and those pious
_ red men Of ours will not move a yard to-day.”
The railroader sprang to his feet.
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+ “Watch me,” he commanded. “If they
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artless as men will look who do not speak your
language, but understand perfectly, never-
theless, what you are driving at. They
looked about as intelligent as a rail fence
does. At length Beardey moved. Rising
slowly and with dignity from his blankets he
dug out his.hymn book; and the rest followed
suit. We did not move until Monday.
The Crees certainly endeavored to make up
some, at least, of the lost day, for they
dragged the tent about our ears at four a.m.,
and we were on the river again by half past.
Before noon there came to our ears the distant
reverberation of the first fall, and shortly
afterwards we came upon it. There it
stretched, clear across the Hayes, a white,
seetnuing wall perhaps five feet in height. The
long tracking stage was over, and we had
reached the first portage—called the Rock.
With the boom of the broad fall in our ears
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we halted for the midway meal and indulged
in a few minutes’ fishing. In these little
traversed, practically unfished streams of
northern Manitoba there is “‘no waiting’:
just like a continuous movie program. Pike
and trout bite immediately and ferociously
at a bare hook, bait being quite unnecessary.
No sooner does the bright barb sink beneath
the surface of the clear water than, like a shaft
of silver light, some denizen of the river has it
in his gills. We contented ourselves with
catching sufficient for our immediate needs,
and the Indians did the same. They caught
far more than we did; but then, they ate far
more. The amount of victuals those Crees
could devour at a sitting was, as Bret Harte
would have had it, “beautiful to see.”
Early in the afternoon we made the portage
(the first of thirty-nine) it occupying less than
half an hour. But now came a period of
arduous poling, the river for the next few
miles being flecked everywhere with white,
boiling foam. Four more portages were made
in the course of the next three miles, though
it was not always necessary to take every-
thing from the canoes, or to lift them out of
the water and carry them. We simply
lightened the load by carrying as much as
possible in one trip across the rocks, while the
Indians forced the canoes up the rapids by
means of their spruce poles. It was highly
exciting work, and the shouting that accom-
panied it was terrific.. ‘‘Asini! Asini!’’? would
shriek the bowsman, his eyes glued upon the
gleaming water before him; and the others
would pole frantically—and sometimes drive
the canoe with a surge straight on to the
submerged stone it was designed to avoid.
On these occasions the inarticulate yelling
verged upon pandemonium. Since we were
trying to push through to civilization with
as little delay as possible we sometimes made
no attempt at a portage at all, in places where
one was really necessary. But whether we
gained anything, in the aggregate, by these
manoeuvres is doubtful, for at times, even
with our united efforts, both muscular and
vocal, we failed to ride over the rapid. On
several occasions we were beaten back,
twirling like tee-to-tums, when apparently
on the verge of success. Our strength would
abruptly give out, when one more honest
thrust would have carried us over the crest
into smooth water.
Still, we progressed steadily, evert though
slowly, towards the south,: hoisting sail
whenever a fair wind sprang up, which was
frequently the case toward evening, and
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making, on some days, nearly thirty miles. 3
On the hardest day of all we were compelled _
to manipulate ten distinct portages; and if
between them was more poling than paddling,
there being scarce a mile of unruffled water _
in the whole of the stretch. One canoe sprang —
a leak, too, which was repaired with whitelead
and tin, but only in a makeshift manner. _
After that it needed frequent baling, and we
were more or less wet during the remains
of the trip. On the fifth night we camped at
the seaward end of Swampy Lake, one b
hundred and forty miles from Hudson’s Bay.
But from here on bad weather was encounter-
ed, to our great discomfort. We traversed
the lake under very adverse conditions. ae
was violently gusty, the wind being against =
us; and this gave the water an unpleasant
chop. Moreover, out in the lake, which is
fifteen miles in length by four wide, there was
no shelter at all from the elements. It was
afternoon before we reached the head, where
is situated Whisky Portage—so named be-
cause on one disastrous occasion a freight — Se
canoe capsized in the rapid, and an entire "52a
case of J. Barleycorn was lost in the depths.
Another famous portage which we shortly
afterwards made is called the McNab. It is —
a short one, less than a quarter of a mile long, ;
through a little bush trail. Midway between
the two ends there stands a tiny paled en-
closure surrounding a headstone which bears
the simple inscription: “Sacred to the |
memory of Robert McNab. Died i7th July,
1867. Aged 15 years.” Surely one of the
loneliest graves beside which the rare tra- — 3
veller has ever paused to pay the passing, Ares
tribute of a sigh. : ‘es a
ate
Wed ay f us heise
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It was at the southern limit of this port:
that our Crees had immense and tumultuous
sport. Placing themselves in a circle, knee- ~
deep in the waters of a sequestered pool, and
armed with their long spruce poles, they pro- —
ceeded to “spear’’ a prodigious number ene x
suckers. Their shouting and splashing had a
definite object here, for it so confused the
terrified fish that they fell an easy prey to the: _
pointed sticks, After this slaughter of the
innocents we commenced the crossing of Knee oe Me
Lake, the longest on the route—forty miles.
In shape it might, to an imaginative person, — ; in
have some faint resemblance to a human a
knee, It is of no great breadth in any part, we,
being merely @ widening of the river as it ah
passes through level country. T ye
evening we heard a distant shot, a “later A eo
caught sight of a canoe. Instantly we pry 4
all excitement, and so were the Indians—bu Ki ve
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not for the same reason. They had espied
a loon, sitting upon the water, and were away
in 2 moment, across the lake, to chase him.
In vain did we order and even implore them
to go forward, but our prayers and com-
mands alike were futile. Until darkness was
falling they paddled frantically after that
elusive loon, which kept diving, at the
moment of being fired at, and coming to the
| surface again in the most unexpected places.
And in the end they had to give up the hunt,
\ for which I felt very glad. They would not
do as we asked them, and came to no profit
by their obstinacy.
I can still reflect with
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claws, which he exhibited with a stoical com-
placence that was amusing. Silence then fell
heavily upon the group, and after this had
lasted for what was, I suppose, the time
demanded by etiquette, we once more shook
hands with preternatural gravity, and with-
drew, to pitch our own camp for the night.
‘By five am. we were away again, still
traversing the lake. We were hoping to get a
good day in, but it seemed we were to be
dcomed to disappointment, for during the
forenoon a fierce headwind sprang up, rend-
ering progress impossible, so we halted At
this halt, I might remark, we indulged in the
: . The dog team.
inward satisfaction that they did not get that
loon
Meanwhile we were on tenterhooks of
anticipation to learn who had fired the
_ strange shet, and whose was the strange canoe
(which matter, curiously enough, did not
seem to exercise our Indians in the least
degree). ‘ We soon came up with it, and, in
the gathering darkness, saw that it was pulled
up on to the bank, near to a number of decoy
ducks; while behind, on the fringe of the bush,
was pitched a tent. A dog barked at our
approach, and, upon our hailing, there issued
forth from the tent.a young Indian wearing
the Hudson Bay Company’s cap. He was
accompanied by his squaw and three small
children, these latter eyeing us furtively from
- the shelter of their mother’s skirts. We shook
hands solemnly, one with another, down to
the tiniest baby. This handshaking business
seems to be beloved of the redskin, and he
performs it as though it were a religious rite.
The young hunter, who came from Oxford
here
: House, next showed us some black bear's
-
only shave of the entire trip. Late in the
afternoon the breeze died away! and we once
more got started» The weather now. though,
grew very changeable; the sky clouded over
rapidly, and before long a thunderstorm
burst, with heavy rain, once more driving us
to seek shelter. This over, the wind turned
fair, and we proceeded under sail, between
intermediate drenching showers. By nine-
thirty next morning we had completed the
crossing of Knee Lake. Then came three
short portages, to Jackson’s Bay and Oxford
Lake. Early in the evening we rounded a
bend, amid pretty, pastoral-looking country,
and there, away on a hill to the southward of
us, stood the buildings of Oxford House, one
of the Company’s trading posts—and the
first human habitation (with the exception of
the Indian hunter’s tent) we had set eyes upon:
for ten days, and in a distance of three:
hundred and thirty miles.
Oxford House is not nearly so old as York
Factory, and is not marked on Franklin’s
map at all. It contains only three white
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people, and perhaps two hundred Indians
and breeds. The settlement is picturesquely
situated in slightly rolling country of quite
appreciable agricultural value.
Our way now lay through a chain of small
lakes, every one of which seems to bear
several names indifferently. Franklin him-
self called them all by one—his own name;
but the most generally known appellations, so
far as I could gather, are: Windy Lake, Pine
Lake, and Lake Max.
long portage into what is still called Franklin
Lake, up which we proceeded for some twelve
miles. Before noon next day we reached the
height of land, after passing Whitewater Fall.
From the height, which is the natural water-
shed, all streams flow southward; so the
greater part of our labors had at last finished. -
The scenery during the next few miles was
some of the best seen during the entire trip.
It was extremely rocky and .wild, and we
passed through one frowning gorge, the sides
of which must have been well over a hundred
feet in height. An eagle’s eerie crowned the
crest. Rain now set in again heavily. The
river, which, south of the height of_Jand, is
called Blackwater Creek and the Echiamamis,
grew narrower until it was a mere winding
ribbon through the rushes, which we could
touch on either hand. This stretch seemed
to be the most utterly lonesome of the whole
journey, for nothing was to be seen save the
short stretch of water opening immediately
ahead, the glistening, overhanging foliage,
and the strip of gray sky above.
At length we came to Robinson’s Portage,
twelve hundred yards in length, which
possesses the unique distinction of having
4 primitive tramway along it, with wooden
rails and a large flat car. We piled both
canoes, and the whole of our belongings, onto
the car, and made the portage in one trip,
which was something in the nature of a feat.
Then followed the crossing of Grassy, Hairy,
or Molson’s Lake (it is called by all three
We did it in forty minutes’ sailing.
arly next day we made the final portage
of the journey—-Winter Portage. Now we
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Next came a fairly ~
* had to be up and doing at half past two on the ©
‘farewell to our six good Indians, and awarded nee
were really on the home stretch. At about —
three-thirty in the afternoon one or two _
isolated. wooden houses were to be seen along
the left bank of the river, which is here called d
by the somewhat curious name~ of the Sea a
River, and is, in reality, a part of the Nelson. Jes
At length it opened out into Little Playgreen
Lake, then into Playgreen Lake; and at five
in the evening we caught sight of the red— fs
roofed buildings of Norway House. This was :
our canoe destination. With a shout we ,
pulled into the landing stage, three hundred is) By
and fifty miles from Hudsons Bay. The ae
journey had taken us fourteen days, and it
was with some satisfaction that we lay down
that night to sleep in our tent on the shore.
“Something attempted, something done, had <3
earned the night’s repose.’
We should have slept in the post ~igelk re
but for the fact that it was already full to —
overflowing. For Norway House is so near
to the fringe of civilization that it annually og
attracts as many trippers as trappers. We |
following morning, in order to catch the fishing .
company’s tug-boat, ‘Victor,’ which was to. iA ;
convey us down the Jack River (the East | ie
Nelson) to Warren’s Landing, at the northern
extremity of Lake Winnipeg. So we bade
them our surplus belongings, such as rubber | 2
boots and oilskins. The tugboat pulled out =
in the gray of the morning, and five hours —
later (though the distance is but twenty-five
miles) we moored at Warren’s Landing. Lake d
Winnipeg lay before us. Here we were com-—
pelled to kill time for a day and a hatf, waiting —
for the Selkirk steamer to put in an appear-_ ;
ance. It arrived at last, but on the opposite iz
side of the narrow strait, and we had to =
charter a two masted fishing sloop, nothing
smaller being available, to take us across the é%
intervening half mile of water, Thirty-eight Ee
hours later we reached Selkirk, and, boardi
an electric street car, were in "Winnipes. ie
within another hour. Total distance from _ Ee
Port Nelson, six hundred and eighty-one a
miles. ‘Total time, seventeen days.
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Reminiscences and Remarks
W. E. Dickson 2
OR many years I have bought your up-
F to-date magazine at the news stands in
this city and elsewhere, and havegreatly
enjoyed reading the letters, from its contri-
butors, regarding fish, game, and guns; but
not much from the province of Quebec. These
letters brought to mind, the days. of long ago,
when the lads had lots of fun, hunting and
fishing in the woods and streams of this, then
new, country, even if there was not much
leisure between times. For there were the
chores to do, the cows to milk, teams to drive
for the plow, hay to rake by hand. and other
jobs too numerous to mention in these days
of time saving machinery.
Away back in my boyhood days, it was-a
poor spring, when the lunge or sturgeon did
not run from 30 to 50 Ibs. in many of the
rivers in the then Lower Canada. In spring
while the water was high, the fish were hungry
for any kind of bait.
The brooks, ponds and lakes had plenty
of speckled trout, from the record one
caught by ‘a Miss Ainslie, down to
fingerlings. Those of about one pound being
most esteemed.
Then there was no question of in or out of
season, but with pole and homemade tackle
we went fishing, for the fun of it. Fishing
for market was then little followed, in the
country parts as high cost of living had not
yet been born. Beef was 4c. by the quarter;
pork 7c. by the hog; butter 12c. and so on.
Caribou were located in Megantic, Artha-
baska and Drummond counties. Moose east
and north of that, and the deer from the
Vermont line to Pontiac county. Now the
caribou are very scarce, the moose gone fur-
ther east and north, while the deer have been
scattered over the ground vacated by the
caribou and moose, too largely caused by the
breaking up of the winter yards, by pot-
hunters or lumber and shanty men, which
drove the caribou out of their usual and suit-
able breeding grounds, as running with dogs
has done to the deer.
Wild pigeons had to be chased out of the
wheat, peas and buckwheat. When a few
thousand did light on a field of grain, they
would gorge themselves, and thresh out or
break down what was !eft. By the farmers
they were considered as 4 vermin, or plague.
Being too fat for the taste of most people,
those that were shot or even killed with el
pen. The last time I aan a wild pigeon wa “za
at East Harrington, Quebéc, in September =
1911. One thing about these pigeons, which
I have not seen mentioned by others, was the =
jiggers, a species of flea, that infested them.
This insect would eat holes into them, ig
into the flesh of the birds, and as well, thas
human harvesters of the grain, where the —
pigeons had been. The jigger is common, in oy
Mexico and South America, and is oceasion-—
ally found on the hardwood ridges up north. —
QUERY—Did these vermin help, the extine-
tion of the pigeons? Se
Geese moved in flocks in the ’60s, and it
was a triumph when a boy got one, as the ~
muzzle loading guns of those days were lack-— 4
“;
ing in power for geese. Lore
Ducks were more plentiful than now, and ~
most every hunter will tell you, how the ducks <4
have been depleted in the past 40 years, ee
harassing them all the year round in the back —
townships.
Ducks are also the prey of hawks, cm
many animals, and particularly of the Great —
Northern Pike. : ais 40
On an occasion some five years ago on Bev- | bce
ans lake, Argentueil county, I shot a mallard, —
bringing it down to the water, when one of —
these pike with jaws like an alligator, swallow-
ed the duck as a mere mouthful. The Great
Northern pike grows to be a large fish as.
fresh water fishes go. Mr. Angus McIntosh,
the well known fisherman of Montreal, and
I, saw one of these pike that was at least six, ome
feet long, and though we were out fishing, we
pulled up our lines, as we had not tackle for
such as that. My good wife while trolling — at
there, caught one weighing 2814 lbs. which she
killed with the assistance of a neighboring -
farmer, who used a hay-fork on the fish, when BY
it ran into the shallow water. 2 ae
You had a discussion some time ago, as. +4
to whether a_pike is a pickerel, a pickerel a
dore, and a dore a pike, etc. Nowadoreisa —
pickerel, by the statutes of Quebec, but, itis” Ee
not a pike, as the dore has one more back fin
than either o ee others. Pike to me is solely -
the G. N. Pi The smaller light colored, or-
wall-eyed nike is what is known all een, We:
North America as the pickerel which in
the St. Lawrence, and its aflluent rivers, i
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- MACDONALD'S ©
In varying forms for differ-
ing tastes, Macdonald's
Tobacco is as much a part
of life out-of-doors as it is
in the club and on the farm.
As an appreciative smoker
you will finda grateful sense
of comfort and satisfaction
in “the Tobacco with a
Heart.”
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the wateis in the United States. The real
G. N. Pike is as dark in color as the black bass,
has black eyes, and is found up north, in the
lakes, with the companionship of se gray
and speckled brook trout. The G. N. pike
is thicker in the back and flesh than ne pick-
erel, the meat being firm, of excellent flavor
and equal to anything of fish kind, other than
trout.
In some of the lakes where both G. N. and
wall-eyed are found, hybrids are caught, that
may be dark on one side and light on the
other, or have one walleye and one black, or
with light and dark patches all over, like a
holstein cow. The fins of the G. N. pike
are as pink as those of a mullet.
Salmon in the *60s of up to 50 lbs. were
common in the Chaudiere Nicolet, St. Francis,
Richelieu and other rivers. They were gen-
erally taken by spearing or trapped. Salmon
Creek near Richmond, Quebec, was noted for
its big salmon, but none are to be found now,
in these streams. The advent of the big saw
mills, towns, sewage, and chemicals from the
pulp mulls and factories on the banks of the
streams, finished the salmon, and not the
fishing that was done.
The gray trout is another fine fish to be had
in all the large lakes of this region, of good
size, up to over 20 lbs. The largest that I
had, was 22% lbs. caught in a lake near the
Rouge river. The flesh is a beautiful pink,
and 1s much esteemed.
Sometimes we boys got more than fish when
fishing. In ’65 I was out spearing with J.
Stevens on the St. Francis, with pine knots on
an iron jack for a light. On entering the
mouth of the brook at Trenholmville, Stevens
with the spear at the front of the boat, said
‘Stop! there is a log here.”’ I replied, ‘“There
was no log there, when I brought the boat
out.” Stevens put the spear down to hold
the boat off the supposed log. When he
touched that LOG it humped under the punt,
and dumped us both into the water, together
with the light, spear, paddle, ete. Oh! but
it was cold getting home that night in May.
\ few days after, Mr. Sam Wright caught the
fish with hook, and worm for bait. It was
a sturgeon and weighed 92 Ibs. Some fish! !
There is good bass fishing now in many of
the lakes in the and the best
time is early in June or in October with the
Laurentians,
fly for those of a couple of pounds, or trolling
for the big ones. Bass apparently grow about
a pound a year, as is determined by the fact
that fry were put in Bark lake in 1914, and
the largest caught each year in that district
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has shown that growth, and in1920the largest
caught weighed 6 lbs.
Partridges, thanks largely to the yeatneee j
tions, in the taking and sale, are recovering
from the hoggish hunting of the past many ; .
vears. Also they were badly killed off in
this province in January of 1917, by a heavy -:
thaw, followed by a hard frost, by which, —
the birds under.the snow, were smothered or»
starved, and many of those above were frozen. —
The weather the last two years has been very _ :
favorable and they are multiplying rapidly.
As the young partridges are but half grown bk
by the end of September, it would he well if 4
hunting them for that month were prohibited.
To a man up in years, it is great sport to
go into the woods in October, when the cool &
days come, with your dog for a companion, —
and roam through the bush getting a ‘part- =
ridge once in a while and seeing the thingey
of the great out doors.
I have a fifteen pound smooth hair fox ter- _ Ea
rier, that is my favorite, and O.K. for part-
ridge. Being small, the birds are not scared,
nor do they fly away far, and sometimes tree ee
right over the dog, which saves much weary —
walking.
With regard to the open season, | am of |
opinion, that to offset the powerful weapons
of the present day, as well as the destruction —
of the cover of the forest, by the lumbermen, _
or for the pulpmills, we should give the game
more show, or they wil! follow the wild pigeon — Jig
and the dodo. *
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As the meat of moose, caribou, and dock 2: 7
spoils in a few hours in the hot days of Sep-
tember, that month should be taken out of the 4
open season, as well as for the partridges. aS 4
Only permit the hunting of big game in —
October and November. Chasing with dogs *
should be prohibited. Only males having —
horns to be killed, or transported by railway, |
express or boat under penalty. Killing at Ye oe
the camps in the back woods by lumbermen; ag
when yarded, for the meat, should be stopped,
and infraction of this, severely punished. —
The females to be strictly preserved, to re-
stock the bush and rocky uplands they fre~ ;
quent, most of which lund is useless for any — >
other purpose. The establishment of a wey
moderate season bag limit would help some 3a!
too. e570
I can assure your readers, that from ee
Soo down to Nova Scotia, there is no section —
better for the Individual sportsman bie “
hunting, than northern Quebec and sh 4
Laurentians, Let them go up any of iby,
valleys of Riviere du Notds-. Rouge
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Better Patterns
_so necessary for good
shooting whether at the
traps or in the field—are
the result of the uniform
pressure which gives high-
er velocity to the shot
pellets driven by
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Sales Department
Rifle and Shotgun Powders Division
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
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Cleaner Burning
Uniform
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Higher Velocity
Less Pressure
It is a fact that —
tests on hundreds of thou-
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know why more than 7
out of every 10 shooters
use Du Pont.
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Leivre, Gatineau, or other streams flowing
into the Ottawa, where he will find game
enough to be interesting, have a good time, -
and see some of the most beautiful scenery in
eastern Canada. In mostly every township
there are to be found fairly comfortable
“thotels,’’ where satisfactory meals and lodg-
Re “Prairie Chicken of Canada West” by Mr. Evans
in January’s Rod and Gun
should like to draw your attention to a few
remarks from my point of view. Being a
resident of Manitoba for the past thrity-
six years; a life-long lover of our feathered
game and taking a very keen interest in
everything pertaining to same, in my estima-
tion, what is claimed by socalled sport authori-
ties, ‘Game Guardians,” that the chicken,
grouse, etc., are on the increase, is quite
correct and in order.
I also cover a large amount of territory but
not in an auto. Undoubtedly these birds
have reasons for keeping out of sight, when
autos are in the vicinity. Some individuals
violate the law by carrying loaded guns in
their car, shooting out of season and on Sunday.
There certainly is too much of this going on
especially by the owners of these vehicles.
Not only do they violate the laws of our
province but also the laws of God.
Under the existing conditions one cannot
but wonder why they do increase. First,
there is this outlaw with his gas waggon, who
shoots out of season any old time, Sunday
being more favorable for many. He says to
himself, “I might as well get them as the
crow or wolf.” In my opinion, he is in the
same class. My friend calls him, “The
selfish sportsman.” That is classing him
very mildly. He is the most fiendish in my
estimation and has my deepest sympathy be-
ing born that way,—the poor mortal.
Second, nests are robbed by the great
enemy, the crow. I know for a fact that
these birds destroy not only eggs from the
all our feathered friends ex-
chicken, but
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ings, are to be had, at reasonable rates. The
citizens of Montreal seem to be the only people —
that know its attractions, and it is become B|
quite a summer resort, and a place to go for cf
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week end trips. The G..G. N. Ry. and Cc
P. R. trains give good service to reach these
localities.
cepting those capable of protecting them-
selves.
Third, cold wet weather when the birds are :
nesting and after the young are hatched and
forest fires, wood tick, etc., also play a big 3 a
part.
Fourth, new land being put into cultivation
during nesting season, which of course, cannot __
be avoided, plays havoc with the wild game.
I do not blame the Indian as I believe him
to be a better sportsman of a finer calibre
and would not stoop to classify him with the —
individual with the flivver. ine
I am firmly convinced that our game birds. ee
are on the increase, thanks to the laws. The.
reports which I have read from different
parts of the province go to show that they aS
are very plentiful in many districts. I would —
suggest that there the season be keptclosed, __
and there is no reason, to my knowledge, t to.
lead anyone to believe there will be an ope “sf
season for these birds. The law states that —
it is closed indefinitely, unless the leuislabonaare Roe
now in session will make an amendmaais to. ive
open the season. reine
I will take the liberty to make a few sug- Mh
gestions as follows—that the provincial >
~government place a bounty on crows; that
es
ths
various localities form crow clubs; that a law © eae 3
governing the limit of birds andchickensbe
made more reasonable. Make the penalty — ~e &
for violating this law very severe as the big | iz
fellow can pay a fine with impunity, a ay
Hoping this will find space in Rod andGun, 2
I remain, zy
A friend of feathered game” “and ae
a lover of clean sport. 7
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Will Organize Ontario Game Association
to remedy the lack of provincial organ-
* ization was evidenced at thé rousing
eonvention held in Toronto on Wednesday
February 16th. For years, the legislature
has enacted fish and game legislation without
the voice of the sportsman being heard owing
to the lack of organization in the province.
For a number of years the Essex Wild Life
Conservation Association was the only body
of any size that made its strength felt in
the best interests of conservation in the
province. Last year saw the birth of that
lusty lunged youngster the Northern Ont-
ario Outfitters’ and Guides’ Association which
has grown to man size proportions in a short
time. In January, thehunters to the immed-
iate north of Toronto felt the need of organ-
ization and at the call of G. G. Green of
Bradford, held a splendid convention and
formed the County of Simcoe Hunters and
Game Protective Association. In order to
fully present the claims of all the hunters
of the province, Mr. J. S. McDowell of Mid-
land, secretary-treasurer of this newly
formed association, circularized all of the
hunting parties in Ontario, totalling over
four hundred, calling for a conference in
Toronto on Wednesday, February 23rd.
The splendid response to this appeal to
the sportsmen of the province was shown by
the delegates from the various clubs that
attended the meeting and the large number of
letters of regrets that were sent from the
various clubs. The morning session, which
was held in the King Edward Hotel, was
given over to discussion of the various amend-
ments to the game act and suggested changes
to be recommended. At noon the delegates
waited in a body on the Hon. Harry Mills,
Minister of Game and Fisheries. Speakers
appointed to press the recommendations
of the conference which are as follows:
Te AT the sportsmen of Ontario are soon
were
Game Conference.
1. That section 13a of the Ontario Game
Laws forbidding the killing of deer in the
water be eliminated.
2. That each hunting party be allowed to
pat venison while in theic camp in addition
to the deer they are allowed to take home by
license,
3. That some action be taken to protect
the game of the province by prohibiting -the
carrying of firearms in the districts of Musko-
ka, Parry Sound and all territory north
during the*closed season; and that notices _
to this effect be displayed prominently.
4. That the following animals, bear, ‘fox .
weasel, skunk, and lynx, be taken from the ee
list of fur bearing animals. 3
5. That the open season for deer south of ee
the main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way be from November 1 to 15th inclusive
and that the open searon in any other part 1
of the province be restricted to fifteen days. |
6. That the hunters in convention unan- |
imously request that the section of the act
relating to the hunting of deer with hounds —
be not changed.
7. That sale of all game be prohibited.
The feeling of the convention regarding - 3164
the necessity for the legislation mentioned _ TS
was very strong and with the exception of |
the sixth clause, passed with very little dis- — = is
cussion. The bone of contention between — x
the two schools of still hunters and dog —
hunters had to come to the front and although _
the still hunters were so much in the minority
that only one delegate spoke in favor of the yy
abolition of the hounds in deer hunting in ~
Ontario, still the argument pro and con
assumed considerable proportions at times. _
The Minister of Game and Fisheries gave |
an attentive hearing to the deputation and
promised consideration of the various requests. smu Hy
Game. Conference.
In the afternoon the conference met at Ke
three o'clock and unamimously decided to :
form a provincial association for the better~ bs rig
ment of conditions for the game, and for the
hunter. Various speakers pointed out the ae
need for a permanent organization to present — 2
the claims of the sportsmen to the legislature” » g
and to safeguard the game generally through- 2 a
out the province. It was resolved to form me ‘3 .
association that would be composed of all rs
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Chas. Graham, Daniel Lockhart, C. B. Hend-
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Rev. J. D. Kitzpatrick, Brantford; M. McKib-
bon, Milton; Robert W. Simpson, Hamilton;
Gordon Marr, Woodstock; Jas. Bradley,
R. R. 1, Stratford; H. Occomore, J. P. Gow,
Guelph; Dr. Armstrong, Parry Sound; E. H.
Kelcey, Loring; A. Patterson, Searboro; Dr.
J.-D. Hammill, Meaford: M. Mathenay,
Thornbury.
The committee which waited on the Fish
and Game committee of the legislature con-
sisted of Dr. N. A. Powell, Aubrey Davis and
William Pears.
The above provisional executive will
organize the province and call for a general
convention to be held within the next few
months when the future of the association
will be decided. it is hoped that all lovers
of true sport resident in Ontario will put
forth their best efforts to attend the conven-
tion when the permanent association will be
formed.
Game Conference.
Those in attendance at the Toronto meet-
ing with the clubs they represented were —
Geo. Kidd, Inglewood, Hunt Club.
W. F. R. Stubb, Caledon, Hunt Club.
R. J. Stodden, Peterboro, Green Island Hunt.
Ed. Dutton, Midland, Dutton Hunt.
Frank Hill, Toronto, Hillcrest Hunt.
Hilton Brumwell, Highland Creek, Ont. R.R.1.
R. A.’ McCowan, Scarboro P.O. Ont.
J. C. Moorish, Highland Creek P.O. Highland
Hunt.
D. Walton, 47 Simpson Ave., Vermont Hunt.
Aubrey Davis, Newmarket, Ont., Horse Shoe
Hunt.
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Wesley Proctor, Schomberg.
Hector Hart, Hart Club.
Thos. Ellison, Schomberg.
H. Wallwin, M.D., Barrie, Spion Kop.
J. T. Thomas, M.D., Caledon, Hunt Club.
D. Howell, Midland Hunt.
W. C. Davey, Bradford, Hunt. t
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R. E. Tindall, Bradford Hunt.
A. Heuily, Bradford Hunt.
F, Switser, Barrie Hunt.
W. R. Walters, Toronto Hunt. B
V. A. Hart, Barrie Hunt. he.
A. M. Heron.
D. A. Lochrie, Toronto Hunt.
W. A. Bishop, Secretary Midland.
Geo G. Green, Secretary Bradford.
A. Saint, Secretary Bradford.
A. Nuiley, secretary Bradford.
F. Collings, secretary Bradford.
Barrie Hunt Club.
J. Brandon Secretary, 94 Dawes Rd. Toronto.
Barrie Hunt Club.
W. Pears, Secretary.
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A Tale of Other Days
A. B. WICKWARE
HE hot august sun was reflected in long
T shimmering waves of heat from the
placid surface of the lake. The air was
filled with the droning of flies and bees, the
former bent upon destruction and the latter
harvesting and husbanding the sweets of .
nature as they flew from flower to flower.
The birds seemed to be holding silent com-
mune except for the occasional hoarse caw
of a querulous crow or the raucous cry of
a crane winging his way from shore to shore.
The shoreline of marsh grass, interspersed
here and there with flags, cat tails and brack-
en, insinuated itself between the woods above
amd the shadows below. The trees, silhouet-
ted as by some magical wand in the mirrored
depths of the water, assumed weird and gro-
tesque shapes. Truly the proverbial dog-
days were at hand and all nature seemed
drowsy or asleep.
No! Not all asleep, for within a small
sequestered bay, idling about amongst the
pond lilies which grew in wild profusion,
floated a giant turtle. Each day, it was his
wont to lurk just upon or beneath the surface
in wait for minnows, frogs or marine insects
which chanced to pass that way.
testing quietly and serenely, he seemed
oblivious to all around, until the creeking of
an oar or the sound of a human voice awoke
in him an alertness little suspected in so
sluggish a creature. Then noiselessly, and
without apparent effort, he would sink be-
neath the surface, leaving only a few bubbles
to mark the path of his stealthy and silent
departure.
For days the minnows had been scarce, hav-
ing swum away from the usual shallows to the
cooler waters of the deep holes. The piping
frogs had migrated to the protecting shade
of the swales and dewy meadows, and the
amphibious turtle had suddenly awakened
to find an empty larder and an insatiable
appetite which no amount of hunting could
appease. He no longer remained idle, basking
in the sun or enjoying the shade of the pond
lilies, but foraged far and wide in search of
food,
This was his first summer in the little bay,
his earlier years having been spent in an ad-
jacent creck which widened out until lost in
the broad waters of the lake. His home had
heen beneath the driftwood and sunken logs
was like a dream and her poignant grief |
recently swept away ne the spring real
In coming to his present abode, he ha
wittingly entered the sanctuary of Anas, |
little blue-winged teal, who for three | seasons —
had held undisputed sway with her mate ¢ ©
the small marginal water. é
There she had reared her little famil
peace and security and with three uneve!
seasons as a precedent, had again built |
nest on a small willow covered bog, safe fr
marauding foxes and predaceous rodents. —
When her eggs, deposited with so much
in a natural nest formed by the willow
had chipped and released their preciou
dens, her heart had been overflowing with j joy
and gladness. ‘Together, she and her consor {
foraged for the daily bread, first one and ne .
the other assuming charge of their downy | s
progeny. When any danger seemed immin
ent, from hovering hawks, their warning n
would send the little ones scurrying to co
while their own subtle efforts of feigned ii
would divert attention to themselves,
But misfortune had descended with U Ԥ
suddenness of an avalanche, and one by. 1
the little ones had disappeared by some
fathomable and mysterious means. Va
they had tried to shield them by all tl
herited instinct of long generations, and ha ig
failed, they left their ageuSte a haunts: pa 7a
wander at will. .
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During the weeks that follawad: they
deavoured to forget their sorrows— in fre
scenes amongst others of their own Sree sa Bs
So they played and sported until one day her — ee
mate fell prey to the gun of a ruthless mipeeats ae
hunter shooting out of season. oiler oH
Now she was alone, and with that mate rn
instinct which i§ inherent in every mother’s ua
breast, her thoughts reverted to the scenes a ;
of her former quiet and hallowed life, — ure ely. Bs td
she would find comfort, solace and_ safety. Baa
within the confines of the little bay. Phe it
memory of her earlier struggles and dang gers
been mellowed by time.
Swinging lightly into the air, she took wing
one evening for her old feeding age a
hap she thought the memories of oth
would sustain and help her to forget hi
rows,
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At sunset, she descried the old familiar
trees which seemed to beckon her with wel-
coming hands. In long graceful sweeps she
circled the little bay drinking in the dank
evening air and feasting her eyes on the land-
marks so dear to her. Occasionally the spell
made her forget the past, and she uttered soft
quacks as if in expectation of an answering
call from her mate. But, alas! only the echoes
broke the stillness of the air, and at last,
tired and weary, in a long graceful slide, with
outstretched wings, she settled into the waters
of her beloved paradise.
Picking here and there some widgeon grass
or wild rice, or diving for some choice aquatic
cress, she seemed content and happy as she
chortled to herself.
It is a wise ordination that keeps us in
ignorance of impending calamities, as other-
wise the clouds of despondency might com-~
pletely engulf us and crush out all our hopes.
Reconciled to the events of the past, little
Anas seemed perfectly content amid the en-
vironments of earlier days. She swam and
dived and flapped her wings in the excess of
her happiness at being back. Then having
fed to repletion, she scrambled up a mud
bank to preen her pretty feathers and rest
her tired body. But like all wise ducks, she
slept fitfully, and ever and anon she raised her
tiny head to listen and to see.
Suddenly, from out the golden glow of a
radiant west, appeared a little speck of black.
Nearer and nearer it approached until the
wedge-shaped flying formation presaged a
moving flock of ducks on their way to distant
feeding grounds. The swish, swish of their
wings caught the ear of little Anas and in- -
voluntarily her voice was raised in a note of
welcome. The response was heralded by a
rapid change of flight, and after*a few verbal
exchanges, the flock, evidently satisfied that
here was feed and safety, lightly settled down
in the outer waters of the bay and commenced -
swimming shoreward.
Little Anas, with true woodland hospitality,
strengthened by her sense of loneliness, hasten-
ed to meet her new found friends and in an
lesshys 3 FS ~
a silent prayer, the waters closed over ner
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tattoo upon the water as she eee to fre
herself from some unseen foe.
It was the old enemy and desecrator of
happy home, the giant turtle. Rendered
savage by the gnawing pangs of hunger, and
with days of fasting adding to-his bitterness, i
he had lain in anxious wait for such a chance. et
Ordinarily, his cowardly nature would have
made him shrink from contact with an adult
bird, but now he held on grimly and Temorse-
had quickly closed together and then witlee La.
hurried beating of wings, had taken flight.
Left alone with her foe, the little duck
fought valiantly to release herself from. the has
mysterious force which was slowly pulling
her beneath the surface. Convulsively she
struggled with a desperation borne of despair.
At moments the conflict seemed toswayinher
favour and then suddenly her advantage would — oe
be lost. But according to the inexorable, but — Be
frequently unjust law of fate, the unequal 4
yi
struggle could only have one end and slowi
but surely the superior weight of the turtle Et 4
commenced to tell.
Her efforts became more spaiandi “her
first loud distressing quacks gave way to. :
laboured breathing punctuated by a sup-
pressed moaning and finally as if in answer to a ia
head, leaving only a little ripple to tell of the s
tragedy. oh
A few weeks later, on a warm meme :
morn, the turtle, grown careless by a life of
leisure free from molestation, floated as of
yore upon the surface of the bay. Noiselessly, ——SeSoo—
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waist, ascertained the exact nature
of the wound, then washed it and
from his pocket drew a small bottle
of oil with which he succeeded in
stopping promptly the flow of blood
the loss of which had evidently caused
Carl to faint. Soon he had re-
gained consciousness with the aid of a
stimulant the guide also carried, and
together the guide and I made a litter
and at length got Carl back to camp
where we dressed his wounds and soon
had him resting comfortably and he
said he felt all right, only a little weak
from loss of blood. I questioned the
guide as to what he had used to stop
the blood flow and he said it was
made from Canada fleabane, the
common names of which are horse-
weed, colt’s tail, scabious, prideweed,
butter weed, fireweed, blood-stanch,
cow’s tail, and bitter weed, being
names applied to it in different lo-
calities. I was greatly impressed
with the efficiency of this remedy and
recommend it to the attention of
brother sportsmen in cases of emer-
gency. The scientific term for it is
“‘Leptilon canadense’” (L) Britton.
This weed is common in damp, sandy
soils in fields and waste places and
along roadsides in many parts of
Canada. It is an annual weed be-
longing to the aster family (Astera-
ceae.) I afterward looked it up and
read about it, and on one or two
occasions after the hunt on Van-
couver Island I had use for it, but
that constitutes another story. At
any rate I became convinced of its
value in emergencies and I took a
real liking to it. The stem, which is
bristly-hairy, or sometimes smooth,
varies greatly in height, according to
the soil, being sometimes only three
inches high, and in favorable soil
often reaching a height of ten feet.
The larger plants are branched near
the top. The leaves are usually
somewhat hairy, those scattered along
the stem being rather narrow, with
unbroken margins, and the lower
ones slightly toothed. From June
to November numerous heads of
small inconspicuous white flowers are
produced, followed by an abundance
“ of seed. The entire herd is medicinal.
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of the
I learned, and should be gathered
during the flowering period and care--
fully dried. It has a faint, agreeable __
odor and a somewhat astringent and
bitter taste. The fresh herb on dis.
tillation yields a volatile oil whichis
sold as oil of fleabane. The common ~
name “blood stanch’’ will indicate to
the reader the value of this plant for
arresting hemorrhages from various _—
sources and the bleeding of wounds. —
I learned also that it is useful in ~
diarrhoea and dropsy. I make this — |
somewhat detailed description of¢his —
plant thinking possibly some wander- _
ing brother sportsman may some day
have need for it. 3
After a few days Carl was all right
again, the wound proving to be of a ©
less serious nature than I at first
thought and under the artful care
ide he was soon able to
resume his hunting, though some few”, —
days elapsed until the wound en-
tirely healed- and the soreness
left. I afterward asked him how it
happened and he said he was stalking
a goose and in the dim light of the
early morning was attempting to
climb the fallen tree, as I had ima-
gined, gun cocked, preparatory to
dropping the goose as soon as it waS
flushed, when he had tripped and
fallen sprawling to the ground. In + a)
the fall the gun went off and shot him
through the right side, near the arm
pit, he having the gun on his right
shoulder as he started to climb over”
the tree trunk. However itwasonly =
a flesh wound luckily, very luckily for
had the shot struck him squarely in
the side it would have been “Good
Night!” Within a few days he was_
quite himself again and as jolly and —
goose hungry as ever.
Talk about sport!
tainly have it on Vancouver Island —
with a good fellow like Carl and a —
good guide like Borden for company. —
We lived the ee life there and for —
myself I would have been perfectly —
willing to have kept on living it right
there. But Lhad a pesky old job wait-
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couldn’t very well get rid of—without
starving to death—so when the month
was up, we reluctantly bade the —
lovable old Island a fond farewell and —
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trekked it back home, bringing with
us many happy memories that we
shall never forget. Even Carl, in
spite of his mishap, was reluctant to
leave the Island, and we made it up
then and there to try it again on
Vancouver Island sometime in the
near future. However, the years have
slipped by and I have not been able
to join him in the numerous trips he
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Lee Boards for a Sailing Canoe — a 3
RoBERT PAGE LINCOLN
F one has never used a sail on a canoe he
has missed one of the most enjoyable
features of that form of water-cruising.
Probably many do not make use of this fea-
ture, held back by the belief that the canoe
under sail and in a brisk wind will capsize,
and that is true in many cases if some means
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are not used whereby the canoe can be steadied
and made more reliable in holding its own.
Just here is where a pair of lee-boards come
in fine and the knowledge of how to make them
should appeal to every canoe owner. These
may be taken apart and put away in the
outfit when extended trips are made, for in-
stance into the wilds of Canada. Or they
may be used in home waters as one sees fit.
They are light and do not take up a great deal
of, room.
The wood to be used for lee-boards must be
able to stand prolonged immersion without
cracking and warping. Of materials experi-
mented with, mahogany will be found to be
the best to be had. Procure a piece that is
seven eighths of an inch thick, nine inches
wide and seven feet long. When this board
is sawed in two it will give you two pieces,
each three and one half feet in length which is
the approximate length of each lee-board.
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has made there. But I hear the ~~
shooting is still good and I bide the —_—
time when I can take another vaca- ©
tion on the Island amid pleasant scenes
and in close proximity to an abund-
ance of Canadian wild-water-fowl. e
Fellow sportsmen, when you hunt |
the wild geese and ducks of old a
Canada you engage in a sport fit for > =a
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The board is now marked out and cut in the
shape shown in Figure 1. In the small end
is the handle which is two inches wide and
four inches long up to the point where it —
broadens up into the wide part. The wide
part is about eight and one half inches through-
out. Mark the piece and cut it out with
a key-hole saw. When you have one piece
ready then mark out and cut out the second —
piece.
The piece is permitted to be seven anes ;
inch thick in the handle end but from that
point down to the other end it is tapered, both —
sides being planed. Inthebigenditmaybe
one fourth of aninch thick; eventhinnerthan
that will not be harmful. A little thicker
than a straight taper along the middle will
prove more satisfactory than a straight taper. a
The boards when finished as to planing and
sand- papering should be oiled several times
and then given a coat of spar varnish of a
good grade.
It will now be necessary to obtain two flag- -
pole sockets, the sockets being one and one
half inches across on the inside. Sockets of —
this sort coming in a brass material are most
desirable. Arrange one on each lee-board as
shown in Figure 11, just forward of where the — 4
sweep begins. A round oak piece one and —
one half-inches through is now obtained. Lay
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this across your canoe to measure it, being
sure that at least three inches protrudes on
either side. Then, as shown in Figure 111,
join the lee boards by means ofthe sockets to
the round oak piece adding a screw to hold
them firmly in place. Figure 1V shows the
next move to make. A piece of squared
hardwood (a) one and one half inches fits in
from one edge of the canoe to the other to
press up against the strips that follow the
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boards in position, down when so desired, or,
when one desires to lift them up as one nears.
shore, the mere matter of loosening up on
the thumbscrews will permit of the boards
- being lifted. The wood rod that connects
the lee-boards can be made more firm in
place by cutting a flat surface to fit the wooden
edge of the canoe to prevent turning. The
illustration (d) shows what is meant. If the
wood rod is perfectly round its tendency to
Obtain two pieces of
brass rod of the one fourth inch thickness and
thread both ends, then bend as shown in the
edge of the canoe.
inset (b). A brass plate one eighth of an
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is now obtained. Holes are drilled in this
plate to slip over the rod ends as shown in
(b).. Suitable thumb-screws are now obtain-
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and can be tightened up as desired. The pull
thus obtained as between the under-piece (a)
and the upper lee-board piece keeps the lee-
turn will be greater than if partially flat, at
least.
The sail of the canoe is generally placed in
the bow of the canoe. The position that the
lee-boards assume is one mid-way between the
common centre of the canoe and the bow.
If these simple directions are followed one
will obtain excellent and satisfactory work,
and once one has made use of this steadying
contrivance in sailing, he will never be without
it. Lee boards take all the danger out of
canoe cruising.
The Gun Permit Law
Editor, Rod and Gun in Canada.
Although I am not a subscriber, I am a
constant reader of Rod and Gun. I hope
soon to be a subscriber to this wonderful
magazine which tells about the whole of
Canada.
I have just read the article telling about the
law which has been passed in Canada relative
to the carrying and owning of firearms,
Although living in the States, it seems to me
very foolish to have passed a law like that
over the border.
It has been my intention to live in Ontario
but as long as this unreasonable law exists, I
will not make an attempt to live in Canada.
A peison hunting in one locality, gets
a few miles further in the next district and of =
course, must have another permit. By the
time he has finished his hunt, he has spent a
good deal of time just for permits.
Now Canadian sportsmen, do not let a fica
like this exist,
men of the country to band together in an
effort to have this law repealed or suspended,
Alex. Muskowski.
Detroit, Mich.
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Biological Survey).
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fur when prime is thick and soft.
FOOD:
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squirrels, mice, birds, and insects; put in-
captivity they relish milk, bread, boiled rice, .
cornmeal and graham mush, table refuse,
chicken heads, butchers’ scraps, cooked
prunes, and other fruits. Large bones with
fragments of meat attached are excellent for
their teeth. The livers and entrails of small
animals designed for martens should be re-
moved, as these organs frequently contain
parasites. Fresh water should be supplied
daily. Care should be taken to give the
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underfeeding. Females with young should
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once or twice a day as may be convenient.
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Hanging Moose Heads
J. N. J.
That moose head should arrive from the
Pop will feel all ©
taxidermist about eee
swelled up, as he tells Ma and the kids just
how he did it, and shows them the good
points of the head. He will want it on the
wall at once, and he is liable to break his fool
neck, when he shoulders the head, and climbs
the rickety old step ladder.
I have a collection of moose and elk heads
(too many for a private house) which recalls
pleasures of as long ago as 1890, and as recent
as the fall of 1920. When I swing up a new
head, or rearrange the old ones, I use an
equipment which is to be found in almost
every home. The readers may be in-
terested.
Directions.
Set the tang screw or special fastener at the
proper height, usually about 30 inches below
the ceiling, set an eye screw in the wall near
ceiling directly in line with the tang screw.
Take a few pulleys off the awnings (you will
find them in the attic at this season) and
borrow Ma’s clothes line. Now you have the —
full equipment.
Adjust the tackle and then get Ma or one |
of the kids to pull the rope, and when the _ aa.
head reaches the proper height, shove it
against the tang as intended, and you will
find the head is “‘all set.’””, Remove the tackle,
but leave the eye screw. If necessary for
greater safety, attach a wire to each horn at
the burr, and carry wires through the eye ©
screw, and make fast; tighten the wires by
twisting them together, using a large nail for —
the purpose. The wire will not be noticeable.
The moose’s muzzle will be shee or ten feet
from the floor. j
You will now walk across the room, and
after looking the job over critically say to
friend wife—‘‘I don’t altogether like it. It
doesn’t look natural; that was a very large
moose, and in th€ woods he carried his head
some five or six feet higher than that, the
ceiling is too low to get the right effect.”
The job is now completed.
Resents the Gun Permit Law
Editor, Rod Anad Gun in Canada.
I wish to write to-day for publication in
your magazine, a strong protest against the
government ’s silly law imposed on the Canad-
jan public,—the carrying, as well as possessing
of firearms. Of all the laws passed in that
have amazed the public, I believe this one
is the worst. It is absolute rot, nothing else,
and shows what some of our law makers know
or care about the masses.
If the government is afraid of outside
Bolsheviki, it had better be careful not tomake
Bolsheviki at home.
Why not issue a badge in each province
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The granting of a license costing a couple of
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people who know him and who have a few
years’ good standing in his locality. This
would eliminate all others than those eligible
from securing a license.
There are a lot of ways of doing business,
but only one straight one, the right one. I
hope my brother hunters ‘will fall in line with
us and help us to secure better treatment with
a pound of common sense.
Shawenegan Bay. J. C. Courtney.
A Novel Dinner
Lou P. Smith, vice-president of the Ithaca
Gun Company recently introduced a novelty
to his friendsin the form of a “‘fox barbecue.”
Mr. Smith in addition to being vice-president,
of the Ithaca Company is also head of the — i
Board of Commerce of Ithaca, New York and
an ardent hunter. On a recent hunt, Mr.
Smith and his companion, were successful —
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weight about twenty two pounds. The
guests were invited to afeed of fox meat
and according to all reports thoroughly en-
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Cocker Spaniel Crowned the Queen of All Dogdom
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"To the cheers of more than 3,000 enthus-
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spaniel, was adjudged ruler of all dogdom.
She was placed over more than 1,800 dogs
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The noted Pekingese champion, Phantom of
Ashcroft, belonging to Elbridge Gerry Snow,
was reserve and best of opposite sex.
That both of these dogs went to the top of
the ladder to fight it out for stellar honors
was a huge surprise to thé experts and a
majority of the big crowd of spectators.
There were hundreds in the crowd, including
veteran experts, who were of the opinion that
neither of them was as good as any one of
half a dozen which had been rejected by the
‘judges. They believed that the bull terrier
Champion Haymarket Faultless, from Ottawa,
Canada, which won the crown here three
years ago; Champion Landsdown Sunflower,
the greyhound which has won forty-five
ribbons for the best in the show; Blarney
Begorra, one of the most typical Irish terriers
ever exhibited in this country; the Airedale
terrier Champion Doreda Warland Strategy
and Winterview Borda Von Der Furstenburg,
a shepherd dog, were better than either the
winner or the reserve.
Neither Seductive nor Phantom won its
honors by the unanimous consent of the
judges. There was a disagreement between
Charles G. Hopton, the professional expert
_ sion, well set ears, of the proper texture, clean
neck, good legs and feet and the merriest —
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As aresult, Dr. John E. DeMund, the referee
was called in to render the final decision. He
lingered quite a while in the ring before he
made the important award. But after in-
specting them minutely for many minutes and
putting them through all of their paces, he
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There were fifty-four high class specimens
in the coveted special for the best in the
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was the best.
Seductive is unquestionably, one of the
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of existence it never produced anything like
this. Although it did not have a record entry,
the quality of the dogs was superior to that of.
other years, the number of exhibitors was
larger and the crowd that turned out to pay
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homage to the dog broke all records. From
the time the deors were opened on Thursday
morning until the last special was decided
Saturday night the big arena was jammed
with lovers of the faithful animal.
10,000 Persons in Garden.
While the gathering on Thursday and
Friday was extremely large it was small in
comparison to that which turned out Satur-
day. All day long the building was jammed
to overflowing. It was estimated that more
than 10,000 persons visited the Garden at the
three sessions during the day.
The show opened Saturday with the judg-
ing of the variety classes. After Seductive
had been declared the best American bred,
May Morn Weather and her kennel mate, Clo-
verly Weather, old English sheep dogs, had
taken the honors for the best team and Phan-
tom of Ashcroft has beaten ten champions in
the open to all classes, the special for the best
in the show was called.
Fifty-four Dogs in Ring.
As the fifty-four dogs representing forty-
seven breeds were being led into the ring there
was a wild scramble by the throng to get
advantageous positions near the ring. They
crowded around the enclosure twenty deep,
and hundreds of others scampered to the
galleries to get a look at the proceedings.
Mr. Hopton and Mr. Swire lost no time in
getting down to business. They ordered the
competitors through their paces and after
scrutinizing them inaction, eliminated almost
half of them in a jiffy. The others they
brought to the judging platform and began
making comparisons of their good points. « In
this first close up inspection which lasted only
a few minutes, another batch were eliminated.
Then the real test began, for only eight
of the most fit remained. These were
the Irish terrier Blarney Begorra, the
old English sheep-dog Cloverly Weather, the
bull terrier Haymarket Faultless, the Airedale
terrier Warland Strategy, the shepherd dog
Winterview Boda von der Fursternburg, the
greyhound Landsdown Sunflower and Seduct-
ive and Phantom.
The next inspection was longer and more
thorough. When Haymarket Faultless was
placed on the platform this time, the applause
that greeted him was tremendous. He was in
splendid condition. His white coat glistened,
his small keen eyes sparkled, and his muscles
stood out like whipcords under the rays of the
powerful electric lights. He was the ideal
type of the gladiator he represents. But
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the judges saw him otherwise. y exam-—
ined him from muzzle to tip of tail and then
ordered him out of the ring. This surprising
decision brought condemnation m the judges
and they were hissed and jeeredatas loudly
and long as the dog had been cheered a few
minutes previously. ]
Sunflower Follows Faultless.
Landsdown Sunflower, the queen of all
grey hounds, was the next to take the throne _
for final inspection. She too was applauded
as she took her position for examination.
But, like Faultless. she was ordered out.
Then came the Irishman Begorra.
stepped to the platform in a daredevil manner
as much as to say, “I’m here, look me over.”
They did, and the judges quickly ordered him © “
out. But why he was eliminated so soon we
cannot understand. He was in tiptop form .
and looked able to battle for a kingdom.
Then Winterview Borda von De Fursternburg,
the typical shepherd dog, which had won a
grand championship in Germany, and the
Airedale terrier Warland Strategy, which had ~
defeated the best lot of Airedales ever gathered
together, were given the gate. ;
With’ their elimination the interest of the
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her go through some lively paces up and down ~
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worthy aspirant for the great honor.
they showed their appreciation of her by
liberal applause.
Phantom of Ashcroft was put through
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kindly to him. They seemed to resent that —
earlier in the day he had been placed over the
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small, no substance or soundness, being mere -
house pets. This is even so to-day.
The cocker spaniel is naturally one of our
greatest hunting dogs but it is to be regretted
that most of the thoroughbred and show
specimens of this breed as well as in other
hunting breeds, airedales for instance, are
never hunted.
We cannot help but see that in the failure
to put such dogs in their natural work such
breeds will eventually lose that soundness
stamina and keeness which is their disting-
guishing characteristic. Small cockers and
long body, bandy legged cockers are not
built on lines to fit them for puting up birds
in brush and wooded country up hill and down
dale. For this reason | have always stood for
the dog with good legs. A year or so ago
while talking to some Toronto fanciers on the
matter of judging, I told them that no matter
what bench show awards their dogs had obtain-
ed I could not stand for a long bodied or short
legged cocker. Another fad in cockers has
been the profuse feathering; why a dog who
has to work through the sort of country a cock-
er has, should be encumbered or entangled
with a lot of long hair on his legs is beyond
my understanding. The cocker makes an
all round huntingdog. While pre-eminentlya
partridge or grouse dog, he will, when put to
it, run rabbits or even deer. To-day inthe
cities when one is going on a partridge hunting
trip one of the most necessary and hardest
things to obtain is a good dog. What few
breeders there are here in Ontario of real
working cocker and water spaniels are general-
ly always sold out. They cannot keep up
with the demand. All praise then to those
who can breed pure blooded dogs that can
win both on the bench and in the field. This
makes the real dog.
Such a person is Mr. Baldwin of Ottawa,
who again took winners this year at New
York withhisfoxhound Heffwin. He isnowa
champion bench and field trial dog.
In spaniels there is Robert Smith of Port
Hope. He sent his springer spaniel Beech-
grove Duke to New York this year and won,
and Duke would much rather be out holding a
partridge or retrieving a wounded duck,
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Springers are the sort of spaniels for this
country, while perhaps not as “merry’’ for
partridge as the cocker; yet for both partridge
and duck they are the dog, eae the
power.. They are a larger brot to the
cocker.
In airedales we must gi Mr, Bates
of Metagama, as one who believes that the
thoroughbred should be also a worker and is
confining the best of these two requirements
up in that country. However, where there is —
plenty of meat, Mr. Bates, should not allow
his dogs to overfeed or he will have difficulty-
_in keeping them down to size.
Airedales are
spoken of as the “‘biggest and best” of terriers
but when they go over fifty pounds they lose
that hardness and snap of the real! terrier.
In conclusion, I will again say that by —
crowning a cocker spaniel Queen of Dogdom —
for 1921, in America the Canadian cocker
breeders may well be pleased and look again
to the days 20 and 30 years ago when the
Canadian cockers started the fancy.
Three of the old time fanciers who are
still going are Joe Hill of Woodstock and
Toronto, Lance Farewell of Toronto and Andy
Armstrong of Ottawa who has exchanged
dogs with Mr. Payne. These three are
judges and authorities on spaniels. Other
prominent breeders in Canada to-day are
Mr. Moore of Vancouver who has won al!
across Canada as well as in New York.’ F. J.
McGourson is also another prominent breeder
of Vancouver. In Ontario we have Mr. —
Lewis, Mr. Bowerbank, Mr. Falconer and
Mrs. Worthy of Toronto; Mr. Living, keeping
“Andy” company in Ottawa; Mr. Jackson of ©
Hamilton; and Mr. Crozier and Mrs. Kitter-
master up near Orillia; Mrs. Enright of
Montreal has been to the fore of late in —
Canadian shows. May we see more cockers
of the type of ch. Black Duke and Midkiff
Seductive, not too long and beefy in back and
standing on useful legs.
NOTE:—Canadian breeders of real sport-
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have even had enquiries from Dawson city.
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the specific germ has been actually discovered.
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There are several different forms of the
disease which means the infection either
manifests itself in different organs of the body
or that we are dealing with entirely different
diseases which have not yet been differen-
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distemper.
The secretions coming from the affected
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the parson” functions of growth, teeth-
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There is some evidence that the high
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animals mouth in health; that is to say, the
causative germ opens the door for the other
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the dead germs that are usually found
diseased animal. When these germs dead
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Haatios by distance, and the classification
of all trap-shooters, will be based this year on a man’s
ability to break 16-yard targets. In other words, a
man handicaps himself—allots to himself the mark he
shall stand atin all handicaps. This is all very plain-
ly set forth m the 1921 Registered Trapshooting
booklet.
The system will naturally enough be a fruitful topic
of discussion where two or more trapshooters get
together. It may, and probably will, come in for some
severe criticism at first, like any radical change is
subjected to before it is thoroughly understood, and
its working has shown its benefits.
Space is too valuable to devote much of it to a
dissertation upon a matter which is so capably explain-
ed in the booklet above mentioned, but a few words
to emphasize a point or two seem advisable. In the
first place it must be clearly understood that, while the
A. T. A. requires clubs to send in complete data on all
handicap events shot at Registered Tournaments a
at Registered Club Shoots, in fact, on all Registered
Targets shot at, the handicap data is for record only
and is not considered when distance handicaps are
awarded, these being based on 16-yard targets only.
Such being the case, we know very well that a man’s
first thought will be: “I can break ’em all right at 16
yards, but put me back and I won’t stand a show on
earth” How does he know that? Probably he is
basing his thought on what he has done in the occasion-
al handicap he has taken part in during the past year
ortwo. Ifhe willjustthink a moment he willremember
that he went into those events with practically no
preliminary practice. The question as to the amount
a man has to lead a quartering target from the back
marks had to be solved while in competition, and dur-
ing that process some valuable targets have got away
= a chance of finishing near the top has been also
ost.
The new rule will, we believe, cause gun club manage-
ments to schedule regular practice events at distance
handicap, basing the handicaps allotted ec grt
the A. T. A. ruling. With practice, the old bugaboo
of those three, four or more yards back of the 16-yard
mark will soon begin to lose its menace.
ST. HUBERT GUN CLUB.
Twenty shooters enjoyed another fine program
Saturday afternoon, February 19th, at the New Orch-
ard Beach traps. S. E. Sangster had the high gun
honors with a card of 46 breaks onthe 50birds. The
competition for the club spoon had to be carried over to
next Saturday, a breakdown of the trap causing a delay
which made it too late to break the tie. S.E. Sangster
and T. Baird had totals of 44, with handicaps off for
spoons won. Sel. Sangster registered his second win
- the E. Bedard Deer-Head trophy, 46 with two birds
Oo
The event spoons were won with keen competition
by Jos. Dionne, No. 2 fell to Tom Baird, Sel. Sangster
captured the third, No. 4 was gathered in by Norman
Brownlee, while spoon five was taken care of by Presi-
dent Corby after a shoot-off with O. T. Ring.
The team shoot proved another exciting affair,
ending in a tie and was decided in a shoot-off by the
two team captains in favor of the president's team.
Several visitors were present and a few took part in the
program, John McRae, of Saskatoon, putting on some
good scores, as did Mr. Easton for the first attempt at
the traps. x A
Five events at 10 targets: : ;
S. E. Sangster 8 10 10 10—46
AA ea 9 8 9 10—45_
N. Brownlee.... 6 910 944.
JOS- TONNE 25. FA ieee 8 5 9 10—42
H. I. Barber 8 8 8 942
W.D.Monk.... 8 9 9 7—42
W.J.Corby... 8 7 7 10—45
BaRuller..: oe 9 7 8 8&—39
S. Rastonti.3--.., ace ee 7779 9-39
John McRae. x) his ca ee ee 7779. 8&3
Won be. 222 2 ane 8 6 5 9 8-36"
Gep-'EBasdale 2. \¢...¢25e nein 7.7 62itl sa
WA Johnaton 53 ciocas 8 4 7 6 8—33
Po Watters: 252 2 eee 6 5 7 6 $33
7.4 6 8 7—32
7.5 8 7 S32
4 5 5 7 10—31
4 6 6 3 6—25
422 3 213
F. Marris’(pro) 2 <<< oc.ccsnax oa bo. 10
Shoot-off for spoon, event No. 5, and team race:
Corby. . 3 .5..:..0icecn >) Se Basdsle.; 2. osnntee
gt tit ie Seekenpears tee VO Te
Team race: :
President's Vice-President’s
Team eam.
Conny. Satan ee 41 Easdale...... 35
Brownlee 44 Baird. nar wees
Barber) icc. 42 Dionne... 42
angster 46 Johnston...... 33
GETHIN G. Girone oe 32 ON ss 5. i devscceun 42
RUM BRC. oh Sealy wes OO > I ee 39
Weatherne.5, 5 0c 33 Easton......... 39
Wick ware « o0.o. 322% 29. i FIED ELE, Say es Ave 29
Total 267 otal. ocean Cee
Majority, 10 birds.
Extra Event at 25 Yellow Bands.
Barber, 22; Sangster, 21; Baird, 20; Brownlee, 20;
McRae, 18.
HAMILTON GUN CLUB.
The regular shoot of the Hamilton Gun club was run
off at the local traps on Saturday afternoon when over
30 members were present. The main -interest was
taken in the third event of the Klein & Binkley handi-
cap, and while the leader, W. Barnes, still retained
his lead, the distance was cut down one bird by M.E.
Fletcher. Barnes got 23 for this event giving him a
total of 71, while M. E. Fletcher got 24 for atotal of
70. M. E. Goodale, H. Kretschman and C. Bailey
were tied at the end of the second event, and by putting
on the tidy score of 24, all jumped into a tie for third
place with 68._ J. F. Gray, a B. class shooter, is next
in line with 67. ;
C. Bailey now holds the long run honor by putting
on arun of 35 without a miss, this score beating of W.
Barnes by 2 birds. C. Bailey seems to be rounding
into form now and big things can be looked forfrom him
before the race is over.
M. E. Goodale and M. E. Fletcher tied for high.
average on the afternoon’s shooting with 48 out of 50,
and W. Barnes was next with 84 out of 100. J. Hunter
also had the good score of 46 out of 50, and E. H.
Sturt, 69 out of 75.
Sturt and M. E. Fletcher alltied if A. class for the spoon
with 24, but in the shoot off, Sturt won out with another
24. J.-F. Gray and W. W. Livingstone also tied in B
class with 22, but on the toss, the spoon went to Gray,
R. Dodds was the lucky one in C class, winning the
spoon with 21. The scores follow:
Shot. at Broke
Ie ATetschiman s¢ dh cecuoccmentina Ae 82
WR, SOGS TOG os 5p Tinta ican op dian etnacek ai 1'0 94
AX -SATOUG .: bo p'vzsévcabidbeirscidians eter itatecdantneeth 100 83
Bl RAMAINOE scence okey, donde datas mend icabaccton te 100 89
BS fg RRMES 10 ies eddnadivstb\thebassingthdcrcatcerebdtdaa tite 75 45
De SF ee TS ay 50 48
CA, TORING 5s bibipeids asttacperctratons ORG 50 41
MB SEM FER Re, es FS 50 42
I ER ENE Bt Rerk, S06 Be cho 50 40
Ms Es GHOODAIS . oSy esrb ciewhen hace 50 48
Pat DONOR: fs oG)s i eWindesicidat berate ak 50 43
Fis Mer MOUCTIOE » 0'x pc a Nenmisieithisaa acne 50 48
RPG Races icidllo ds caves, eb chil (ated init: em 75 66
GS GE ce itlileirioed jue clnek telnet 50 Al
H.L, Smith 50 36
H.Fletcher..,. 75 62
J.Griffiths.... 50 39
Cr SRO ask 50 30
A. Von Gunten,. 100 81
R. Dodds. ,......... 50 40
ie CSO VER <. Goikneiein ie aes sc 50 36
}, Hunter 50 46
J. Moyer 50 30
J.F.Gray..,. 50 42
BE, = SOEMOD yo: cccinsescslbiaas 50 40
Co EUIOD y « 5p wcvvstsestafepidttieseeshasilanitegdvaltinns 50 25
"a> Teh. eg i SF th ae
ss py ae Be eh S ORR Ee
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= 4 7 ) ‘s
GeBrOWh 2a Rice cra Rk a ee 50. 738.
T. Gardiner.............. <% 50
they shoot under such bad weather conditions. Sev-
eral members of the Garden city gun club, headed by
the irrepressible Bill Jones motored out, and after
bucking several big snow drifts arrived in time to
enjoy the afternoon’s “‘sport.” The prizes were wo eS
by Mr. McGlashan, H. W. Hunsberry, Mr. Killally and” ro
Bill Jones. A beautiful gold pen knife phy Sees
engraved was donated by BillJones to go tothe shooter _
breaking five (5) na beige ae Ng Bn unloading, after _
each shot in the quickest time by the watch and was
xu by ~ W. Hunsberry with five straight breaks in >
seconds. %
Those shooting and their scores follow:— §—
ames Shotat Broke _
EX, W. Fitts erry seks sac cnecocdosesecescenctesseetara oe 40 32
Wo POD gc cicerncsrenctercese sage eeerst tere mehcepknrs tat 40...’ S2 ree
M. Honsberger. apa
D.McGlashan..... “3
CEIVPartins, 2 3.2 egetaatern ice 35.
Don: Proup ss soy sah. ion pate tater Le?
phe SSDEME Grr ceveset es cauecs terre sSnaeaiwonpe ares igas assess 35
J. Eph. 2
GARDEN CITY GUN,CLUB.
The Garden City gun club, St. Uctharines, held their seg
regular shoot at their -ounds on Saturday afternoon,
with the largest crowd in attendance, this season, A
number of the Jordan Gun Club were presentandW.H.
Hunsberry tied with F. Church of St, Catharines i
the 25 bird event. Following is the ys Sete event.
WW HaneBerry:. . Sepiiicsc tose cvanst epics ene
FP CUrCH is 75 iv ac cintetew-e sy ecldlinesseaasnetinioes
MM. Honshersers.,.0......tscccnceuass ete
CEP OUDEN yiticrand fisshon andes uence Stabe
Fe WY TLCG ane, $idle o'euksamsarsssingshnevteoteis anacmeneeehe tee
Wc DONO |S oie, c:a/o,c'stntdeckaxassatem tent otete tae ate
Ais Wismiers i423 .200, ee
BD Wa oo ateieces Tacvencaiiicacsnerss eateastoae
W. Partington 75h s,..cssccmeinin eens
A. McGlashanx wus 02 eid ee soutaa
W.Jones......
M. Honsberger
A. McGlashan....
T. Jencks.
J.Spence...
R. Partington.,
H. Clatterbuck
W. Nickerson...
A. Welstead-.
C. Forbes...
D. Fraser.
W. Reed..
A. Notman
A. High.....
F. Gayder...
A. H. Kilally
T. Saunders.
P, May.......
W.Partington.......
P. Clatterbuck.....
Fr. FOSDOO ia contin acasosithenpnes Savuys boas vnataaie
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BEAMSVILLE GUN CLUB.
Thursday afternoon, March 3 the newly organ-
ized Beamsville Gun Club held their second shoot.
The scores were:—
Shot at Broke
0 OL) pe ee RI imate BR oP” Soin a 9a G 50 48
Se eeiconkie.. 5.5... atae ee ee 50 46
W. Hunsberry,. Oe te Gos cents eet REN a ee 68
Tew: at renga BONE pats A dete 3 Ea id Teo OS 50 45
G. Tufford.. ates SS ee a 25 20
Sick Glover... .dus$e. ss, eee 25 19
R.J. Montgomery. sane ps aemepoainic couebtencane tee be 60
Wyran: Srmielair Fs. cise ee eects eink inte Pag 15 9
CH. Pradhoune.:, 320 aes 40 24
BD. Laine x oe oes oe, a ee 50 oz
QU on 5 cee EE Settee ene 50 31
SAO GROSS ore eet a ee 20 14
G5 i): 7 SRN Sn SAL Shey Ieee ata Sid oa 10 ay
H. Boughner = ao 23
Doc Smale. 25 14
. Reid. 25 17
Mrx. Montgomery 15 7
H. Tufford.. ........ 35 17
LS House. . 25 il
yt Shields. . ase stand ay 25 8
W.D. Calne Sd el ce eae et a 10 2
ear Ee Th BOL EP ie RUN RET 6
GARDEN CITY GUN CLUB.
The Garden City Gun Club held their regular shoot
on Saturday afternoon, March 5, witha good attendanve
of shooters. Considering the. weather some very good
scores were made. The four special prizes being won
by:—First, A. McGhie; second H. W. Hunsberry,
third, Will Jones; fourth, M. Honsberger.
Following are the scores:
ree at eg:
RL Wo FAURE CRTY : 55-0530: cieiecdat ko ee:
PAO CORT 5. icosoieds font dete AAD 3 61
BE Ora Cr BOL. 3.0.2,5 20076 iyi 70 52,
Bs Witter. s53 Ss cee 70 44
J. Partington.. 70 43
Geo. Clatterbuck. 70 57
J. Troup... ..:.. 70 58
z: Forbes. . 70 42
A. McGhie.. 60 53
W. Jones.. Wabinteey ctatoeakt 60 43
H. Clatterbuck... danteghiadetts suctucy eo wh e 60 41
i OE Ny eee eek ae Say Oo 60 38
Rs Maslanhain 4: cote ee a 60 27
D. py RS yp a LAD oe ee ie 60 42
Rie, WANE ea ae ea bineloc Cen eon ce ed, 60 47
Ww. rection. SAE ah ey A le EER Fe 50 31
TG oy eee Te ne RIE RR 3 a 50 28
BA I eee Raa AY, | 5 22
BO NORIO GS 32) 76 Athictsaht 50 31
Hamilton Angling Club
On Thursday, January 13th, about fifteen
of Hamilton’s prominent anglers held a meet-
ing, the object of which was to form an
angling club in that city. The Rev. G. W.
Tebbs of Burlington was chairman and gave
the opening address, outlining the purpose of
the meeting. It was unanimously decided
to form a club and the following officers were
appointed:
President, B. E. Webster; vice-president,
J. R. Dixon; secretary, H. W. Banks; treas-
urer, F. C. Tebbs. The executive also
included the following anglers:—A. Beare,
J, Green, A. King, J. G. Sweetlove and J, E.
Zimmerman.
Hamilton, with its splendid bay affords a
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Ge Clatterbuck 15
A. Christopher 15
A. Armburst........ 6
ST. HUBERT GUN CLUB.
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March 5, at the New Orchard |
ines fod
a lis -
The popular ex-hockey player |
good score ne 30 on the 50 birds. Sammy
and H. G. Roger were aa behind with scores of:
nan
ut a
ert
Tarmete 10 15 10
Jos. Dicune. Fiddevaheseider had edema 10 14. 9
WN. Brownlee? 350 Fes, a eee 1g 13 10 14—47_
T Bairds 635 eee 5 10 15—45 —
BULiPullery. oe. nan oe ee 10 3 8 12—43_
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Geo. Easdale........... Ne -heeaschapewt cross fed bee
AW As SONUStON/3. 2 atk ae aera cee Cotas G Es 6
Frank Bedardy uth ee poe an 8 7
H. Merrill...... 5
F. Runge 5 1
W. Skillen fier
S. Hebert a
g 9
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BIRDS AND ANIMALS
Fox Ranching—Select stock for sale. Correspondence
solicited. Literaturefree. Blake Vannatter, Geos
Ontario. 1-
FOR SALE—Two ferrets, one year_old; 2 year old
beagle bitch and pup; 12 gauge gun. Bargain. Leaving
forthe West. Arthur Parsons, Beachville, Ont.
FOR SALE—Black bear, one year old, tame. Hector
Edwards, Carr P. O., Ont. 41T
WANTED—Ten pair 1921 bear cubs, the smaller the
better, any sex or color. Can also use live snowy Arctic
horned and great gray owls. Portage Wild Animal Co.,
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. 42T
DOGS
FOR SALE—Splendid Llewellin, English, Irish, Gordon
setter pups and trained dogs, pointers, spaniels and re-
trievers in pups and trained dogs. Enclose stamp for
description. horoughbred Kennels, Atlantic, fone. TF
THE BLUE GRASS FARM KENNELS OF BERRY,
KY., offer for sale, Setters and Pointers, Fox and Cat
Hounds, Wolf and Deer Hounds, Coon and Opposum
Hounds, Varmint and Rabbit Hounds, Bear and Lion
Hounds, also Airedale terriers. All dogs shipped on trial,
purchaser to judge the quality, satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded.
Remit American Exchange only. Canadian paper not
accepted, as rate of collection is prohibitive. :
Eighty-four page highly illustrated, instructive, and in-
teresting catalogue for ten cents in coin. 5-TF
FOR SALE—Two black and tan fox hound bitches, two
years. “ $20.00
each.
Fox terrier pups; dogs $10.00, bitches $5.00. J.
Alliston, Ontario.
Female foxhound pups; mother half bloodhound; great
fox, deer, raccoon hunting strain; bargain—five dollars
each. English pointer puppies; foxhound pups pedigreed,
pure blooded Walker stock from the blood of champions.
Get ef
Above pups will hunt this fall and winter.
Melville Robinson, Kingston, Ontario.
WANTED—Bea le bitch, nine months or over; good
hunting strain, pedigreed, fifteen inches or over. Price
reasonable. Byshe, 384 MacLaren St., Ottawa. 41T
WANTED—Foxhounds, six to twelve months old at
reasonable price. Elias Chicoine, 38 Girouard St., St.
Hyacinth, P. Q. 41T
FOR SALE or exchange for pedigreed beagle dog, a
Walker strain, imported foxhound, (male) pedigreed and
registered with the “National Foxhunter’s Association,”
. 5. A.; two years old; black, white and tan color; runs
pare, jack rabbit and deer. H. Newlands, 36 cpsig chs
alt. &
3 year, male foxhound, 5 year female beagle. Guaran-
teed on deer and fox. H. Atkinson, Campbellford, re.
41T
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BOOK ON
DOG DISEASES
And How to Feed
Mailed free to any address by
the Author
H. CLAY GLOVER, V. S.
118 West 31st Street, New York
America’s
Pioneer
Dog Remedies
mittance with order.
41T .
Advertisements will be
inserted in this Department
at 4c. a word. Send re-
Cepy
should not be later than
the 10th of the month.
FOR SALE—Black cocker spaniel, house broken, fond
of children and partly traiied on rabbits. A snap at
$15.00. W. J. Stoddart, Woodville, Ont. 41T
FOR SALE—Beagle hound, female, partly broken, 14 _
months, won 4 thirds Brantford, May show. Freeservice, = =~
registered dog, due April. Price $25.00. Send for photos. — xe
R. Prime, 18 Port St., Brantford, 41T :
Beagles,rabbit hounds, foxhounds, coon, opossum, skunk,
squirrel dogs, setters, pointers, bear, deer, wolf hounds.
Circular 10c. Brown’s Kennels, York, Pa. 42T~
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PUG DOGS WANTED—Wish to purchase males or
females, young stock or grown. Give color, age and price. ©
Geo. A. Brown, RD. 2, York, Pa. ATES
ENGINES AND LAUNCHES.
Cylinders ground, new pistons fitted. Makes an auto- —
mobile or marine engine like new, send for circular. Guar- —
antee Motor Co., Hamilton, Canada. 1-TF
FOR SALE—Marine Engines, two cycle, two, three and
four cylinder. All new. rite for further particulars
stating horse power required, to Box L. ROD AND GUN,
Woodstock, Ont. TF
FOR SALE—23 ft. Semi-speed launch, beam 4 feet, —
3 inches, finished ready for engine. This is a new launch, ~
now ready for delivery. For further particulars, pt
rf
write Box F. ROD AND GUN, Woodstock, Ont.
FOR SALE—Buffalo 10 h.p., four cylinder,- marine ©
engine ribet ey with shaft and bronze wheel, 7a
magneto wo hundred dollars, f.o.b, Port Rowan or —
Port Dover. S. B. Cock, Long Point Light, Port Rowan.
Phone 31 R4. 41T
GUNS
Rifle and revolver ammunitioa loaded to order. Soccel
high velocity loads for big game shooting. Reduced loads
for small game shooting. Fired shells reloaded. H te f
Bros., 69 Coane, St. West, Vancouver, B.C. LWT rs
FOR SALE—45 Colt automatic, extra azine and —
holster; all brand new. Willship C.0.D. Send permitto ~—
urchase same with your letter. $30.00. R.E. Thornton, —
Bor 111, Woodstock, N. B. 4 17-5)
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FACTORY SECRETS on gun rebluing and smokeless
powser formula mailed for $1.00. E.J. Simon, Dept. Rg re
ane, Wis. ‘ 4
FOR SALE—Colt auto. pistol, .32 Cal., ee used, 8
but in Al condition.“ Box 30, Rod and Gun, Woodstock, —_
Ont. 41
WANTED—.303 Lee Enfield, short barrel model;
barrel and action must be in good condition. State price.
L. S. Bryson, 33 Fifth Ave., Mt. Dennis, Ont. 41T
32-40 target rifle, Winchester action, set t Wit +.
dise head and apertaal
chester wind gauge combination, an etek
front sight, heavy 30 in. half octagon barrel, Hudson _
bullet mould, bullet seater, powder measure Pe
Gun in first class condition, bore in perfect condition. __
Will express it to first party forwarding $35.00 and copy ir
of permit to purchase. Bert Hacking, Listowel, oe ae aa
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New 256 Newton, with peep sight, cartridges, $90. at ma:
or will trade for new 280 Ross, Model 10. George Mawou, Pins
Box 52, Creston, B. C. dé 41T
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FOR SALE—New Remington, model fourteen,
ower, slide action hammerless 32 calibre rifle.
- New Stevens twelve gauge, double barrel hammerless
shot gun $30.00; Savage 32 Automatic revolver, good as
new $20.00; Savage model 1904, 22 calibre rifle, good as
new, $10.00. George Mawson, Creston, B. C. 42T
| __EXCHANGE—New Savage rifle and loading outfit for
i high power binoculars. N. A. Meyer, Granby, te
high
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FOR SALE—A W. W. Greener shotgun, 12 gauge
ejector; full choke; only used a few times, cost $250.
_ Must be sold. First reasonable offer_accepted. For
particulars write, Mrs. Ruby Sallows, Dunmore, a
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_ _FORSALE—25-20S.S. Stevens No. 45, specially selected
_ 28 inch No. 2 barrel Sheutzen buttplate, target sights.
Perfect condition, $25.00. A. Morris, Dufferin Ave.,
Sherbrooke, Que. 14 TF
BARGAINS—Winchester 32 special, new, with case,
80 factory shells, auxiliary chamber, $40.00. Automatic
7” pistol, Browning, calibre 32 Colt auto, 20 shells, new,
vie, $26.00. Remington 22, takedown, octagon barrel, sheard
S Sights, 700 long shells, second hand, $20.00. Each
& -—«gSuaranteed as stated. Send money order, any distance.
_ C. R. Darough, Nelson, B. C 41T
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__ Union pump gun, 12 gauge, excelient condition or would
trade for good automatic pistol. C. C. Wheeler, Paris,
; Ont. : 41T
ioe Would trade 250 Savage in Al condition, for 33 Win-
_. chester half magazine preferred, or Model 1895 carbine
- 30.06. E. S. Meiklejohn, Wilkie, Sask. 41T
- FOR SALE—8 bore shot gun, 36 inch close shooting,
_ full choke barrel, under lever, English make, in good
_. condition, sound and reliable, $25.00. Webley target
revolver, .455 Cal., 734 inch barrel wind gauge sights,
splendid weapon in new condition with holster, $25.00;
25-20 Winchester reloading set with moulds, 150 high
velocity cartridges, $10.00. M. Neely, Bellevue, oe
aaa OR SALE—Savage 250 lever action, gold bead, Lyman
oa leaf, rear peep, new_condition. Price sixty dollars.
__ G.R. Halliday, Speers P. O., Sask. , A
_ FORSALE—One 9M.M. Luger auto-loading pistol
with extra magazine and holster, complete $45.00; also
one Smith and Wesson .455 calibre revolver with holster
and cleaning rod, $45.00 Apply, Ross. E. Smith, R. R.
No. 5, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 41T
__ FOR SALE—22 Savage H. P. rifle, factory sights; in
_ faircondition. $25takesit. S. Hutton, Pinkham, per,
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FOR SALE—New .35 Remington pump in leather
_ bound case, 40 cartridges; rifle fired nine times, and in
_ factory condition, $55.00. Box 27, ROD AND eee
GUN REPAIRING
W. A. BROCK
We makea specialty of Fine Gun Work Re-
stocking, Barrel Boring, Stock-Bendin@, Barrel
Browning, etc. z
All Work Guaranteed
For $50.00. A 10 gauge high grade English
hammer gun, top action, genuine damascus barrels
32’, bar locks Deeley and Edge fore-end. Beaut-
ifully engraved. Made for J. L. Rawbene of Tor-
_ onto. A bargain.
BROCK’S
The Sporting Goods Store of London, Ont.
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} OLD MONEY WANTED.
We Buy and Sell Old Coins. $2 to $500 each paid for
teds of coins dated before 1895. You may have a
aluable coin and not know it. Send ten cents for new
istra coin value book, 4 x 6. Guaranteed prices
. Get posted at once. Clarke Coin Co., Box 134
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SPECIALS
Guaranteed Germinable Wild Rice and Wild Celery
seed. Write Robert Campbell, Keene, Ontario. 12-TF
YOUR FUPURE FORETOLD:—Send dime, birthdate
for truthful, reliable convincing trial reading. Hazel
Hause, Box 215, Los Angeles, Cal. 32T
WANTED—Old catalogues of firearms and Sports-
man’s supplies, back files of Sporting Goods Dealer, Arms
and the Man, etc., Capt. Hugh Smiley No. 4 Mohonk
Lake, Ulster Co., N.Y. 3-3T
FOR SALE—35c each—ROD AND GUN covers,
mounted on 9 x 11” mat ready for framing and suitable
for den or office. ROD AND GUN IN CANADA, Wood-
stock, Ont. TF
FOREIGN STAMPS.
100 Foreign stamps sent free. Cornish Set
Schenectady, N. Y.
The August 1915 and March 1919 issues of ROD AND
GUN IN CANADA, advertised for in the last issue, have
now been received, and we wish to thank our many friends
for their kind courtesy in responding so promptly and
generously to this request. ROD AND GUN. 41
FOR SALE—Indian spring ‘frame motorcycle, twin
7-H. P., model 1914, in\running order; a specs! bargain
at $65 for quick sale; Prestolite tank lamp and combination
brackets for same $15; Prestolite tank $10; world famous
22 B.S. A. air rifle, cost $36.25 less than a yearago. $27
takes it, including thousand rounds; 22 Savage repeater
model 1909, will have same equipped with new barrel at
factory and forwarded upon receipt of $25; American fox
hound, 2 years old; fine large dog, snapshot on request,
$20. Box 29, ROD AND GUN. 41T
WANTED—At once, small second-hand trapper’s, or
canoe, silk tent. One, fifteen foot canvas covered canoe,
in good condition. Apply. Box 767, Pembroke, Mee
United States Government binoculars 6x30 super-
luminous, day, night prisms; pupilary adjustment; vision
150 yards at 1000 yards beautiful case, strap and neck
strap, $28. Field glasses 3x, 34.75. List different sizes.
DuMaurz‘er Company, Elmira, N. Y. rer
WANTED-—7 or 8 power binoculars, prismatic. State
in what condition and price in first letter. Address to
Box 127, Nordegg, Alberta. AAs
WILD DUCK ATTRACTIONS.
TERRELL’S WILD RICE SEED planted now will
attract more ducks next fall. Results GUARANTEED.
Write Clyde Terrell, Dept. T. 148, Oshkosh, Wis. 4:15
Reg ae ae sgt Ep AC 7 ha as ee ee
SKINS AND CLAWS.
WANTED-—Indian relics and beadwork, grizzly bear
claws, eagle skins, buckskins. Albert Heath, 444 East
42nd Street, Chicago. 4TF
Remington Standard grade twelve gauge hammerless
yp action shot gun, $35. George Mawson, Saari
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TAXIDERMY AND TANNING
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WANTED—Scalps and horns of deer, elk, caribou,
etc., also dead white owls, horned owls, hawks, etc., sult-
able for mounting. M. J. Hofmann, Taxidermist, (90
Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N-Y.
FOR SALE—Moose Head, fine ene excellent con-
rg Apply Box L., ROD AND GUN, aa
nt.
EDWIN DIXON.
Master Taxidermist.
My Sportsman’s Guide and shipping tags free on
request. Main Street, Unionville, Ontario, oa
A SPLENDID MEDIUM— ess ee
Either space or classified advertising in ROD
AND GUN IN CANADA is productive of ex-
cellent results. Rates on eee Drop a
line to W. J. TAYLOR LIMITED, Publisher,
Woodstock, Ont.
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These guns are all in stock for prompt shipment. Prices will not belower |
this year and are offered only while stock lasts. This offering may not
appear again. Send orders along at once.
ot Mi ns a Soe < ga. Pump guns 5 only Remington 22 automatic, new, .
”’ full choke barrel-brand new, regular ] ice $55.00, Special............ . 39.75
price $69.75, Special. ...cc-ssssserses $54.50 Bie a ria ash 6S, ig
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10 only Remington, 22 Remington special 20 only Remington pump action rifle, T. ”
calibre, 24” Sean barrel, Saud dew brand new, choice of 30-32 or 35 cal.
regular price $40.00, special ............ $27.50 regular price $68.00, special............ $49.50 —
5 only Winchester 38-55, 26” round barrel, 10 only Winchester 32 special 26’ octagon _
brand new, regular $46.75, special $36.50 barrels new, regular $56.50, $30.25 >
Tah, 5 och ctisviv at councbat conulavalshesl oman i
5 only Winchester 30-30, 26” round barrel PS ‘ :
, F at des 3 2 3 only Winchester self loading 401 cal.
Pee RORIAL S20-19, MPOCIA: aio $38.75 new, regular $79.90. special..........-. $57.75 |
5 only W inchester 30-30, 20’ Carbine, new, 5 only 303 Savage, 26” round barrel, new,
regular price $48.50, special............ $36.50 regular $64.40, special...............0 $48.50
We have cartridges for all of the above rifles at equally low prices.
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To comply with the new Dominion Law, get a permit from your local Chief of Police
and send to us with your order. «ore | ae
50 only Used Shot Guns and Rifles in Various Calibres and Makes at Consistent Prices. _ |}
SEND FOR SPECIAL LIST. i :
TENTS
New Prices on Wall Tents.
100 only 10 x 12, 7 ft. 6 inch. high, 3 ft. wall,
2 .
8 ounce duck, M@W..........22....cecseerseeseee $21.00
4 <7
50 only 7x 9, 7 ft. high, 3 ft. wall, 8 ounce
GuigK, NOW22 7 ii5.s¢0acivtee Metre, elie $15.00
10 only Army bell tents, 12 oz. duck, used but
in good serviceable condition, complete,
IGS cxssicss peta rchedineg th fedata eotarankatianl $25.00
THE D. P
123 KING ST. E., TORONTO
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A MOTOR BOAT THAT WILL GO ANY PLACE YOU CAN ROW
K UNIVERSAL. KNUCKLE
~ PROTECTING SKES
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Any obstruction, such as submerged logs, driftwood,rocks,
reefs, sandbars, etc., that hits the Skeg (see illustration above)
automatically raises the Propeller and Shaft into the Propeller
Housing. Skeg making continuation of keelson, at the same time
throttling the engine from racing.
All Disappearing Propeller Boats
are equipped witha patented device giving them numerous
advantages over all other boats among them being:
i! iFune of lever automatically controls speed of engine and
doat.
2. Any speed from slightest forward movement to 9 144 miles
per hour.
3. Increase of from 2 to 24% miles per hour over rear-driven
propeller.
4. One pull of control lever gives as clean a keelson as skiff.
5. Automatic propeller protection.
6. Propeller mid-ship stabilizes as centre board to sailboat.
7. Can remove propeller while sitting in boat.
8. Vibration eliminated.
9. Steers from all parts of boat.
10. Boat always on even keel.
11. Propeller at all times thoroughly submerged.
12. Engine and device so placed no available room lost.
13. Lever up, boat stands still, automatically throttling engine,
making one way clutch.
14. Can be pulled out on beach or dock same as a rowboat.
15. So simple of operation a child can run it.
Standard equipment includes Silent Dis-Pro. High Speed
Marine Engine, Maxim Silencer and one pair select
Oars.
Dis-Pro Starter
There has been specially designed for the Disappearing Pro-
peller Boat a wonderful little starter that costs nothing to operate,
and that will start your engine with a slight pressure of the foot,
and so designed that all danger from a possible back-fire is en-
tirely eliminated. The control board, being in centre of the boat
you simply stay in one place and, !ike the driver of a car, you
have every appliance for the operation of your boat right at
thand. This enables you to have your engine nicely encased,
nese adding to the appearance and the cleanliness of your
oat
If you want an all round, absolutely safe and easily handled
run-a-bout boat, approximate speed 9 to 94 miles per hour, and
25 miles per gallon of gasoline, we advise placing your order NOW
and assure you prompt delivery.
Orders are now being accepted for 1921 Spring Delivery. A
deposit of $50.00 secures your boat crated ready for shipment
until July 15th.
Send for Fully Descriptive Literature Showing Boats and Engines
in Actual Colors.
Largest Motor Boat Builders in Canada
Head Office and Show Rooms—92 KING STREET W., TORONTO, CAN.
U. S. A. Offices—725 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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REVOLVERend PI stole
CARTEDGES
Remington UMC Metallic Cartridges guar-
antee complete shooting satisfaction from the
big game calibres down to the .22’s
The shooter, either in the open or on the
target range, knows the vital importance of
choosing his cartridges with care.
The guarantee printed upon the Red Ball
Label has back of it an experience of over
fifty years in cartridge manufacture. _Sports-
men by the thousands, who call for Reming-
ton UMC, will take no other brand.
The Dealer who shows the Red Bill of Remington
UMC 1s a good man te deal with.